LTE LIGHTING EVEN Flood Light, LTE 50W Security Light
The LTE LIGHTING EVEN Flood Light is a 50W output COB-style light powered by wall power. Read on for testing of this and another LTE light.
Official Specs and Features
Here’s a link to the Amazon product page.
Versions
There are quite a few versions of this light, as far as I can tell. They differ in wattage, and thus output. There are a few with different emitters. There’s even an RGB option!
MSRP
The quoted MSRP is $60, but the light always sells for $30 (referral link).
Short Review
This isn’t a bad light for a pure floodlight. I wish the tint was warmer and there was an actual switch, and that LTE included a plug.
Long Review
What’s Included
- LTE EVEN Floodlight
- Manual
Note: the wire is bare – you’ll need to get your own plug! I used this one.
Package and Manual
The floodlight arrives in a simple corrugated box. It’s printed with the light specifics (ie, “50W”), and some other specs.
The manual is a manual but also a bit of a sales sheet. It’s pretty descriptive of how to use, but also attach, the light. It’s meant to be mounted, in fact. It has an angled foot, which…. isn’t really a foot! This bracket has screw holes that are meant to be screwed into an eave or something. Then the bracket is tightened on the sides of the light, to preserve the desired angle.
Build Quality and Disassembly
The body of this light is well built. There’s a big cooling fin on the back…. well really the whole back is a cooling fin! The front… well it seems like the front would need some further waterproofing before using it outdoors in a permanent installation as a floodlight.
The emitter and reflector is behind a glass piece that covers the entire front. This glass is held in place tightly by screws from the back. It seems like it’s probably sealed by a rubber gasket, but I haven’t disassembled it to tell.
The screws on the sides that is used to tighten the bracket which sets the angle, when the light is mounted.
I say this very specifically because one really can’t use this bracket as a foot; the wiring that exits the bottom of the light comes straight out, and when the light rests on this, the wiring is put at much too sharp of an angle. I’d love for this wiring to either come out with an angle protector so the wire would come out from the back or for the wire to actually come out of the back.
Here you can see the screws (on the back) that hold down the glass cover (on the front).
Size
The light is 24cm x 22cm. The reflector is 17cm x 13cm. And the led is quite large, too, at about 2.7cm square.
Power
As stated above, power is provided by a wall plug. A wall plug that isn’t provided. I purchased one from Amazon and connected it myself. This is very easy (especially if you get the plug I got).
I tried to show below how to connect the cable. The plug has different color screws based on which wire goes to which prong. Green is ground. Ground is labeled on the plug. The other two, Hot and Neutral aren’t labeled but the black wire goes to the gold screw, and the white wire goes to the silver screw. Of course, make sure that’s accurate for whatever plug you purchase.
Below you can see the sharp angle that the wire exits the body, mentioned above.
User Interface and Operation
Plug the light in and it comes on. Unplug and it goes off. There’s really nothing more to it than that. Unfortunately there’s no switch. And of course this means there are no modes, too.
LED and Beam
The emitter is unspecified. The listing states that this is a “Daylight White” but I find that to be a bit inaccurate. This is a cool white light. However they do specify “6000K” which is probably approximately accurate.
Tint vs BLF-348 (KillzoneFlashlights.com 219b version) (affiliate link)
I keep the test flashlight on the left and the BLF-348 reference flashlight on the right.
Conclusion
What I like
- Purpose-built, it’s pretty ok light
What I don’t like
- Lack of modes or even on/off
- Tint isn’t great, but probably as advertised
- Lack of plug included
- Actual glass front
- Must be mounted, no good floor/portable option
Notes
- This light was provided by LTE Lighting Even for review. I was not paid to write this review.
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