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Why We Love This Deal
A growing trend among homeowners is adding outdoor lights to their front yards, decks, patios, and other outdoor spaces. The reason is simple: You don’t need to have lights professionally hardwired anymore because advancements in solar technology have come a long way, making installation as simple as pushing a lamp into the ground or screwing one down to a railing. They’re also very affordable, like this set that Walmart has on sale for under $25.
The 16-pack of Szrsth Solar Outdoor Lights is on sale for just $22, or $1.38 per light. That’s a 76% savings on a well-reviewed set of lights, one that’s earned nearly 500 five-star ratings. It’s a very popular set among Walmart shoppers, too, likely because of its versatility—from walkways to fences to deck rails to stairs, they’re easy to clip and screw onto any sort of structure.
Szrsth Solar Outdoor Lights, 16-Pack, $22 (was $90) at Walmart
What to Know Before Buying
Each light is compact, at just over 3 inches on its longest side, so the true virtue is really in using all of them together to, say, light every step of an outdoor staircase or the length of a long fence. On top of each waterproof light is a polycrystalline silicon panel, and inside is a 300mAh battery.
The lights take 4-5 hours of direct sunlight to fully charge. They automatically turn on when the sun goes down and off when it comes up in the morning, so once they’re installed, there’s really nothing more to do to enjoy them.
What Shoppers Are Saying
“These are awesome,” one shopper wrote of these lights. “I bought them on a whim and am pleasantly surprised at how nice they look shining down from a 6-foot-tall wooden fence.” That should give you an idea of how bright these lights are: enough to illuminate the entirety of a fence that size.
Another shopper set up their lights on some outdoor steps where they don’t take up too much room, thanks to their compact form factor. Even in a slightly dim setting, without direct sunlight, they said the lights have “made our walkway much safer since we can see where we are walking.” As for installation, another reviewer wrote that they were “very easy to attach” and provided an aesthetic refresh for their deck.
These Szrsth Solar Outdoor Lights are the kind of easy-to-install but impactful upgrade to an outdoor space that’s a no-brainer, especially at this crazy-low price. A word of warning, though: Walmart has listed them as “clearance,” which could mean that once they go out of stock, they don’t come back.
