Flood lights has become the indispensable fixture at your home after sunset. Getting the good & bright LED flood lights can improve the quality of lives as we can maximize the use of the backyard, outdoor field and sports ground, so we can spend more time with family.
Yet, there are thousands of products available in the market. They have different powers, lumens, life span, beam angle and so on. If you have no ideas on how to select them, we are going to provide you with the list of the best flood lights and the comprehensive buyer’s guide in order to assist your purchase decision. After reading our reviews, please don’t miss out our FAQ session that can solve the common problems.
Best LED Flood Lights of 2020
1. Hyperikon Pro 200W LED Lights – Best Outdoor Flood Lights
Hyperikon offers premium flood lights solutions for sports field and large backyard. It is one of the best lights because it has remarkable lighting efficiency of 160 lm/W. It is widely used for indoor basketball court, tennis court ceiling, as well as outdoor football field. If we have the exceptionally large yard, we can think of having the 500W or even 1000W model. All models support IP67 waterproof. However, the price will be higher for the brighter models. Besides, 1000W is not recommended unless you are going to have professional football play in the yard. Those extremely bright and high power LED lights are designed for outdoor stadium.
This Hyperikon 200W LED floodlight is compact and light weight so that this product fits almost every outdoor application. Another essential feature of this lighting fixture is that Hyperikon’s products have 5 years warranty, and hence we can always get the prompt customer support if there are problems or uncertainty when using the lights.
If you just have the 300 to 500 sq. feet yard, then having 1 to 2 pieces of 200W LED flood light would be sufficient. Your neighbor may think you are afraid of dark after looking at your bright backyard. When using such the bright LED floodlight, we need to make sure that the fixtures are not pointing to the neighbor’s yard. This is because the direct lighting may be too blinding. The proper way to use it at home is to point the lights to the center of the yard. The best position would be the corner of the yard. This arrangement can ensure that the lights won’t scatter much out of your property area.
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2. AMMON LED Flood Light – Best Cheap Flood Lighting for Backyard
Firstly, we can see Ammon’s 200W LED flood light has 4 chips, while the Hyperikon’s one has 20 (5×4). The advantage of having the 5×4 is that if one of the individual LED bulbs go off, it is very unlikely to affect others; thus, the overall lumen output is not significantly affected when 1 to 2 of the chips are burnt. For this Ammon’s floodlight, if 1 to 2 chips are burnt, it means the lumen output will be cut into half, which is quite inconvenient if we need bright lighting in an emergency.
Fortunately, the LED lights nowadays are quite durable and sturdy, and they are very unlikely to burn even the flood lights are exposed to outdoor environment and inclement weather. The overall price is fairly inexpensive if we consider the electricity cost and maintenance cost – the LED literately require zero maintenance for a few years normally.
Besides, we can see the Hyperikon’s one doesn’t have the large transparent panel in front of the fixture. Thus, if you always do racket sports in the yard, it is better to adopt the LED lights having this design because the fast-moving ball may hit and break the lamps. So, when using the Ammon’s flood lights, we need to install them in the location where the balls or other hard objects do not reach the panel easily.
This light comes with 200 watt LED chips (20000 lumens), which is ideal for garden, BBQ party, family gathering and other outdoor activities at night. If you try to compare it with the earlier product, you will see this Ammon has less lumen output. This is because the luminous efficacy of the LED chip is lower for Ammon’s flood light. Nevertheless, if you don’t need the extremely bright lights, we can have this cheap flood lights. The price is very affordable in the lighting industry.
Despite of its cheap price, this outdoor LED light is sturdy and light weight. It has a typical black stainless-steel structure having IP65 waterproof certification, so that the luminary will not be damaged if it is inadvertently left in the backyard under rainy days.
It is also equipped with flexible bracket for easy application. You can simply place the lamps on the flood and adjust and angle, or install it onto the wall of garage, garden, basketball yard and so on.
The price is lower at the expense of lower energy efficiency. Comparing with the first and second product, the first one (Hyperikon Pro LED Lights) has 60% higher energy efficiency. Besides, the AMMON products have slightly lower IP rating than Hyperikon.
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3. Amico 3 Head LED Security Lights – Best Motion Sensing Flood Lights
Depending on the size of your porch and yard, we can select the proper detection range. To achieve the best outcome, we need to test it by adjusting the range of the security flood lights, so that the flood light is able to trigger, but not too sensitive.
Another advantage of this flood light is that we can also adjust the on-time, says, 1 minute, 5 minutes or 10 minutes after the light is triggered. Since it is designed for outdoor application, this flood light is waterproof, so it survives in the adverse weather conditions.
Besides, another practical application is that we can install this light near the driveway, so when you are back to home, the vehicle can trigger the lights to turn on.
As for the disadvantage, the power consumption and lumen output of this LED flood light is lower than the conventional ones, so we may need to get several pieces if your porch or garden is very large.
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See also: Best Commercial Solar Flood Lights
4. Ustellar 2 Pack 60W LED Flood Light – Best Security Flood Lights
The 60W LED replaces 300W halogen bulbs which improve outdoor security while saving 80% energy. Since it is used as outdoor security purpose, it comes with IP66 waterproof protection and exceptionally long life span. It offers reliable and stable lighting and provide better security for your home or work place. Since the power is smaller, you will need to buy a few sets of lights to produce the brighter illumination (1 package includes 2 * 60W LED lights)
This flood light is mainly used as the continuous bright lighting for outdoor areas, if you want dimming and motion sensing ability, the we will need to buy the 3rd-party accessories.
Similar to most outdoor flood lights, this LED fixture is also waterproof, so we don’t need to worry about the LED lights will go off in rainy days.
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5. GoerTek 15W RGB LED – Best Color-changing flood lights for outdoor
The best thing would be it has the music sync function, so the color of the lights can be changed in accordance with the rhythm. If you don’t want to play music home, this RGB lights have the automatic color-changing function as well. We can explore different colored lighting modes to achieve different stunning effect. This flood light is especially useful if you want to hold the outdoor birthday party or BBQ party in the yard.
If you get the several sets of RGB LED flood lights, we can change the color individual or in the group. It means that if you have 4 lights, we can have the 4 lights having different colors, or all have the same color. This versatile color control is quite convenient to achieve different lighting effects. We can create the disco or music light show at home!
As for the brightness, this 15W LED is equivalent to 100W conventional lighting, so we can save much energy to establish the same brightness.
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6. LEDMO 50W LED Flood Lights – Best Halogen Replacement
The highlight part is that this 50W LED replaces 250W halogen flood lamps, which means you can save 80% energy after switching to this LED lights, with the fact that they produce the same brightness. It has a light weight and thus you can transfer it with ease.
This product is suitable for lighting up sports field such as outdoor tennis court, football field, volleyball court, basketball court, as well as indoor workshop, corridor. It is applied to home improvement and construction because of its portable structure. The suggested applications include outside the warehouse, driveway, porch, garden and backyard.
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See also: Best 500W halogen replacement
7. Hyperikon LED Outdoor Flood Light – Best Security Lights with Motion Sensor
The good thing of this security light is that the flood light heads can be rotated and adjusted to different orientation, so we can point them to specific direction that effective light up the areas having different shape. Compared to the conventional panel lights, this design is more flexible and useful. If you take a close look at the LED heads, you will see there are small light shield that reduce the glare when looking at the top. So, the lights will not be so irritating at night when we are chilling in the second floor. This design also helps reduce the light pollution to the neighbor.
Other essential features include customization of duration & brightness when the security alert is triggered, as well as changing the sensitivity. The angle of projection is adjustable as you can rotate the cap easily.
Although it uses LED as the light source, when comparing to the previous products, one of the limitations is that this flood light gives only 90 lm/W lighting efficiency, which is less than 130 to 150 lm/W as found in Hyperikon’s or LEDSMASTER’s products.
Thanks to the LED technology & advanced design, this flood lights is able to withstand a very high temperature, so it can function normally in the scorching weather.
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8. SANSI LED Security Motion Sensor Outdoor Lights
The best thing of this 2-head security flood light is that there are 4 small bulbs on each head. Thus, the light can be more uniform when they reach the round. Also, the tilting angle of the flood light heads can be adjusted so it can always fit different veranda or yard.
The general function includes setting the lighting time once the motion sensor is triggered (1, 5 or 10 minutes). If you need constant light, you can switch to manual mode, and then it can be used as a continuous outdoor flood light.
Believe it or not, we can also install this light near the door bell, so when someone is reaching your home and trying to get into the entry hall without your permission, the lights will be turned on automatically to scare the strangers out of your home. The light can assist you to see who is opening the door if your door bell has the security camera on it.
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9. GoerTek Outdoor Solar Flood Lights with Motion Sensor
In fact, LED is best for solar lighting because LED is an energy-saving light source when compared to metal halide or other conventional lighting fixture. Another good feature is that it has the built-in motion sensor, so the lights will be automatically turn on when someone walks nearby the lights. Thus, this solar flood light is suitable for the area where we seldom need lights, driveway for instance. When you drive along the driveway, the motion sensing module can detect your car and turn the lights on automatically. This light can dramatically improve the vision of the driver, which improves safety and security. After a certain period of time, the lights will be turned off to save energy.
The price of this flood light is very affordable. So, it won’t break the bank if you need to install dozens of outdoor fixtures in the patio or facade.
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10. SZPIOSTAR 500W LED Flood Lights – Best Bright High Power Outdoor LED Lights for Football Field
Aside from the football field, we can also use this powerful flood lights in the parking lot, chicken coop, tennis court, baseball field, skate park and other sports fields. Although it has 500W and 50000 lumens, it is not very expensive that can save your budget.
If you look at the panel of the flood lights, you will see there are 10 small LED chips. Each one should have 50W, so the total wattage output is around 500W. The merit of this design is that if one of the chips is burnt out, the overall lumen output is not affected significant.
When using such the high power flood light, says 500W or more, we need to check if the lights have the good heat dissipation system. This is because LED generate heat, although the energy efficiency is higher than halogen or metal halide lights. Luckily, when flipping this light, you will see there is the dense fins structure, so the fresh air can pass through the gaps of the heat sink to reduce the temperature. Lower working temperature of the LED chips can improve the brightness and enhance the life span to some extent. This best flood light has such the satisfactory design. It is quite impressed to me for this affordable flood lighting product.
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11. LEDSMASTER LED High Bay Lights – Best Indoor Flood Lights
It is one of the flood lamp having the highest energy efficiency (150 lm/W). According to the description, it has outstanding brightness and service life after replacing metal halide, halogen and incandescent bulbs.
Similar to the Hyperikon’s flood lights, this light adopts the modular design, which means the LED light is consisted of dozens of LED chips and lens. For this 100W model, there are 10 small LED chips. As this flood light is designed for outdoor applications, it adopts the aluminum alloy to form the shell of this lights, so the fixture is resistant to corrosion and we don’t need to worry about the lamps going off in the inclement weather. If you take a look at the back, you can also see there are dense fins. They help dissipate the heat away when the LED flood light is turned on for a long period of time.
The best part is that there are hooks at the top of the flood lights, so we can hang it to the porch or other outdoor areas.
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12. B2ocled 30W LED Floodlights Outdoor Indoor Fixture
The good thing is that there is a built-in bracket on the flood light, therefore, we can easily adjust the tilting angle of the lights when installing it to the roof of the house, or the wall of the garage.
It should be noticed that the light gives out the soft white light, because the color temperature is 3000K. The yellowish light is suitable for creating the cozy and relaxing atmosphere outside the house. For instance, we can use warm white, or yellowish light in the BBQ party. However, you may need to get 3 to 5 pieces to light up the large patio or other outdoor regions because this flood light has the lower power of 30W and lumen output of 3000 lumens.
The interesting thing is that although it has just 30W, there are 28 small LED chips. However, the limitation is that the flood light doesn’t come with the plug, so we need to wire it by ourselves. If you don’t have any wiring knowledge, it is not recommended to use this light, or you will need to consult your electrical contractors.
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13. Kadision LED Flood Light
This 50W LED lights can generate around 5500 lumens, so we can see the lighting efficiency is 110 lumens per watt. Although this is not the highest in the LED industry, it is better than most of fluorescent, incandescent or metal halide lights. Thus, we can save energy after replacing these traditional lights with LED. This is because LED can generate the same brightness in a lower power consumption.
Surely, this outdoor LED floodlight is waterproof because it is used as the outdoor lighting. If you want to install the lights in different height, we can adjust the titling angle of the flood lights, so the luminary can point to the specific direction.
As for the life span, it has the 50000 hours service life, so we can save lots of maintenance cost in long run because it works for decades. Overall, this is a reliable and affordable outdoor lighting product and probably be the must-have item for home.
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14. Univivi IR Illuminator
The strength of this IR flood light is that it has the built-in photocell sensor, so it should give the dusk to dawn function. In fact, this function is essential because the 850nm is invisible to human eyes, so we may forget to turn off the IR flood light in daytime. By using the dusk to dawn function, the lights can be switched off automatically to save energy. Most important, the lights can last longer! Truly, we don’t need to turn on the IR lights in daytime because the CCTV can already capture the clear image and footage. When the lux (brightness) level falls under the threshold, the IR lights will work, so the picture quality of the CCTV footage can be dramatically enhanced.
As for the installation, this infrared LED outdoor flood light has the built-in rotatable bracket, so we can easily adjust the tilting direction when attaching it to the ceiling or wall of the house. This IR illuminator would be a good choice if you want to improve the security level while not using much energy.
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15. Viugreum 250W LED Flood Lights – Best Thin Outdoor Flood Lights for Yard
The best part of this product is that, the outer casing of this flood light is ultra-thin. The advantage is that it is very space-saving and easy to install. However, the limitation is that the heat sink may be smaller than the common flood lights as we can find in the market. The casing of the lights may be hotter. The rotating bracket also assist the installation.
As for the light color, this flood lights give the cool white light as the color temperature is around 6000 to 6500K. It should give you the invigorating feeling, just like what you can experience in the office or hospital.
The 250W bright LED lighting can also improve the security level of you house. We can see clearly if someone is trespassing your house or going to commit a crime.
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Benefits of having outdoor motion flood lights in your home
Outdoor flood lights are so essential in any home residence with commercial businesses as well. The flood light is known to provide much light to the environment hence contributing to increased security in your compound. Without external lighting, you will have prone to theft and robbery since the security level will have deteriorated. It is good that you apply the flood lighting to help protect your properties. They help increase security in several ways as well as ensuring you protect your home well. The chapter also specifies some dangers you might experience at your backyard if you don’t install outdoor lights for security.
Why Is Having Dark Backyard Dangerous
When your backyard doesn’t have LED lighting for security, there tends to be a danger in your residence due to many reasons. Dark might lead to unexpected issues in your compound among which are;
- Dark backyard attracts more insects and pests. These pests might destroy your PlayStation and food in your garden; hence that will make you get a loss since the harvest will be less.
- Dark backyards without outdoor lighting tend to attract thieves in your home. Always gangsters and robbers like working at night hours where they are not seen. This might make them enter your home through the dark backyard and robe you.
- The back yards without LED lighting are not friendly even to those around the house. You can’t relax and pass the time while in a dark back yard, and this means that it will only make you more uncomfortable.
- The shady backyards are dangerous since they don’t guarantee any beautiful nature attraction during night hours in your compound. You can’t install a water foundation among other beautiful nature to give you and your guests company when you need it.
- Outdoor lighting is known to guarantee a home’s sale when you want to replicate it. It is part of staging, and this eventually markets your home. If you don’t have lighting, then your home might be sold at a lower price, or it will take you forever to get potential buyers.
Whenever you want to have the best property with much comfort and security, always mind installing outdoor lighting there. It will also give you peace as the owner since you won’t be uncertain about its safety.
Let’s take a look at what you will experience after having the bright flood lights in backyard.
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Ways In Which Flood Light Improve Home Security
1. They Light Bigger Area
According to their names, flood lights are always meant to light a bigger space. They flood their view to the larger compound space and illuminate it as you need. The pictures are so bright, which increases people’s sense of safety when walking over at night hours. The light ensures you are visible and can also see what you are doing even at night outside your home.
2. They Activate Motion
With an activated motion, the flood light can work as you want. If they should light on when something passing over, they will. Such lights are able to rely onto your activation capability meaning they will always work when need arise. They have a sensor which helps them in reacting and also consumes less energy meaning you can conserve energy with it as well. They will always catch off-guard to people and objects around meaning criminals who want to rob you can be got off-guard with these lights and they will be startled. It hence increases security layer to your compound since people will get worried about visiting your compound unexpectedly to steal.
3. Their Brightness Can Recognize Faces
If you want crime to be prevented, then you should spot the criminal. When you install flood light at your backyard and all outdoor areas, you have high chances of sporting thieves in your place. Also, the sun will quickly identify the criminals trespassing your home and recognize their faces. You should also have security cameras to enhance security since they will capture their faces, and that means you will have got them. That will reduce risks and increase security since one will think twice before trying to do illegal things around the outdoor lighting.
4. They Help to Conserve Energy
When you use solar LED outdoor lights for your backyard, then you will save more energy since you use direct sunlight. The sun tends to offer more brightness and power hence using lesser energy compared to other lighting’s used as security. The costs that could have been used for electricity can thus be saved and used to purchase enough security cameras for your outdoor. That will always boost the security level in your home every time.
Whenever you want to install outdoor flood light in your property, don’t get discouraged because they have far more benefits. The lights will ensure you are protected and kept safe, meaning you will be ready to handle your compound effectively. The floodlights can work in whatever climate and weather condition, meaning you don’t have to be pressured about environmental changes.
Top Flood Lights Buyer’s Guide
After checking out our top 10 LED flood lights, we are now going to give you the extra tips before you put them into the cart.
1. Power selection
The power of the flood light is ranged from 20W to 1000W; however, how many power should I choose? If you intend to use the lights for backyard, BBQ party or outdoor activities in your home, the lux level should be around 100. How do I find the corresponding wattage? For example, if you have a 50 sq. meter yard, the brightness required is 50 x 100 = 5000 lumens. For the LED having 130 lumens per watt, the power needed is 5000 / 130 = 38.5W. And hence 40W LED would be suitable. This value increases with your size of backyard as well as lux requirement.
If the need to do the vehicle repair work in your garage, you will need around 500 to 600 lux. Similarly, you may buy 200W LED for each 50 sq. meter. It is not necessary to buy one single light. Instead, you can have 4 to 5 sets of 40W flood lamps putting around the ceiling to achieve better uniformity.
2. Energy saving
We always heard that doing LED replacement with halogen or metal halide lamps saves a certain percentage of energy. What is the truth? It is all depends on luminous efficiency of the flood lamps. For example, if a LED light has the specification of “130 lm/W”, it means 130 unit of brightness is emitted for each wattage power consumption.
Let’s do the quick calculation. If the 100W halogen bulbs has luminous efficiency of 25 lm/W, it produces 100 x 25 = 2500 lumens; however, if we use LED, we also need 2500 / 130 = 20W. That means a 20W LED and 100W halogen can produce the same brightness theoretically, and hence we can save (20W – 100W) / 100W x 100% = 80% energy.
Generally higher the lumens per watt (lm/W), higher the lighting efficiency and the price will be higher in normal circumstances.
3. Beam angle
Beam angle is actually a vital factor of a lighting fixture. This is because it affects the lighting profile – how thee light spread. The common beam angle of flood light falls between 10° to 120°. Larger the angle, wider the light beam. The importance is that if the mounting height is low, says around 8 to 10 feet, it is advised to use the beam angle of >90°. For the higher installation like above 15 ft, we can use the smaller beam angle such as 45° or 60°.
If we adopt the high beam angle for high mounting height, most of the light beam will spread outward the field before reaching the ground. It would cause two issues. First, the brightness at the center of the yard will be low. Second, the light pollution will become more significant, the light beams scattered will affect the neighbor’s sleeping quality at night. So, we need to carefully select the beam angle of the flood lights.
4. Color temperature
In lighting industry, we define the light color as the color temperature. There three main categories. The warm white light color is around 2500 to 3500K, natural daylight is around 4500 to 5000K, and cool white is about 5500K to 6500K. If you want to create relaxing feeling at home, we can select the 2800K flood light. On the contrary, we may use cool white or natural daylight to illuminate the driveway as we can see the road clearly.
5. Service life
Another reason to replace the conventional light to LED is the increased life span. According to the product description, the working lives of the LED flood lights can be 50000 to 80000 hours, which is 5 to 8 times of halogen and metal halide lights.
The lights having higher life span would always be your best choice because it is costly to buy the new lamps & install them, especially you are having the large-scale replacement. If you turn on the lights for 10 hours per day, LED runs 22 years. In reality, many customers complain that the metal halide or halogen lamps goes off easily, within 4-8 months use. Hence, switching to LED save you a lot of time and money.
6. Waterproof
Water resistant is a vital feature for outdoor flood light. To be able to work under rain or snow storm, the luminary should have at least IP65 ingress protection rating. However, having such the IP rating doesn’t mean that we can directly splash a large amount of water on the lights. Most outdoor floodlights are designed for resisting the rain water or snow.
7. Heat dissipation
It is seldom mentioned in the product page if you are a constant Amazon’s customer. The fact is that the LED chips will be damaged if the junction temperature keeps incredibly high. A good flood light should have effective heat sink system transferring the heat from the internal structure to outside. Aluminum is a good conducting material to fabricate the heat dissipation system. We can select the LED that is made of aluminum or the related alloy.
Best Outdoor LED Flood Light Brands
1. Lithonia Lighting
Here is one major brand name that has over 70 years of products and services offered to its customers. In recent years they acquired the Acuity Brands Company that also offers lighting products under the Lithonia umbrella. Their product line is a mixed extensive line of residential and commercial lighting items. They also provide plenty of lighting fixtures that are well suited for institutions and industrial buildings alike.
They are known worldwide for their top service and customer relations. In recent years they have been more active in keeping their silver status among lighting names. This is especially so when newer companies are quickly closing-in with newer competitive products.
Flood lights offered:
Currently, they offer over 45 different types of flood light models that all have different levels of power. A majority of them are now the newest LED flood light design. Nearly 30 of them are exclusively LED. The rest include fluorescent, incandescent, halogen, and high-pressure sodium. The LED color temperatures range from 2100-3500K, and lumen output ranging from 501-5000.
Mounting brackets include arm, knuckle, pole, pole mount, and surface mount. They also have weather ratings that include IP65, IP66, and Wet location models. Some models will have dual-directional heads, while most of them are single rectangular flood lights. Depending on your needs, there is a style for everyone. With a pleasant range of color temperatures to choose from, Lithonia remains the silver level of LED lights today. You’ll always find their product line is trusted and not-too-pricy.
Pros: A very good selection of LED flood lights that are moderately priced and great quality
Cons: There is nothing bad to say about Lithonia at all.
2. Hyperikon
Way before the LED lighting explosion that started in 2015, two adventurous brothers set-out to make blaze their trail. They started in 2010 and wanted to sell super-bright LED lighting products to the public. By the time Amazon.com was an aspiring online web shop for upward thinking people, Hyperikon was already thinking big. Their bold move paid-off and they sell their products to NASA, Boeing, Delta, Verizon, and Google.
They have a green-thumb for green energy and make LED lighting friendly for everyone. An inspiring company that has risen to the top in just 20 years! If they can only start to offer light temperature variations, they might be more successful at marketing their light for home decor. This type of light is especially harsh for offices and scaring away potential robbers in the middle of the night!
Flood lights offered:
Their selection is pretty impressive for a smaller company, but Hyperikon has much to offer on flood light equipment. They have a total of 6 outdoor flood light models that are all-weather designs. Two of them are 30-50 Watt models while the rest ranges from 100-300 Watts. Colors are limited with only the crystal white glow 5000K offered currently. They also have a 30-Watt solar powered flood light model that comes with a solar panel.
The solar kit version also comes with a remote control so it can be controlled from inside a house easier. Their final flood light has a motion sensor built-in and is a 30-Watt model. These last two also have the 5000K white light spectrum.
Pros: Great selection at unbeatable prices. Who doesn’t want LED lights made for NASA?
Cons: Not enough motion sensor models or color Kelvin temperatures available.
3. SANSI
Since 1993, the growth of SANSI has been devoted to breaking through the LED technology mirror. They were pioneers in the very start of high-performance LED lighting solutions and quality products. Now they serve over 40 nations across 5 continents intending to provide green-energy LED lighting products.
As recently as 2017, SANSI employs over 500 engineers in their facility in China and are leading a path to create the first registered safety consumer groups: The China Solid-State Lighting Alliance
Flood lights offered:
Currently, DANSI offers 10 various flood light models. They are unique, to say the least, and have a very original design. A special ceramic radiator holds the LED light itself acting as a heat dispersion tool to help cool off the semiconductor faster. Many of their models employ color-changing applications with remote controls. While other designs look to be weatherproof, it’s unclear if these flood lights should be used outside at all.
However, thy do hold several international patents for their design and don’t have condensation problems as with other glass sealed LED case designs. They have 10-100 Watt flood light models available. This design may look off-putting at first however they are remarkable for allowing built-up heat to cool-off the unit faster. These LED flood lights might even outlast traditional LED flood light models
Pros: Great for outdoor decorations and backyard lighting. It even has color-changing effects too.
Cons: They do not offer motion sensor lights
4. LePower
LePower began 5 years ago and has a whole line of eco-friendly LED products that are offered. Their products are exported and sold to the USA, Europe, and Japan and have a high quality behind their image. They mostly sell products through Amazon and have been getting very high ratings for the warranty and return policies.
On top of that, they offer excellent pricing and varied products that contribute to a green future. Needless to say, the practical use of their LED products rival top companies for diverse usage and applications.
Flood lights offered:
As of this writing, they offer 4 flood light models and 5 security floodlights. The power range includes 50-150 Watt models that are super-bright. A standard 150 Watt floodlight can produce 11,000 lumens! The regular floodlights do not have motion controls however their security flood light series all come with motion sensors and some with dusk to dawn modes.
They are all affordable but lack the lumen power of the regular flood light series. The highest model has 3500 lumens and features the dusk to dawn mode sensor. These sensors would be better for the back porch or side door entries where a small 2-meter area can be illuminated.
Pros: Excellent design and output for outdoor flood lights for back yards and fields.
Cons: Security floodlights lack higher lumen output but have built-in sensors
5. Sunco Lighting
Sunco Lighting began as a family business in 1995 grew steadily as a result of eco-friendly LED lighting solutions. They have expanded into an empire that now serves America, Canada, and Mexico. The place a lot of care into their Renewable Energy Initiative, and are exclusive sellers through Amazon.
Flood lights offered:
Among their flood light list is limited to 4 models that are true floodlight units. There is 7 dusk to dawn light bulbs that turn on when it gets dark. As for the actual units, these range from 50-200 Watt LED floodlights that can be mounted. These are all UL listed and are certified for IP65 weather conditions.
Their newest Streetlight flood light is dimmable and emits 28,000 lumens. It’s considered a shoebox LED due to the size. The other 50-Watt emits 5000 lumens and still packs a punch.
Despite being an American company, they serve both sides of the borders. What makes them stand-out is the grass-root thinking behind their sales team.
Pros: Very nice selection at great prices. A real budget-friendly and smart design too.
Cons: Their LED bulb selection does have D2D but is lacking any kind of lighting power
6. Ustellar
Ustellar is a brand-new company from China that began in 2016. It leads the focus of appealing to a whole new generation that is fascinated by color-changing LED’s. They do have an excellent flood light that comes in a couple of different color temperatures. It’s perfect for home illumination and security lighting needs.
They can keep a very good focus on customer satisfaction but are lacking in private home idealisms. This is where burglars are present and need to have to deter lights to spook them away with sensors and motion detectors. If you buy this product, you will need to install a separate motion detector. They don’t cost that much extra but would suit this model just fine.
Flood lights offered:
Their color changing lights are very impressive and can be programmed through a smartphone app or with remote control. These flood lights would be suitable for night parties and special holiday lighting. At Christmas especially would make a house become a light show that stands out.
Ustellar also features two types of floodlights with 2 distinct color temperatures. They each offer 3000, 6000, and 12,000 lumen outputs for each model. Colors include Daylight white and Warm white. Many of their LED light changing products are already on Amazon and their pricing is fair to modest. These lights should be covered so that moisture and rainwater don’t ruin them.
Pros: Great for a new generation that likes smartphone-controlled lighting
Cons: These flood lights lack any kind of sensors aside from color-changing remote controls
See also: Best LED Flood Light Manufacturers
Frequently Asked Questions of Floodlights
1. How many lumens do I need for outdoor flood lights?
Depending on how large your backyard or field may be, you need to understand how lumens cover that amount of space. How many lumens are required to light-up larger areas is simple to calculate. Here’s how you can determine the square footage that covers your property. If we are talking about LED flood light units:
- 1600 lumens with 16-18Watt LED will cover more than 60 square feet. This is roughly a small entryway or back porch area and is perfect for this Wattage.
- 1800 lumens with 18Watt can also be used to cover 60 square feet easily enough.
- 2600 lumens with 24Watt LED will cover more than 125 square feet. If you have a small vegetable garden or patio one flood light will cover this area nicely.
- 3000 lumens with 30Watt LED can cover 130 square feet generously.
- 4500 lumens with 36Watt Led will cover 160-170 square feet as well.
- 5800 lumens with 45Watt LED will cover more than 250 square feet. This can include a patio area with guest chairs and a BBQ grill to light-up. If you have an additional lawn area you would need another 45Watt LED flood light.
Anything brighter than 5800 lumens is getting very bright and annoying. Always be sure to pick the Kelvin temperature that is between 2000-3500K to maintain a comfortable incandescent feel. Bright white light outdoors tends to feel too harsh or cold-feeling for most people. Unless that’s your intention, cold white light is good for scaring away unwanted guests.
2. What is a good wattage for outdoor lighting?
Now take into consideration the wattage you intend on using. The higher the wattage will always give you a brighter area covered. Then again if you’re using anything other than LED lighting for floodlights, the energy consumption will be higher. As a rule of thumb stick to 30-45 Watts if you have several smaller flood light sources placed around your property. The lower the wattage, let say 18-24 watt lights are nice for accent lighting.
If you have a large yard and want to get lawn coverage, then the higher wattage floodlight is needed. These often start at 65Watts and higher. A total of 2-4 of these flood light lamps are perfect for any family backyard. Anything larger will need large units known as shoebox floodlight units. Many of the commercial shoebox lamps light-up big areas and are perfect for outdoor use. They are best mounted to the tops fences and the edges of the houses under the roof overhang.
3. How bright are the 100Watt floodlights?
With an LED light, 100 watts will give you 10,000 lumens that cover more than 130+ square feet area. Depending on the type of flood light focus, the light can be direct 100% coverage or straight forward lighting. Either way, you can expect they will be pretty bright. To reduce any kind of glare you can angle these brighter lights downward or add a flare shield. This is a piece of plastic or metal that is attached to the flood light housing. This keeps extra light from directly reaching your eyes. If you’ve been careful about putting floodlights up high with special glare shields, you did it right.
4. LED Vs Fluorescent, Vs Metal Halide lights? Why LED is the best?
Are you ready for another epic battle between different producers of lighting? Well, this might not be a hard stretch to imagine is this was just another Smackdown on the WWF. But here we are talking about 3 kinds of light that will have a certain winner. Before we get to that let’s compare these three.
a. LED Vs Fluorescent
At one time these two were at a major head to head competition but somehow the battle has lost steam over the years. The problem lies with how fluorescent is troublesome, to begin with. While it has been used for years in offices and buildings, it does have a cost-savings. Back when LED light was still relatively expensive in the early ’90s, it just wasn’t taken seriously. Many office buildings stuck with the standard fluorescent tubes because they were cheaper.
Cost comparison between these two is also evident now. A 3 foot 30Watt fluorescent tube costs $3.50. If you look at the 3 foot 30Watt replacement LED tube it will cost less than 10 dollars. The difference is that the LED tube version gives the same light using only 15 watts. It will also last 50,000 hours. The fluorescent will last one year tops and then start to flicker, while it burns 30 watts per hour. The clear winner is LED in this case.
See also: Why LED is more environmentally friendly?
b. LED Vs Metal Halide
This is an easy one to compare the basics. Metal halide eats-up Watts like crazy! With an outdoor spotlight that uses a 1000 Watt Metal Halide the retrofit LED floodlight only uses 300 to 400 Watts. Both will produce nice white light that registers over 30,000 lumens. But the cost-effective savings of the LED is worth 4X the number of metal halide lamps used. In addition to this, the halide lamps get hot and are very dangerous is they explode. They also contain lead, mercury, and other nasty materials.
c. Fluorescent Vs Metal Halide
There is no comparing these two aside from that they both contain gasses that are used in producing them. Halide is brighter than fluorescent. Halide lights also use higher amounts of Wattage to operate. You can touch a fluorescent light a couple of minutes after you turn it off. Halide needs an hour before you can begin to touch it. If there has to be a winner it would be halide over fluorescent. Neither of them can be considered energy-saving anymore these days.
The winner is LED light since the cost-effectiveness is seen over the years of usage; thus, there are more and more people using LED to replace fluorescent tubes. It’s also eco-friendly and doesn’t get hot like metal halide. It’s replacing fluorescent lights in offices and hospitals and doesn’t give people the flickering headaches either. In both cases LED light out-performs both of these light sources.
5. What are the Pros and Cons of using motion-sensing floodlights?
Motion sensors are great for turning-on floodlight units when you enter an area but do have some drawbacks too. Here is a detailed list of Pros and Cons that are worth noting.
Pros:
- The sensor can be adjusted to limit the distance of any object that moves within range.
- A timer can be set so it allows the lights to stay on for 30 seconds up to 5 minutes.
- The sensor can use infrared to detect movement in the dark.
- With a motion sensor, it can scare away pests and possible robbers who are lurking around.
- A motion sensor is great for areas that need energy-savings so light is not wasted otherwise.
- A sensor is hands-free lighting when you need to enter or exit your home.
Cons:
- The sensor will not work well if it’s not pointed in the right direction.
- A sensor will detect movement such as branches moving if the range is not set properly.
- The sensor will not work if anything is blocking the front of the sensor, such as leaves or plants.
- Infrared only works at night so it doesn’t work well for daytime usage.
- If the light timer setting is set for too long it will use more watts that are wasted.
- A sensor that is placed in wet areas may become faulty due to water damage.
- The motion sensor controls can be set wrong and shorten the lifespan of the LED light.
6. What are the Pros and Cons of using dusk to dawn outdoor lighting?
Another excellent feature is the dusk to dawn function on a flood light. This feature is a great idea but there can be potential problems too. Here is the list of good and bad points.
Pros:
- The lights can be set to go on when the sun goes down.
- The light can also turn on just when sunset has begun and makes a darker shade area easier to see.
- In winter months the dusk to dawn feature can help add light when the sun is lower on the horizon.
- The light will turn on when the sun comes up automatically.
Cons:
- Even new equipment can be faulty and won’t work when installed. It will need to be returned.
- The D2D sensor is set improperly and will be too sensitive turning-on in the daytime.
- Bright overhead lights will affect the sensor making the D2D turn off if it senses that light.
- Anything that is blocking the D2D sensor will make it think it is dark and the lights will turn on.
- Lights that are set poorly for the D2D sensor will be a waste of light and energy.
- Car headlights that are not aimed correctly can cause the D2D to turn off briefly.
7. Can Flood lights improve security at home?
To some degree, floodlight units help in defending a home. No burglar or robber wants to get near a home that doesn’t allow some dark corner. Most owners prefer to light up the front of their house but always forget the back yard. While back yards can have motion sensors, this is un-effective if the burglar is not moving. If they found a way to get into your house, it will be pre-planned first. But having lighting at all the entrances of your house is a strong deterrent.
This way it makes entry through windows more obvious if there is nowhere to hide. A smart homeowner will install motion sensors that are high enough that a thief cannot get to the sensor at all. They can easily be turned off, so making them hard to get to is part of the security idea. A better idea is to have flood lights that are hidden from view unless you know where to look. Someone who doesn’t expect floodlight turning on will tend to flee the scene to not be seen!
8. Where can we use LED flood lights?
The best places to put floodlights will be to show-off your home. Lighting is not just for making an area lit-up, it also can express many other aspects. Your home can become a well-lit setting for all sorts of occasions. Wedding receptions, sports parties, birthdays, and even holidays are all good themes to light your house. The modern LED light controllers allow vivid colors to be used also. This is great for making your home into a decorative evening light show.
Floodlight lamps can accent the shadows and lines on your house to make the design look more dramatic. It can make a shorter house look taller, and create the illusion that the house has friendliness and warmth. You can also use it to drive away those groups that like to go door to door asking for donations. Imagine what you can think of doing for Halloween lighting to make your house look scary. The possibilities are endless.
In front of the house and lining the flower beds are a good way to hide LED flood lights. They can be hidden behind overhangs and porch railings too. If there is a place to carefully put a small floodlight the wonders it can make. The most effective lights are the ones you cannot see. This is often called theme lighting and places like Disneyland or Universal Studios use this in their theme parks. The only time you see an actual lamp is when you want others to focus on something decorative.
9. How to improve the lifespan of flood lights?
It’s already common knowledge that LED lights last thousands of hours, but did you know they can last longer? Depending on the number of hours you use a LED light will determine how long it lasts. If the bare minimum of hours is used, then you can estimate that a LED floodlight will last years. It also has a lot to do with weather conditions too. Wet weather and moisture can get into LED flood light fixtures. They need to be placed in areas that will be sheltered.
If you have an all-weather floodlight that says it’s meant for rain and snow, who are they kidding? Keep these lamps in an area that won’t have any possible moisture build-up. Find a place at your home where there is the least amount of rain touching the highest edge of the roof overhang. That should be the best place for the floodlight. If you have it on a pole, it’s better protected with a roof overhead. Just like a birdhouse, it shouldn’t get wet even if it says it can.
Common problems when using the outdoor flood lights
High-intensity and broad-beamed floodlights are important for enhancing night visibility as well as security. The outdoor lighting systems are made with multiple light-weight bulbs to ensure that they illuminate a wide area.
But just like an indoor lighting system, it’s common for floodlights to also malfunction from time to time. This can be due to environmental factors, methods of installation, and other technical problems. Below is an overview of some of the most problems that you might experience when using outdoor floodlights and how can fix them.
1. The Flood Light Isn’t Bright Enough
We install floodlights outdoors to counter the effects of darkness. But sometimes they are not even bright enough to enhance night visibility. This is a common problem and it may be caused by several factors including:
- Using old bulbs. Old bulbs with short lifespan can get dimmer with time as a result of prolonged use. So, when buying bulbs, ensure that they have more than 50,000 hours lifespan for bright and lasting use.
- A bad power supply as well as a loose wire connection. After troubleshooting and you find either of these problems, fixing it will automatically increase your lighting system’s brightness. Loose connections interfere with the total voltage supplied to the bulbs while bad connection interferes with voltage and current. All these directly impact brightness.
- High temperatures affect how the bulbs function. Research studies indicate that bulbs normally tend to produce maximum brightness under normal temperatures. So, when the external environment changes, it affects the general output of white light. In some instances, the total output of white light can reduce up to 80%. If the factor is environmental i.e. during the hot summer months, then there’s no way that you can fix this problem.
Note: a cold environment doesn’t have a significant impact on the brightness of the light. Generally, such an environment will make the outdoor flood light even brighter.
2. Flickering
It’s not unusual for the brightness of your lighting system to decrease and increase. This happens sometimes. However, there are times when the bulb my consistently flash on and off. Flickering lights are annoying because they interfere with vision. For those with epilepsy, this is normally a serious issue as it heightens the severity of this condition. To fix this, you need to know the problem and here’s how you can go about it:
- Using appliances with high wattage: in case your floodlights begin to flicker when you turn a certain appliance on, then this is because of low power. There are devices that tend to draw in more power e.g. a heater. But you can fix this by turning off other devices that are not in use so that you can use the appliance without affecting the lighting system.
- Tighten and clean connections: flickering might also be caused by loose power connections. The connecting cables and bulbs need to be well-screwed into the fixtures. If this doesn’t work, then clean the connections. Blow all the connecting points in order to remove dust and other solid materials.
- Unstable electrical current: power fluctuations also cause flashing on and off of the lights. Make sure that the electric current supply meets all the standard conditions. This means that the current shouldn’t be too low or extremely high.
- Low-quality bulbs: in case you buy cheap bulbs for your outdoor lighting system, then this is one of the problems that you might face. The outdoors is not like indoors because the lighting system is exposed to a wide range of conditions. Trying to save money by buying cheap items will cost you more. Do your research and buy effective and durable products from a well-known brand.
- Get the correct type of dimmer: dimmers normally work using pulses. So, a low-quality product will ineffectively transmit the pulses, leading to alternating sessions of bright and dull light.
3. Buzzing Noise
Whether is it’s just a low hum or an extremely audible buzz, hearing this sound can be pretty annoying. Regardless of the bulbs you are using with your floodlights, it’s possible to still experience this problem.
It should be noted that a lot of people go for LED lighting systems because their bulbs don’t have filaments. This means that they have no loose or moving parts that can produce an irritating buzzing sound. However, it’s still possible to experience this condition as a result of electromagnetic interference or incorrect dimming. Depending on the cause, here is how you can go about it:
- In the case of LED lights, make sure that you use a good & compatible dimmer in order to eliminate the chances of buzzing. Note that a dimmer usually removes some amount of voltage in the electrical line. So, this means that the total voltage reaching the bulb is low, hence resulting in a dimmer output. If the dimmer isn’t compatible, then there will be frequent applications as well as removal of voltage. The bulbs end up gaining more and less voltage alternatively that cools and heat the filament. This will eventually cause vibrations that will cause the buzzing sound.
- Fix the amount of voltage that’s supplied to the floodlights. While the bulbs may be the reason, it can also be as a result of other devices that use the same electrical line.
- Avoid overloading the electrical circuit by disconnecting some electrical components or bulbs.
4. Incorrect Installation
Installation mainly affects the angle of coverage. Note that the coverage of any outdoor lighting system is crucial in determining the level of visibility as well as security. So, you have to make sure that you correctly install the flood light. A poor angle of installation is one of the problems that most people face. To fix this issue:
- Use the correct type of bulbs: this includes LED, CFL, or even halogen. They are designed with engineered surfaces that can perfectly control the beam of light at a certain angle, thereby enhancing accuracy. Note that there are various classifications of lamps that you can try, for instance:
- Very Narrow Spot that’s usually mounted at 7 degrees
- The Narrow Spot that’s normally used commercially. Such bulbs should be mounted between 8 and 15 degrees.
- The Spot is perfect for both homes and commercial units. These bulbs should be mounted between 16 and 22 degrees.
- Flood is considered as the “true flood light”. You need to mount at an angle of 120 degrees if you are using a PAR lamp and between 36 and 45 degrees for MR91 and 16.
Note: make sure that you understand the different types of bulbs and what is the best angle to install them. Apart from shifting the angle, there are some instances where you might be forced to move the whole lighting system to a new point. If you are not familiar with the installation process, then it’s best to hire an experienced electrician.
5. Waterproof Issue
As you know, an outdoor flood light will definitely get exposed to elements of weather, especially rain. You can have a good lighting system but is it waterproof?
Generally, it’s important to buy a durable and weatherproof product. This means that the outdoor flood lights should have sealed power sources or they should be concealed. Note that there is a high likelihood that the device may be exposed to rain, heavy storms, and snow. If the device isn’t waterproof, then your property is at risk of getting destroyed by a property fire.
Besides that, a system that isn’t waterproof will easily corrode due to rust. When the lamp lights or when other parts of the system are exposed to sun or heat, the water will evaporate leaving a rusty layer. This not only makes it difficult for electricity to efficiently reach the lighting fixture but the lifespan of your flood light will reduce.
Other precautionary mechanisms that you can employ is by creating a water barrier on the top/sides of the light to protect it. Avoid installing the lights close to the gutter among other places where the bulbs or connections may be exposed to water.
6. Bugs
If you didn’t know this, bugs and pests are also problematic. They include ants, rats, and termites that will eat and destroy lighting fixtures. To protect your electrical system, you can buy deterrents. This mainly includes frequently spraying the wiring and other parts of the flood light.
Besides that, you can use bug lights. The yellow light bulbs make it impossible for insects to stay away from the source. You can also use bug zappers that attract bugs and then vaporizes and kills them. Lastly, warm dimming LEDs come a wide range of color temperatures that increase in the presence of bugs.
Note: in case there are lots of bugs and pets swamping around your outdoor flood lights, then you can seek the services of a professional pest controller.
7. Extreme Glare
This is another likely problem that may affect an outdoor flood light system. Glaring normally occurs when the light and dark color contrast is accentuated. Most of the time, a flood light is installed from the perception of someone who is indoors. However, during the installation process, it’s also important to consider the outdoor condition.
Glaring leads to poor vision. This is because it becomes highly impossible for you to shift your gaze. You can’t even focus correctly because your pupils can’t contract effectively to adjust to the glaring light. To fix this problem here is what you can do:
- Lower the mounting height and use a flood light that is designed to produce a broader beam. This is particularly important if you want to get more horizontal illumination.
- Increase the mounting height to reduce the “spill light” effect. This way, you will increase the vertical lighting area and have better control over how light is distributed.
- Cover the lamps to avoid seeing the source of light directly
- Consider the type of bulbs you are using
8. Flood Lights Keep Burning Out
Constant burning out of light bulbs can be a nuisance. Well, this is because it interferes with the visibility of your outdoors. Generally, bulbs aren’t designed to light for a lifetime. But if you are replacing your bulbs almost every month then there is a problem. There are several ways of troubleshooting this problem:
- Use a voltage tester to ensure that the voltage supply is correct. Note that a high voltage will cause the bulbs to burn brighter but within a short period of time. Generally, if the voltage is more than 125 then you need an electrician to fix this.
- Excess vibration: when you have placed your flood lights on the garage door opener, expect that it will vibrate. This is because of the banging movements. You can fix this problem by using bulbs with heavy-duty filaments
- Loose connections: this may be a loose wire connection or when the bulb is loosely mounted on the socket. Ensure that the bulb is securely fixed to the socket. Additionally, the wires should be correctly attached to the terminals. Loose connections make the bulb easily burn out because they result in an increase in electrical resistance. Besides that, they also result in a higher amount of heat passing through the bulb’s filament.
- Regular maintenance: this ensures that your connections are well-managed with an occasional overhaul of the whole lighting system.
Note: a single burnout within your lighting system can also affect all the other bulbs. This normally happens when you are using the multi-tap transformer technology.
Conclusion
Having a functional and bright outdoor flight light system is beneficial. You are guaranteed a better night vision as well as security. But right after installation, there are a lot of things that can happen. Sometimes your floodlights may get dim, flicker, and even completely go dark.
The above-mentioned problems are some of the most common. But once you have established the root cause then you can easily fix the issue. Make sure that you routinely check your electrical system. Carry out maintenance and always try to fix any problem on time to avoid further lighting issues. In case you can’t find the cause of the problem or have trouble fixing it, then seek the services of a qualified electrician.