toedtoes wrote:
I've watched videos on Nextdoor and lights don't seem to have any effect on thieves regardless of whether they are motion detecting or not. To me, motion detecting lights are like car alarms - you pay attention at the beginning or after something happens, but after a while you ignore it. Thieves know this and tend to assume you will ignore it as that is more likely. If you are one to check it, they just saunter away.
Even cameras are ignored, or worse, stolen right off the wall.
Camping, I personally prefer using a lantern or two when hanging out and a flashlight when walking around. Both have the positive of being turned off when you go inside for the night.
I sometimes walk my 'hood before daylight. There are a few houses where the motion sensors will trip from somebody in the street. After a few times I get used to them, but at first I was startled. I bet this is the same for others. (Yesterday, the car that lite me up with a flash of brake lights while backup came on got my heart rate up. I don't think driver ever saw me or dog)
With all the street lights, and lights people leave on, walking I don't need a flashlight. (Have a small 1, and a pouch of bags hooked to leash)
In a campground, with a mobile population, do you think the bad actors are going to learn which lights are auto, and which come on because somebody almost saw something?
A question for those that think my eyelids should be all I need to protect me from your lights; Are your eyes so magic that you can see what you light up thru yours and the camper walls?
If I thought it was anywhere near likely that somebody was wondering the CG with bad intentions I would leave or make sure my site was dark as possible, with sticks and chairs at random so they would need a light to get to door. IMHO, a baby monitor in a dark site would be more likely to alert me.
