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The best umbrella lights to illuminate your space

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Using an outdoor umbrella with lights can help light up your outdoor tables well into the night. Outdoor lights for umbrellas can help you feel safe as you relax outside with friends and family.

Enhance your patio umbrella with lights or light-up tents, canopies, or sunshades with the use of these LED lights. There are many uses for these outdoor lights to brighten up your space. Don’t let the night stop you from enjoying your deck or backyard and consider our top picks for patio umbrella lights.

Oyoco Patio Umbrella Light

Best Light Overall

The Oyoco Patio Umbrella Light is perfect for a simple, energy-saving fix for light under an umbrella or inside a tent. Installation is easy with no need for extra tools or even an electrical source. Simply open the adjustable clamp and connect around the umbrella pole or hang using the convenient hanging hooks. Face the LED lights down for direct light or upwards for indirect light. There are four lighting modes featured on this umbrella light. The Oyoco Patio Umbrella Light utilizes 28 bright white LED lights to light up your space.

Honwell Patio Umbrella Light

Best Color Changing

The Honwell Patio Umbrella Light provides users with 250 lumens through 20 extremely bright LED lights. The lifespan of the LED lights is up to 30,000 hours. Press the quick-release button and easily attach the patio umbrella lights to any pole until it clicks securely. Operate this patio umbrella light with a convenient wireless remote and control light colors, choosing from 16 multicolor lights and light modes between flash, strobe, fade, and smooth.

Poocci Patio Umbrella Lights

Best with Remote Control

The Poocci Patio Umbrella Lights has a creative design, which measures 130 cm. in length. Each branch can be cut at will and can fit umbrellas from 6 ft. to 10 ft. Wrap these copper wire branch strips around the umbrella ribs as you please. These umbrella lights have a waterproof battery box and light strips perfect for daily use. Utilize the convenient wireless remote control to switch light modes, brightness, and circulation switch. Light modes include combination, in wave, sequential, slow-glow, chasing, slow-fade, twinkle, and steady-on, and enjoy 10-level adjustable brightness. Choose between a two-, four-, six-, or eight-hour timer, and cycle mode, which turns on for six hours and off 18 hours.

Sunlitec Solar Umbrella Hanging Lights

Best Solar

The Sunlitec Solar Umbrella Hanging Lights are long lasting with 50,000 hours of bulb lifetime. These solar hanging lights come with dual-charging options in a solar panel or a USB charging port. Hang these lights around your patio umbrella or wrapped around an umbrella pole. Keep well-lit with the powerful 25 LED bulbs across a 27-foot long cord.

There are so many choices to consider when shopping for umbrella lights. Whether you’re looking for pole-clamp lights, multicolor lights, or remote-controlled lights, this list has you covered. Keep any party going with the use of umbrella lights. Enjoy a well-lit area in your backyard in the evenings or at any time of night with umbrella lights!

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