Customer Reviews
Thank you 
2008-08-25
We put these in our 3 stall bathrooms at work and they worked great during our last power outage!
Great light for just about anywhere 2008-04-14
We've bought two of these units to test out, and we've just bought two more. They are great. We have one in the upstairs hallway. It goes on whenever it senses motion. So if we stumble out into the hall way, we'll have some light to see where the stairs and furniture are. It's just enough light to illuminate the hallway, but not enough to disturb anyone who has their door open (such as turning on the hall light would be).
Since it is always plugged in, the batteries are always charged, ready to go. If you need a flashlight, you unplug it and take it with you. The manufacturer says the light will stay on for 8 hours, but we haven't had to test that.
In the case of a power failure, it will automatically turn on. We plan to use one in our daughter's room as a night light when/if she needs one.
The LEDs are long lasting and chances are you won't need to replace them.
One thing the manual didn't explain was the status LED. One unit had a red LED and the other was green. After waiting a few minutes, the red LED turned green, so we have to assume that it just wasn't charged enough right out of the box. Outside of those few minutes out of the box, we haven't seen the red LED since.
We'll be taking this to grandma's house since she doesn't have any safe night lights - just a desk lamp with a really hot light bulb that will burn a toddler's (or adult's) hand. Their small size makes them perfect for travel.
best night lite ever with motion light 2008-04-06
These night lites are great - I use them at the top of the stairs and one downstairs in the kitchen just in case. they only come on when it is dark and when motion is detected, a brighter lite shines for 90 seconds or so, and When you pull them out of the wall - they are an emergency flashlight - how great is that! thanks so much!
Emergency Sensor Lights 2007-10-06
Delivery was fast and the product works just as described. We're in Florida but if we never use them for anything other than a nightlight, it works better than any others we have since it has a motion detector and lights up even brighter when you need a little extra light. We bought two and may get more to replace the other nightlights we have.
Sentina is a sleep saver 2007-01-07
My husband goes to bed much later than I do.
Until I got this gadget, I had to go to sleep with a bedroom light on,
and he would leave a low light on in the living room in order to see his way
to the bedroom.
I have installed 3 of these units, one in the living room, one in the hall, and one in the bedroom. They light up sequentially as he comes to bed
Sentina by Datexx 
2007-01-06
Revolutionary Emergency Smart Light - A must have for Emergencies!Just plug Sentina into any wall socket and leave it.Automatically lights up in a power failure! It provides emergency lighting in dark stairways, bedrooms or bathrooms for over 8 hours. Sentina's built-in NiMH rechargeable battery is charged while plugged in a socket.Pull Sentina out from the socket, and you've got a handy flashlight!Set it in Night Light mode and plug Sentina into a wall socket, Sentina automatically turns its soft light on at dusk and off at dawn.Set to Motion Mode. Sentina will lights up gently as you approach!Super Bright LED Bulbs never needs replacing!Sentina is the perfect solution for a storm or blackout!
Best Emergency Light/Night Light Combo 2006-07-08
I have nightlights throughout my home because I always like to see where I'm going. After dealing with 2005 hurricane season, I replaced most of them with emergency nightlights so when the power goes out, I'll have light in every room as well as a flashlight I can easily find. The Sentina is the best one of all. What I really love is that I can put it in a place where I typically would need light when walking into the room, without having to turn on a regular light. It's a much brighter light than a normal nightlight when the sensor goes on. Then as soon as you aren't within distance it goes to normal nightlight mode. When you need a flashlight, just unplug it. I did a lot of research before purchasing this and would highly recommend it to anyone.
Outstanding combination of features -- nightlight, power fail light, flashlight 2006-06-11
I have nightlights located throughout the house, so that I don't have to flip on lights when I pad about the house at night after others have gone to bed. However, I don't like having them burning power all night when I'm not padding about, and the bulbs burn out too often. This product has an LED nightlight that comes on after dark. It's a very subtle, low power nightlight. When you walk in range of the motion sensor, a brighter set of multiple LEDs turns on, providing much brighter light for wandering about. I put Sentinas at the top and bottom of my stairs so that they automatically light up the stairs at night when someone approaches the staircase. It's a great saftety feature. I also put units in the kitchen and bathroom -- they provide enough light to navigate without use of overhead lights. This product also has a built-in rechargeable battery (unlike the similar unit that Brookstone used to sell, which only worked when plugged in), so you can use it as a flashlight. I really like this product -- it has replaced a whole bunch of separate nightlights, power failure lights, and flashlights. Nifty and useful gadget that makes it safer for me and my elderly parents to wander about the house at night.
Recently, we lost power in the middle of the night. All of the Sentina lights turned on automatically and stayed on until their photocells turned them off in the morning. The next night (when we still didn't have power), the Sentina lights turned on again at dark and got us through another night. Before, this recent experience I really liked this product -- now, I consider them a "must have" product for convenience and safety.
P.S. 8/14/06 One of my Sentina lights developed the same problem cited by another reviewer -- one of the LEDs stopped working. I sent a quick email to the Amazon vendor, and they immediately shipped a replacement, which arrived within two days. I couldn't have asked for quicker, more hassle-free service.
Good concept, weak design. 
2005-12-31
I like the features of this light - nightlight is a good color and the right brightness, motion sensor is sensitive. The down side: after a week or so one of the 3 LEDs in the flashlight part started to flicker and got very dim. Two weeks later another LED did the same thing, so I am in the process of getting it repaired under warranty, which costs me shipping to them and $5.00 more for them to ship it back. Hope this was an isolated case of a defective unit.
