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.

I purchased this light last year to supplement my Eufy camera systems night vision. The difference with the light on and off is amazing, you can see so much further away vs the camera light alone. Another benefit I've noticed is the insects at night will tend to go towards it instead of buzzing around in front of my camera. I did mount it several feet away from the camera hoping it might have that effect. Most importantly though is the manufacturers customer service. The light stopped working after about 11 months, so I went on the manufacturers website and left a description of the problem. I was contacted the next day via email and I simply sent them my Amazon order number and they replaced the light. This was probably one of the best experiences I've ever had with a manufacturers customer service as the correspondence was fast, professional, and extremely pleasant.

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.

I used this with some security cameras that lacked good illumination using their existing "red" light source. I found the range increase of my night vision cameras was very much what I was looking for.Considering another one for a second location.

I use this with my SimpliSafe system. I bought two and they helped the night vision. Brings better quality video to the camera. No need to worry about battery life. It plugs right into the wall. Built well and it lasts through all of the storms. Makes no sound