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Please see my pictures (in customer's images) to do a compare and contrast of my house with and without the Paradise GL33762BK installed. Overall, I am very happy. The unit is very well made and seems to be very high quality. I gave this product 4 stars due to the discrepancies and Cons I am mentioning below.
Discrepancies from Amazon's discriptions/stock photos:
-This unit has two LED bulbs and not one
-The stake is a different design (it has fins and not holes)
-the stake is plastic and not metal
Pro
-Bright. color is about 4500K (between cool and warm)
-Metal construction
-Affordable when compare to other brand/model
-Made for the outdoor and is relatively weatherproof (has rubber gaskets/seal and drain holes)
-Excellent packaging and manual/instructions
-glass lense and not plastic
Cons:
-Made in China
-Due to the drain hole not being flush with the glass lense, the light Fixture will not completly drain if the lights are at 90 degree. Some of my light fixture had moisture and condensation which is indicative of the unit not being air tight.
-The wire/cable can be a few inches longer
-You can't replace the LED bulb/housing if it gets damage
UPDATE: 15OCT2012
8x out of my 12x lights died for some unknown reason. The bulbs were black and obviously burned out. I have contacted customer service for a warranty exchange in accordance with their warranty program. I will let you guys know whether I am successful or not in getting a warranty repair/exchange. The LED bulbs not being replaceable is making maitenance/repair very diffcult right now.
UPDATE: 1DEC12
I finally got my floodlight replacements. The company really stands by its "lifetime" warranty and I recommend this company and product to anyone
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I purchased 4 of these to replace some aging 90W flood lights at the front of the house. The floodlight bulbs would blow every few months, and a couple of the holders would stop sensing night time correctly and leave the light runnning 24/7. I had 6 90W bulbs runnning for at least 8 hours a day. I have no idea how much it was costing me.Now I have 4 of these 8W LED lights in place (I need a couple more to finish off) and they look great. The colour is whiter than the old bulbs, which makes them look cleaner and brighter. They are equivalent to a 20W halogen low voltage light in brightness.
I picked up some cable and a 200W transformer from Lowes to finish the installation. This is another advantage. You can have double the number of LED lights compare to 20W halogen lights attached to the transformer. In theory, I could connect 25 of these LED lights to my 200W transformer and light up my house like a landing strip! All for less power than 3 of the 90W floodlights I was using!
The are expensive compared to halogen lights, but you save by reducing the size of transformer and cable, and there are also electricity bill savings over the lifetime, which should also be a lot longer than halogen bulbs.
Last thing. They are big compared to halogen lights. Think of a coke can, but slightly larger. They are very well made though, and hide very well in the beds.
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Easy to hook up and works well, with good light dispersion. Used out doors under dogwood tree for night lighting.Honest reviews on Paradise GL33762BK Low Voltage Cast Aluminum 8-Watt High-Power LED
Over the years I have been extremely disappointed with the low voltage lights I've purchased. This one does exactly what I wanted it to do. It is a very good quality for the price, and even a better quality, in my opinion, than some lights costing three times as much. It's hard to believe this is only an 8-watt light, seems so much brighter.I highly recommend this light for its quality and effectiveness.
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