Sylvania 72170 LED Generation II Powerfailure Emergency Back-Up Light

This unit has all the components one needs (photocell, mulitple LEDs, rechargable battery, pushbutton) to make a more flexible unit that would meet the requirements of different types of users. Unfortunately, from my perspective the design falls short.

When the power goes off the light blinks one LED. The light will not stay on constantly until you press the button in order to put it in flashlight mode. Frankly, this "blinking" behavior makes no sense at all to me; I cannot think of a circumstance where one would want that behavior.

When the power goes off, I want the unit to turn if it is in a dark place (photocell). It would be nice to give the user an option of having it come on in dim (one LED) or bright (three LED) mode.

In addition, it would be nice to have a user option to disable the nightlight feature.

This product is OK, but I'll keep searching for one that does what I want.

Osram is a German company and once would assume they have good products but unfortunately this one is NOT! I bought 5 of these from two different sources and when I opened my first light, it worked, excellent. Opened the second one, the LED output was dimmer like at 25% so it is a dud. I put the second one to use in an area that does not require bright light so it serves the purpose and it is the only one that still working at 25% light output since early Summer. The 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th one all DIED within months, some failed within 2 to 4 weeks. For the price I paid, I do not recommend them at all. I even emailed Osram/Sylvania and they told me they will send me 5 replacement coupons for all the trouble I had encountered but guess what, I got nothing from them, NOTHING! So they made a inferior product and the customer service sucked on top of all. DO NOT BUY this product, the failure ratio is just too high.

I have tried many night lights & emergency lights over the years this one beats them all! It fits flush against the wall and doesn't block the other outlet. It has LED bulbs so it never gets hot. It flashes on and off when the power goes out so its easy to find. It is even a decent flashlight. With LEDs, the rechargeable battery should last a long time. I tried the earlier model, it was way too big and blocked the outlet. I now have three, for different areas of the house, hallway, bathroom & garage. $10 at home depot too.