Solar powered lamps are getting to be all the rage these days; they are cheap, well designed, don’t use up too much power and are good for the environment. This is a combination that is hard to beat, and the reason more people have not switched over is more because of a lack of awareness more than anything else. The only problem as such with solar lights are that they need sunlight to work and they are not high powered.

The sunlight part is obvious but the reason why they are not high output is because they run on batteries. Nobody, obviously, wants light during the day and there is no sunlight at night, so these lamps work by charging up their batteries during the day and discharging them at night. Battery powered lights are never as powerful as ones that run directly on electricity.

Thus these outside lights are restricted to being used in places where you do not require very bright light, and that have sunlight for a certain number of hours per day. This leaves out all interior lighting, but outside lighting is another thing. There are solar deck lights, solar stair lights, solar pathway lights, solar patio lighting & umbrella lights and many other kinds of light that you probably don’t even need. Out of all these pathway lighting is probably the most commonly used.

When you look at the solar pathway lighting it gives you a number of advantages over traditional electrical powered lights in the sense that they are cheaper and easier to install. Although the lamps as such may be a little more expensive than normal outdoor lighting, when you take into consideration that you will have to spend quite a bit on laying the wiring and making it safe, you will find out that the solar ones are more cost efficient. You also get any design that you want, leaving you no excuse really to not move over to them. The chances of you finding something that you like at your local store is very high because they will have all the nice looking ones in stock, although if your tastes are a little different you could always try searching online. There are a number of stores that not only sell everything under the sun, they also give you discounts and ship free too.