Now that summer is officially here, the evenings are longer and warmer which means we will be spending more time in our gardens! Outdoor lighting is a great way of lighting up the exterior of your home as they not only create brilliant amounts of light, but also give your home a modern feel that looks great in the dark. Whether you are having a barbeque evening with family and friends, relaxing while reading your favorite book or watching your children play, outdoor lighting plays a fundamental element to your exterior home. Regardless of what you decide to use your garden for, you will benefit from installing outdoor lighting.

Creates an Inviting & Warm Space

Outdoor wall lights creates your garden into a warm and inviting space for you and your guests. Without outdoor lighting, your garden would be dull and dark but using outdoor lighting can transform your garden into a cosey environment!

Garden lights can enhance the beauty of your garden by highlighting specific areas of your garden. Adding outdoor lighting to your garden can offer you a practical solution. Even having a conversion with your family and friends in the dark can be difficult, outdoor lighting can be used to illuminate your garden to improve visibility helping to improve communication with your loved ones.

Enhances Security

Installing outside lights is perfect for lighting up patios, walkways, and your front and back doors. Adding lighting outside increases the security of your home, helping keep your family safe. Outdoor lighting can improve the security of your home and can help keep burglars away. Using outdoor lighting can help prevent potential crimes as intruders are less likely to trespass your private grounds if there is outdoor lighting to identify them. Additionally, people feel more secure with outdoor lighting as they can see their surroundings. With outdoor light you can sit in your garden peacefully without feeling anxious.

Our range of wall lantern outdoor lighting provides extra security your garden and home. The lighting is available with PIR sensors and provides a strong light output when motion is detected within a certain range. The wall lantern outdoor light is the perfect solution to enhance your security and is beneficial for scaring away intruders.

The Leonis Miners Outdoor Wall Lantern Light is ideal if you want to achieve a vintage appearance. The stylish black wall lantern is extremely durable with IP44 rating. The fitting is constructed from aluminum and finished in stainless steel.

Reduces Accidents

Outdoor lighting is used for aesthetics and improving the security of your home, but illuminating areas with no visibility also reduces the risk of accidents. Outdoor wall lighting is the perfect solution for lighting up certain areas in your garden where people will be commonly walking including patios, stairs and walkways. As you can imagine, complete darkness can increase the number of accidents and injuries. Little or no visibility can result in many hazards and can be extremely dangerous. Outdoor lighting increases your awareness of your surroundings to avoid accidents in the dark.

Transforming your garden with outdoor lighting is the perfect solution for lighting up certain areas in your garden where people will be commonly walking including patios, stairs and walkways to avoid accidents such as trips and falls in the dark.

What IP rating should I use for Outdoor Lighting?

The IP rating is used to explain how much protection each fitting has against water, dust and other conditions. Higher ratings provide higher protection against damage. All outdoor lighting should have a rating of IP44 or higher to protect against weather conditions. IP44 ratings protects the lighting system against various weather conditions and is made to be extremely durable as it protects against rust and corrosion.

Our Floodlight Range has a rating of IP65 which is suitable for hard weather environments.

What is the Best Outdoor Lighting?

Outdoor lighting is the perfect solution to add security, safety and visual appeal to the outside of your home. At Meteor Electrical, we offer a wide variety of outdoor lighting to suit the aesthetic you want to achieve. Our range includes both modern and traditional designs, suitable for domestic and commercial applications. We have a full range of exterior wall lights, ground lights, garden spike lights, wall lantern outdoor lighting and floodlights.

The best outdoor lighting depends on your personal taste and what you want to achieve for your garden. The key areas you should consider when choosing the suitable outdoor lighting:

• The intended location

• The brightness you want to achieve

• The style you want to achieve

Floodlights are the most practical type of outdoor lighting as it is used to brighten larger areas. Our LED floodlight range includes 10W to 200W depending on the size of the area you want to illuminate. Typically, floodlights are used for patios and garages as to improve invisibility for daily tasks. They are also useful for enhancing extra security to your outdoor area to help intruders to stay away.

Red Arrow’s LED PIR Floodlights range includes 10W to 50W fittings. PIR floodlights are the best solution for increasing the security to the outside of your home. The fitting is designed to be activated by movement and only emitting light when required.

• Equipped with 4th wire to enable a straightforward method for the user to over-ride the PIR, or to use a PIR fitting to switch multiple non-PIR fittings.

• 2 Year Guarantee Warranty

• 30,000 Hours Life Expectancy

Ground lights and garden spike lights are the ideal solution for illuminating certain areas of the garden that you want to highlight. Floodlights can be harsh and unnatural whereas these lights are more warm and inviting. It is often used to add visual elements to the garden. These lights are commonly used around the walls or driveways to create an inviting ambience around your garden.

Our outdoor lighting range is ideal for all year around, particularly during the dark winter months. Transform your garden using outdoor lighting to provide a warm and inviting atmosphere as well as increasing the security of your home!

Explore our wide variety of outdoor lighting on our website by clicking here, we have something for everyone. If you require further advice or help with choosing outdoor lighting, contact our dedicated specialist on the live chat or via email [email protected].