I drilled a hole in a scrap piece of 2x4 and used it as a jig so that I had the correct height for every stair. Six feet wide stairs, so three lights per stair. Brightness is fine; I don't want them too bright. Easy to connect.

I like the look of the light, nice soft light. Adequate for each step. We installed every other stair, which works fine for climbing, but recommend lighting each step, for good visibility in the dark for each step going down.

So far, one month in, two of the lights are diming and flickering or off.

I recently purchased 3 sets of these lights for a large deck I built on the back of my house. They've been in use for several weeks now and so far so good. They are bright but have a cover over the top of each light so they don't hit you in the eyes when walking up to them. This was important in my situation as my deck is dual level and the original lights we ordered didn't have the cover and blinded you when you were walking toward the deck.

They throw a white light but do not have a blueish tint at all or that fluorescent kind of look that some white LED's have. They cast a natural white light. My eyes are very sensitive to LED lighting and these don't bother me at all. To power them I wired an outlet in a waterproof box with a dusk to dawn sensor so anything plugged in to the outlet will automatically turn on at dusk and off at dawn and they work fine with this setup.

The lights come in sets of 10 that include an 8 watt power supply. Each light is .4 watts so 10 of them use 4 watts which is half of what the power supply is rated for. I bought 3 sets of 10 and installed 15 lights on 2 power supplies. 15 lights draw 6 watts of the 8 watts the power supply is capable of and they are at full brightness. I would not recommend putting more than 15 lights on a power supply even though it is rated to handle 20 lights because the power supplies have thermal protection and if they run hot with a full load all the time it will more than likely shorten the lifespan. Even 15 may be too many over time but so far they all work fine and the power supplies do not feel warm so I think it will be ok.

I used a 3/4 inch bit to drill the mounting holes and they fit in securely. I recommend putting a bead of clear caulking around the back edge of each light while mounting to prevent rain from getting behind and potentially rotting out your wood over time and to keep them from working their way out. They will be easy to remove with caulking apposed to glue.

I spaced the lights 30 inches apart (see pics). I had to buy extensions to get around some of the beams and joists where the joists were doubled. Keep in mind where you may have any nails or screws so you don't start to drill a hole and find you can't get all the way through and are stuck with a hole in your deck with nothing in it. This happened to me but I was able to come in from behind and drill a smaller hole on an angle to meet the light mounting hole in the front and I was able to fish the wires through.

I attached 3 pics to my review I took with my cell. The nighttime pic shows the lights sort of 'blooming' but that is a result of the cell camera taking a photo at night. The light surrounding each individual fixture does not look like that when you are actually standing there at night.

These are very nice. They are very small but throw out nice soft light. I mounted them in a 100 foot rough cut cinder block wall which was 6 inches thick and placed the lights about 54 inches apart. I also bought the recommended extension cable to do this. I used a 1 inch concrete bit and install a 3/4 inch PVC pipe in the hole. The lights slide into this hole very nicely and made a wonderful looking retaining wall. I would recommend these lights to any body. When I ordered the light, the delivery date was 5 to 7 weeks. They arrived in one week. Thanks to Amazon my project came out beautiful.

Great little lights (they are very small). They are easy to install, do a sufficient job of lighting the steps, and have a pleasingly warm white balance. The one thing that I was not expecting and do not like about the lights is that there is about a 3-5 second lag time from when I switch them on to the time they actually turn on. You should note that they do NOT turn on immediately. Besides for the lag time in turning on, they are great little exterior lights.