RAB Lighting STL110HW Stealth 110 Sensor with Twin Precision Die Cast H101 Deluxe Shielded Floods, Aluminum, 110 Degrees View Detection, 1000W Power, 120V, White

My first two Rab sensor spotlights lasted 7-10 years each. I'll be installing my 3rd one shortly.The sensor lights I had bought previously from Home Depot lasted about 2-3 years. RAB lights cost more, but are well worth the price.I highly recommend them because they work well and last a long time.

The only problem I had with this product involved the installation. The instructions were a bit vague about the positioning of a rubber gasket and the mounting bracket and whether which one should be installed first. No matter which way I put them in, they didn’t seem “comfortable”. But I managed to make it work. The other problem I had which may be just specific to my installation, was that when I went to screw the faceplate to the outlet box, the screw, even the shorter one, bottomed out on a wire clamp inside the box. I had to fabricate a few washers to take up the extra space before I could actually fully tighten the unit down. All this took a little more time than really it should have. All in all, the unit started up just as expected and is working as expected. The only other thing I could complain about is there is an ongoing discrepancy about whether these units can support the use of LED floodlights. I even checked the website but was not able to come to a definite conclusion. So I ended up buying standard halogen bulbs for this unit. Oh. Just remembered a couple other things. They supply a small hook which is supposed to be used to temporarily suspend the unit while you finish the wiring, but the hook doesn’t really have a place that attaches to the lamp unit. You kind of have to rig it up on your own. Plus I didn’t find out until I read the instructions, that these units are not supposed to be on the same circuit as a garage door opener. I don’t think it’s affecting the performance but it would’ve been nice to know that before spending $100.

I wanted a longer lasting sensor. These seem to be well made and work as advertised. I would have been nice if it was a little brighter. This was a pole mount about 15' in the air.

I ordered this product to replace a similar 25 year old RAB fixture that was still working but was getting very weathered. Assembly was easy and the new motion detector is working as expected. Later, I cleaned up the 20 year old RAB fixture, repainted it, and installed it at another location on my house where it continues working well. In my experience this company makes some rugged products.

well built and easy to install

Rab sensors are the only way to go! High quality. They just work and better than anything else.

warning these do not work with LED bulbs. LED bulbs will burn out a relay in sensor. Need the RAB LED-compatible sensor for LED bulbs. Stunning they would even still sell these

Overall RAB makes great lights with a relaxed piece of mind knowing you have 10 years of warranty. Install was pretty easy and straight forward. However maybe it was specific to me, but the two nuts that are supposed to tighten to hold the rotating arm in place were extremely difficult to tighten. This was the hardest part for me in trying to secure these two nuts. Specific to my instal, there was not enough clearance for the Philips screw so I had to get creative to tighten it. However the serious flaw is that these lights do not have what's called a Dual Bright function where at sunset the lights come on a dim setting and once movement is detected they come on full bright. We had that feature on ou previous lights before they failed. I wanted something more reliable and these came up. I thought these did have a dual bright function but I misread the label it was dual lamp not dual bright. Functionally these are a very good set and well designed in that regard but if the dual bright function is what you like then sadly these are not for you. I really wanted these to work sadly not for us. Therefore for the lack of dual bright and the very difficult locking nut to adjust the arms I have taken off 2 stars.