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Things may go bump in the black, but you do not must be one of them! The 1st Alert motion sensing light socket turns the light onN when you enter a room or open a closet, , then turns it off after you leave. It combines the safety and security of a well lit room with the convenience of easy installation. The hands free motion sensor screws right into a regular, uncovered light socket, just like a light bulb. No extra wiring is needed. The socket senses motion inside 360 degrees and is ideal for laundry rooms, garages, basements, attics, walk in closets, and stairways. Use with 25 to 100 watt bulbs. Not for outdoor use. Bree Norlander

What’s in the Box
One motion sensing light socket

First Alert PIR720RN Motion Sensing Light Socket reviews:
Rating: Does the Job
I bought this sensor for my garage so I would not have to remember to turn the lights on before going there. It works just as I’d hoped. I have two and after three months they still work good.

Rating: Great product. Skip wiring a motion detector and purchase this instead
Great product! It works perfectly in a garage hallway that was earlier unlit and had stairs, and had the one switch to the light across the room. You can see how dangerous it may be. I 1st tried to wire in a motion detector at the light switch, but that was too hard. Instead, I installed this simple motion detector that went right into the present socket, and it works like a charm. As the other reviews have said, I could use a regular bulb rather than a compact flourescent, as the compact flourescent takes too long to warm up. I could surely recommend this product.

Rating: Great While They Last.
I have owned four of these, since I need two. That’s, I 1st had two, then two replacements. I now have none functioning, which is why I returned to this page.

I am happy to see their price has come down a bit, since they are generally disposable units. The reviewer who notes that she had one fail when the bulb burned out isn’t alone.

In fact, in my experience, all four of the units I owned all failed the 1st time the the bulb in them failed. When a bulb in it blows, the unit simply fails and will never work again. I kept one alive a bit longer by being sure to exchange out the bulb at regular intervals, trying to avoid having a bulb burn out in it.

Then I tried to get clever: In the last surviving unit, I put in a CFL bulb that claimed to last five times a normal bulb without burning out. I can now attest that the unit doesn’t work well with CFL bulbs. The 1st time it came on it was dim, but working. The next time it flickered noticably, but I was on my way out and left the CFL in place. When I came home, both the brand new CFL bulb I had installed and the unit were dead.

All that being said, I may get another, since as the title says they are great while they last.

Rating: Works great!
I bought this for my downstairs storeroom which I frequently enter with my hands full. The light comes on once I open the door. I not have to hunt for the string to pull to get light. I could recommend this for anybody who has a black room that could like many light once they enter it.

Rating: Awesome product!
No more broken lamp chains, forgetting to turn off the lights, in short very useful product! I had many of the same problems mentioned, the wife keep bugging me on why it only seemed to turn on when she standed directly under it in the closet. Of course I did not read the information, I just unboxed it and screwed it in.

To those having problems there are two arrows on the bottom, one of they are supposed to face your entry door or the area you want turning on from the approached direction, the detection field isn’t round, but is very elongated. It is in the instruction book I really read with my second of these detectors.

I have three of these now, and all perform brilliantly in the closets they’re in.

It must be people or kid sized. Cats will not turn it on, many cats playing on the floor or on the dryer. I do not know about big dogs, I do not have one.

The bonus is that now I am not strangled by the chains as I walk by. And I never have to go back and check to see if I turned off the light.

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