LEPOWER LED Security Light Motion Sensor Outdoor Lights, Easy to Install

Why it's worth it

The LEPOWER LED Security Light is three adjustable heads, a motion sensor, and no app at all. It puts out 7,000 lumens across a 180-degree detection arc that reaches 72 feet, and it costs a fraction of any camera here.

Sometimes you don't want a camera. You want the back corner of your yard to stop being a black hole, and you want it to happen when you take the trash out at 11 p.m. This does exactly that and nothing else. There's no account, no app, no firmware update, no monthly anything. You wire it to a junction box, aim the heads, and forget it exists.

The light output here is in a different league from the camera models. At 7,000 lumens from 58 watts, it dwarfs every floodlight camera on this list. Consumer Reports pegs a 3,500-lumen dual-head fixture as enough for roughly 3,000 to 4,000 square feet, so this covers a large yard, a long driveway, or a work area with room to spare. All three heads pivot, and so does the sensor.

From our review of 8 security floodlights

What we like

• +Sometimes you don't want a camera
• +The light output here is in a different league from the camera models
• +That reach is the practical selling point
• +The aluminum housing carries an IP65 rating, the same weatherproofing standard the major camera brands use, meaning it handles…

What to know

• –No camera, no recording, no alerts
• –Seven thousand lumens is a lot of light in a residential setting