Review of 3-in-1 Emergency Light

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First of all, take note of the size/shape/configuration of the emergency light itself to make sure it fits where you need it to. It's twice as wide as an average nightlight, as you can see in the picture. Fortunately the amount of light this puts out is about the same as two nightlights, too, so fair trade-off.

The actual light this puts out is technically a warm white I'd guess around 2800K or so but to me it looks more "golden" than what I would call warm white. The faceted lens also makes the six LEDs shine through as four-pointed stars -that plus the color of the light reminds me of Christmas lights. Not that that's good or bad, but keep that in mind when deciding.

The ambient light sensor is very sensitive. It won't ramp up to full-brightness unless there is almost zero light in the room, which could be either good or bad, depending on what you need it for. As far as run time goes, this is one of those rare products that under-promises and way over-delivers. According to Amazon's description, the internal battery powers this light for up to 30 hours during a power-failure, but when I tested it by unplugging it and placing it in a bathroom that's dark during the day and even darker at night, it shined for over a week. It wasn't shining at 100% brightness during my test because like I mentioned, the light-sensor is very sensitive and I didn't feel like taping over the sensor. But it was putting out bright enough light that I could find my way around the bathroom at night without any problem, and it kept going and going to the point where I just plugged it back in after 9 days because it had already proven itself a success.

Recommended as long as it's not too big for you and don't mind it looking like Christmas lights.

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The lights arrived promptly, well packaged and work as described.

In the last year or so we have had at least 3 extended power outages; two of which went on for longer than 24 hours, one of those was about 4-5 days.

I have a nice backup generator I can plug into the house, but before I can do that, I need to go down to the basement and switch off the main power breaker for the power coming from the utility company to the house.

I purchased 3 of these lights to illuminate not only my way down the stairs of the basement but also to mount one right above the breaker panel and have a ready source of light without my, or my family, needing to use a flashlight.

The lights do work; remove the power source and they do come on. There is a little photo-eye that can read how much ambient light there is already and either dim or shut off entirely the light to conserve battery power. In sizing up locations where to mount the lights I found that any light reflected back to the photo-eye by a nearby object or wall caused the light to not reach full brightness; since I do not need it as a night light I may just cover the photo-eye.

What disappoints me most though is how dull the light is even at full brightness. In this age of super bright LED's the dull yellow glow of these LED's is a letdown. In comparison, I have a small 6 LED flashlight that is extraordinarily bright; if this device were using regular incandescent bulbs you might think the batteries were starting to fade. This, IMHO, leaves it lacking as an ideal backup light for an emergency situation because the light does not carry as far as it could with brighter LED's.

The dimmer light might be ideal as a nightlight. but this is being touted as an Emergency light first and night light second. If they wanted to really make a light that covers both functions then a Hi/Low switch should be added to dim the bright LED's for the purpose of a night light.

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This product is OK, but other emergency lights we have had in the past were better. Unfortunately,those are no longer available. This light has very bright lights as night lights when there is no other light, so they are good in a dark hallway. The light that comes on when the power goes out has a short delay, perhaps 4 or 5 seconds. It does not come on during a daylight power outage, a nice feature.

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Plenty of options with this light. I only got it for blackouts which has proven to me very affective to this day. I own three of these and all turn on and stays on during a black out. Served useful when I need a flashlight in the dark as well. I actually tested one of these to see how long it would last unplugged in a bathroom that's rarely used. After only charging it for about 24hrs it was still lighting dim 32hrs later. Keep in mind this was when I bought it brand new. So I'm not sure how it handle after having it for 2yrs. AAAAA++++

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The light can be quite dim at times but does get brighter in darker surroundings. It has failed to light up a couple times. Sometimes I have to turn it off and let the battery recharge overnight, other times, repeatedly toggling it on and off has solved the problem.