Off-Grid Illumination Built for Safety and Savings

This solar LED area light delivers the brightness streets, alleys, walkways, and smaller parking lots need for safety and security, without the cost of trenching, conduit, or a utility connection to get there. Typically covering 1,500+ sq ft at full brightness, it combines two independently aimable lenses, intelligent programming that blends timed dimming with motion-sensing activation, and a 460.8Wh LiFePO4 battery — all in a compact 33 lb package that a single installer can handle.

• No Compromise Between Charging and Coverage: The solar panel tilts ±15° to capture peak sun regardless of pole orientation, while the two lenses aim independently to put light exactly on the street, alley, or lot that needs it. Unlike all-in-one fixtures with a fixed panel and lens, aiming the light here never means the panel tilts to a poor charging angle.
• Light When It's Needed, Not a Watt Wasted: An intelligent 5-stage night mode with motion sensing steps brightness down through the night — 100% for the first 30 minutes, tapering down by early morning — but brightens automatically when someone approaches, holding brightness until they've passed. Get the full safety benefit without wasting battery when no one is around.
• Pays for Itself Before It's Even on the Pole: For street, alley, and smaller parking lot projects where extending grid power would mean trenching, conduit, and utility coordination, this fixture skips all of it. The avoided installation costs alone often cover a large share of the purchase price, and every month afterward runs on sunlight instead of a utility bill.
• Programmable to Fit Your Site: If you want constant illumination rather than motion-sensing operation, that's no problem. An optional remote lets you custom-program this fixture to suit your needs, including steady output for alleys, access drives, or any site where constant light levels are preferred.
• Reliable Through Extended Cloudy Stretches: A 460.8Wh LiFePO4 battery rated for 2,000+ charge cycles, roughly 5 to 7+ years of nightly use, delivers up to 3–4 days of autonomy in intelligent mode, while an MPPT charging controller keeps pulling in usable power on overcast days when standard PWM controllers fall short — this light keeps running when others would go dark.
• Light Enough for a One-Person Install, Light Enough for Your Existing Poles: At 33 lbs, this fixture is light enough for many pre-existing poles and compact enough for a single installer to mount on a pole, wall, or corner bracket without a crew or lift equipment — a quick and easy path to solar retrofits that eliminates the pole replacement and extra labor that heavier solar fixtures require.
• Built to Run Outdoors, Year-Round: IP65 sealing keeps dust and water out permanently, so the fixture performs the same in a downpour in year three as it did on day one.

Need light poles or pole hardware? We have you covered: See our Light Poles page for quick-ship or custom poles and our pole hardware page for a wide range of adapters and wall mount kits.

Ideal Applications

1. Streets & Alleys
2. Smaller Parking Lots & Access Drives
3. Walkways & Pedestrian Paths
4. Remote & Rural Roadways: Farms, rural access roads, and campgrounds where extending grid power to every pole location is cost-prohibitive or impossible — and where reliable lighting still matters for safety.
5. Municipalities & Public Ways: Roadside and alley lighting for municipalities where grid infrastructure is limited, aging, or absent — improving public safety without requiring an electrician for installation.
6. Wall & Corner-Mounted Installations: The fixture's light weight makes it a practical fit for wall or corner mounting on buildings, tight urban footprints, and courtyards where a full pole installation isn't practical or desired.

Why Buy Commercial Grade?

Cheap solar area lights often advertise inflated equivalency numbers that don't reflect real output, and they claim "commercial grade" seals while failing to disclose battery chemistry. A solar light is a system made up of many components, and each of them must be commercial grade to stand up to long-term service. Here's what separates our truly commercial grade fixtures from cheap marketplace alternatives.

A solar fixture is a system — panel, battery, controller, and LED all have to perform together. A waterproof housing doesn't mean much if the battery inside it degrades within two years. This fixture discloses every component because every one of them was built to last.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will the battery charge on cloudy or overcast days?
Yes. The MPPT charge controller continues pulling in usable solar energy on overcast, rainy, or snowy days, when a standard PWM controller in a cheaper fixture would largely stop charging. The 460.8Wh LiFePO4 battery holds up to 3–4 days of reserve to carry the light through multi-day stretches of bad weather.

How does this light perform in cold weather?
The battery is rated to charge between 32°F and 122°F. In colder conditions, the battery can still discharge and run the light using its stored charge, but recharging slows or pauses until daytime temperatures rise back above freezing. The 3–4 day battery reserve is built with this in mind, giving the fixture a buffer through short cold spells.

What happens if snow covers the solar panel?
Heavy snow blocking direct sunlight will reduce charging until it clears. Because the panel sits at an angle rather than lying flat, snow tends to slide off more easily as the panel warms in daytime sun, and any