Feit Electric Rotating Night Light with Sensor #NL5/LED

Customer Reviews

Works Fine

2008-05-07
To my eyes, this light is 50-75% brighter than the NL4/LED from Feit, and the light (with the translucent portion of the shade rotated towards your room) is much whiter (bluer, or colder color temp.) and sparklier than the NL4/LED. After trying both, I will use this stronger light for my larger areas (like long halls, kitchen, unoccupied living room) where sleeping and TV viewing are not conducted, and the NL4/LED for the latter.

As of 5/8/08, the illustration given by Amazon for this light, as other customers have noted, is the wrong one. This light has a tubular barrel, mounted parallel to the floor; it is NOT shaped like a turtle clinging to the wall and parallel to it :-) .

Brightness loss is severe

2008-05-01
I bought three of these. For two, the brightness after several weeks is at best 30-40% of when these were originally plugged in.

This deceptive nature of the product is hugely disappointing.

Love it. Different pic as advertised. Very bright. Recommend.

2008-01-18
Same as the first review above. They came on time, but was different than what the picture was advertised. I love these lights anyways. They are very, very brite and I like how it is adjustable. I have them in the bathroom shared by my toddlers who wake up in the middle of the night to go number 1. It stays off most of the day since the bathroom has skylights and a good size window. I difinitely recommend this product.

Kid-proof so far

2008-01-05
I agree with Handyman's comments and also received a different design than what is pictured.

If you want a rugged night light, this model is for you. I put one in my kid's bedroom and it has received regular abuse and still shines bright. It has seen use as a hammer, a door-knocker, and a pry bar yet it still kicks on when the sun goes down.

What I received was not as shown, but still pleased with purchase

2007-07-17
I ordered this product from Amazon, thinking I'd get the night light depicted in their ad. What I received was different...looks like this instead: http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/31Fu9zWxveL._AA160_.jpg

However, the description on the website fits, so I think it is just an incorrect picture. Nevertheless, I was pleased with the "#NL5" I received. The wall plug is on a commutator that allows you to rotate the light at a 360 degree angle parallel to the wall and the diffractor casing also rotates 360 degrees and one side is opaque, so that you can direct the light. The 3 LEDs are quite bright, so I found it helps to have the opaque side facing the front, making it a little easier on the eyes. However, if you need more light, you can angle the translucent side towards the ground while the opaque side shields the harsh light from your eyes at night.

Note that as is the case with all LED lights, they lose about 1/3 of their initial brightness after about a month of use, after which the output stays roughly constant for the remaining 50-100,000 hours of their life. Having the adjustable beam angle makes it easy to make adjustments after the initial brightness fades.

This light has a photocell which turns the light on and off and will even dim the light depending on the ambient light. However, I find Feit's dimmers a little insensitive. As is the case with the Theatre-style #NL6, these lights tend to remain lit when there is ample ambient light, but at least they are always on when you need them. The downside is that the lights may use more electric & burn out sooner than anticipated because they're often on when you don't need them.

Because of those minor quirks, I can only give this light 4 stars - but I certainly recommend it. Since I have switched to all CFL lighting in my house, these little night lights have helped by replacing the need to switch on the CFL in the middle of the night for less than a minute at a time. That will probably add months and years of life to my CFL bulbs, as CFL are sensitive to being used for less than 10 minutes at a time.