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- #9 in IR Illuminators
T. COTON
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2025
This IR LED completes the tiny IR lights that come standard with WiFi cameras perfectly, I placed mine close to the ground the capture nocturnal wildlife. The IR light has been going strong for a year and a half until 2 days ago when the power adapter died on me. Luckily I have some 12v spare power adapters and it is back to life.
Asher
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2024
Good lighting, but can't handle a little movement once in place, struggled 3 hours before it worked.
Justin.
Reviewed in Australia on January 8, 2024
Value for money
C.Rem
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2023
I bought a few of these, however the power supply is not weatherproof. One burned out in about a year, it got too hot and melted the bag it was in then got wet. The illuminator is great for most cams, just make sure you know the sensor range of your cams, that it is sensitive at 850nm. You can see the light source at night, there's sufficient bleed into visible range that they are very easy to spot, however for the purposes of illuminating an area without disrupting neighbors or animal sleep patterns, they do the job well and are bright enough to get a bright video image almost equal to turning on visible lights. I also have one inside an enclosed space (garage); it is on continuously and the housing has sufficient cooling that the LEDs do not overheat and burn out, it is warm to the touch, but not hot. My other power supplies have not overheated, only that one.
Sqweezel
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2021
My friend has an Oculus S, and he does not like to use his overhead light when he plays because its just too bright, but when he turns on the desk lamp, it isn't enough light for the headset to function, and when he moves out of his play-space to reach for a soda or something or view the room, the desk lamp is not enough to really see, so I looked at the nm of the wavelength of IR that the Oculus S uses for tracking, and the frequency the cameras respond to, this was close to the cameras but far enough away from the tracking to possibly not cause an issue.Well, It works, and works WELL.Bouncing the light off the ceiling illuminates the entire room, and the cameras pick it up so bright that they don't look grainy as the digital shutter speed and ISO is at a "normal" level.So basically in absolute pitch blackness with NO light on in the room other than this unit, he can see everything clearly enough to read his posters from across the room.ANYONE with an Oculus S or other VR system that gets funky in light that is too low, but does not want to flood their room with visible light as to not keep people awake or whatever, this thing, this thing is perfect and I am so glad they have these in this specific wavelength.ALSO if you are looking for a light source for security cameras, this little guy is awesome.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on August 1, 2019
Realy lights up my rural property so my cameras can see all the back yard at night. No more sneaking around in the dark without being seen.
Darren W.
Reviewed in Canada on February 4, 2019
Best bang for your buck for LED IR illuminators. Very bright and nicely diffused so a broad area is evenly illuminated. Will definitely buy more.
Simon A.
Reviewed in Canada on November 4, 2019
Very good light. Strong, does the job. Has a sensor, and turns on automatically when it's dark. Plugged in once I got it and have never touched it since
EFQ
Reviewed in Canada on April 7, 2019
Works very well to shine the outside.
Jim Lewis
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2018
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TechnoJunkie
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2018
I have installed only one of these illuminators (outdoors). As advertised, this illuminator provides a relatively long-range illumination pattern, with fairly even illumination. It also appears to provide a steadier light level (as compared to many other types of illuminators that tend to dim and brighten with changes of the ambient light level). Unsteady illumination level often causes motion-detecting DVRs to trigger, so steady output is better.The only downside that I've found with this illuminator is one that it shares with all illuminators that have the same style of housing and bracket: It is difficult to mount and aim (due to the design of the bracket). Also, the long, thin bracket arms, combined with the hefty weight of the housing, tends to allow it to jiggle a bit due to wind or vibration. This can cause changes in its illumination pattern, that may be detected as motion by a DVR. It may be necessary to "beef up" the mounting structure in some way if this problem occurs in a given mounting location. I am not aware of any suitable "heavy-duty" brackets for this type of housing, so it may require a custom fabrication. Or, the included mount may be adequate for a given situation, making all of this moot.
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