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Just buy this, you'll love it
By teckel on Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2013
Update 10/21/2014:All lights are still going strong after 5 more months. One is used constantly, and batteries are still good. We'll see how long they last under heavy use...Update 5/20/2014:I moved to a house that's over 100 years old and none of the closets have lights (heck, none of the bedrooms have lights). Anyway, the closets are very dark. I've purchased a few more of these now and have monitored the battery usage. When monitoring movement and not lit, it only uses 60uA or 1.44mAh per day. When the LED is on, it uses 360mA for 30 seconds (or longer if there's movement). As it's drawing 360mA when lit, alkaline batteries will be able to provide about 6000mAh. Alkaline batteries *can* provide 8000mAh, but only with a much lower load (around 25mA). In other words, for each 30 seconds the LED is on, it uses 3mAh of power, so it can be triggered 2,000 times on one set of good alkaline batteries. I've found that it gets triggered about 6 times a day or around 3 minutes total. That means that each day it uses 18mAh for the LED and 1.44mAh for the movement sensor for a total of 19.44mAh per day. What does all this mean? It means that a set of good alkaline batteries lasts (6000 / 19.44 = 308 days) or around 10 months. Some last longer as they're not used as often, but 10 months is about the average in our house. This is really good battery usage for such a bright light, and it is PLENTY bright. Hope this helps!Original review:My daughter's closet is dark so it's hard to see her clothes when getting ready for school before the sun comes up. I looked around at a few different models and this one stands out because of the low battery usage and bright light. It works perfect. Easily detects when she enters the closet, stays lit while looking for clothes, and turns off when she leaves. It's also bright enough to see everything and the spread of the light is wide enough to light the entire closet. Can't really say anything bad about it. And the price is great as well. You can't go wrong with this.
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Let there be light!
By ACar_CA on Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2013
I went back and forth over the Mr. Beams for months before I actually bought it. I hate LED lights but we rent, and I didn't want to install something permanent in the ceiling of our unlit pantry. So, I gave in and bought it.It takes C batteries, which I had to make a special trip for, but that isn't a huge deal. It was however, quite a feat to climb a ladder backwards and install a light in the ceiling of a pantry with the top of the door right where my arms needed to be. After a little contortionist action, I was able to screw the attachment plate into the ceiling. Then, it was only a matter of lining up the tiny brackets to twist on the main light portion. This took a few minutes and while I was frustrated and foaming at the mouth trying to get it installed I am relatively pleased with the final product.The light turns on when I open the pantry door and turns off a short while after I close the door. It gives off enough light to illuminate the items in the pantry and doesn't blind me (unless of course you stare at it directly... so, don't do that).There is a small part of me that wishes I had ordered 2 as our pantry is rather long and the beam of light isn't terribly wide. But, after the aforementioned foaming at the mouth, I think I would have probably given up and not installed the second one after the first one went up. Perhaps it would have been easier to install with an power tool.I think this works well for people who rent, but if you own I suggest biting the bullet and have a real light installed (preferably one with the motion sensing light feature, which is pretty cool). Also, keep in mind that this doesn't light a very large area. The images they show of the area it illuminates are pretty accurate.
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