We bought this to light the enclosure for our sheep. They are grazing away from the farm so need to be in an electric fence area at night to protect them from predators. We have it set on dim and then it goes bright with motion. When it goes bright, predators are scared away. There's no electricity where we are set up so this is perfect.
Bought this to light up the backyard to try and keep coyotes from jumping the fence. I use it on the lowest setting and it lights up the yard nicely (see photo). The large solar panel charges the battery nicely on the shorter winter days, and it stays lit at full power throughout the night, but only on the lowest setting. On the brighter setting it bleeds down to reduced light by morning. On longer days it will stay bright all night on the higher setting. What i don't like is the mount. I needed to shim out the bottom wall mount bolts to get a better angle. The biggest limitation is the solar panel mounting, that can't be adjusted towards the best sun direction. I made an adapter out of 1.5" sched 40 PVC to hold it up higher so it would clear the light housing, and used a heat gun to shape it to point in the right direction. Slots in the ends, hose clamps, and heat gun made the diameter match the existing fittings. Photo shows the finished arrangement- and it already made it through a windy day :).
