We live on acreage, no City lights, a working farm...horses, chickens & other critters, along with the predators. We are bordered on 3 sides by 7-800 acres of Mesquite tree forest, predator heaven. Having animals and livestock comes the predators, Coyotes etc. Needless to say, when its dark, its really dark.
The entrance to our double drive is around 100 yards from the house and is DARK since both entrances come off the dead end of a Calichi rock road, no way to know if anyone is coming up the drive, no street lights out here. Besides the ability to SEE at night, the LIGHTS help to keep the predators at bay, along with Max our Border Collie who patrols the entire farm all the time. The distances make it expensive to run electricity to all the spots we need to light. Around 7 months ago after doing my research I finally settled on this light, bought several and fixin' to purchase a few more. With solar/Led lights, "brightness" can be a major problem. I did my homework on solar/Led lights. 900 lumen is equal to aprox. a 65 watt incandescent bulb. A 65 watt bulb in a very dark area is BRIGHT! These lights have been installed aprox. 7 months now and have functioned 100% correctly & I could not be happier with them! The lights have functioned 100% thru 105° plus temps & 3° temps, sleet & snow, huge thunder storms with lots of lightening and torrential rains. One light at each drive entrance lights up a huge area. One over the barn entrance that is over 100 yards from the back of our house lights a huge area while not staying on constantly, and the horses don't seem to mind when it turns on when they trigger it. Placed a few around a 1 acre side pasture that borders our house and the Mesquite tree forest. This side pasture is sometimes the home for several months to young (bottle) calves which are subject to Coyote predation, especially being next to the Mesquite forest. The lights give my wife and I a bit of peace being able to see when we turn into or leave our drive, walk up to the barn, and alerting us and scaring off predators entering our side pasture, they are just wonderful! These lights are easily installed to where they can be readily moved if one wants to relocate them too, I love that! I used 12' galvanized chain link fence corner post (and top cap), a couple of wood to round metal post mounting brackets, few miscellaneous drywall screws, a couple of 12" pieces of treated 2" x 4", 90 lb. sack of quick dry Sacrete, and a 5 gallon plastic bucket PER LIGHT. I placed each post in the center of the 5 gallon bucket, centered/leveled & braced it, filled the bucket with dry Sacrete & just mixed in the water & stirred it in the bucket (saves some clean up!), then allowed it to dry for 3 days. I then mounted one piece of 2" x 4" at the TOP of the post and one piece aprox. 2' down from that piece, top 2" x 4" for the light & the other for the solar panel. After the post is set/dried, it takes about 30 minutes to mount the wood to to the post & to then mount the light & solar panel...EASY & QUICK! I then moved each self contained "light unit" to where I wanted it and buried each bucket about halfway in the ground, about 10"-12" deep. We get high winds here and even with a 5g bucket full of Sacrete as a base, they WILL blow over. learned the hard way BUT, when they blew over no damage, tough too! These can be moved to ANY location one wants to place them, its great, I love these lights! Please remember IF you mount these lights in the same manner I have, they are HEAVYwith no good hand hold, so if you don't have a way to move these around after you build the unit, you may want to just build it in the location where you intend to place it. Of course they can be mounted on about any surface also. After 7 months of use in all types of weather, I would recommend these lights to anyone...I cant imagine NOT having these now and cant wait until I get more!
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Sunforce (82080)- 80 LED Solar Motion Light
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Sunforce - 80 LED Solar Motion LightUse the power of the sun to light dark areas and add extra security with the Sunforce 80 LED Solar Motion Security Light. This light automatically turns on when motion is detected and comes equipped with 80 super-bright white LEDs in ABS plastic housing for added durability. The amorphous solar panel charges 3 x AA rechargeable batteries, ensuring reliable lighting power for whenever, wherever you need it. |
Key Features- Provides lighting and security to garages, pathways, sheds, homes, remote cottages and more! -Includes:80 LED Solar Motion Light, 3 x AA rechargeable batteries, amorphous solar panel with 15 feet of wire, and mounting hardware. -Lumen output: 900. -Detection distance: 30 feet; Detection range: 180 degrees. -Amorphous solar panel works in all daylight conditions, even on cloudy days. -Fully weatherproof design. -No main power or wiring required. -Easy installation; Maintenance free. |
Simply Customize Your Solar Light’s SettingsThis solar motion detector features 2 adjustable settings: Time: determines the duration of the light once motion is detected: 30 seconds, 60 seconds or 120 seconds. Distance: controls the distance of the range of motion detection: low, medium or high. |
How It Works?Solar panels convert sunlight into an electric current, they do not store power. Amorphous solar panels are created by spraying silicon onto glass in very thin layers, and are commonly known as thin film solar panels. This process allows them to be better at generating electricity in all lighting conditions, including cloudy or shady environments. Amorphous solar panels are best for smaller output needs, temporary set ups, and areas that do not receive predictable sun conditions. These solar panels ensure your lights will work anywhere, anytime! |
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Bought two more, love them
One of us is an electrician so we can wire lighting, but why? Our parking area is 75 feet long and 38 feet wide up in a forest. The wire would cost more than these lights. We bought one at Lowes for $80 to use on our deck. It is really nice but runs dead after an hour. This one does not have two directable panels, but it is very bright and 40% of the price. They will come on when we are coming or going. This is almost November so sunlight is at a minimum they still charge just fine. No wiring, no digging, no ground fault protection, no electric bill. How could we go wrong. It senses out about 50 feet. Almost as bright as the one wired motion sensor twin light that came with the house.We have now had them for over a month and they are fabulous. We have yet to have the batteries run down and it is a week from the winter solstice and in the low 20s.I added these pictures 2 months after we installed them. If anything we are happier with them than when I wrote the first review. We are getting ready to buy two more for other areas. The pictures show the brightness of these LED lights. The yellower light to the right in the one photo is two incandescent flood lights run on 120 volts. You can see the light is comparable. I included one with the car so you can see that it is plenty bright enough to distinguish colors. I have three of these sitting 25 feet high on the mountain illuminating an area 75' long. I Love them. We show them to all our friends. It is really nice when you hear some crashing sound to look out and not see lights and know there isn't a person or animal out there, it is just the wind. They are great security. At our last home we lived in a rough area with lots of druggies and theft. We had an alarm system, five video cameras, and big warning signs. NOTHING was so effective as motion detector lights! We would watch the videos to catch people who had broken into our neighbors. You would watch thieves and anyone else walking down the alley where we had three motion detector lights, the first light would startle them, when the second light came on they would move to the other side of the street, by the third light they were double timing it away. We never had a break in on the house.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2017
One of us is an electrician so we can wire lighting, but why? Our parking area is 75 feet long and 38 feet wide up in a forest. The wire would cost more than these lights. We bought one at Lowes for $80 to use on our deck. It is really nice but runs dead after an hour. This one does not have two directable panels, but it is very bright and 40% of the price. They will come on when we are coming or going. This is almost November so sunlight is at a minimum they still charge just fine. No wiring, no digging, no ground fault protection, no electric bill. How could we go wrong. It senses out about 50 feet. Almost as bright as the one wired motion sensor twin light that came with the house.
We have now had them for over a month and they are fabulous. We have yet to have the batteries run down and it is a week from the winter solstice and in the low 20s.
I added these pictures 2 months after we installed them. If anything we are happier with them than when I wrote the first review. We are getting ready to buy two more for other areas. The pictures show the brightness of these LED lights. The yellower light to the right in the one photo is two incandescent flood lights run on 120 volts. You can see the light is comparable. I included one with the car so you can see that it is plenty bright enough to distinguish colors. I have three of these sitting 25 feet high on the mountain illuminating an area 75' long. I Love them. We show them to all our friends. It is really nice when you hear some crashing sound to look out and not see lights and know there isn't a person or animal out there, it is just the wind. They are great security. At our last home we lived in a rough area with lots of druggies and theft. We had an alarm system, five video cameras, and big warning signs. NOTHING was so effective as motion detector lights! We would watch the videos to catch people who had broken into our neighbors. You would watch thieves and anyone else walking down the alley where we had three motion detector lights, the first light would startle them, when the second light came on they would move to the other side of the street, by the third light they were double timing it away. We never had a break in on the house.
We have now had them for over a month and they are fabulous. We have yet to have the batteries run down and it is a week from the winter solstice and in the low 20s.
I added these pictures 2 months after we installed them. If anything we are happier with them than when I wrote the first review. We are getting ready to buy two more for other areas. The pictures show the brightness of these LED lights. The yellower light to the right in the one photo is two incandescent flood lights run on 120 volts. You can see the light is comparable. I included one with the car so you can see that it is plenty bright enough to distinguish colors. I have three of these sitting 25 feet high on the mountain illuminating an area 75' long. I Love them. We show them to all our friends. It is really nice when you hear some crashing sound to look out and not see lights and know there isn't a person or animal out there, it is just the wind. They are great security. At our last home we lived in a rough area with lots of druggies and theft. We had an alarm system, five video cameras, and big warning signs. NOTHING was so effective as motion detector lights! We would watch the videos to catch people who had broken into our neighbors. You would watch thieves and anyone else walking down the alley where we had three motion detector lights, the first light would startle them, when the second light came on they would move to the other side of the street, by the third light they were double timing it away. We never had a break in on the house.
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Very Good Product. Minor differences to the model shown.
Reviewed in Canada on April 30, 2020
Dave
Reviewed in Canada on April 30, 2020
The unit is not quite as shown on Amazon or on the Sunforce website (see attached images). It does not have 2 sliding switches with fixed positions for Time and Distance. Instead, it has 3 rotating dials: SENS, TIME and LUX. The fixed positions may feel more secure but the rotating dials give more control and they work well. Also, it now has a 3 position switch OFF, ON and Auto. These changes seem to offer more control of the unit but do not adversely affect the performance. I measured a max range of 8.2m and min range of 2.8m with a spread of about 170 deg.
The 3 AA NiMH batteries come fully charged and ready to. One thing that could be added to an otherwise complete package is some staples to fix the connecting wire in place.
Update Jan 2021. On the shortest day of the year we got about 7.5 hours of daylight. I have two of these motion detector lights , neither of which are in full sun, and they have both worked perfectly. So I do believe that there are no concerns with these lights getting enough sunlight to operate properly.
Update April 2024. We have had some very cold winters ( -45 deg) and very hot summers (+38 deg C) the last couple of years and the lamps continue to function perfectly. We are still using the original batteries despite having very short days in mid winter and the lights not being in the best position for recharging,
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