Univivi - 20 LED Infrared Illuminators 850nm Long Range Lighting 90 Degree Wide Angle Infrared Flood Light IP67 Waterproof for Security Camera IR Light Indoor Outdoor

Have tried several of these. This is as good as any, better than some. Good brightness. Relatively wide light spread. Had a warranty problem (failed due to water intrusion after 4 months and they ignored my request for a replacement ) with a comparable brand. So I've struck the other folk off my list and will be buying more of these. Over the years I've tried all sorts of weatherproof connectors and boxes for various outdoor video cameras and lights, IP65 through even IP68. Have not had good long term success with anything other than using disposable plastic water bottles, slitting the neck, and pushing everything up inside the plastic water bottle. You DO need to have the opening pointing down and make sure the weight of the cables doesn't pull everything out. It doesn't look at all professional. But it works for me. You may want to try that with your power connections if you use these outside. I used a plastic grape juice bottle for the exposed wall wart which is temporarily connected to an extension cord.

I got this for a couple of reasons. It works very well allowing my camera having much better night vision on the side of my house. I have this installed pointing directly from the line of sight out of my laundry room window in the back of my house. My Camera is actually on the front side but pointing perpendicular to the direction of the IR flood light pointing down one side of my property. I've done something similar with other cameras I have, and they, including this one help tremendously extending the range of my camera's capability. This one allows me to see a location with a wider field of view clearly that I couldn't before. I live in a small neighborhood on top of a mountain with the only thing behind my property being dense woods and about a 50-foot drop to a lake. I almost hate to mention the second reason. I have a neighbor who has a camera installed that points directly into my laundry room. It's location I can't understand it protecting anything at all of his property because it's two stories high and appears to be just for my laundry room window. I have asked him nicely, more than once, there are no city rules against it, have consulted an attorney and keep being told that yes, that is an invasion of my privacy, but I have got nowhere on getting anything done on it. I did install blackout shades, but it's nice to have light in that room and since it's the laundry room, yes there were times clothes were changed in there by myself and my little lady not knowing about the camera at the time. It was a year and a half after he moved in before I really noticed exactly where that camera was pointing. I do know when I installed them for use with my other cameras, his got moved. I couldn't leave my house without him seeing it. I even moved my garage door opener when I realized he could see any codes I may type in. This location was more challenging of an installation because the elevation, so what I did was mounted it to the inside window. I removed one of my wireless cameras and pointed it directly at this light and all that it could see a bright white spot. This most definitely helps monitor one side of my property and now crossing my fingers somebody else's camera gets moved.

Was nice and bright but the unit gets fairly warm. I'm using it in my attic so was afraid it would get too warm and start a fire. But it stopped working after 2 years, just flashes on and off periodically now.

This illuminator is nice and bright, but as others pointed out, the hardware is prone to failing early. I got approximately 14 months out of mine before it just stopped turning itself on. What I found when I took it apart is that D3, a 5.1V "733A" Zener diode, went bad. This diode provides a regulated supply to an NE555 timer chip, which implements a ~5s delay to prevent feedback between the IR emitter and the photoresistive light sensor. On mine, D3's reverse breakdown voltage should have been 5.1V but it was closer to 3.7V. This caused an undervoltage condition on the NE555, which then caused the input to the QX5241 LED driver to be at an invalid logic level (1.6V). I was able to fix this by replacing D3 with another 5.1V Zener diode that I had on hand. It was not an exact match but it was good enough for this application. There is minimal current through D3, only about 10mA, so it should not have failed. My speculation is that the manufacturer is using counterfeit or otherwise substandard components on this board, so it might fail again in the future. For the record, I am using this unit outdoors in the rain (California winters) and there was no evidence of water intrusion when I opened the enclosure. So at least that part seems to be well-built.

I have several Univivi IR Flood light that I've purchased over the years. I've also tried some other brands but the Univivi brand has been the most reliable for me. All of mine are used outdoors in the elements without any cover from the rain. I bet I have installed over 25 of the 6 and 8 LED models and the only problem I've had was the wire got pulled out of one. I pulled it apart, reattached and all has been well. I have since bought a couple of the 20 LED models and have been really impressed. 1st impressions are great but time will tell how well they hold up. One thing I do to all the IR floods I have is put some diffuser film on them. I cover some pretty large areas even with the 6 and 8 LED models and with the film the light is diffused and covers a wider area but still shines far enough that I consider it completely acceptable.