Customer Reviews

Designers Edge L-992WH Outdoor Two-Light Downward Floodlight, 180-Degree Motion-Activated, White

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

This handsome outdoor motion-activated light is easy enough to install, sets up easily to illuminate the intended area, but is WAY too sensitive for a small- or medium-size patio with leafy container plants and occasional breezes. Sensitivity adjustment might work better for larger open space (a flat lawn with tall motionless trees?). With this unit, the only way to keep the lights from turning on all night (especially when a breeze is constantly moving patio-plant foliage) is to reduce sensitivity almost completely, which means that, on a quiet night with no breeze, motion-detection then becomes too slow -- bad for security or homeowner convenience. Our older Heath-Zenith unit had no problem differentiating between the changing heat signatures of moving plant foliage versus moving humans (even little ones).

I set this on the lowest setting and it comes on constantly.If you live where there are any trees with in 50 feet of the light or the wind blows,
I wouldn't recommend this light.

This light is garbage. I am sending it back for a refund. All attempts to get it to work properly have failed. Even with the sensitivity turned as low as it goes, the light continues to trip falsely. Spent a lot of time trying to adjust it. It works great in "Test" mode. I give it one star as it won't let me give it zero stars.

The sensor on this light is too sensitive for anywhere other than your basement. It does come with a sensitivity adjustment which is great, except even when set as low as possible it still turns on and off all night. Yes this light works as advertised, but the constant false alarms waste tons of electricity and will bother you and your neighbours. I recommend spending a little more on a quality brand.

UPDATE: This unit has stopped working completely after a few months. I suspect the sensor could not handle the upstate NY winter. Now I am looking for another fixture and have to waste time redoing this project.

This lighting fixture has some good features, good build quality and looks but is lacking in some areas that were important to me but not evident from the product information. They do not work with Compact Flourescent Bulbs (CFB). The light will work when they get a motion signal to come on, but when the timer times out, the light act like a strobe light, flashing very rapidly. Also, I wanted to have some of the fixtures I ordered to operate nightly from dusk to daylight on the photocell and not from the motion signal. You can set this mode by switching the light switch, but you have to do so every day as the unit resets itself each day.

So, if you are using standard light bulbs and want standard motion detection switching, this is a five star fixture but not for my use.

I ordered 2 of these. One was defective out of the box. Got a replacement and now both work very well. I use it in my driveway and also for my backyard. Motion dectectors are pretty accurate and you're able to adjust the sensitivity and the duration of how long the light stays on after it detects the motion. Very happy with this product.

this light functions as advertised, which others I tried didn't do. It is a little too sensitive but other than that it works fine.

Two of these units stopped working because the housing container filled with water. I noticed this when I was trying to troubleshoot. I turned the control to Test and a lot of waterr started dripping out.

Both units were professionally installed. I am in the process of replacing the second one now.

Mine did not come with the switch to change from motion to dusk-to-dawn mode and it's super sensitive. Any wind will turn it on, which means pretty much all night long. Too bad I didn't install it until a few months after purchasing it or I would have returned it.

I live in a very windy area and even on the least sensitive setting with the motion detector pointed towards the ground this light will activate. That isn't the problem. The problem comes when it activates and you have it on a 1 minute timer, but it never turns off. The problem is sporadic and is tied to the wind. If the wind is very high, then the leaves, brush or whatever seems to be triggering the light and having two flood lights on most of the night is not only a waste of power, but it probably annoys the neighbors as well.

The light itself is nice. It fully iluminates the yard and nobody is going to hide in the shadows with this light on.

Motion sensing is the way to go. At least it turns off some of the time.