SL5C 4 vs VOLT brass kit

A solar colour spotlight set against a wired brass lighting system in the highest cost tier. The SL5C 4 needs no cable; the VOLT kit includes everything for a mains-fed run but offers no app and no colour.

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SL5C 4

4 SPOTLIGHTS · 3 W EACH · IP67

Staked in the bed and aimed up at what you want picked out — a tree, a chimney, the end of a gable. Solar and self-contained, so it goes where there is no cable and nothing to trench, and the price of that is output: 120 lm a fixture accents a feature, it does not wash a two-storey wall the way a mains flood does. Runtime is the other honest limit. Owners in full sun report 12 hours; owners in shade report a few, and that is the complaint that comes up most. RGBTW, so it does real colour rather than a tinted white.

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VOLT

VOLT brass kit

8 SPOTLIGHTS · 5 W EACH · UL, DIRECT-BURIAL CABLE

Eight solid-brass uplights at 5 W and four solid-brass path lights at 3 W, both 2700K, on an included 150 W low-voltage transformer with a mechanical timer, 250 ft of direct-burial cable and the bulbs. Brass rather than aluminium or plastic: it weathers to a patina instead of corroding. No app and no radio.

High-end Breakdown See price

What differs	SL5C 4	VOLT brass kit	Why it matters
Budget band	Budget	High-end	The SL5C 4 is the lower tier of the two. We print neither number; the buttons above open the live listings.
In the box	4	8
Addressable zones	4	0	A zone is the smallest thing the app can colour on its own. Alternating schemes need one per light.
Per light	120 lm	not stated	Brightness per point. More points at fewer lumens can add up to the same total.
Per fixture	3 W	5 W
Weather rating	IP67	UL, direct-burial cable	The higher number survives more water. Anything under a gutter wants IP67 or better.

Price tiers are our own rough budget bands, not live prices. Check the listing for today’s price.

The differences that matter

Power: the SL5C 4 is solar and self-contained. The VOLT kit includes a 150 W low-voltage transformer with a mechanical timer and 250 ft of direct-burial cable.
Colour: the SL5C has 4 addressable zones and is listed as RGBTW. The VOLT kit is 2700K with no app and no radio.
Count: 4 lights against 8 uplights plus four 3 W path lights, with the bulbs included in the VOLT kit.
Output: the SL5C is 120 lm and 3 W a fixture and its listing says it accents rather than washes. The VOLT lists 5 W uplights and no lumen figure.
Material and rating: the VOLT is solid brass that weathers to a patina, UL listed with direct-burial cable. The SL5C is IP67. The SL5C is the lower cost tier.

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Same front, same dusk, same camera. Side by side is the only comparison that survives the product photography.

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