The Best Outdoor Lamps

Security Lighting

• The SE Wireless Motion Sensor Light-10 Super-Bright LED can be purchased for about $20 each. This compact security light received 4 to 5 star ratings from customers. It senses both heat and movement. The LED light will last 100,000 hours and it operates on 3-AA batteries.

  Also in the 4 star to 5 star rated products is Dorcy LED Wireless Motion Sensor Flood-Lite. For about $22 each, it will run for one year on 3 D-cell batteries and has two lighting intensity settings.

  For around $40 the environmentally friendly, solar-powered MAXSA Innovations Motion-Activated Dual Head LED Security Spotlight rated a solid 4 stars from customers. The LED lighting never burns out or needs to be changed.

Landscape Lighting

• Check out the Delancy Energy Star® 17 1/2-inch High Outdoor Wall Lantern. At about $175, it rates 5 stars from customers. A 12-inch version is available for $129. Also in the 5-star category is the Kent Place Energy Star. At 15 3/4 inches high, this outdoor light costs about $135.

  The Bellagio Collection's 96-inch outdoor street lantern, part of the John Timberland lighting collection, is a three-lamped, antique-styled streetlight that sells for about $300.

Decorative Lighting

• New from Kichler is a garden gnome holding a lantern. It is designed in an aged bronze finish and sells for about $230. At 25 inches high, it comes with an 8-inch stake for in-ground mounting.

  Add some drama around your pool, patio or deck with a palm tree light in green, yellow, natural, red, blue orange and purple. Prices range from $995 for the 9-foot size to $2,495 for the 20-foot size.

  Use attractive flower-shaped lights to blend in and enhance your garden with prices ranging from $80 to $800. For a different flare, you can purchase dragonfly, butterfly or hummingbird lights for about $160.

Pool and Patio Lights

• Throw a pool party, take a night swim or relax in a lighted Jacuzzi with underwater lighting. With pricing from about $55 to $225, this underwater lighting is constructed of solid brass housings with clear glass lenses and can be purchased with 20 watt to 300 watt lamps.

  Outdoor floor lamps make a statement in any back yard, for $144 get the Royce Lighting Marrakech 3-Light Floor Lamp in Oil-Rubbed Bronze. For $196, Patio Living offers its Cambridge Single Planter Exterior Floor Lamp with either black or white finish for the pole and black or white granite finish for the planter base.