Underwater Pond Lighting. Light up you water garden with under water pond lights.

Garden lighting can make your garden useable as an outdoor room for more days of the year. It will create a new dimension to your lifestyle for social occasions and romantic tête-à-têtes. Also, added-security comes as a bonus without the use of the ubiquitous retina blistering megawatt halogens that create the ‘Colditz effect’ around so many homes these days.
The Americans have long since thought we are crazy. Good quality garden lighting has been around for years and here we are supposedly a nation of gardeners and what do we do but draw the blinds on our creations for six months of the year? The garden must be designed to be seen from the house and if it cannot be seen on a late autumnal night then light it up. Water gardens in particular seem to come to life even in the darkest months with lighting around, floating and underwater.

Waterfall and fountain with the simple three underwater light set from Blagdon
The advantage of underwater lights particularly for fountains and waterfalls is that the light gets trapped in the stream of water and travels up it, illuminating it from the inside. This is one of the most effective lighting tricks that almost makes fireworks on bonfire night obselete. This can be done with even quite small and modestly powered lamps. Oase even manufacture one so small that it can be fitted into a large jet nozzle. many of these lights come with detachable coloured filters which can add an another dimension.

Oase demonstrate the effects of lighting on their fountains at a trade show.
For many people the cost of underwater lighting for ponds was prohibitive, both for the initial purchase and running costs. But now, compared to 10 or 20 years ago, you can buy a set of three or five lights for the same price you would have paid for one back then, and with improvements in technology you get more light for less power consumption. That is mainly because they work on low voltage systems, which in turn makes them super safe and easily installed by any amateur.
There is still a huge variation in reliability in underwater lighting, and so the best advice is to always buy a well-known make from an accredited supplier. It also helps to buy locally so that you can easily take back any faulty goods.
Some of the most dependable manufacturers in the world of underwater lighting for ponds are Oase, Blagdon and Laguna.

Blagdon make an ‘amphibious’ set of five lamps plus weatherproof transformer, that will work on the pondside or underwater, for £139.99, a three lamp kit for £96.99 and a single lamp with transformer for £49.99.
The Laguna Underwater Light System gives you 2 lights with weatherproof transformer for just £39.99.

Oase lighting may be a little more expensive, like the Luna Aqua 10 at just under £61.99 per lamp, but it has the power of 75watts to really make and impact. And like most Oase products, it is reliable. It comes withThe Laguna Powerglo lighting kit. a 2year guarantee, which you wont find with many lighting set ups. However the 12volt transformer and cables are extra to this price, with a 4 connection transformer coming at £69.99 and cables at £15.99 each.
There is a cheaper range called the Lunaqua 3 which costs £59.99 for the one light set, £89.99 for the two light set and £149.99 for three with transformer and cables.