How much should I expect to pay for good outdoor landscape lighting fixtures?

I have this kit and have been very satisfied. Others on this board will vouch for Volt as a solid, dependable, well-made brand. I'll upload a pic in a minute so you can get an idea of the end result.

You can check out the prices of individual fixtures on their website LINK

ETA: pic for reference

Yep, check out the Volt website.

How much did it cost to install that kit?

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Sir Saint

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Does Volt also make a RGB kit? Not sure if my eyes are lying to me but I would be interested in possibly doing a setup like this but with RGB.

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Does Volt also make a RGB kit? Not sure if my eyes are lying to me but I would be interested in possibly doing a setup like this but with RGB.

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No kits that I'm aware of, but they do make some RGB fixtures.

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Something high-quality and waterproof.

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Basically there are two options:
Integrated LED vs traditional landscape lights (which you’ll put LED replaceable bulbs into).
Integrated LED will have better waterproofing, but they are disposable. Top-end brands are going to be FX, Kichler. Volt is decent quality, but they are the “disrupter” of the landscape lighting industry because they advertise their prices right off, and you’re usually getting sold all the parts and labor as one with relatively opaque pricing (from what I’ve gathered in several online forums- I’m not a pro, but I’ll upload a pic of my DIY backyard in a bit).


Now, that’s not EXACTLY true, as you CAN find some prices on some fixtures, but it takes a bit of digging. You said “puck,” so I’m assuming you mean something like an in-grade light. If that’s the case, check this out.


ETA: my DIY job:





First and last should give you an idea of the actual illumination. Middle should give a little more detail about placement. You’ll notice that it’s exceedingly difficult to take good low-light picture of light fixtures which are emitting light. It looks a lot better in person.
There are 6 uplights and 12 or so path lights. The uplights were broken/disconnected when I moved in. I replaced them and rewired them in about an hour and a half. The elm tree has had its light moved/replaced a couple of times for better illumination, and there are some plants that block the light a bit in that picture- it’s much more striking now and in person.

I actually just did my path lights a week ago today- my father in law had a couple styles in his yard, so he pulled these out and replaced them with ones like he had. Yay for me- so I was able to put these in over the course of about four beers.



To the guy asking about Volt and RGB- they do make an RGB flood. It’s about $100 if I remember. I have an upcoming project that I’m considering RGB for (half because I’m interested, half because I want individual fixture dimming/white tuning). 10 crepe myrtles and a medium- age live oak.


If you are considering RGB:
AliExpress sells a WS2811 10w flood that is RGB (you need a dc power supply and a controller, the combo can be had for ~$50) for $250/10 pack. This will give me “smart” control (WLED) of each fixture, be able to turn them on off, I could actually incorporate them In Christmas light shows, but it comes with a little unusual caveat- they require a “data” cable between them that goes in sequential order if you want to do this, so you have to actually wire them from one to the next (no T/split) and watch voltages

Alternative: if you have zigbee and mr16 fixtures, gledopto makes a zigbee mr16 bulb for about $16. It’s not bad. But it’s 4w, and colors are not so wonderfully bright and vibrant (looked pretty disappointing next to my 5000K 7w bulbs when I tried to make it red/green). No real good options in any non-mr16 landscape light bulb format.

RGB like the volt fixture are fine, but for that price, you’re nearly at the level you’ll pay for a Hue fixture (check them out at Costco- they usually have the best deals, you can often find their big spot with a power supply for about $99/light. It’s a 24v system with wireless connectivity for the fixtures for individual light control. Pretty neat, but I’m sticking with boring white column lighting (not pictured), hue down lights on the porch (pricey) and then cheap RGB for the trees, and if I hate it, I’ll have the wires run to just convert to nicer fixtures (the uplight I have everywhere else is the FX RS with the “short” shield. I recommend it. Very well made. If you watch, over the course of a 2-8 week process, you can find them dip to about $50 on Amazon and several other places if you’re ok with their bronze color (blends well with most mulch), but you’re looking closer to $100/pop for the long-shield version or another color. The Volt copper looks good on the internet. I haven’t touched them. Im considering their “salty dog” in grades in my back yard oh my brick columns, but my wife is informing me that I may be taking this a bit overboard.

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Yep, check out the Volt website.

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Agreed, IMO VoltLighting.com is the only way to go.

Our solid brass Volt fixtures have been in the ground 15 years with no issues except bulb replacement - which is easy because of the fixtures' good design.

We've got Volt path lights, spot lights, and post lights. I prefer to use their thickest, heaviest wire for the buried connections.



That crap I used to buy from the hardware store chains didn't last more than a couple of years outdoors.

Just got done adding lv lights to my front bed. Went with sunvie from Amazon as they were one of the few black fixtures that I liked (black was the only wife approved color).

Cant speak to the longevity, but the work and they're plenty bright for landscape lights.

I don't have the spare time or the patience, but there are 12v RGB landscape lights on Amazon.

All of them appear to be made at the same place and have a hardwired controller/transformer.

I'm willing to bet you could chop off the hardwired transformer/controller and wire in something that is wled compatible.

You'd just have to find something that could withstand the electrical load it would take off a normal 200-300 watt 12v landscape lighting controller.

17 replies in an not a single “‘bout $350!”