can I put it in my garden to watch my yard? trouble with neighbors coming in at night, also does the lights show?? can they see them at night?
376232
Yes you can put this in your garden. It will show red lights when it takes a picture at night. You would need a high end camera with black LED's to not show lights at night.
376233
Wouldn't buy this one. Look for a better name brand. This one crashed for me after just a couple of weeks. The light does flash when the picture takes. It can be seen at night
376234
A red light (led) will show briefly when the camera is actuated. It will work great in your garden....Bill
376235
The price is right for that application but the lights glow red while taking a picture. You are looking for no glow or black led's. There are lots of models to choose from but you will pay a little more to get that.
258790
I would not recommend it outside. However, I am disappointed in the light itself. It's not a "wow" light. It's small and not made as nicely as I would have expected. It's just an okay light! I hope that helps!
884276
It works ok at night. If you want to see clearly you may need to either buy a ptz camera that has IR illuminaters built in, or buy a IR spot to light up the area you need to see the most clearly at night.
2085967
Yes, it does if I am in its view. Keep in mind its purpose: to illuminate motion sources outside. It is intended to detect motion and track it. It is not intended to light up the whole yard.
2185492
Hi you can see through it to the outside and if the inside light is on they can see you. If dark inside they cannot see you but you can see out. My neighbor I have been blocking is now in prison so I took the film off. I expect in less than a year it will be put up. Negative is you can see inside at night if a light is on. Good thing to remember.
1165770
It's open at the bottom, so you can look up into. Even with a flashlight if necessary. And in our case, it's in the yard in view of the house, so I would expect to see occasional activity if there were any there. And as noted elsewhere, you would see some evidence of their presence, such as droppings.
638492
My guess is that you would want more light than this will provide. Out side at night there is normally not much around to reflect light back. A much more powerful light is normally desired.
759283
I appreciate the response. Was looking for a white colored solar light in our backyard patio area that was both good looking and wouldn't go "bright" every time a person moved/motion was detected. I'll keep looking.
764292
Not able to really answer as I have not tried any of these out side.....I am a little skeptical of using them outside since I have a lot of trees and the constant movement and on/off I think would be too much for the unit in my yard.....might be a different story where you did not have anything but an occasional movement at night.....
1771165
No. It has a few red lights that come on. Very quickly. They won't see it unless looking directly at it. The video option makes the light come on longer. I wouldn't get this one for your purpose. Get a blackout one. More expensive but will work better for thieves. Or put it up high pointed down.
1655282
Yes but the picture is limited to to the reach of the infared lights as specified in the manual (it's been awhile now but I think it was around 30 or 60 feet...anyway if the neighbors lights are on you can see much further.) The fella with the thought of the night vision illuminator has the right idea if the camera alone doesn't light things up enough for you. I love this camera because it gives me 360 degrees of visibility day and night and the picture is much better than the other bullet cameras I have (I have 7 other cameras on my system.) Hope this helps you.
1538889
Yes...it's a goofy light. Does what you said which is not by design. I had it outside for security but it didn't work as described. It's in my garage and for some reason works and then doesn't work. If I could grab the engineer by the throat and have him explain why this doesn't work...I'd be happy.
2055987
I didn't get them for that problem. But, I think they do because the little plants which were being eaten in the front yard no longer seem to be as cut up. Each light covers a very wide -- I think about 50 feet -- area, so I'd get one and try it.
1008419
Hello live in Louisiana which is a wet climate although not at all like the NW. No problem so far and have one of mine on a tree about 10ft up and provides good light down on my shop lock. Also the tree is full and thought it might be too shady for the solar panel on the light but it lights up every night.
1405635
At night I do not need a my backyard security lights onI have them around the perimeter of my backyard My neighbors on both side turn off their security lights in their backyard to enjoy the ambiance
1649411
Never used in a backyard, but presumably you would need brightness. It is very bright. One thing to note, it has a very short throw. You would set it up very close to the screen. I'm sure they have a chart somewhere, but I would guess 5 feet for a 120 inch screen.
1233811
Do you know if you are going to wire this like a normal exterior light or would you be wanting to attach a plug and plug it in a socket on the exterior of the garage like a security light? If you want this like outside your front door, it would probablybe wired and attached to the exterior of your house and connected to a switch on the interior by your front door. Then it could work with a switch. Personally, if you wanted one by your front door, I'd put up a more decorative, maybe even motion-type light. this is really more of a security light, sleak and attractive, but more security.