Driveway In Ground LED Lights Round IP67 IP68 Stainless Steel Up Lighting

The ILED-IG1 is a small, round in-ground light that you set into the ground and it throws a tight beam of light straight up from the surface. It is for a walkway, a driveway, a set of steps or a garden edge, where you want the light source buried in the ground rather than on a post or a wall. It comes in four sizes and is built to sit below the surface, so it is the pick for step lighting, a driveway line or a border of uplights in a garden.

Tech specs at a glance

The range runs on 12V or 24V, DC or AC, and it puts out 85 to 90 lumen per watt through a 30 degree beam. It comes in four sizes, and the body is 304 stainless steel with a tempered glass top, sealed to IP67 or IP68. The light is available as a white from 2800K to 6500K, or as red, green or blue. It is certified to CE and RoHS and carries a 2 year warranty.

Four sizes, one family

The range runs from the smallest to the largest of the four. The ILED-IG1 is a 42mm body at 1W, needing a 40mm cut hole. The ILED-IG2 is a 52mm body at 1W, needing a 46mm hole. The ILED-IG3 is a 62mm body at 1 to 3W, needing a 56mm hole. And the ILED-IG4 is a 75mm body at 1 to 3W, needing a 64mm hole. You pick the size for the step, the path or the feature you are lighting, and the hole size in the spec is what you cut into the surface.

The up beam

It is an uplight, so the light comes off the top and goes up onto the surface above it. The 30 degree beam is tight enough to mark a step, a path or a small feature without flooding a wide area, which is the point of an in-ground light on a walkway. It keeps the light where you want it, on the step or the edge, rather than across the whole garden.

IP67 or IP68

The seal is IP67 or IP68, so it handles not just rain but standing water and the ground it is set into. That is the spec you want for a light that sits in the ground, where water collects and the surface gets walked on all day.

White and colour

The light is available as a white, from 2800K to 6500K, or as a red, a green or a blue. A warm white is the everyday pick for a home walkway, a cooler white reads brighter for a public path, and the red, green and blue are for a feature or a line that should read as a colour rather than a white. Pick the one that suits the site.

Build and materials

The body is 304 stainless steel around a tempered glass top, which keeps it solid in the ground where water and foot traffic are both on it. The stainless steel is what resists the corrosion a buried fixture gets, and the tempered glass spreads the light and holds the lens. It is a small, self-contained unit, easy to set into a step or a paving line.

What is in the box

Each unit ships as a single in-ground light, with the stainless steel body, the tempered glass top and the cable for the supply. You choose the size and the light colour when you order it, and you set it into the ground on the surface you are lighting.

What you need to supply

You will need to wire it to a 12V or 24V supply, DC or AC to match the version you ordered, and set it into the ground on a solid base. Because it sits in the ground, you will need to run the cable back to the supply and keep the connection dry, and you will cut the hole in the step or the paving to the size in the spec.

Where it gets used

As a small in-ground uplight it shows up on steps and walkways, along a driveway edge, on a garden border and in a plaza or a public path. It is the pick where you want a light in the ground rather than on a post.

Reliability and thermal

It draws only 1 to 3W, so it is a small, efficient accent light that stays cool. The 304 stainless steel body keeps it solid in the ground where water and foot traffic are on it, and the IP67 or IP68 seal keeps the weather out, so it is built to stay in the step for years. It is certified to CE and RoHS and carries a 2 year warranty.

Here is what installers tell us they like about the ILED-IG1:

A true in-ground light. It is built to sit below the surface, so the light comes up off the step or the path where you want it, instead of being on a post or a wall above it.

Sealed for the ground. The IP67 or IP68 seal handles standing water as well as rain, which is what a buried light needs, and the 304 stainless steel resists the corrosion a ground fixture gets.

Four sizes to fit the job. From a 42mm body up to a 75mm, with a matching cut hole on each, so you match the light to the step, the path or the feature you are lighting.

White or colour. It runs a 2800K to 6500K white for a steady walkway, or red, green or blue for a line that should read as a colour.

Small and efficient. At 1 to 3W it is a light accent that stays cool and easy to power, which suits a run of them along a path or a set of steps.

A small in-ground uplight like this one is used where the light source has to sit in the ground:

Steps and stair edges. Set into a step, the 30 degree up beam marks the edge and lights the riser, which is the classic step-lighting job and the reason it is used on a set of outdoor stairs.

Walkways and pathways. A run of them along a walkway gives a steady line of light on the ground where people walk, and you pick the size to match the path.

Driveway edges. Set into the edge of a driveway, it marks the line at night and keeps the light low and useful, which is what a driveway needs.

Garden borders and features. Around a border or a small feature, the uplight brings out the planting or the wall above it, and the colour versions let a line read as red, green or blue.

Plazas and public paths. The stainless steel build and the IP67 or IP68 seal make it the pick for a public walkway, where the lights have to stand up to water and to the foot traffic that moves across them.

A few things to check before you set it in the ground:

Match the voltage. It runs on 12V or 24V, DC or AC, so order the version for the supply you are running. Feeding it the wrong version will not run it correctly.

Cut the hole to spec. Each size has a matching cut hole, from a 40mm hole on the IG1 up to a 64mm hole on the IG4. Cut it to the size in the spec so the light sits flush on the step or the paving.

Use a solid base. It is a light that people step past, so set it on a solid base and secure it, because the build is what lets it take the foot traffic once it is in place.

Keep the connection dry. The cable runs back to the supply, so keep the connection sealed and dry, because a buried run has to stay dry once it is set in the ground.

Pick the light for the site. Choose the white or the colour to suit the space, and the size to suit the step, the path or the feature, keeping it consistent along a run.