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Model #DFI-5982-WH

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  • Defiant security light with motion detection up to 40 ft.
  • Seamless light coverage options for increased safety
  • Easy, quick and safe installation

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I really like my new 180 degree white LED motion outdoor security light. I looks good on the peak of my garage, and better yet, in the dark, you can't see it, until it is activated by motion ot the dusk to dawn setting. It has a clean modern look, very stylish, and the cost of operating is so much lower than the previous PAR lights I was using.Distance and time can also be set to your personal choices. The lenses are adjustable, to light up the area you want to be seen.
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Works great...
Works great...
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An excellent security light
I’ll start this review by stating that this Defiant security light does everything it states it does. It is remarkably easy to fit, the controls are straight forward, albeit easier using a small flat screwdriver, the sensitivity adjustment and the LED lights are a breeze to move to the desired position and the illumination given out is excellent. Connected to just above the garage door and set easily by turning the manual mode on,(i.e, switch the light OFF-ON-OFF-ON within 3 seconds) then walking in front of the light until it senses the movement to the degree that you wish it to detect by adjusting the sens adjustment and then switching back to auto. I set mine to detect at roughly 30 feet and moved the lights in order to illuminate enough of the driveway without other passing vehicles on the road enabling it. The distance from the road to the light is approx. 50 feet and the light adjusted to light up about 40 feet of driveway with 60 seconds on the timer and the illumination given out, 500K is perfect for reversing the car into the garage without blinding the driver. For the price, the easy to connect and the adjustment of 180 degrees, plus the light given out is well worth buying. Yes the body is a hard plastic and not metal, but it a rugged plastic and unlike the metal ones will not tarnish or rust. Finally I put a small trim of silicone sealant around the mounting.
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12 found this review helpful
great light
Very easy to install. Very easy to set up. Nice design and quality and lighting. Not over powering to the point of disturbing your neighbors. However, it does give off plenty of lighting for security and daily use. It is nice being able to see while trying to get in the door at night without having to leave the porch light on all day while you are gone.
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A really nice looking light, perfect for my application.
BACKGROUND: I got this light to replace an older design motion sensor light on my front porch. We wanted something with a better lighting pattern, motion sensing, and to match the white trim and porch railing. UNBOXING: The unit has a modern, stylish appearance. The wrap-around light design has a better illumination pattern than a floodlight. the light assembly is smooth and clean. Each of the two lights adjust independant of the other so you have greater flexibility. the sensor can tilt up and down and swivels side to side so you can adjust for the optimum activation. INSTALLATION: This is a great example of design with the customer in mind. The light assembly attaches to a bracket that is installed on the wall box. Part of the bracket is a wiring plug. You install the bracket, secure the wires to the plug assembly, and the light assembly plug into the bracket automatically establishing the electrical connection required for the light to operate. Much easier that the older designs where you had to hold the light assembly while wire-nutting the electrical connection. Well done design engineers! After the bracket is installed and the wires connected you align the light with the bracket, push it on and secure it with two retaining nuts. Really easy to install. The directions were simple and easy to follow. OPERATION: The sensor activated from over 25 feet away. The lights provided great illumination of our sidewalk, front porch, and house number (mounted directly under the light.) SUMMARY: Overall I am very pleased with this light. I will probably get another one for my back porch.
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6 found this review helpful
Security light with very good coverage
180 Degree 1600 Lumens LED Motion Security Light was very easy to install and looks great. The sensitivity of the lights is pretty good, My dog enjoys the lights each time he goes out in the evenings. The setup is fairly simple. Once I replaced the existing fixture, it fitted easily in the junction box. Turned t he light on and paired it with my android smartphone. All the controls are builtin the app and can be controlled from there. Nice coverage and super-easy install.
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Great product
Very easy to install. Works very good The light is very bright. The light looks very nice. The only thing is I think the adjustment screws should be on the bottom. But once it is set it, you should not have to adjust it again.
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3 found this review helpful
perfect for the area
I just installed it and the first night i went out and it worked as wanted. Easy install as well!
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    5 found this review helpful
    Wow! Get 1 & Be Amazed How Much Light This Thing Puts Out!
    Let me start off & say WOW! I held off for quite a while to chance this Light... I would tell people to Buy without hesitation! The light installed Very quickly & was Very Easy! All you DIYer's Jump on this one! The light is adjustable for time duration & sensitivity. It comes on instantly & is Very Bright! The LED lenses slide left or Right & pivot up & down to be able to place the light for best coverage. I only dinged it's quality due to being a plastic housing & I thought a metal one would have made this better. I included a picture at dusk to show the illumination abilities... Buy 1 or 2 or More! I am going back for a few more myself.
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    22 found this review helpful
    A great outdoor security light
    Got the chance to replace the back porch light at mom's. The installation was very easy and went without a hitch. The light output was awesome with 180 degrees of coverage. The manufacture material is weatherproof, durable, and looks great too. The light fixture is LED so one can expect many, many years of worry-free, maintenance free motion sensor activated light.
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    5 found this review helpful
    Bright And Very Easy To Install
    This light is very easy to install, wire and setup. It takes approx 15 minutes to install the light on an existing electrical box. The Home Depot website has a video on mounting the light and another on some of the lights features. Once mounted and wired this light is very easy to set-up the area to be lit and dial in your detection area. The lights LED heads swivel in the vertical and horizontal axis. They move easily but firmly, once adjusted they stay where they are aimed. The motion sensor moves up down, left right in a 35 degree arc in both planes and it has a firm feeling making aiming very easy and again it stays where it's aimed. The color of the LED light very white, something on the order of summer noon day sun, maybe just a bit towards the blue side in the 5000K to 6000K range. Since the heads are curved the light coverage is very even and uniform with fewer shadows. The timer has a very wide setting range, from about 10 seconds to 10 minutes. The timer is completely variable within the minimum and maximum times. Not sure when a 10 second timer would be useful but it does give the unit a wide variation of user selectable times. All the motion and light settings are fairly standard. The motion sensing has a very good range. It will pick up a smaller animal, the size of a large bunny at 30' very easy and it also picks up movement in a 160 degree arc. I set mine to the medium setting and it easily picks up movement of a person out at 60'. If you have small animals in your yard like I do (bunnies) you will need to adjust the head up a bit so it won't activate every time a bunny is in the detection area arc. The light comes on gradually and takes about 1/2 second to go from completely off to full brightness. This is a very nice feature that is easy on the eyes and makes the unit look very professional. This is a very nice light, it gives great light coverage and it does a great job of securing an area.
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    6 found this review helpful
    very nice light
    I really like this light! When I first opened it, I was a little concerned about the quality because it was plastic. Upon further inspection and moving all the parts around, etc. I was pleasantly surprised. The light is very sturdy and moves into the position you wan and holds it well. I like the range of motion of the two lights so I could illuminate two sections of my yard with one light. Sensor works well and light is nice and bright. Easy to install.
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    4 found this review helpful
    Excellent Security Light
    This is an excellent security light. It is easy to install, and set for time duration and sensitivity to motion. When the dog is let out to do it's duty after dark, you don't want it to find a skunk or some other wild animal while it's out. This lights up the whole area and I can see if there is anything that is a danger to the dog or me out there in the dark. When the dog comes in, it goes off automatically. I can also sit on the porch on a balmy autumn evening and know that nothing is sneaking up on me in the dark.
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    9 found this review helpful
    Easy install
    The light is easy to install and the twin lights move in various directions to give light where you want it. The LED light is bright and white, but doesn't seem to reach as far as older style flood lights.
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    1 found this review helpful
    Pretty good lamp, lacking some features
    First impression: Normal looking security motion activated light with updated LED lights and updated sensor housing. Analysis: Fairly easy to install. This used the patented mounting design that lets you install the mounting plate first, connect the wires, then plug the lamp base to that plate. It's hard to get that wrong. If you are using stranded wires, make sure the wires are pushed fully into the terminal block or they will not be retained by the screws. Those are meant for solid wires, stranded wires take some extra care to install. The individual lights can be adjusted to point in the desired direction anytime. Operation: This unit has an adjustment for the motion sensing but it may not work if there is anything in front of the light within 20 feet that is permanent or semi-permanent. Examples are whole or partial walls, plants, large posts, etc. Those will confuse the sensor and cause false triggering of the lights. I was forced to move the light from an ideal location because a post was reflecting the light back into the sensor and the adjustments could not be accommodated. Bummer. The light will enable at dusk if set to that option. The on-time for the lights can be adjusted also but there are no markings to guide you except a min and max indication. I found the sensor to be very sensitive even at the lowest settings, perhaps a little too sensitive. The light intensity is ok, not blinding or too dim. Overall this preforms well. A dual-bright mode would have been a good feature, but despite this being easily implemented, it is not provided. This is really a shame, because an always-on low level light would use just a few cents a year to operate. Summary: Very effective. Energy saving, Easy installation,
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    20 found this review helpful
    TOP NOTCH
    THIS LIGHT WAS INSTALLED ON THE EAVE FOR MY NEEDS AND THE LIGHT ADJUSTMENTS ARE EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TO LIGHT UP A DARK SPOT ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE. THE INSTALLATION WAS QUICK AND EASY. THE MANUAL WAS EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND. THIS IS MY 4 TH Defiant OUTDOOR LED MOTION SECURITY LIGHT, 3 DIFFERENT MODELS. EACH and EVERYONE HAS WORKED PERFECTLY. MY FIRST Defiant 180 Degree Outdoor White LED Blade Motion Security Light Model # DF-5928-WH, WAS INSTALLED 4/1/2014. THE QUALITY AND APPEARANCE OF THIS PRODUCT IS SECOND TO NONE. YOU CAN BUY THIS ONE WITH CONFIDENCE.
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    4 found this review helpful
    My favorite Defiant light
    This is one of three Defiant security lights I own and so far this one is my favorite. This fixture has two independent LED lamps that can be turned left or right and rotated up or down. I have this installed on the rear corner of my house with one lens turned all the way to the left and the other pointing straight ahead. This way my backyard is lit up along with most of my side yard. When activated it illuminates nearly my entire backyard and it isn't overwhelmingly bright. Appearance wise it is rather odd looking but it gets the job done. I'm thinking about painting the white plastic to see if it will blend in better with the rest of my house. The motion sensor itself is a ball and socket type of installation so it can also be rotated left or right and up and down. The controls for on time, sensitivity, and dusk-to-dawn are mounted to the side of this sensor so if you make changes to them you'll have to re-position the sensor again. Not a big deal I guess. Unlike the other Defiant lights I own, this one actually uses a short copper strand of wire and a wire nut to make the grounding connection. The other Defiant lights I own use a screw down lug ground connection. The hot and neutral wires use screw down terminals that I am not a fan of. The included screwdriver is too small to get much leverage and it isn't a perfect fit for the terminal screws. Number 2 Philips head terminals would have been a better choice in my opinion. However, each terminal is clearly marked black/hot and white/neutral so installation should be easy for even a beginner. This light's mounting plate uses a single screw that attaches to the center of the provided mounting bar. This makes installation simple, however, the light will spin the mount if bumped. I've tightened the center mounting screw as much as possible and don't want to go any tighter for fear of breaking something. The light is mounted above head height so I am not too concerned about it. However, I'm also left with a slight gap where the fixture meets the house. I don't think this is the fault of the light and is probably just the trim plate I have being warped. Some white sealant should disguise this gap.
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    5 found this review helpful
    Great Beginners D.I.Y. Project
    A great price for a light that the bulbs will not need replacing for the next 20 years... This is a great security light that will bathe a large area with bright white light. Its also an extremely easy project for DIYers . This is a great light for replacing old incandescent bulb spot lights. Just turn off power to light, remove old fixture, Attach black and white wires to new base, snap on cover and tighten single screw....provides great security light.
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    20 found this review helpful
    great looking light
    this light has nice styling easy to understand directions simple installation. I like how easy the wiring is with the new style mounting plate no more guessing which wire goes where. The light is bright and easily adjusted it has adjustment for how sensitive and how long you want it to stay on. You will see in the following pictures the easy wiring and installation plat which is so handy to install.
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    1 found this review helpful
    Stylish but works better as a wall mount than ceiling mount
    I like the looks of this light and it is definitely an upgrade from my old sodium vapor light that took several minutes to reach full brightness. This is instant bright. A very white light. It is so bright my neighbor asked me to angle it down as it was like a spotlight in there back windows which are about 150 feet away. The range for the motion sensor is 40 feet. I also like the ease of installation. There is a base plate that you attach first and the bulkier light attaches to it once it is all installed. My main grip is the way the lights are attached. Mine is attached to the eave and in the corner of the porch. This unit is designed to point one light to the left and one to the right or straight ahead. you can't get both to point in the same general direction. This is the same as all the other cone shaped motion sensor lights so is not a design flaw. Just a heads up that it works better if centered in the area where you will need the light. Has an adjustable detection zone . Light can be set to manual to work with a wall switch (must be reset each day) or set to stay on for 10 seconds up to 10 minutes after motion stops. Another nice feature is the test mode which lets you set it during the day.
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    8 found this review helpful
    Easy to install, works great!
    I selected this unit as a cost effective LED upgrade that will provide 1600 lumens of white light while using only 21 watts of electricity. The light fixture is predominantly made of plastic but it still gives the impression of an attractive, compact, durable unit. It came with all the needed hardware and good instructions. I was impressed with the 1-2 easy connect system that utilizes a base plate with a terminal block that accepts the electric wires that are then secured with screws. The lighting fixture plugs into the base plate and is secured with two mounting screws. This results in a clean secure installation.
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    28 found this review helpful
    Wish they still made them.
    Have one that’s going on 8 years old now and it’s still running perfectly. Very bright light. Wide coverage area. Perfect for my large property. Motion sensitive is really good. Most other lights struggle with the motion sensors. They are weak or don’t last. This one is amazing. No other light has came close. Would buy more.
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      We had to correct a manufacturers defect
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      This light comes on only by chance once in a while. It does not operate according to instructions. I have another one of these that works perfectly. I am planning to return it asap.
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      Work good so far. I’m having checked it out at night
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      Would not connect to wifi
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      Response from Globe ElectricNov 7, 2023
      Hi! It sounds like you may need our help getting the best experience possible with our Defiant 125 Watt Equivalent 1600 Lumen 180 Degree White Motion Sensing Dusk to Dawn SMD LED Flood Light and we would love to address your concerns. Feel free to contact us at your convenience at 1-888-543-1388 or info@globe-electric.com.
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      Very easy to install and program, working very well.
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      The lights are bright enough to illuminate our back yard. The only problem is that the motion sensors are not moveable. The lights are mounted under the eave which leaves the motion sensors pointing away from the yard.
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