Malibu 2.5W Low Voltage High Power LED Directional Light - Black Matte
- Black matte finish
- Die cast metal construction
- Corrosion resistant
- Clear glass lens
- Wattage: 2.5
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Malibu Non-Corrosive Aluminum 10W Halogen Floodlight Fixture Featuring A Bright 10W Bi-Pin Halogen Bulb Adjustable Head Allows Accurate Aiming To Control Lighting On Landscape Foliage & Architectural Surfaces 5 Year Warranty.
Uses Replacement Bulb SKU#0110594
- Energy efficient 10-watt halogen bi-pin bulb
- Non-corrosive metal construction
- Adds beauty safety and security
- Black finish
- Quick clamp system to any low voltage cable
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14 Pack Low Voltage Plastic Tier Light Kit Includes 12 Black Plastic Tier Lights 2 Black Plastic Floodlights 60W Control Unit 50' 18 Gauge Low Voltage Cable Fourteen 4W Bulbs Control Unit Is Photocell Operated Dusk To Dawn Operation For Replace
- Add light to walkways steps and curbs
- Completely waterproof construction
- Photocell sensor automatically turns lights on at dusk and off at dawn
- Includes bulbs and bonus deck mount
- traditional path lighting kit with bonus spotlights
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14 Pack Low Voltage Plastic Tier Light Kit Includes 12 Black Plastic Tier Lights 2 Black Plastic Floodlights 60W Control Unit 50' 18 Gauge Low Voltage Cable Fourteen 4W Bulbs Control Unit Is Photocell Operated Dusk To Dawn Operation For Replacement Bulb Use #95503 True Value #122-428.
- Add light to walkways steps and curbs
- Completely waterproof construction
- Photocell sensor automatically turns lights on at dusk and off at dawn
- Includes bulbs and bonus deck mount
- traditional path lighting kit with bonus spotlights
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great for spare parts
This is a good deal if you need spare parts. These LED bulbs only last about 2 years and then they start to get dimmer. They say that they last 10 but I've gone through 2 sets. The bulbs are about $8 a piece if you order them directly from Westinghouse so buying this set for the replacement bulbs was a better deal for me. They have a nice bright pure white light which is why I've stuck with them and they don't run up your bills.
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This is the one to buy...........
Decent quality steel case.
Mechanical timer.
I had the Hampton Bay 300 watt model....DO NOT BUY HAMPTON BAY TRANSFORMERS. CUSTOMER SERVICE IS VERY BAD AND THERE IS NOT EVEN ANY WARRANTY OR CUSTOMER SERVICE INFO IN WITH THE PRODUCT as I found out when it broke and going to Home Depot for help was a joke. Anyway I am happy so far with the Malibu and it seems that it has a bigger transformer than the Hampton and the overall construction is better. Just to convince you of how bad the Hampton Bay customer service is try doing a search for them online you'll see.
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Really nice LED lighting
I purchased this kit with four Pro LED walkway lights and two spots. The installation is very easy and the quality of the lighting product is excellent. They are beautiful when operating and while not very bright they are much better looking than the "solar" LED lights... and the spot lights are very dramatic on my climbing roses. The only feature I didn't like was the connector but that is minor. The walkway lights are metal and very well built and the 40 watt transformer has a timer and solar cell allowing the lights to remain on for 2-4-6-8 hours after sunset. The six lights only pull 10 watts... and for that little bit of power the lighting is awesome for a garden. The only reason I didn't give the light set a 5 -star rating was is the brightness but for economy and overall look it is a 5-star product. I liked the product well enough to order another set...
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A good light for the moneyI'll make this short and to the point.
PROS:
The lamp head is made of lightweight but sturdy metal.
The gasketing seems adequate. After a month's use I see no evidence of leakage.
The beam shape is even without hotspots.
The price is excellent considering the relatively high quality.
CONS:
The ground stake is plastic and not as sturdy as the lamp head.
The power connectors are downright cheesy. Small and made of flimsy plastic they looked like they would fail in the first week. I used 12 guage wire and the connectors are actually too small for that guage. To avoid problems I coated mine thoroughly with silicone sealant.
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Very Poor Durability
I set about 25 of these up around my house with multiple transformers. Out of the box I had to replace one or two bulbs per week. After a year this increased to 3 or 4 per week. The units themselves then started to fail as well. When the whole thing became too expensive and too much labor to maintain I uninstalled the whole thing and threw it away. Buyer beware!
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Solid value low-voltage lightingThese lights nicely replaced more expensive lighting we had. The fixture is a solid casting that's well machined. The lens is white glass not plastic like others I looked at. The finish is rustic looking and blends well with the landscaping. The stem is a little short for my needs at 6". but I was able to use a longer standard 1/2" threaded galvanized pipe to make them tall enough to stand above some border plants. Not a big deal for me. The price was good even though I spent the extra $$ for the longer pipes at my local hardware store. I'd buy more of these for future projects.
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Verona Style Solar LightsThese lights are fantasic for the price made of pretty sturdy products and serve their purpose very well. They leave a very pretty pattern on the ground when lit too. Very easy to assembly and install.
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Nice Low Voltage Power PackI had been looking for these for a while since you can usually only find Malibu. They are plastic but snap together in such a way that they are tight against water or insect infiltration. The cable loops up through the shaft and contacts to two sharp pins below the bulb. This is locked in place using a plastic cam pin. It's a little tricky to get the hang of installing at first and what I found that worked well was to use a screwdriver and push the cable hard on both pins until I could see it pierce through the other side then put the cam lock in place. I love this feature where the connection is inside. Many of the replacements you find at your local home improvement store have clips that clip on the outside of the light to the cable and these tend to rust and look unsightly.
Another install issue is the light sensor. It is a simple on/off light sensor and while I was testing each bulb I thought my transformer pack was broken. You can not place your finger or thumb directly on top of the sensor. You have to cup your hand over it. Don't ask me why but it works.
I specifically looked for the lowest wattage transformer since I use LED bulbs in all my landscape sets. You can find them on amazon or on the web for around $4 and they produce 7-10 watts of light (much more than in this set) for 1/3 watt each. I've had some in the front for the last 4 years without burning out. So...I'm running all 10 lights at 7 watts brightness for about 5 watts total. It's silly that the companies keep upping the wattage with 120/300 watt transformers and larger incandescent bulbs. Save electricity and money by using LED's.
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Something Unique 4UThese lights are different from any other solar light that I've seen during all of my research in finding solar lights to build my "solar light garden." I live in an apartment building on the second floor with a deck outside the living room. Since I don't have a yard I decided to create a "garden" with solar lilies tulips pansies cattails globes butterflies dragonflies and solar fiber optic sprays (which sway in the breeze). Almost every single "stalk" has a bare space of about 6" to 7" between the top of the solar cell and the bottom of the "flower" or globe or butterfly/dragonflies. This grass can be manipulated in the degree of spread and covers that bare space perfectly. I think anybody using garden solar lights would be delighted with the addition of this "grass." (In addition the shipping service/speed was about as quick -- actually quicker -- as anybody could reasonably expect.) It is my understanding this company has just begun using Amazon Marketplace. They possess quality of product and quality of service so do not I repeat do not let their relatively short period of working through Amazon be a deterrent. They are seemingly a company concerned with customer service and that is increasingly hard to find in today's modern world.
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Reliable LightingI've used several of these light fixtures for about nine years and they've proven to be reliable and a source of good garden lighting. They're easily adjustable to focus on specific plants or trees. I've found them quite good. My only concern is that the contact connections often loosen up from the main feeder wire. I've chosen to hard wire each unit when installing them.
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Horrible cable connectors
This is my second Malibu/Intermatic light set and I have found both to be very difficult to keep lit. I'd love someone who considers this to be an easy-to-use set to tell me what I'm doing wrong. The device used to connect each light to the central cable requires squeezing two spiked halves together to pierce the cable and hoping the spike on each half makes AND holds contact with the wire beneath the outer insulation. I'm pretty good with my hands but getting this connection setup to work - AND hold - has proven next to impossible. Once connected if the light is moved or knocked over there's a good chance the connection will have to be redone. Often it is difficult to tell whether the light bulb is burned out or if you just haven't made connection exactly right. I started to invest the time this spring in getting the set going again (only its second season) and after half an hour without getting ANY of the four lights to work I realized this just isn't worth the trouble... even thought when it works the lights are really nice. I'd love to know if there are wired 4-light sets out there with a more reliable connection device.
PS - I contacted Intermatic/Malibu via email to ask what 4-light sets they make that do NOT have this type of connection device... after receiving a canned reply promising a response within 3 days they failed to follow up within even 5 days and to date they have continued to ignore my inquiry. I guess they either don't have any or have more business than they can handle. Another 'customer service' failure...
PSS - After the above I called Intermatic/Malibu but my only option (even during business hours) was leaving a message which no one returned. On another attempt I reached someone who surprisingly admitted to me she also had lots of trouble with the connection device. She suggested stripping away insulation on the main cable to help those spikes make contact with wire or after stripping the cable removing the connection devices and hard-wiring the light unit. Although willing to give either a try as I stripped away insulation I began thinking "what's wrong with this picture...?"
By the way when I opened the light units to try changing bulbs two of the four units were corroded in the bulb chamber... after being outside about a year.
Speaking of bulbs I had forgotten to mention that when trying to replace bulbs last summer nothing in the owners' manual that I could find tells you what kind of bulb it takes. Two had burned out LONG before any reasonable bulb life. I bought what appeared to be the right type (the commonly used MR-16 which has a built-in reflector). When I tried to remove the old bulb I found that what looks like an MR-16 bulb in the Malibu unit is actually a bolted-in reflector and a separate tiny Christmas-tree-sized bulb.
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Could have been better...Like others have stated with these type of lights and systems is you get what you pay for. Don't get me wrong they are not horrid but by no means are they a great system. The problem with Moonrays is the connection. It is made at the light bulb base where there are two pins under the base that pierce the cable. The problems are: The cable that comes with this unit is a very small gauge (18 Gauge is what is supplied despite the picture showing 16 Gauge). In order for the pins to hit the wire when the cable is pieced they have to be perfectly aligned. I learned from other reviewers and just bought some 14 Gauge wire instead which gave me the desired thickness of copper to work with while maintaining flexibility when trying to bend the wire and push the pins into it. To keep the transformer on to check each connection I simply used a small piece of electrical tape over the sensor. I used a small nut driver to push the cable up into the light base pins while using the base of another (screwdriver) to hold the top part (where the light bulb goes) into place. Also contacts for the bulbs come very close together are easily bent. If the bulb doesn't light after some manipulation of the bulb pull the bulb base off look at the wire and likely you'll see the perforations were off kilter though with the 14 or 12 gauge wire this should not be a problem. Use your screwdriver to bend the pins in the proper direction and try again (but don't push the cable up into the housing with anything that will conduct electricity if you still have the transformer on. Having a voltmeter handy is nice so if still the bulb doesn't lite you can check the voltage across the bulb contacts. On a couple of mine it was hard just to get the bulb to contact properly and that's what was wrong even though the cable connection was good. Don't stake any of the lights down until all are connected and all are lit.
Once you get the idea of what your doing on the first light the rest are quite easy to install. Unplug the transformer... install light plug in to check if it works... repeat until finished.
Now all this works great for the pathway lights the spot lights are another matter entirely. What a major pain in the butt to get installed. The major problem with the spot lights is there is no cam (the little thing that in the pathway lights helps to keep the cable connected to the pins) for use in these. You push the pins and cable together and attempt to set the "correct" angle for your spot lights and place in the ground the problem comes that if you Move the angle in which the spot light is set in the slightest without some major coordination of moving the cable along with it the pins will come right out of the cable and your back to square one. Major flaw in setting these up. Setting up the two spot lights took longer than setting up the pathway lights.
So only 3 stars for this product minus one star for the crappy 18 gauge wire they sent and I had to go out and buy 14 gauge wire. Minus another star for the shoddy spot lights.
Otherwise it was a fairly simple set up. I haven't had any problems with my transformer blowing yet so do not know as to the longevity of the product.
If anyone knows of a link to finding decent / equivalent LED's for these lights please let me know. Getting into Lumens / mCd vs Watts is a whole other story.
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This is the one to buy...........Decent quality steel case.
Mechanical timer.
I had the Hampton Bay 300 watt model....DO NOT BUY HAMPTON BAY TRANSFORMERS. CUSTOMER SERVICE IS VERY BAD AND THERE IS NOT EVEN ANY WARRANTY OR CUSTOMER SERVICE INFO IN WITH THE PRODUCT as I found out when it broke and going to Home Depot for help was a joke. Anyway I am happy so far with the Malibu and it seems that it has a bigger transformer than the Hampton and the overall construction is better. Just to convince you of how bad the Hampton Bay customer service is try doing a search for them online you'll see.
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ultimate in design elegance.Lamp included.Huge Selection and Inventory.Authorize Dealer By Progressive Lighting .Home Improvement Mall Offers the broadest selection of Home furniture
- Height:16-1/4"
- Overall Length:91"
- Wire Length:72"
- Lamp Quantity:One
- Lamp Wattage:50w
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Hinkley Afterhours Collection deck light in a flared kiss style. The light features a bronze finish with a die-cast aluminum construction. Works with existing low voltage landscape lighting systems. Includes one T-5 7 watt bulb. 2 15/16" high. 3 1/16" wide.
- 3-Inch width 3-Inch height 2-Inch depth
- ETL Listed
- Includes 7 watt T5 wedge base light bulb and wire connection kit
- Die cast aluminum construction
- Flush mount application
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Traditional Landscape Light in Verde from the Trumpet Collection by Hinkley Lighting. Dimensions: 16.00 H 8.00 W
- Height 16.00 Inch Width 8.00 Inch
- Finish: Verde
- Lamping: 1 - T5 Wedge Bease 18 Watt(Included) Lamp Type: Halogen
- UL Listing: Wet Locations
- Connection: Hardwire
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Traditional Landscape Light in Verde from the Saucer Collection by Hinkley Lighting. Dimensions: 20.00 H 6.00 W
- Height 20.00 Inch Width 6.00 Inch
- Finish: Verde
- Lamping: 1 - T5 Wedge Bease 18 Watt(Included) Lamp Type: Halogen
- UL Listing: Wet Locations
- Connection: Hardwire
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Traditional Landscape Light in Verde from the Ellipse Collection by Hinkley Lighting. Dimensions: 20.50 H 8.00 W
- Height 20.50 Inch Width 8.00 Inch
- Finish: Verde
- Lamping: 1 - T5 Wedge Bease 18 Watt(Included) Lamp Type: Halogen
- UL Listing: Wet Locations
- Connection: Hardwire
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These non-corrosive 8-inch in-ground stakes are used to secure various low-voltage landscape lights. Suitable for a garden pathway or other landscape setting. DL # 450.
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Traditional Landscape Light in Southern Clay from the Diamond Collection by Hinkley Lighting. Dimensions: 21.00 H 8.00 W
- Height 21.00 Inch Width 8.00 Inch
- Finish: Southern Clay
- Lamping: 1 - T5 Wedge Bease 18 Watt(Included) Lamp Type: Halogen
- UL Listing: Wet Locations
- Connection: Hardwire
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ultimate in design elegance.Energy Star.Huge Selection and Inventory.Authorize Dealer By Progressive Lighting .Home Improvement Mall Offers the broadest selection of Home furniture
- Height:5-1/8"
- Overall Length:NA
- Wire Length:NA Depth Extension: NA
- Lamp Quantity:NA
- Lamp Wattage:NA
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Traditional Landscape Light in Southern Clay from the Kiss Collection by Hinkley Lighting. Dimensions: 21.50 H 5.75 W
- Height 21.50 Inch Width 5.75 Inch
- Finish: Southern Clay
- Lamping: 1 - T5 Wedge Bease 18 Watt(Included) Lamp Type: Halogen
- UL Listing: Wet Locations
- Connection: Hardwire
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Traditional Landscape Light in Black from the Diamond Collection by Hinkley Lighting. Dimensions: 21.00 H 8.00 W
- Height 21.00 Inch Width 8.00 Inch
- Finish: Black
- Lamping: 1 - T5 Wedge Bease 18 Watt(Included) Lamp Type: Halogen
- UL Listing: Wet Locations
- Connection: Hardwire
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Good natural looking lightsI bought about 10 boxes of these about 3 years ago. They have done well although the light dome (translucent plastic) has started to deteriorate as well as the other parts but not on all of them...such that most of the domes are ok. The replacement dome is $1.50 from the manufacture which isn't too bad but if you start replacing parts you might as well buy another 4 pack set. For example the top part with the solar cell is $4 plus shipping. So if you hit them with a weed eater too often you might as well just replace the entire light. These are still one of the best values at $5/light that actually look like the incandescent glow of real electric lights. The stakes are really flimsy. They are fine...except they don't hold up to the weed eater at all but the base piece that goes from the stake to the bottom of the light is really sturdy (thick). I finally figured out a good replacement stake. I got some PVC pipe to fit snugly inside the base. I cut off enough to go into the ground ~8" and then stick up about 6".
Over all I am pleased with the lights because they look so much better than the usual wireless lights.
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Timer ReviewThe Malibu ML88TL was a replacement unit for me. I bought a newer version from Home Depot and it didn't work. Found out from forums that non of the new versions worked that are actually 100watt. So went for the exact replacement from Amazon and am very happy again that my lights work when I need them to.
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