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Included tape will damage your wall
By oasisguy on Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2016
UPDATE 2018Had these for about 3 years now and all three are still working great. I get about 9 - 10 months of life on a set of batteries before the light becomes noticeably dimmer. I use Rayovac alkaline batteries.I see some reviews state getting only a few weeks of battery life and I'm thinking they must've got a knock off product or a bad batch. The battery life on these is my favorite part of this product. I can also verify that these do go into a constant on mode when the batteries get very weak and need to be changed. I've seen it, so rechargeable ni-mh batteries will get damaged being used in these.(original review)I bought these 6 months ago and installed one of the three and put the other two away till a time came along I needed them. Well that was today, the main light in my hallway stairs died and I've been stumbling through the dark. Not anymore. The one I originally installed is at the top of the stairs coming into my apartment. It's always dark over there and only gets light rarely so most of the time whenever someone enters or leaves the light switches on. It's been 6 months and its still lighting bright on the same set of rayovac alkalines I put in it on day one.The light sensitivity sensor appears to be well tuned, when their is enough light to see by it stays off, when their isn't it turns on. I like that for saving power.The sensitivity of the motion detection works well also. It picks up people approaching from the side of it very well, (handy for stairwells and hallways) and also has excellent straight ahead sensitivity.The build quality if good, I completely tore one down to have a look at what makes it tick. The circuit board has a fair amount of quality components on it and is layed out intelligently showing that some effort went into the process of designing it. The board is held in by screws not gobs of hot glue like you see on many cheap Chinese products. All solder joints looked well done and the wire is more than thick enough for the job.The double sided tape that comes in the box. I'm not sure what makes people think you can stick it to your wall with that and then remove it later and not destroy your paint and possibly the sheet rock. It is just standard inexpensive double sided tape with foam in the middle to help it adhere to uneven surfaces. It looks nothing like name brand Command Strips. I used picture hanging Command Strips on the first light They are two piece one side for the wall, one side for the unit and locking Velcro like material in the middle. They work excellent. For the second light I'm using Blue Tack, which is that blue stuff you roll in your fingers then stick it on the item then stick it on the wall. It wont damage the wall when removed and can be reused.This light is brightef than a standard night light and has great longevity on batteries. This is accomplished by using 4 AAs instead of 3 like you see in many led flashlight's or worst 2 or 1 like they use in lawn ornament lights. Using 4 allows them to step the voltage down for the led, which is more efficient, and because there's just more capacity because of the extra batteries you can go longer with out having to change them.This is a great product, and I payed full price for it and was not supplied with anything for free. I endorse it soley to help out other shoppers. I include this note only because I feel free sample reviews are beginning to water down the quality of the reviews here on Amazon which otherwise is an amazing place to purchase products.
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THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED - THEY DON'T LAST EVEN SEVEN MONTHS ON A SET OF BATTERIES - SAVE YOUR MONEY
By MS on Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2015
SECOND UPDATE: 6/27/2015New information. One of the lights that has Duracell batteries in has now started to cycle. One of the lights did not work at all when I put Duracell batteries in. I plan to retire the lights as they start to cycle. It is not worth putting any brand of battery in these. It's too bad. The light that they put out is just what I had hoped for. If they could only make a durable light, I would buy more. When I got my first set, I thought of more places that I could use the temporary light. I can still think of additional places I would put more if they were any good. Since they are supposed to work for at least a year on four batteries, and I have had five of fourteen fail now in seven months or less; I have to conclude that these lights are not worth the money.UPDATE:I need to change the rating from one star to five stars with the caveat that I put as the name of the review.I will leave my original review for a while at least in case someone read it and was influenced by it (I know at least one person was). I hope anyone who read the first review reads this update.Mr. Beams may have been right. While the first unit that failed had Energizer batteries in it, which was one of the brands that they suggested, all of the others had Maxell Alkaline. Of the six original units that I had I put Energizer in one of them (it failed), Maxell in one of them (it failed) and Duracell in the other four (none failed). The others all had Maxell Alkaline. I have now ordered Duracell batteries and cancelled my Subscribe & Save subscription for Maxell batteries.Mr. Beams should suggest in the description that the customer use Duracell batteries.I really liked these when I got my first six in December. I put them in places that needed a light but didn't have a nearby socket. I realized that I had more places that could use one of these, so I ordered six more in February. Shortly after those arrived, one of the original six started to cycle on and off, even though there was no movement nearby. The cycle was constant, even in strong light. I assumed the batteries were bad, so I replaced them. They were Energizer batteries. Soon, a second one from the original order started cycling. I removed the batteries. I stopped using the light. Then the first one that started cycling did it again. I removed the batteries and wrote an email to the company. At first they tried to blame the batteries because I am using Maxell Alkaline in most of them. That would not explain the first one to go bad or the ones that are still working. Most of them have Maxell, but some of them have Duracell. Eventually, they agreed to send me replacements for the two that were not working. They sent them May 8. In the last week one of the six from my second order started cycling as well as one of the replacements that the company sent me in May. They are supposed to last a year on one set of batteries, but I have had four out of fourteen fail to do that so far. A 28% failure rate is unacceptable, but I fear it will be higher. A terrific waste of money on the lights and the batteries that I can no longer use either.
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