[podcast]http://www.green-talk.com/podcasts/mrbeams.mp3[/podcast]
Editors’ note: This is a transcript from the above audio, which is 26 minutes long. It has been slightly edited so it is more readable. See the giveaway contest and purchase discounts at the end of the transcript!
Read on how to see Mr. Beams’ LED lights will not only decrease those hard to light areas in your house, but save you a little green as well. How? The lights are battery-operated and sensor controlled, so say good-by to the electrician and hello to more energy efficient lights in your home.
Transcript
Anna Hackman: Hi everybody. I’m here with Mike Recker co-founder of Mr. Beams and Ashley Fantz, Mr. Beams’ Marketing Director. We’re here to talk about Mr. Beams products. Tell us about what Mr. Beams is and what products you sell.
Mike Recker: Mr. Beams makes LED lights that are battery-powered motion sensor and RF controls that you can attach anywhere. In addition to indoor use, most of our products are [sic] weatherproof, and are designed for outdoor use, so that allows our customers to attach them anywhere without the need for calling an electrician for wiring. We’ve found that the LED technology, in addition, to controls and battery power, offered customers a great product for adding lights in places where they previously had not been able to add light. We are launching three new products in March and three more new products in May to go along with the six products we already currently offer.
AH: Could you be a little bit more specific as to what products that you do offer?
(Mr. Beams’ spot light.)
Ashley Fantz: You can put our products basically anywhere. We have a spotlight which is great. You can put it outside your house on any entry areas, and it’s also perfect for inside the garage. It’s basically two screws …a third if you want the little extra support, but basically two screws, and it’s installed. Whenever it detects motion when it’s dark out, it comes on brightly. So, it’s kind of like light on demand. Whenever you need light it’s there for you.
(Mr. Beams’ step light)
We also have a stair light, which works great. You can put it in your stairwell, you can put it in your hallways, [sic] or anywhere as a path light. My Aunt actually has a boat and she puts it in her bathroom on her boat, and she also has a few on her dock as well. So basically, it can go anywhere. As Mike said, many of our products actually are weatherproof now. So, you can use them for indoor and outdoor use. Put in two screws and they’re installed, and you don’t need to wire anything. Everything’s battery powered.
AH: And are these products pretty good for the closets?
AF: Yes. We do have a closet light which is also a great product as well. Again, two screws and it’s installed. When it detects motion it comes on brightly until the timer setting is up, and then, it will shutoff automatically. So, you never have to worry about leaving your closet light burning all night long. If you left for vacation or even worked that day you’re not wasting electricity because you forgot to shut that light off.
AH: Now, I saw that all these products are available on your website. What’s the price point for a lot of these products?
AF: The prices can range from about 20 to 40 dollars depending on the product. We also have a new product coming out which I think is going to be around the 15 dollar range, maybe the end of March, which is also going be like an all-purpose light that you can use it anywhere.
AH: Mike, what is LED’s? A lot of people are confused by that. They don’t know what that means. They know it’s a new technology, but can you give a layman’s description of what it is and why is it more efficient than an incandescent or a CFL?
MR: Sure. LED stands for Light Emitting Diode. Basically, a Light Emitting Diode is a solid state device, so it’s more along the lines of a computer chip than anything else. When you drive electrical current through it, it actually emits light. Compared to an incandescent bulb, which actually the electricity heats the filament, the filament glows. In the case of a Light Emitting Diode, you’re converting electricity into light through the solid state device, but in an incandescent bulb, you’re converting electricity to light by basically illuminating the filament. So, what happens is, in the process of converting electrical power to light, there are some inefficiencies, and those inefficiencies in an incandescent bulb are very high. But because of the solid state device in the Light Emitting Diode, it’s very efficient in terms of converting electricity to light. So, it’s typical that an LED light that consumes around 10 watts of power can generate as much light as a 60 watt incandescent light bulb.
AH: Now these LED’s do not contain mercury. Am I correct about that… versus CFL’s?
MR: That’s correct. Fluorescent lamp uses electricity to excite mercury vapor. [Sic] It’s just inherent in the way all fluorescent lamp or CFL’s works. It has to have Mercury in it. So that is correct. An LED light does not have mercury in it, and it’s basically a silicon device, like I said, is more commonly found on computer chips.
AH: So, are they also more efficient than CFL’s as well?
MR: They are more efficient than CFLs. CFLs have a higher efficiency than an incandescent lamp. The problem with the CFL’s, they’re not quite as efficient as LED’s, but, the disposal issues with the CFLs are what we are finding a lot of people are very hesitant because of the mercury inside the bulb. There’s always going be a problem with disposal.
AF: On our website, if you click on compare tab, at “www.MrBeams.com,” you can click the compare tab and it will display the differences between LED’s, CFL’s and incandescent bulbs in terms of energy, the amount of heat emitted, the environmental impact, how much carbon dioxide is emitted. It really, on a number of different spectrums, [sic] compares all three sources of, I guess, light.
AH: Ashley, can you just repeat that website address?
AF: Sure. It’s www.MrBeams.com. It’s “MrBeams.com.” (spelled out.) It’s all one word, and Mister is Mr.
AH: Mike, how did you get into this market?
MR: Basically back in 2004, David Levine and I started developing some ideas around lighting controls, and we were prototyping a few different RF and motion control ideas that we had. As we talked to people about the ideas, we found that the concept of wireless lighting that was enabled by some of the advances that we were seeing in white LED technology was very exciting. The white LED technology at that time back in 2005 was really in the early stages. There were some products coming out, but nothing that we thought was really ready for commercial success.
Then in 2005, we actually developed our first prototypes for closet lights and a mini spotlight, which are on our website. Around that time frame in 2005-2006, the dotted, which is a famous LED, (it’s a little push light), came out. It had a great commercial success, and the LED product market sort of started to take off. This is all enabled by really the advances in white LED technology itself. So, the devices that enabled all of this for manufacturers such as Phillips, Cree, or OSRAM, which are the companies that make white LED’s, and Nichia, which makes quality white LED’s that then get integrated into these LED lighting products that we develop and others develop… as those products put out more light for the amount of energy they consumed, products become more and more viable. From 2005 to today, we’ve seen great advances in quality of LED products. And I think what we’re going see from 2009 through the next two or three years, we’re going start to see some great groundbreaking LED lighting products come on to the market that I think really starts to make it viable to replace a incandescent bulbs and CFLs worldwide.
We’re very excited about the prospects for our own products and some of the ideas that we have over the next few years, but not just for ourselves, but [sic] also for the product market. LED lighting really has the chance to change the way lights has been created. I think, it’s technology revolution that people are really going benefit from, both in terms of the quality of the products and the positive impact on the environment.
AH: What is your background?
MR: I have a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from John Hopkins University, and I’ve been doing Electrical Engineering design work for 20 years…for my entire career. Most of the time that I’ve been involved in product development, it has been with cutting edge technology. So, when David and I, back in 2004, started discussing ideas for products for the area we wanted to get into, it was very easy to identify LED technology as really one of the next big things. I used a lot of sort of my engineering background to evaluate what was available at that time, and what could be available in the future. Then, in addition to that, David and I used a lot of the experience we had in RF design, in terms of from his perspective, looking at business side of what we could sell and what products people really needed and wanted, and from my side, what we could design in terms of battery technology and RF control and motion control and how much light we could get out of LEDs.
AH: One of the things that you mentioned a couple of times is this word, “RF.” Many people may not know what that means. So what is RF technology briefly?
MR: RF stands for Radio Frequency. So, one of our early ideas for this product area was a concept called wireless lighting, and wireless lighting is the ability to put a light anywhere, and attach it anywhere without wires, without connecting it to what they call the power grid. What I mean by that is, without connecting it to AC power. If you want to be able to place a light anywhere you need to be able to control it wirelessly. It needs to be powered wirelessly, for example by batteries or by solar power, or another method that it can basically stand alone, but it also needs to be wirelessly controlled, which means that it needs to have a motion sensor or it needs to have a radio frequency controller such that you can have a remote control, a lot like your door lock, [or] your key chain remote for your car. You have a remote, you pull it out of your pocket and you push a button to unlock your Car. We have a radio frequency product coming out that you take a remote and you push an on button and the light turns on. You push an off button and it turns off.
AH: Now what makes Mr Beam’s products so much different from the other LEDs on the market? I know you’ve touched on it a little bit, but if you can just summarize why your lights are different.
MR: I think that comes back to the concept of wireless lighting. In order to design products that are battery powered and are wirelessly controlled, you really have to think through how the customer would use that light. So for example, our motion sensor spotlight, we had to think through what’s an acceptable battery life would be, how much light that product needed to put out to solve the problems that we were targeting, and how effective that motion sensor needed to detect motions 30 or 40 feet away.
So our products, I think, are different than other LED products on the market. A lot of products are first of all are powered by AC power which means they have to be plugged into a light socket or plugged into the wall somehow. So the battery powered aspects of our products make us unique. The wireless control elements also make us quite unique. The motion sensor and the RF control [also make us unique.] We feel that concept of wireless lighting is what differentiates us from some of the other LED lighting vendors in the market.
AH: I had a chance to test your outdoor light, and I loved its wide light beam. I was taking it all around my house and showing it to everybody how wide the light was. Is this typical of a lot of LEDs?
MR: An LED has a viewing angle, so different LED products actually have different beams of light that come out of them. You can think it, an LED, as a little spotlight. A narrow viewing angle of an LED would be something like 15 degrees. That would be a very narrow light output that looks a lot like the flashlight.
A wide viewing angle might be something along the lines of 120 degrees. That would look more like a floodlight. Mr. Beams’ spotlight that you have actually has an optical lens that takes an LED that has a 120 degree angle and it changes the viewing angle to be closer to 75 degrees. We thought, when we were designing the product that you have, that the viewing angle needed to be somewhere in between the 15 degrees and 120 degrees. So it really needed to be a spotlight that had a tighter angle, but it couldn’t be so tight that it looked like a flashlight. So a lot of thought is put into the optics behind a LED product. In that particular case, we did a lot of testing and we felt that the optics in the product that you were testing needed to have a wider light beam. We are actually very pleased with how the product turned out, with respect to the light output.
AH: Is typically all the products that Mr. Beams carries have that wide angle output?
MR: Not necessarily. In some cases we want a tighter beam or a wider beam based on the application. We are coming out with a ceiling light that we felt needed a wider coverage area. The output of the ceiling light is wider. It’s closer to 100 degrees or greater because we felt that if people were mounting it in the ceiling of their closet or above their shower or what have you, it really needed to light up the whole room. So, we try to target either a narrow or wide beam of light out of one of our products based on how we think the customer would want to use it. A lot of thought goes into that and we do spec those differently for different applications.
AH: One thing that I wanted to point out that you just mentioned. I’m glad you talked about closet lights because actually a report just came out recently that talked about not having CFL’s in closets because they’re saying that you turn them on and you turn them off, and that shortens the life of a CFL’s. So, it’s good to hear that you are creating a closet light because that’s something I think is very much needed.
I noticed the color is always been an issue with me with LEDs. A lot of colors that I’ve tried, and I’ve talked about it on my website, they tend to be very blue, and that really bothers me. I am so used to incandescent…that nice yellow, that a blue bothers me. The particular light that I have, which maybe is an old version of what you’re making now, had a tinge of blue. Are there going be any changes to that light?
MR: When David and I started the company several years ago, one of the things that bothered us, when we did our early testing with LEDs was the bluish tint. We felt that it was very artificial, and we just didn’t like it. We didn’t feel like it was a real product until color better matched what you’d get with a normal light bulb in effect. The spotlight that you have may have a slight bluish tint. The reason for that is typically LEDs have colors that range from what you’d call warm white, neutral white to a cool white. The spotlight is somewhere closer to a cool white color, and that is because it’s typically used as an outdoor product. Cool white tends to have a little more blue in it than a warm light which would be more yellow. So, the spotlight, although there’s a little bit of blue in it, it was intended to still be a cool white. As we go forward, there will be more of a neutral white color in that spotlight and I think its going take the blue out of the light. What you have, I think, is one of the very early versions. A warm white light, often times when we were designing our product, like the ceiling light that would be used in the closet, we used either a warm white LED, which is a lot closer to an incandescent light bulb color, or neutral light so it’s got more of a yellowish color to it…like you said, nice warm white that comes out of it.
AH: Now, what is the estimated life of your products? And if you could tell me also with answering that, if you put ordinary batteries in your products, how long do you think that it would take to need to be replaced with another set of batteries?
MR: Our goal is always greater than one year of battery life under normal use. We have products that are spec’d for one year. We have other products spec’d for 18 months. The spotlight, for example, uses three D Cell batteries. It’s got a motion sensor in it. We would expect a customer not to have to change the battery within a year and that would be for alkaline batteries. I have also been doing testing with rechargeable batteries, as an example a nickel metal hydride is a good option also. Nickel metal hydride battery might not have the same life as an alkaline in the product used but it is rechargeable. An alkaline battery fresh is typically one year or more. A rechargeable battery would be along the lines of either nine months to fifteen months depending on the type of batteries and the type of products that we offer.
AH: What is the estimated life of the product?
MR: We have spec’d our products based on the LED’s which have a usable life of greater than 50,000 hours. A 60 watt incandescent light bulb for example is often spec’d for somewhere in the neighborhood of 800 hours. But an LED, just the nature of LED technology because its a solid state device, …and this is a great feature of LED’s, typically the usable light is far greater than 50,000 hours.
AF: That’s 400 years. [Laughs.] If you use some our light for like only 20 minutes a day, I think at 50,000 hours it’s somewhere close to almost 400 years.
AH: Are there any plans, I know it’s a far-fetched question, to take back these LEDs? Will there be a way for someone to just to buy the LED’s and pop it back into the fixture?
MR: At this time we don’t have a plan for any kind of take back program or retrofit. We don’t expect our products to fail based on the LED in the near future. But at some point it’s certainly something that we’ll consider, but at this time we don’t have any plans for anything like that.
AH: Now here’s the most important question. Which one of the products are each of your favorites. Ashley you go first and tell me why.
AF: I’d definitely say that I love, love, love the stair light. There are just so many applications for the stair light. For example, my son and I use it every evening. Previously, we used to keep our closet light on at night. That way I could read books to him in the evenings and it was kept on as his night light. Well, that also uses a lot of energy and I’m constantly changing bulbs I felt like every six months. So, what we now use is the little stair light. So at night we no longer use the closet light. We get in bed, we use our little stair light to read the books, and then at night when I kiss him good night, we put the stair light on the floor. And the great feature about the stair light is that it has two brightness modes. It has a glow mode and a bright mode. When it detects night it will turn on the glow mode, which is the real soft glow, and then when it detects motion it comes on brightly, so that you can see your way. What works out great for my son is that when he wants to get up at the middle of the night to use the little boy’s room or to get a glass of water, he can just go ahead and… he can get out of his bed and the light comes on brightly. He can pick it up and take it, almost like a flash light, where he needs to go. We have a few in our hallway and our stairs as well.
What’s great about it too is that if I get up in the middle of the night, I don’t have to worry about where the light switch is, the light comes on, and it’s not so bright that it disrupts my sleep pattern. That’s one of my biggest pet peeves. When I get up in the middle of the night, I never turn on the hallway light because they’re just so bright that, at that point I’d be up for the next two three hours because my sleep’s disrupted. So now I know it’s a nice amount of light that I can see where I’m going without disrupting my sleep if I need to go for a glass of water or to check on him or something.
AH: Mike, how about you?
MR: For me it’s the spotlight. We tested a lot of LED lights as we were developing our own products, and a lot of LED lights that we tested were underpowered or often had issues with how they were designed. We put a lot of thought into the spotlight. The size of the spot is actually quite a small product, I think, for function that it performs, and it’s easy to mount outdoors. You can mount it to the wall with a couple of screws. You can articulate the light… you can point the light in the direction that you want, because the spot itself swivels around on the base, and the motion detector works quite well. Like I said earlier, the optical lens puts out this very nice wide beam of light, and I think for me, the spotlight was a product that I really felt like it shows that LED lighting, especially for us, for wireless lights…battery powered light that were controlled by a motion sensor was really a very good product. So for me, he spotlight is my favorite.
AF: Now, you mentioned automation. I forgot to ask that one question. Can you control the amount of time that it stays on and turns off?
MR: In order to conserve battery life, the light automatically shuts off. So, if you walk in an area that the spotlight is in, for example, it will trigger and turn on with motion. When you leave that area, it will wait some amount of time and it will turn the light off automatically. We do allow the customer to have some control over how long that period of time is, before it will automatically shut off, and a number of our products have a switch that you can set automatic shut off time.
AH: Now is anything new coming down the pipe?
MR: Yes. As I mentioned earlier we have some three new products coming in March. We’ll offer our spotlight and our stair light also with RF controls, and an all-purpose sensor light, which is the motion controlled sensor light which will be a lower cost item. Then in May, we are going launch three additional new products including the ceiling light that we’ve mentioned earlier, which is great for a variety of applications, indoor and outdoor, including the closet light applications, which you mentioned earlier. Then, down the road, the rest of 2009 we have a very aggressive product development schedule, but unfortunately… I like to be careful about saying too much about what we plan to do for the rest of the year.
AH: Well that’s very understandable that you don’t want to let me know. But I know that Green Talk will be the first one to know about these new products. Ashley, you have a special offer for the Green Talk listeners.
AF: Yes. We are offering all Green Talk listeners and readers 25% off on our website. All they have to do is when they go to checkout, just enter in GREENTALK, as all one word, in the discount code section and they will receive 25% off on their purchase.
AH: I really appreciate you offering that to my readers. This is a great product. Speaking from the heart having used it myself, I’ve had so much fun and I really enjoy this product. I know that you guys out there will enjoy is as much as I do. So go on and check out the website, Mr Beams is definitely shedding some light here on your dark areas. I want to thank both Mike and Ashley for coming on today and explaining everything about Mr. Beams and the science behind it. It’s truly appreciated, because as I said before, LEDs are still a mystery to a lot of people. So thank you so much for coming on, and please make sure I know about those new developments in the future.
AF: Thank you so much for having us. We really appreciate it.
MR: Yes. Thank you, Anna.
In addition to the 25% discount listed above on all Mr. Beams’ product, the Company has graciously offered two Green Talk readers either a step light or a spot light. The winners can choose which one they would like.
In order to enter the contest, you must live in the US, and be 18 or older and follow the rules below:
- Leave me a comment here telling me the area in your house or apartment that you feel needs more light. If you don’t have one, just say so.
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- You must enter by April 9, 2009, 6 PM EST time to win. A winner will be chosen at random on Friday, April 10, 2009. Good Luck everyone!
Thanks to Mr. Beams, no one should have a dark area in their house anymore.
chicago cardiovascular disease says
Those “step” lights would be amazing in my house. Never again will I trip on things on the stairs in the middle of the night!
Lynn from Organicmania.com says
Wow, Anna, I had so much fun reading this post because I know what a cynic you have been about LED lights.
I’ve known Mike Recker, founder of Mr Beams, for nearly 15 years. He is an amazing engineer who has been behind some very cutting edge products like Voice over IP telephony. I’m so glad he’s now focusing his talents on energy-saving LEDs – we all need to do everything we can to reduce our carbon footprint!
Jason C says
Those stair lights are pretty sweet. I could totally try to sneak in after being out with friends and make less noise not waking the wife 🙂 I also like the flood outside the back door. Never heard of this brand and I really like them.
Thanks!
-jason
http://www.screamtobegreen.com
Condo Blues says
I could use more light on my front porch. I have to follow the dog in yard with a flashlight when I take him out in the evening.
CJStewart says
Wow! I want one of the spot lights on each corner of my house. And on my back porch. And on my front porch. And, maybe, it would be cool in the laundry room. I could just put them in every room and I’d never have to touch a light switch again…
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I added your awesome giveaway to our “Free Stuff” page at http://www.ForMyKidsOnline.com/free_stuff.htm
I also need to change my preference (you know, for when I win!) . . . I’d like to try the step light as a night light for my sons.
Marilyn Wons says
I need more light in the den
Victoria Ross says
The stair lights would be great. It gets so dark out here in the country.
MRS.MOMMYY says
these look great..have been looking for something like this for a long time
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Tom says
Stairway.
Linda Fish says
We need more light by the front door
Carol says
I need more light in my front entryway/porch.
Carol says
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Robert Fantom says
This would be great for in our shed which doesn’t have electricity.
Janice Golden says
I have some cabinets that these lights would be perfect for
Peter says
Getting older, having a light like this would really help me over the work bench and other places.
ron says
great products . . . i’d like to illuminate my bike at night!
Traci says
I can use this for the front porch. Its really dark out their !
Shellie Seering says
I’m desperate for light in my dark, scary closet. This product sounds perfect!
tim love says
i need more light in my driveway !!!!!!!
Charlotte Padgett says
My laundry room needs a light like this.
Kate says
I would love this for the long hallway upstairs. There is no outlet for a light but the kids must walk down it at night to get to the bathroom. This would be wonderful. Actually would love on for the front step too
Mike S says
I could use it on the first step coming up from the driveway, it’s hidden at night.
Suzie Lockhart says
I have a set of stairs leading upstairs where there is no light at all! Thanks for the opportunity.
susan dot lockhart at gmail dot com
Denise says
This would be great for when I have to take out the garbage in the dark.
beth shepherd says
I would love to use one of these lights in our hallway at nighttime
Thank you!
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Joanne Schultz says
The hallway is dark when the house is entered and I need to turn on lights in the front of the house so I can get to the hall to turn on the hall light!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Mike Weisberg says
i want to win
paul haddock says
Lights equal security
Linda Lansford says
hallway is dark
toughturtles@yahoo.com says
the bedroom dim lighting
Gwen L says
There is absolutely NO light on the side of my house, and no easy way to put one on. I sure could use a couple of the spot lights there.
Robert Lockwood says
basement is dark
Michelle says
I really need that spot light by the back door of my 90+ year old house. Outdoor lighting wasn’t popular back then apparently and I work 2nd shift so I come home around midnight. It’s a quest to find the lock every night with my key; kind of a spooky game I get to play after work while the rest of my family sleeps.
Michelle says
I’m a member of the Green Talk forum (username:shel)
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I’m also an email subscriber
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Deborah Wellenstein says
I would like this for my dark hallway outside my bedroom which doesn’t have a light! Thank you!
Carolyn says
I could use green lighting for the area by my front door. Right now it’s not very green but I don’t have it on much.
Deborah R says
The stairs to the basement could use more light.
George says
It would be great for the back deck to light up the dog run for the kids.
Brenda says
The hallway could use more light. Thanks!
Stephanie Pyland says
Our back porch is so dark! When the light is on, it only has a 5-foot radius. I always hope for a full moon to guide my steps.
Erica C. says
I like the idea of using it in the stairwell…great that it is motion and no need for an electrician! thanks 🙂
keith reardon says
We need more light by the back door and shed.
these are just what i am looking for.
Jeet says
The kitchen could use a step light. Thanks!
Michael Mattheis says
My dining room doesn’t actually have an overhead light, so we always have to use floor lamps, which just aren’t cutting it by themselves.
Bryan S says
I could use the spotlight back behind the shed to light the driveway and alley.
Bryan S says
Just signed up for the RSS feed, as well!
Martha H. says
I’d put one on my front porch so when people come over they could see.
Dan says
Outside my house, in front, needs more light, like by the garage.
Karen says
Our back yard needs more light. Thanks
Karen Gonyea says
Count me in please 🙂
Jennifer B. says
The area around our garage door needs more light.
Cheryl L says
Work great on our basement stairs.
Sarah Z says
I would like more light in the downstairs hallway!
Thanks
jennifer says
You can never have too many lights in the house.
Kim says
I could use some extra light at my back laundry door.
Kim says
I’ve signed up for the forum.
Kim says
I’m a subscriber
Vicky Boackle says
i can’t see to put the key in the door at night and this would be great.
Dave says
There is a central stairwell in my house leading to the apartments on the second and third floors. The landing on the second floor is pretty dark and would definitely benefit from one of these step lights. Thank you for the chance to win.
CHARLES KASSING says
thanks
Elizabeth Johnson says
The hallways need more light!
tanya says
Our stairs really need more light! It’s hard to clean them because we can’t see too well on them.
Jason says
Above the front door needs more lighting. I live in the country, so it gets pretty dark
Jessica A says
our stairway needs more light, this would be great!
imjessica(at)mail(dot)com
Shawnna says
My front porch could DEFINITIVELY use some more light
Greg says
Outside pointing at my garbages
Dave Stephenson says
Great product–everyone needs one
Suzanne Denys says
I love the stair lights.
melissa mc says
I could use a light at both the front and back doors, and thank you for a great contest!!
Sally Baldwin says
My stairs could definitely use more, as well as my closet!
Laureen says
We could use more light on our back deck. Thanks for the chance to win this!
Laureen says
My membership to Green Talk’s Ning Forum is pending your approval. 🙂 Thanks!
Laureen says
I just subscribed to your email list. Thanks!
Sarah says
outside on one side of my house really needs more light!
James Jenkins says
wow
patricia skinner says
I would love the spot light because I need Light above the outside Garage door.
Lydia S says
I’d install one at the front door under the gutter rail. It would light the entrance steps without flooding the entire front yard with light (like the current three spotlight fixtures do).
jacque says
The spotlight would be great for my frontporch. When I go out to my car its always dark out. I can’t see a thing and sometmes I step on my flowesr. thanks
jacque says
i subscribe.
Marsha says
My problem area is a hallway laundry closet without any lighting. I have a lamp sitting on the shelf about the washer, which is not particularly safe or convenient.
Marsha says
I joined the forum
triciaco says
I don’t have electricity in my garage and am too afraid to go in there at night a light in the garage would be wonderful
Debbie Criss says
Would love to win the stair light. Please enter me, thank you
Maria Brown says
definitely the garage driveway areas…lost of unexpected items left by friends and strangers…want to be ablt to early identify them!
Marianna says
None of our closets have lights installed – they all need more light!
Kristy C says
I need more light in my kitchen!
What a great contest ~ thanks for posting!
Sarah says
We could use some light out by the shed in the backyard. This would be great!
Megan says
The area of my house that needs more light is the front yard. It doesn’t get a lot of light from the street.
Peter says
My back patio area could really use the light. Thanks.
Peter says
I am a subscriber. Thanks.
Debby says
I need light in my driveway. It’s far enough from my house that there is no electricity out there.
cheryl mcmahon says
I love the spotlight. I have replaced as many bulbs as posible with LED’s, but hadn’t seen the outdoor motion light. Any chance you’ll make a solar version?
Teresa I. says
i would love a closet light!
Lisa Bogart says
I could use a bedside light to do some additional studying (I’m in grad school).
Thanks!
Jennifer M says
My daughter is afraid to go down the hall to the bathroom at night, but we don’t like to waste energy leaving one burning. This would help out a lot!
jolene says
the stairs of course
Aimee W. says
Our living room / dining room combo area could REALLY use more light!
Thanks so much for the generous giveaway…I would be SO thrilled to win!
Aimee W. says
I just joined Green Talk’s Ning Forum.
Thanks!
Aimee W. says
I subscribed to your blog’s feedburner email subscription.
Thanks!
Aimee W. says
I Tweeted about this giveaway on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Nelsby/status/1465663976
Thanks!
Shirley Hicks says
i could use a light on my porch…
sarah says
We need more light in our up-stair’s hallway.
Judy says
I think lights on the steps would make them a lot safer!
ky2here says
We live in a dicey neighborhood and we need to light our driveway for security reasons.
Nancy V says
I need more lighting by the entrances to my house
Leslie says
great
Jennifer gersch says
my closets need light
Laura G says
Our side porch could use more light
Linda K says
I need more light in front of my house so people don’t trip
Samuel Ruiz says
Need more lighting in my front courtyard
Christie says
My mom needs more light on her driveway. I have been wanting to get a motion light installed for her but it is so expensive to have an electrician out. These lights could be the answer for us.
Carrie Baird says
My living room needs MUCH more light! wgbc1446[at]yahoo[dot]com
christopher h says
our side porch
Charles Opperman says
Step light for front entrance steps to the house.
Lesly Orf says
I think our staircase needs more lighting. I have a little one that still crawls out of his bed and into our’s about everynight. This would help ease my fears about him coming down the stairs in the middle of the night. Thanks.
Kimberly M says
We need more light out alongside our house where we store the garbage cans. I always hate having to take the trash out after dark because it\’s so dark on that side of the house.
Elizabeth says
I need one for my front porch
Molly K. says
I would love a light for outside on the side of the house. That is where the dog goes to do his business but the lights on the front of the house don’t reach that far.
shawna says
We could use some light in our backyard.
Mir says
I could use the spot light – for our balcony.
steadycat says
front of garage needs a light
Carla says
We need more light in the backyard.
Roxann says
We need more light by the garage area.
Roxann says
I subscribe to your RSS feed.
Gloria S says
I really need that spot light by the back door
Talitha Lee says
My hallway could use more light! Thanks for the contest!
carol says
This would be great for our driveway, also!
Michael says
Two areas: the back patio and the basement stairwell. Mr. Beam’s LED light would be welcome in either area! 🙂
Ellie W says
My garage is in the back and my husband gets home from work at 2AM. A spotlight is exactly what we need back there and on the side of the house he has to walk along.
Paula H says
We have a long closet space in our bedroom that doesn’t have a light. It’s really hard to see what you’re pulling out to wear if you don’t have a light.
Lisa M says
The entire exterior of our house could definetely use better lighting… especially with the recent rash of break-ins in our neighborhood. Yikes!
David says
This would be great for in our shed.
Daniel M says
our tool shed gets mighty dark
Sherri B. says
Where to begin? My house is so dark because we are surrounded by woods. I would really like to have more light on my steps so that I can see the snake or other critter before I step on it! Thanks!
sherri419 at gmail dot com
Lisa G. says
I would love to have extra light for the side of my garage. Thanks!
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
Beth Brickell says
Sounds great. I’d love to try one out on my back deck steps. I don’t have nearly enough light to make it safe go down them at night.
beth shepherd says
I would use this in our hallway. Thank you
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Morgan says
We need more light in the back of the hallway near the back door.
Tammy Kennedy says
We have a few places that I would love the light to be motion activated.
I also like the fact that it is battery operated.
Thank you so much for the chance to win a great prize.
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Auriette says
Our bedroom doesn’t have adequate lighting. We each have nightstand lamps and there’s one fixture that uses a candelabra-style bulb by the door. I have to take my socks out of the drawer and over to the door in the morning to see what color they are!
Jessica says
I would love to have more light on my carport. I hate to take out the trash at night because it is dark in that area. This would make all the difference.
Jessica says
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Angela Palmer says
My whole house seems dark to me, except the kitchen. The worst spot would be the porch though. One 60 watt light doesn’t really do it.
Summermouse says
The side of my house could use a motion detector spotlight.
Jennifer S. says
These products look great! We definately need more light by our front door. It’s so dark that you can’t even see to put the key in the door knob!
cathleen nash says
The backyard/porch area is insufficiently lit; Mr. Beam would come in handy here 🙂 Thanks for the entry!
AmandaG says
I could use these in many spots but the first place I’d put one is at my back door, very dark back there. Thanks!
Jennifer gersch says
I would use this light on my prch
Teresa Prevette says
My laundry room needs more light!
Renee Borders says
My daughter has a lake house where these lights would come in very handily. I would use them to light the way to the dock, and I’d use them on the dock also. Also the end of my house is kinda dark and this would really light it up for me. Thanks! 🙂
Clint says
All the areas in my house could use more light. It’s dark as a cave.
Kathy Scott says
I would like lights in the back yard so that the boys can play outside at night.
Charles Eartly says
Our side door to our garage definitely needs more light. The only light we get is from the neighbor’s house.
Sherri says
I have been bugging my husband to get a light to put in the carport, where there is no electricty. These lights sound great!! Could also use one in hall closet, since it is crammed full of things, I can never find anything and always have to get a flashlight to look around in it.
Thanks!
Veronica Garrett says
The exterior sides of our house doesn’t have any lighting. It is totally dark. I would feel more secure with lighting.
Sherri says
Just signed up for Green Talk Ning’s Forum. Have been trying to get friends to go more green, hopefully I can learn some more tips on the forum.
Thanks!
Mari P says
I would love one to put on our chicken house.The Wyoming country is beautiful, but also very dark.Have to keep an eye out for those foxes.
chad heimbuch says
looks great
Lily Kwan says
My closet needs more light.
Lily Kwan says
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Michael Goldberg says
Step light – what a great safety feature
Miranda Allen says
In My living room most definately
Linz says
The driveway to give our teenage son more light because he has this “stange” habit ….. he is always dinging and denting and scratching the car when trying to pull into the garage. 🙁
Marcy Strahan says
bECAUSE OF WATER DAMAGE TO MY DINNING ROOM WAL AFTER A HURRICANE….THE POWER TO THE LIGHTS IN MY LAUNDRY ROOM IS SHUT OFF .
I HAVE TO USE A FLASHLIGHT AT NIGHT.
THIS WOULD BE WONDRFUL SO I COULD DO LAUNDRY AT NIGHT.
Kristi Szczepanek says
I live in a small studio in Chicago with a very cramped closet/hall space. I need more light in this area so I can see what clothes I’m picking out in the morning!
RFrakes says
They look like pretty bright lights! Would like to win one! Thank you for the Opportunity!
Jennifer Jozwiak says
I need more soft light in my hallway now that I have a baby. The regular light hurts her eyes.
Susan P says
please enter me thank you
Suanne Giddings says
I really need that spot light by the back door. We are
backdoor people, but it is one of the darkest areas around the house. This would be terrific! Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!
kathleen yohanna says
I saw the picture of the guy taking out the trash and I remembered how I sometimes wait until morning to take out the trash. It is so dark in that corner that I don’t even want to go out there. I could sure use a light there. Thanks.
Donna K says
My living room needs more life.
janeh says
the area nearest to my front door…….
julie bell says
I appreciate the energy saving resources used in this…. i would definately use these around my house!! ty
julie bell says
i am also now a subscriber!!
Dan says
Our laundry room could use more light
Shannon says
this would be good for the porch and closets
Janet says
This would be great on my porch:) we have no light outside where we park and i really need one when i unload my husband into his wheel chair to go into the house 🙂
Helen says
The side of my house where the garage and backyard meet needs more lighting.
Sue says
I feel that my backyard needs a lot more light
Gianna says
The master bedroom 🙂
R Hicks says
We could use one of these on the side of our house for sure!
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Heather C says
We have no light whatsoever near our water softener. I’d love a spotlight over there.
Heather C says
I subscribed to your rss feed via google reader.
Georgie says
I’d need these going down the basement steps and in the one hallway, thanks.
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Subscribed RSS feed.
Doreen says
The “Step Light” has infinite possibilities! When my daughter awakens in the middle of the night, I wouldn’t have to put on too bright of a light to tend to her needs.
Green Talk says
I have heard from one of our lucky readers, CJ Stewart! She picked the step light! I am waiting to hear from the other winner and giving her a week. Thanks everyone for entering. Mr. Beams has great lighting products at very affordable prices!
Dave@Beta Tools says
One of the main benefits of LEDs is that it is usually more solidly built and is hard to break, so this product is ideal for the stairs in my house with three energetic youngsters.
Home Lighting says
Thanks for the article. This lighting is a fantastic way to generate light where it is most needed. The uses are endless and it creates a wonderful mood light, inside and outside your home.
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ann philip says
These lights provide alot of light on stairs now I’m not missing anymore steps. I recommend that you buy these lights and get three for your stairway.
Ceiling Downlights says
I like Mr Beams products! They are functional yet unusual. Well done.
Commercial Lighting says
Mr Beam lighting is cool and versatile. I will add that LED is now introducing some warmer colors as opposed to the blue which does not resemble daylight it is stark and probably the worst light color one can use in home or office lighting.
Outdoor string lights says
Seems good, I just went to the website and the comparison between normal lights and LEDs is great. I will try them out and write about them on my site. Thanks
Greg Smith says
I understand and applaud the energy savings of LED lighting and it sounds like Mr. Beams is on a good track when it comes to sensible lighting solutions, but isn’t having a whole system based on battery power in the end, more damaging to the ecology. I’m speaking of course of having to buy and dispose of batteries. Doesn’t the net effect of that pollution outweigh the benefits?
Anna@Green Talk says
Greg, good point. I guess it is going to price point versus buying more expensive LED lights. Using rechargeable batteries would help somewhat in this dilemma. Anna
Danny Sheridan says
Hope you guys liked the interview! If anyone is interested in buying any of the products, here’s the link to the official eBay Store. We sell in quantities of 1, 2, 3, 6, 10 and 12! Enjoy!
http://stores.ebay.com/Mr-Beams-LED-Lights
Stan Alarm says
These lamps are perfect for security lighting. I particularly like how they only light a small area, and only when needed. I’m not a fan of huge floodlights that are on all night.
Henry Fenton says
Wow! The lighting business has changed so much in the past thirty years. I recall, as a young child, that a torch was all that was required when in the garden! Now we have wall lighting, ground lighting and lights that switch on and off by remote control.
Diane Dellicker says
I’m interested in purchasing a couple of these lights, and I was wondering if the 25% off offer, for Green Talk readers, still in effect.
Anna@Green Talk says
Diane, I contacted the company for you. I tried my code, Greentalk listed above, and it doesn’t work. I know right now they are offering 10% off on their site. Notice, Danny’s comment below about his prices. He may be able to beat my old 25% discount. I will let you know if Ashley responds, if she is still there. Anna
Danny Sheridan says
At wholesalemrbeams.com, we sell all Mr Beams products at wholesale prices! You can get over 50% off retail prices! One spotlight from us is $25, and the price just goes down from there. Please check out our site for amazing discounts.
Anna@Green Talk says
Danny, thanks for letting GT readers know. I told Diane to read your comment. Anna
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Danny Sheridan says
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