Hyperikon Outdoor LED Flood Light with Motion Sensor, 100W (400W Equivalent) 10000 Lumens, 5000K, LED Security Light, 120v, IP65 Waterproof – For Security, Light Poles, Events

*** updated October 29, 2017 (at bottom)

First, I’ll say that I am a professional electrician, and I have purchased and installed at least a dozen different types of LED flood light

This light has an unconventional design. It is totally flat on the back, without any heat sinks protruding. I was a little concerned about it at first, because the heat sinks help direct heat out of the fixture and into the air around it. But after weeks of nightly use, this thing is running nice and cool. I have no concerns about heat building up inside fixture

Another thing that’s unconventional is the mounting bracket. With most of these types of flood lights, the bracket has to be removed from the fixture in order to mount it. Then the fixture has to be reattached to the bracket on the wall. But this one is designed for mounting without removing the bracket. That makes for a much easier installation.

Then, somebody finally got the hint about wire length. I’ve seen hundreds of reviews complaining about the short wires coming out of these types of fixtures. I’ve even complained about it. Can you just charge us an extra $0.25 and give us two extra feet of wire?

Well, Hyperikon listened. There’s about 4 feet of wire coming out of this fixture, long enough to reach a junction box and have plenty to work with.

As for brightness, let the pictures speak for themselves. I have it mounted on the corner of my deck in front of my house.

My vehicles are parked right in front of the deck, and they are both lit up phenomenally. I have it pointed straight down, and it lights up all the way across the street – but not so bright as to be obnoxious to the neighbors.

The other two pictures are my neighbor’s front yard. You can see that there’s a street light on the corner, and this fixture casts light better and farther than the street light.

overall, A+

***update
so it’s been about eight months since I installed the light, just thought I would add an update that the light is still functioning the same as the day I installed it.

When I installed it I put a male plug on the end of the cord, and simply plug it in and unplug it. But many times I leave for the day and forget to unplug it. I gave up on unplugging it about 6 weeks ago, so it has been operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week for that period of time.

I believe I have about 3000 hours on this light up to this point with no issues whatsoever

I ordered two different low-end 30 W LED floodlights to pick one for a larger buy of security lights to use with separate motion activation sensors. The Hyperikon was a about $23 and the other one was about $14. I decided on the Hyperikon pretty much as I was opening the two boxes due to appearance alone. Its case is very compact and is a seamless case painted black. The entire front is a pane of glass that is clamped down on a seal for weatherproofing. The only other penetration in the case is the cord, which has a high-quality metal/rubber seal. The less expensive light was considerably bulkier at about 3 times thicker and had two separate enclosures attached together, each made of thin painted stamped steel with obvious corrosion concerns. The cover of the electronics enclosure of this light had 4 machine screws used as sheet metal screws with only 1 thread engaged in the sheet metal. The power converter in that enclosure was attached without heat sinking to the cover only with hot melt glue. The Hyperikon LEDs are spread out in a 4 X 10 element array over about 3.4 sq. in., while the LEDs in the less expensive light were in one concentrated area of about 1.0 sq. in. This makes the spread-out array considerably easier to heat sink and probably more reliable. The heavier Hyperikon case is also much better at spreading the heat of the LEDs through the case. The Hyperikon had a 4-ft cord, while the other one had a 1 ft cord. The wires were about 20 AWG and were already tinned for soldering. The relatively light cord is actually considerably heavier than needed for the 30 W power consumed.

The first order of business was checking the ground and wiring up the light. I verified that the Hyperikon ground wire was actually connected to the case. The yellow ground wire on the cheaper light was hanging in the air inside the case, unconnected. Although the brown-blue-yellow/green of the Hyperikon light is different from the black-white-green US standard, the cord had a tag near the wires that listed what each should be connected to..

I tested the Hyperikon light first. There was about a 1-second delay in the power conditioning before both light came on. This was not a problem for me, but other reviewers have indicated that it was for them. The light was definitely bright enough for my intended security application with multiple lights around outside of the house. The “almost daylight” 5000K color temperature is optimum for a security application, but might not appeal as much as a warmer color for normal accent lighting. When I first turned on the light, the power usage read 28.4 W, decreasing to about 28.1 as it warmed up, The decrease in power with temperature is good because it does not indicate a tendency for thermal runaway. The ambient temperature during testing was 76 F and the maximum case temperature rose to about 117 F, or about 40 F over ambient, which is reasonable, warming up over about a half hour. The maximum temperature was directly behind the LEDs, so they are probably heat-sunk directly to the case there. Most of the case was abut 10 F cooler.

The less expensive light only drew about 21 watts, calling into question any claims related to light output. It was noticeably less bright than the Hyperikon light.

My assessment is that the advantages of the Hyperikon floodlight make it a real bargain, and well worth the $9 extra compared to the least expensive comparable light that I found on Amazon.

I wanted these for a home in a very rural area. It’s pitch black at night with no ambient lighting. I contacted customer service and explained my intended use, and asked if I should get the 50 or 100 watt version. The sent me a very detailed diagram that showed the light spread and intensity at different heights, with a very detailed set of explanations, and suggested the less expensive 50w. I bought 3 of these in the 50w version and was still skeptical that they would provide enough lighting. Boy was I wrong. They provide near daylight at 18 feet above ground. So much light that my security cameras don’t switch to night vision and I can see in full color! I was impressed by the responsiveness of customer service so much so that I bought 4 other 26w wall mount lights from them to replace all my floods and porch lights. They look great too.

Claims IP65, but within hours of being installed in an area with humidity, the inside of the glass had fogged up although it doesn’t seem to impact operation. Photos do not show the plug end: this is terminated with bare wires. You need to hard wire it into a junction box, or add a plug from the hardware store if you want to plug it into a standard outlet. This is detailed in the Installation Manual which is posted, but is not visible in the product photos nor in any of the text on the product page.

Edited to add: The seller was in touch within hours of posting this review to discuss and we came to a solution. I’ll certainly consider buying another identical one of these in the future if I need it, this seller offers A+ customer service.