Westek MLC12BC-4 Indoor Plug-in Corded Motion Activated Light Control, Single, White

we put it on our deck and it works very well every time motion is on deck

On the fence with this one. Product either gets a star or loses a star after a month of tinkering.The device randomly turns itself on and off with no clear evidence of motion in and around the area. I confirmed that the 4sec, 1m & 2m settings were working as they should and they did. By the way, the 4sec interval is way too short to serve any purpose! 15 & 30sec intervals would be better. Came in here to read the reviews and the Nay sayers gave me an idea to tinker with. Will be blocking out what the sensors are able to see into a small rectangle using duct tape. I really want this to work because I really HATE having to tell Alexa to turn the lamp off only to get sassy lip service from her. Will check back later.*** UPDATE *** Instructions need a bit more details. After 3 days of tinkering and hair pulling, if you find that the Westek device seems to turn itself on and off randomly, read instructions below before returning...1. Plug in the light you wish to control with the Westek device, manually turn it off and then unplug it.2. Set the Westek device to 1 minute and plug it in (w/out anything plugged to it), let it do its "knock, knock" thing and wait until finished (about 5 seconds). - You can change the timing but for setup purposes 1 min.3. Plug the light into the Westek devices outlet, & wait maybe 5 sec. Then manually turn the light on.4. Walk away from the sensor and in one minute the light should turn off. Walk over to the sensor and it should turn on. After that, it should not randomly turn on or off and should work as intended.

It detects motion exactly how I would anticipate. Turns on instantly and stays on for the time indicated. I initially set it for a 2 minute delay, and just reduced that to 1 minute delay. Kind of wish it had a 30 second delay because it works flawlessly so far!!!

This product worked great for 2 years, but about a week ago it refused to turn off. Of course I've tried unplugging it, waiting a while, plugging it back in, setting different timeout values on the bottom, etc. After plugging it in, it waits a bit, turns on and off several times, then after a few seconds it turns on and never goes off.EDIT: I decided to give this product another chance, so I bought a new one and the new one DOES NOT WORK AT ALL ON THE 10MIN OR 20MIN SETTING! After plugging it in, it cycles on/off a few times, then comes on and will NOT TURN OFF. This occurs even when the light sensor is in a closed box! HORRIBLE PRODUCT!

I bought 3 of these to use in closets. I ran LED strip lights around the interior door molding so that you can't see the lights but they light up the whole closet nice and evenly.The motion sensor works well. There is a slight delay before it turns on, maybe a second. The initial 4 second mode isn't very useful as it doesn't turn off after 4 seconds of not seeing motion, it turns off 4 seconds after seeing motion. That means that it turns on and then 4 seconds later turns off again, then quickly back on. Not very useful. The 1 minute timer is great. Enough time to grab something out of a closet and it doesn't stay on for too long afterwards.The product could be improved by making the internal timer reset every time motion is detected so that the light stays on when people are moving. Probably wouldn't work well in a room or area that is going to be occupied for a while as the light shutting off would be annoying. But for closets it works well and I couldn't find anything better out there.

Sooo handy for pantries and closets.I love it but would like to reduce the lag time is has to start the lights. It's a brief lag but a lag nonetheless.

I have purchased three of these now. They’re in my garage for cool signs and lighting. They are awesome. Skip the cheaper ones and skip the direct plug in motion sensors. Buy this. It’s great.

I got this device to use with my wife's low-wattage space heater she has under her desk in our home office. She's frequently forgetting to turn it off when she leaves the room and I happen to come back into the room hours (sometimes the next day) later to find it running all that time. She even uses it in the summer sometimes so not only is that wasting power but also fighting the AC. Her heater is infrared and only uses 500W max on its highest setting (250W on how); that is far below the 1400W rating of this plug.Setup was quick and easy. I just placed the sensor off to the side of her desk in the included, weighted base holder, set the off delay time (I used 5 minutes), and plugged it on. It has been working perfectly thus far. The great thing about this one vs. others I was considering is that it will keep the power on continuously as long as there is motion in the area, then turns off after the delay time if there's no motion.I've seen a number of people say that these go bad after a while and start staying on for no reason, but thus far ours is working perfectly. I will update if that changes. So far we are 100% happy with this. It was affordable and solves a problem; now I don't have to worry about the heater being left on and likely this thing will pay for itself rather quickly in savings on our power bill.