200ft Long Range IR Illuminator | BI18 90° LED Outdoor IR Flood Light for Security Camera (w/Power Adapter)

The "Tendelux" IR Flood Light really works even better than I expected. After an easy installation, all I could say was "WOW", what difference. This was money well spent.My neighbor recommended this IR light for adding excellent night visibility for "bargain security cameras" that work fine in the daylight but have limited infrared lighting power for the night vision to be effective.In my opinion, the night time visibility for a security camera is just as important, if not more so, than in daylight!When I first saw the huge increase of brightness and how far my security cameras could easily see, I was amazed!For my situation, it illuminates very good out to at least 140 feet from the cameras, has wide coverage, is well made and I will confidently buy others as our security needs require.There are 2 improvements I could recommend:1. Provide a mounting bracket that would allow for horizontal AND vertical adjustment at the same time, such as a "Ball and Socket" type of adjustment. This would greatly improve the ability to provide exact light "aiming" for many different circumstances.With the light mounted in the horizontal position, it only rotates "up or down" and when the light is mounted vertically, it only rotates "side to side" / right or left.Also, the bracket does not allow for an easy or convienient mounting experience on the corner of a building.2. A built-in automatic "dusk to dawn" ( on/off ) feature would be nice also, but the light only draws a cost effective18 watts of electricity so I think it's a toss up but it would be another selling point to consider.For most people, this IR light will work very well as it's doing for me. I am very satisfied with the performance and the price!

we have some older wisenet cameras installed on the front of the house, 3 are aimed towards the front lawn and driveway, without the illuminator, at night, we could see a brighter circle about 15 feet across in the area directly in front of the camera, with the illuminator we can see pretty much out to the street now, we put it up a little higher than the cameras, so I think that helps the ir light spread a bit more, anyway, we were so happy with the change, we ended up installing 2 more, for a total of 3 across the front of the house, now we can see our whole entire front yard and complete driveway, instead of just 3 hot spots.on a side note, we also have a newer wifi camera out front that rotates, that camera always had decent night vision on its own, but now with the IR illuminators, that camera can see the house across the street! so these are excellent for older cameras and still help boost newer camerasI did notice the power adapters feel warm like others have mentioned, I wonder if I can get another power supply and use that to power all 3?? I'll have to look into that, either way, these are a great addition for us, 5 stars!

Pros: Durable. I dropped it on a hard tile floor and it survived unscratched and still working. Nice spread of IR light really enhances the cameras' night vision. Placing it a few feet away from the camera makes the video more 3D looking at night from the IR shadows at an angle behind objects. The illumination is good.Cons: Bright red LEDs. Yes, all IR LEDs produce some visible red light. But these ones REALLY glow red. I tested it by placing the illuminator at my front door then walking about 50 feet to the street. The LEDs were highly visible. My application is for a hobby farm and my back yard, so the visible red LEDs don't bother me much. But I would never consider putting it on the front eave of my house. That would be an open invitation to all the neighborhood kids with BB guns and slingshots to practice on the illuminator at night. Yes, they are that visible. Also, they could have made the power cord a bit longer.

Light worked well to light up an area for a security camera, but it only worked for about 6 months. Not worth the money. The cheaper one I put up at the same time, worked as well, and is still working. Light was mounted tight under the eaves of my shop and only got wet with high winds while raining. There is a 2ft eave with gutters and this light is mounted up against the building with about an inch of space above and behind the light, and it is angled. The other is unprotected on the south side of another building and has had no issues.

I've got several of those security cameras that are surrounded by a zillion little IR lights; maybe you do, too. The problem is that during frequent moisture conditions at night, invisible swirls of water vapor blow and spin across in front, partially or completely blocking the view. Same during rain and snow events. The problem is that the camera’s built-in lights are immediately adjacent to the lens and light up moisture particles that are normally invisible to us.The solution is to disable (or tape over) the internal IR lights and instead mount a separate IR floodlight several feet offset from the camera. Before, I would often get “fog stormed” out for an hour or more at a time on many nights, blinding me to what might be happening. Since one of my cameras is on guard duty to watch for bears in my bee apiary, this was unacceptable; my motion alarm would wake me up, but I had no way of seeing if it was a bear or just a passing deer.This particular Tendelux 200ft IR light works GREAT! It is sturdy, inconspicuous, reasonably priced, and very powerful. It is far brighter than what the camera provided. The bears voted for one star, but I voted for five!