LED Motion-Activated Walkway Lights Last and Last

Lindsay ~ 9 May 2010

Unlike outdoor lights that stay on all the time, motion-activated lamps only come on when someone walks within their range. This is a practical way to illuminate paths and driveways without wasting money on extra electricity you don’t need (not much point in lighting the yard when nobody’s looking at it!).

These motion-activated walkway lights from Hammacher Schlemmer have some nice extras, too:

adjustable length of “on” time (program them for a few seconds or up to 5 minutes)
ability to stay on low all evening and brighten to full power when motion is detected
remote control that lets you turn them off and on manually from up to 75 feet away
battery-powered so no need to dig trenches for underground wiring
long-lasting LED bulbs (50,000 hours before they need to be replaced!)

$50 gets you a set of two lamps, and, since there’s no wiring, you can just stick them in the ground to install. Handy stuff.