As the plants grow and mature, we'll have to keep adjusting them a bit, but love how they make everything shine in the night.

One major difference from these to professional lighting is how big they are. Professional lighting usually uses a wired system with smaller lights. These cheap guys need to have an active solar panel on top of the light, so they aren't the most inconspicuous things. I was always afraid they'd stick out like a sore thumb in the landscape beds, but they really don't bother me like I thought they would. If you're looking for them, you can see them, but if you're not, they just blend right in and the bigger our plants get, the more they'll blend.

We do a lot of walking around the neighborhood. With a 15-year old dog with potty problems, we're constantly walking him in hopes that it will save our carpets, and our sanity. So we're often walking him at night before bed, which gives us a different view of the neighborhood. We pass a lot of beautiful homes on our walk, many who have professional exterior landscape lighting that light up their homes in a way that really adds a lot of style and presence. Beyond the look, I think the added light also increases safety. While I'd love to add some professional lighting to our exterior, it's not in the budget right now since we're about to embark on our big pool project. BUT, I made a quick impulse buy with some cheap plastic solar lights and have been shocked at how big of an impact they have made to our nighttime curb appeal.

When it gets dark enough, the lights begin to turn on. They run dusk to dawn and they're surprisingly bright and cast quite a bit of light. It took a little to adjust the lights in various directions to shed light on the house and landscaping out front. I ended up buying three more to help fill in the far left end and hit the tree trunk from both sides.

I bought these spotlights at Home Depot on impulse and decided that for $7 I could see if they worked without being out any real time or money. I grabbed five of them to start with and they were so simple to use. All it took was turning them on and setting them out in the sun to charge up for the first day.

We're Zach and Kiersten. Thanks for following along as we worked to make the very 2000s home we bought in 2020 more “us.” For three years we've shared everything from quick fixes to more permanent changes, along with projects you can do in your own home. Zach shared all his lawn and garden advice as he started over on the new yard, too.

Focused. The compact size doesn't mean they're short on power! Thanks to the high-intensity Lumileds LED chips, coupled with our U.S. PATENT PENDING total internal reflection (TIR) optic, the total intensity of the Stage Series is far higher than a standard, generic light bar using basic optics or reflectors. Standard optics lose light internally, and to glare, spreading a little bit of light in every direction. Instead, the TIR optic in the Stage Series collects all of the light from the LED, and directs it only where you need it, drastically reducing glare and improving total efficiency.

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The house lights put off pretty good light for the drive and walkway, but that's it. The landscaping and rest of the house are pretty dang dark. Which is probably why the deer love to sit and snack on the far side of that front bed at night next to the lawn.

Experience. After over a decade in business, Diode Dynamics is one of the most trusted names in automotive LED lighting. We directly assemble and engineer our own products in the United States, allowing for higher quality and performance, with the newest and brightest LED technology. No matter what you're driving, we pride ourselves in offering only the best possible LED solutions. Please contact us if you'd like to discuss your lighting project!

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The SAE Fog/Wide pattern provides an extremely wide field of view, without wasting any light in the sky above and provides a 100Wx8H degree spread of light. It was designed to supplement your fog lights and is perfect for driving in inclement weather.

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Here's a look at our house in the dark with just the house lights on. We have an overhead light over the entryway and three outdoor house lights flanking the driveway (one of my first blog posts was sharing the saga we went through to replace those so click here to give that a read!). Don't mind my crappy phone photo, but you get the gist!

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Not just off road. In six-inch size, when installed as a pair and aimed in accordance with your state's regulations, the Driving pattern meets SAE J581 as a Driving/Auxiliary High Beam Light, and the SAE Fog/Wide pattern meets SAE J583 as a Foglamp, for legal on-road use. Please check your local laws and regulations for aiming, installation, and applicability.

The Flood pattern was designed to provide uniform, even illumination and a full 80Wx50H degree spread of light. Unlike generic "flood" light optics that are simply a heavily diffused spot, our flood optic is a true optically designed spread, resulting in the biggest spread in the industry! It is perfect for lighting up anything at low speeds, a backup or reverse light, or to light up a worksite.

Cool part with doing lighting this way is we can keep adding on a the landscaping changes with another $7 light or two. Eventually we may want to create a wired system that throws light in other directions, but for now, I think these are a great solution that can affordably make your home look like a million bucks!

After a day of sunshine, I tucked them into different places around the front landscape beds eyeballing about where I thought they would need to go and waited until dark to get out and adjust their angles, heights, etc.

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Proven Reliability. Stage Series lighting has been tested for long-term operation from -40 to 185 degrees F, vibration, moisture intrusion, and corrosion. All of these tests are completed to SAE/DOT standards, just like factory components. They've also been put to the test on-road, and are in-use by dozens of rally and endurance racing teams for nighttime stages and laps.

Compact. The lightbar is based on a narrow-profile extruded housing, to allow fitment in small and tight areas. At less than 42mm tall, they'll fit in many places a traditional dual-row light bar won't, while cutting total weight as well. The heatsink design also drastically reduces wind noise, and does not whistle in the wind like many generic housings.

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Simple connections. All Stage Series LED lighting products use a standard DT type Deutsch-style connector, and come with a 6-inch pigtail, with bare leads. You can wire yourself, use an off-the-shelf Deutsch wire harness, or select an optional Diode Dynamics wire harness. If you choose to use a Diode Dynamics wire harness on a 24V system, you will need to replace the relay on the harness with a 24V relay.

Introducing STAGE SERIES LED lighting! Inspired by the needs of a professional rally driver, these light bars have been designed for maximum functionality, with compact size, custom-engineered TIR optics, and a useful beam pattern, all in a highly durable package.

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Functional Patterns. All Stage Series beam pattern options were designed with optical simulation modeling, to shape the output in a highly-functional beam pattern. No matter what your auxiliary lighting needs are, there is a Stage Series optic for you!

More professional lighting solutions would provide more even coverage and they'd be able to also figure out how to light up our top floor peak where our Primary Bedroom Window is. But for $60, I think it looks like a much more expensive upgrade!

Change it up. Each lightbar is based on 6-inch segments. Each segment is sealed with an individual lens and a double-wall seal. This makes them more weather tight than a large, single seal, and it also allows you to change up the outer lens to suit your needs. With just a few screws, you can replace the outer lens with a new one to change the beam pattern or color.

White or Amber. All Stage Series light bars are available in a cool white or amber color. The white is a 6000K color temperature, which is a true white output, without any blue. The amber is a brilliant deep yellow color, perfect for hazards or high contrast in poor weather.

The Driving pattern was designed to supplement your high beams. Rather than a simple "spot" pattern, the Stage Series Driving pattern has a rectangular 20Wx8H degree pattern that is far more useful for directing light downrange at high speeds.