Motion-activated lights are convenient and energy efficient, but they can be a little bulky and awkward to look at-in the driveway is fine, but you wouldn’t want to put one on your porch. Unless it’s one of Heath Zenith’s porch lights, that is. These products give you the best of both worlds, combining motion-activation and traditional lantern design.
The SL-4144 is a four-sided New-England style lantern that includes a hidden motion-sensing device. This device will detect movement in a 150-degree radius up to a distance of 30 feet. You can set the light timer to one, five, or ten minutes, and the sensor itself may be adjusted to give you more or less sensitivity (so it doesn’t light up every time a car drives by). The weather-resistant brushed nickel finish means it’s going to look good for a while, too.
This model also features “Dual Brite” lighting, which means you can use it for low-level accent lighting in addition to the full-light effect you get with motion-activation. An included timer allows you to set low-light mode for three hours, six hours, or dusk to dawn (an automatic photocell deactivates the unit in daylight).
If you’re looking to save a little money on outdoor lighting by installing a motion-detector, this is a great option that won’t look out of place. Requires one medium-base bulb of up to 100 watts (not included).–Josh Dettweiler
What’s in the Box
Lamp housing, motion detector
Product Features
- Motion-sensing security light covers a 150-degree range up to 30 feet
- Weather-resistant brushed-nickel finish and panels of glass; 4-sided design
- Bright security light and low-level accent lighting; dusk to dawn operation
- Adjustable sensitivity; 1, 5, or 10 minute timer; uses a 75-watt incandescent bulb (not included)
- Measures about 8-1/5 inches long by 6-4/5 inches wide by 14-4/5 inches high; 5-year limited warranty
Looks great, works great, easy to install What can I say, this thing looks and works great. We have a side entrance to our house that faces our street and is the easiest way in and out. Coming home at night it was often dark and leaving the light on 24/7 did not seem like a good idea. We wanted a motion sensitive light but needed something that fit on our house build in 1847. This light matches the other period lighting we have on the house. The sensor works perfectly, lighting up when people walk past on the sidewalk and approach our house but not when cars drive past. It has other nice features, like a dim mode where the light come on at 50% power the first 3hours after dusk. There are both motion and photo sensors and the light is fully adjustable for sensitivity. I can think of anything we don’t like about this light…Rich
Just what we wanted We purchased three of these lamps. They are easy to install and set up and are functioning exactly as we hoped. I would give five stars except: One was defective and Amazon replaced it quickly with little hassle. Unfortunately, the replacement had the same problem (light would be just barely on when it should have been off). This time I called the manufacturer and they explained that it was a malfunction of a “bulb life extender” feature that applies a very low voltage so that frequent on-off cycles do not burn out the bulb so soon. They set up an exchange and we got a good unit. In the end, I would say that it was worth even this hassle.
Looks Awesome We have been having security issues so we installed a spot light that has a camera in it.. anyway with that we have to leave the porch light on because the circuits are connected. I have been looking for a great dusk to dawn light that looks good and is affordable and this one fits the bill ! The only thing I wish is you could use the CFL bulbs but with it being a dusk to dawn / motion you can’t which isn’t a huge biggie pretty much I wanted to use my pink cfl for October ..lol
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