DI20 IR Illuminator | Long Range Infrared Flood Light for Security Camera (w/Power Adapter)

Used this product to illuminate an outdoor PTZ camera. It's small, lightweight, and compact. It's NOT invisible at night to the naked eye, as the LED's on the device do have a red glow to them. The resultant IR light is good. I found that I can illuminate a larger area by bouncing the IR light off of an exterior wall and onto the surrounding area. This allows me to make the area close to the building highly visible, while giving sufficient illumination to the surrounding area. By facing the sensor toward the wall, the red glow immigrating from the LED's was not visible from street.I purchased the 30 ft cord, because the sensor was a distance from an electrical outlet. There was a small piece of heat shrink tubing included (with no instructions). I used this and a heat gun to help make the connection between the device and the extension a bit more water resistant. When using the extension, there are actually two connections, so I used an additional piece of heat shrink that I had laying around the house for the other connection.The hardware to install the device was included and there is an adjustable gimble that allows you to pretty-much adjust the angle any way you want.The devices works great and is inexpensive. Hopefully it will hold-up in the long run.

This is a really small light (D120) which is great if you want something that is unobtrusive and works well (indoors) such as in a room at night or in a garage where people keep generators, tools, etc. It really DOES light up the garage for me. It really does make a difference for my garage cameras. Outside, no. It just does not have it from my point of view. It barely made a difference outside on my driveway. In my garage, I have it in a corner and it does a great job. With the garage door closed and the 36 inch metal door with half glass, it does come on so my solution was to put a smart plug on it to have it powered up about a half hour before sundown and about a half hour after sunrise. During the day, my cameras do fine in the garage. So while the light was sensing enough darkness to turn on inside the garage during the day...that is no longer an issue with the smart plug. Maybe if you have a very short driveway and you have two of these lights then "maybe" OK outside but probably not. For outside, get something bigger. I can't stress enough how small this light is...square but about as big a front as a softball but just an inch or so wide so it really is unobtrusive and very easy to hang. Where people are getting it is some kind of miracle light outside for security cameras at night-I just don't see that.

I wish i could give 3.5 stars.Sorry, no pics. I have so many IRs it would be impossible to determine which one is doing what.OK so I have a LOT of Cameras!!! Last count was TWO 32 camera CCTV setups, an 8 camera setup, and a 12 camera setup. (Not including individuals) I have LOTS of IR illuminators as well.So build quality gets a strong 3. NOT THAT IMPRESSED. Not that they aren't rugged, it's just that most of the time I have to either add angled bases (that pivot) or I have to extend the illuminators to their absolute limit in one particular direction. They insinuate that they are easily adjusted in any direction, but trust me here, that is NOT the case. In reality the illuminators are VERY difficult to angle (once past minor angles) due to the slip channel design. That makes me nervous. I wish I could just mount them like you see on the pics, and point them straight, or down a little, or up a little, but real world isn't as easy. Because of this I get worried that they will break first time some large bird perches on them, and owning a berry farm, we get LOTS of birds!!! In their "normal" angles, they would get a 5 for build quality, but rarely do I ever get off that lucky that I can use straight on lighting.Light output. OK lets get the huge elephant out of the room. They do NOT light as far as they say. NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!! But having used all the major brands of IR Illuminators, I can say NONE of them do. I'm getting a decent lighting coverage at 60-75 feet away. Thats a REALLY GOOD wide path of light Id estimate at around 60 feet wide. Any further than that and it gets a LOT weaker with every extra foot. Yes they work, and I order these because they are the brightest on amazon, but I'm still not impressed. WE NEED MORE LIGHT OUTPUT!!! Id gladly pay twice the price I paid for this light if they would make an illuminator with 3 times the light output, with an emphasis on LONG THROW pattern. I don't need wider; I need further away.So with these 2 huge negatives, why the 4-star review? Because at the current moment these are as good as I have been able to find. AGAIN, I'm not really impressed. Kinda an "I guess that will have to do... just disappointing". Theres another one out there that makes an IR that comes in a big square box with larger LEDS, and it does a LOT better on long throw IR, but its not as good at wide coverage.. This brand does really well with wide areas relatively close to the camera.Yes, they're water resistant. 5 stars there.Cord is TOO SMALL!!! If you can go through a wall, you're OK. One of mine (exact same camera actually, bought 3 years ago) is mounted on the outside of my vintage RV. No worries with the cord on that one, but one of these I had to wire completely outside by drop-cord, and that makes me VERY nervous. I don't expect that camera's cord to last more than a couple years at best.The price is just OK, A bit overpriced, and I'd much rather pay say... 500 to buy one REAL IR illuminator (something like the sports arenas have) than 8-12 of these, but at the current time these are all I can find. I like my property heavily lit up on monitors, and thieves spotted quickly.Meh... They kinda do the job.

This is a huge upgrade over the 18 model for sure. Much better adjustment than the older models and it throws a much wider, brighter & more functional light spread. It seems to be a solid, one piece, cast build with large heat sinks on the back. Works great with my ring camera. The spectrum is visible to the naked eye but doesn’t seem to stand out as much as the For around $45 dollars it doubles the output but is only about $15 dollars more than the older version. I think it’s well worth the extra investment to light up the whole back yard instead of just part of it.

This works great out doors with my security camera. Light up large area of my yard. Have had for about 18 months. Infared on camera died yard went dark at night added this and Bam. Way more light than IR in camera. Much bigger viewing area. What was once shadow figures is now human forms I can Identify. Bought a couple more different sizes.Will say the same for all of them