LEONLITE COB LED Security Light, Motion Sensor

Bought this to replace a 40 year old spotlight. Great illumination of the back yard and the motion detection works perfectly.

Easy to install if you can install a new ceiling or wall electrical fixture

Easy to install. Super bright. Wish you could adjust the dimness… because OMGOOOOODNESS… it’s bright like a diamond.

Replaced existing incandescent fixtures on an urban lot. These are bright and work great. they are very sensitive. Im hoping they hold up to the weather.

Very satisfied so far.

muy fácil de instalar, el instructivo muy entendible y alumbran muy bien

To be clear, Torchstar provided me with a Bronze 20W Dual-Head Motion Activated LED Outdoor Security Light at no cost for evaluation. If you’ve read my reviews, I call it as I see it…

Windward Hawaii devours anything left outdoors with constant salty wind & rain. I have 6 motion-activated lights around the house. Poorly designed security lights reveal themselves quickly by triggering frequently for no apparent reason.

Every motion-activated light will false-trigger. The good ones don’t do it very often, the worst ones do it constantly from cheaply made sensors. In 10 days, the Torchstar light false-triggered 6 times that I know of (I don’t stay-up all night to monitor it!). The false-triggers were caused by 4 torrential downpours & wind, and 2 unknowns. Unknowns are OK, if they don’t happen often. It could be cats since there was no wind — in which case it’s not a false triggering. Torrential rains & wind can trigger any light I’ve ever installed. So far, this light offers above average sensor performance.

To test sensitivity, I tried moving toward it from off to the side — from out in the yard. Motion sensors are most sensitive at angles, and less sensitive from straight-on. After moving the sensor around to find the best position, (every situation is different), I walked towards it slowly. It came on at about 30 ft. at 45 & 60 degree angles. From straight-on, it activated at about 20 ft. I never came close to the advertised 70 ft. sensitivity, which is typical. I’m sure under ideal conditions, the distance would improve, but in the real world, cut any advertised figure in half. I have one expensive motion light in the front yard facing the street. It’s sensor covers 270 degrees, and reaches 50+ ft., but it’s made for commercial properties, and cost $150! Heavy rain & wind triggers it too.

So far, the Torchstar light seems to be a good motion-activated, very bright LED light. It does everything expected of it — well. The brightness of the lights is very impressive. Long periods of time in this environment will ultimately reveal if this light can withstand a tropical beating. So far, so good. I will update the review if anything changes… BTW, Costco sells a similar (but different) LED security light. They last about a year. I’ve had 5 fail — avoid it.

Pros
* Blindingly bright, don’t look at it! It lights-up my 1/3 acre open-space backyard well
* Compact, this is not a big light. It’s light-weight too, aiding installation
* Rotating shades on each light are a nice touch
* Easy light adjustment (which is not the case on some lights)
* Very efficient
* Cool to the touch

Cons
* I noticed the white version has a 180 degree (half circle) sensor, the bronze 150. They’re about the same price. The white model also moves the sensor farther out-front of the light, improving coverage. If you install a security light on the corner of your house, or along a wall, 180+ degree sensors are a must. Since I mounted the bronze version on a wall, it was possible to sneak-up very close to the light, but at 6 ft. it got me. 150 degree sensors have a more limited use. If the area you need covered is limited by trees, or is an alleyway or walkway, then 150 degree sensors are preferable. If mounted to cover wider areas, 150 degree lights can be thwarted by walking on the extreme sides.
* Neutral colors better coordinate with a wider range of house color & surroundings. Bronze doesn’t match much except a redwood tree or a log cabin! White or gray would be better, I might spray-paint mine …

These lights are utter garbage. I read the reviews and saw some of the complaints and figured people just were unlucky and got defective units, however I purchased two of these and I can confirm the product is garbage. Amazon should be ashamed for selling these. First problem I ran into was a bit of a quality control issue. The screw which secures the light to the anker on one pair of my lights would not fit, I got it in halfway after some elbow grease and it was too dark to dismantle the light so I just left it up and figured I would take it down and contact the company the following day. When I switched the lights on is where the real deal breaker came in. The lights flicker ON AND OFF ON AND OFF, HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR ALMOST AN HOUR NOW. It’s like the lights cannot determine whether it is dark enough outside to remain on so they just come on and go off. After about 30mins of flickering one of the lights has remained on (I have them set to dusk til dawn. I’m about to go outside and set them to auto and hope that keeps them off until i have enough light tomorrow to uninstall them) This has been a terrible experience and I saw others complain about the lights having this same issue but then the title and description had said these were second generation lights so I figured what ever issue they had was fixed. I lhave two of these and they have the same issue so I know it’s not a coincidence. It’s dark out right now and it’s still flickering on and off. I recorded a video which I will upload soon. Spend the extra money and save yourselves all the extra work of having to install these and then uninstall them. I just got these in the mail today and am having problems already. I will be contacting amazon customer service shortly to report this product. This is by far the worst purchasing experience I have ever had on amazon, and I primarily use amazon becuase I have trust in the products they supply. DO NOT BUY THESE, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.D