Ring Solar Pathlight 4-Pack, Black with Ring Bridge (Newest Model), White

Why it's worth it

Ring's Solar Pathlight puts 80 lumens on the walk and, with the included Bridge, ties into Amazon Sidewalk for app scheduling and camera-triggered lighting. It's the only mainstream solar pathlight that talks to your doorbell without a wired hub.

Ordinary solar lights make one decision: dark, so turn on. These make better ones. With the Bridge, you get schedules, on-off control from your phone, and the ability to have the path light up when your Ring doorbell sees someone. If you already own a Ring camera, this is the pick that changes how the system behaves rather than just adding light.

The camera link is the feature you can measure. Forbes Home found Ring Solar Pathlights connected to Ring cameras cut false motion alerts by up to 35% compared with standalone solar motion detectors. Correlating two sensors filters out the raccoon. If motion alerts on your phone have become background noise, that's the actual fix.

From our review of 8 outdoor solar garden lights, by Genevieve Dubois, Home & Living Expert

What we like

• +Ordinary solar lights make one decision: dark, so turn on
• +The camera link is the feature you can measure
• +At 80 lumens it's a pathlight, not a floodlight — right in the range that pathway lighting calls for
• +The Bridge is why this bundle costs what it does, and it's what keeps the lights connected when they sit past the edge of your…

What to know

• –You're buying into an ecosystem
• –It's the most expensive way to light a path here by a wide margin, and the per-light output isn't higher than cheaper competitors