LED lighting can be very powerful only if you understand it. LED are point source light unlike your incadescents that which throw their 5% light AND 95% heat in every which direction. Therefore, to BEST answer the question, "Best Solar Walkway Lights?", depends partially on their use. What do you want to do? If you want to mark the walkway, the LED light system is designed differently then if you want to completely illuminate the walkway. How long do you want to mark or illuminate the walkway? How do you want to control the light system? Most retailers, especially the big box but even those who appear savvy in solar LED lighting, will not have the appropriate answers. Therefore, you will not know which are the Best Walkway Lights. If you are considering solar, you add another variable to the equation. Regardless of the type of solar panel, you need visible light, LOTS of it. The efficiency, today, of the BEST solar panel is less than 15%. You will hear and see different, however, you will not hear or see the losses involved in the equation. Also, after you do the calculations, you may discover that solar is not a good option. Battery technology has severely lagged. Most users of batteries, and there are millions upon millions of battery users, know very little about batteries. You must size your battery respective of the job you want to do. Solar LED lighting is premised purely on math, IF you seek the BEST. You have to know exactly what you want to achieve and you need to know the math. Landscape gardeners, artists may not want to focus on the (expensive) light fixture, rather, the quality of light. Why then, shell out your hard earned money on these (hideous) light fixtures? The point here is, is that LED lighting does not need to be expensive. If you have more money then you should have, then yes, buy this stuff. If you want to showcase your gardening, your landscape, and want the BEST Solar Walkway Lights, and do it the way that makes cents, then first figure out what you want to do, then, learn and follow the math. Best regards, Al Toman

How much snow do you get? As in are walkway lights likely to be buried alive a decent part of the winter. Here, they are and have to be carefully dug out. Looking around, you see very few ground based lights.

I wouldn't personally recommend it for NE, since they just won't be useful in the winter months at all. But if you're determined, get the metal construction, NOT plastic, and buy the multiple LED newer types, as sold by Frontgate. Don't buy the so-called 'name brands' in the big box stores, they are poor quality in comparison. The best solar equipment is made by companies you've never heard of, such as Sunergy, who only manufactures solar products but must be bought from retail outlets.

The main difference is that there is no trenching as the wiring is held up by tension cables strung between trees/ posts along the path. This might be a better solution as it would provide a path of light from above. The lights could be low or line voltage. A power source would still be required. Possible options include Battery with solar panels. If the lights are line voltage, an inverter is required. Some ready packaged solutions are available from Inergy, GoalZero, ... Connection to an exterior line voltage socket.