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I am not an average user, I opted to not use the Side Mounted Inferred Lights, not because I think they are bad, but because I had a unique use for my project.
[The Review]
I have purchased a few lenses for my raspberry Pi's as I have worked on home security camera's for a few years now on the side. I have to say this one is my favorite. The angle is nice and wide which gives it better exposure and a better view, but the picture isn't so wide that it turns into a fish eye image which I like.
[My application]
I mounted mine in a dummy camera, did not have enough room in that chassis to put the the inferred light into which wasn't a big deal for me.
[Side Note/Details about Side Mounted Inferred Lights]
Side note, though I have not personally used these EXACT side mounted inferred (I know I called it Ultra Violet by mistake in the video, my bad) lights I have used this exact design a few times with other lenses and they work good. They push out a lot of light but they have their disadvantages to. The inferred lights get super hot, so keep that in mind if you are going to use an adhesive on them, OR you plan on keeping them someone near flammables in a hot and dry climate. They have a red dim light on them when they are in use (The sensor almost always has them running unless its really bright in the room) so if you are going for a stealth look I would recommend external inferred lights which is what I am using. The last disadvantage to these lights is they use very small bolts/nuts and need to be tighten delicately and evenly to get the best results. If you do not, you can have troubles with keeping a good connection but if tighten well and evenly they will stay on there and will NOT wiggle out.
If you use MotionEye OS like I do you are able to get better frame rates with Raspberry Pi Zero's W after tweaking a few settings so the video doesn't give the best representation of the motion capture of the lens.
