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I had something similar in my backyard, and they somehow managed to both glow and illuminate nothing, like an animal's eyes in the dark. I guess if that's the look you want, great, but the low-voltage wired type are more worth it.

I just picked up a couple of solar landscape spotlights that are LED at Lowes. I have to say that I am really dissapointed. The just don't light anything up! So I think that I have to go the Low-voltage route.

I bought a little set at IKEA that is solar, and resembles those glow-sticks ravers love. I stuck them in my window boxes, and they look really cute.

Bought a three pack from Target....spotlights. They give just a whisper of a light, just enough to throw a shadow at night. And one of the three burnt out after a week. Huge disappointment.

Tinyvoices, that is the perfect way to describe them - glow but illuminate nothing. If safety of moving about in the dark is a goal, solar just isn't going to cut it. You'd be better off with solar panels on the roof generating the power to run your low-voltage lighting.

Nice idea, but the plastic ones from Home Gragantuan are just awful. Try these.

http://www.solargardenstore.com/site/1479562/product/UA-M23001

Sorry but "solar landscape lights" are worthless in my opinion. On my street you can easily tell who has the solar ones and who has low voltage ones. Anything that puts out light is low voltage. The solar ones flicker pathetically.

They run off of batteries that most people just dump in the trash when they no longer recharge. And even if you recycle the batteries, the recycling process is extremely electricity intensive.

In my view it's greener to get low voltage lights that will last a long time and are well made.

The best way to "save money" on your lanscape lights is to spend money for GOOD ones. It will cost you more in the short run, but years down the road you'll be glad you didn't cheap-out.