Solar Spot Lights
Choose spot lights when direction matters and the goal is to isolate one feature: a tree, sign, sculpture or architectural detail.
Choose by lighting job
Start with the job, not the product.
A spotlight, flood light and security light can all be bright, but they are not solving the same problem. Start with what needs light, how the light should behave and where the fixture can be installed. The right category usually becomes clear before you compare a single model.
Target first
Separate overlapping jobs
Compare products second
What does the light need to do?
The categories can overlap in where they are used, but not in the job they are designed to solve. Pick the statement closest to what you actually need from the light.
The six lighting jobs
Different categories. Different decisions.
The useful distinction is not simply residential versus commercial or dim versus bright. Each category starts from a different lighting problem. Use these boundaries to decide where your search should begin.
Solar Flood Lights
Choose flood lights when the job is to spread light across a wider surface rather than concentrate on one feature.
Solar Post Lights
Choose post lights when the mounting form is part of the decision: an existing post, complete lamp post, bollard or post-cap installation.
Solar Security Lights
Choose security lights when detecting activity is part of the lighting job, so sensor coverage and placement matter alongside output.
Solar Parking Lot Lights
Choose parking lot lights when pole height, spacing and overlapping coverage must work together across a larger site.
Solar Flagpole Lights
Choose flagpole lights when the target is the flag itself and the setup must keep that moving target visible above the pole.
How Greenlytes organizes the choice
Selected around the job, not the specification sheet.
Greenlytes uses documented product and supplier specifications, then applies category-specific criteria to explain where a light fits and what those specifications change in practice.
How Greenlytes evaluates products
Still deciding?
Go deeper with Greenlytes Lab.
If the right category is not obvious yet, Greenlytes Lab explains the variables that usually cause hesitation — useful brightness, beam shape and seasonal solar performance.
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