How bright is the light? My mother is almost deaf without her hearing aid &amp; her vision is fading. She won't see a night-light bulb, even flashing.
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Tracy, this would not be a useful light for a hard-of-hearing person during the daylight hours, unless she was looking at it directly. The more expensive series, CWL300, have a brighter flash, but again you'd need to be able to notice it in your peripheral vision (better than the 200 series) or at night. However, the CWL300 series does have a louder chime.
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It has quite a span in brightness. It goes from very dim to pretty bright. I personally like it as bright as it will go but it can go so dim there is barely any light at all. Hope that helps!
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Its small...small dome LED - ..compared to a mini christmas light. The alarm is VERY loud..I'm sorry that your mother is deaf - or very HOH. It is a valuable item in helping dispense my mothers medication. She takes meds 3 x day which once filled last alittle longer that a week - I know when I first purchased and set up at my mothers house - she was annoyed - but it wasn't long before she realized how great it is. And I know that she is taking medications.
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That is really a question for the bulb manufacturer - the lamp has nothing to do with it. This is not a very definitive answer, but the 3W bulbs I am using are really bright - actually a bit too bright for bedside use. I am considering adding a dimmer.
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Thank you so much .....! I love it cuz I am deaf so I can see flash light. :)
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It is difficult to answer this question. My wife doesn't use the light for a couple of hours after waking, but she is also taking medication. She is definitely feeling better, but is it the meds or the light?
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The bulb it ships with is super dim, and I believe it's 75 watts. I've put a 100w in, but it's still not enough light to brighten a room. The light can be used for ambience only unless you're installing it in a very small room. My room is 12 by 20' for your reference.
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Re: I forgot to tell you that items are not infra red. So at night you can't see anything. But at night, don't open your door to anyone..Anyway, I have a light which is near the camera, and enlightens automatically.
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The unit doesn't simply see into darkness: it still has to have some kind of light reflected back to it in order to see anything. That's where those little dots around the camera lens come in. They're infrared lamps, and they're really nothing more than little flashlights, except they're sending out a wavelength of light we can't see with the naked eye. Take the best, most expensive night-vision goggles used by any of the top military units in the world, and they won't see a thing in the dark without their accompanying infrared lamps. Take another look at the lamps around the lens on the baby unit - they're incredibly tiny and not very powerful (the MBP20 is a pretty bare-bones model, after all, despite all the touted features). Picture a very tiny, weak, regular flashlight and imagine the feeble light THAT would put out in a dark room, and you'll understand why Motorola had to put four of the IR lamps around the lens instead of just one. So that's the science. Now for the actual suggestions. Low-tech and cheap: Find a way to move the camera closer to where the action is. If you're trying to use the night vision feature then you're obviously trying to watch your child while they sleep, and the camera doesn't have to take in a wide field of vision. Just try to position it closer to the crib or bed. High-tech and relatively cheap: You can purchase an additional (and much more powerful) IR lamp for around $40 online, and you can also probably find one in your local sporting goods or home security stores. Your child will still be sleeping in total darkness, but the MBP20's infrared camera will be able to see much, much more. This won't make the video screen on the parent unit any larger, but it should maximize what you can see. Good luck! .
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This bulb provides general low lighting (equivalent to a 30 or possibly 40 watt incandescent bulb). It's in the corner of our small TV room. On the darker color settings, it still provides sufficient light to navigate. On the lighter colors (yellow, orange, and white) it provides general low lighting. In my opinion, the bulb would be too bright for a nightlight even on the lowest setting (except perhaps in a hallway, for nighttime navigation).
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Actually, I got mine at our local hardware and it was just the flashlight, no box or even instructions. Which brings me to my question, anybody know how to make it strobe? I've played with everything so far and no luck.
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I think it would be perfect for such a use. They throw a fair amount of light at a short distance, so reading should be fine. I don't agree with the other users who said it's very low light. It would be way too bright as a night-light (IMO). It's not going to light up a room, but a kid doesn't need a lot of light for bedtime reading.
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It's awfully bright! Its more of a focused beam,Iguess it would work since the beam is adjuetable.Hope this helps!
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Night vision is not the best. I have these in my stores. We have found that leaving one light on really helps.
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No Shauna, it's not all THAT bright. It's bright enough, but not so much so that it will hurt your eyes. Of course I'd only use the strobe feature for a highway warning or something like that. But the normal light settings are just like having a two-brightness lightbulb. I bought my two mainly for home usage when our electricity goes out; but they'd be handy for camping or keeping one in your car as well.
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You can see brightness from a "light" of a lamp but cannot see objects - occasionally a shadow. Nothing significant. Normally you can not even see shadows.
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Same problem. I just opened the unit and so far I love it, but on night vision there is no constant image. It keeps "blinking" from night vision image to black, back and forth. Is this normal? I was expecting uninterrupted image in night vision as when there is light on the room. By the way, when I turn lights on, the blinking desapears. Can anyone help us with this?