Product Description

Malibu, Heavy Duty, Die Cast Metal, Bollard Style Light, Light Provides An Intriguing Lighting Effect As Light Is Reflected Off An Internal, Inverted Cone To Illuminate Walks & Steps, Works Well As A Border Light, Fixture Comes With 20W MR-11 Lamp, CL876, Ground Stake, Replacement Bulb, Angelo #04763-54, True Value #304-025, 5 Year Warranty.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4847 in Home Improvement
• Color: NA
• Brand: Intermatic
• Model: CL635R
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.95 pounds

Features

• Energy efficient 20-watt MR11 bulb
• Non-corrosive metal construction
• Adds beauty, safety and security
• Black finish with metal cap
• Quick clamp system to any low voltage cable

From the Manufacturer
This Malibu Low Voltage Metal Bollard Garden Light will add elegance to any yard. It uses a 20-watt MR11 bulb for an economical lighting. It comes in a black finish with metal cap. It attaches to any low voltage cable with a quick clamp system.

Customer Reviews

Good price quailty
This is a solid landscape light at a steal price. I have not had problems finding lamps as the other reviewer mentioned. They are readily available at the home center and will last longer if you wear gloves when installing. the oil from your hands will cause premature failure. i usually swap out the lights for LED's found on E*bay. The leds last just about forever and let you get by on a smaller transformer.

I eventually replaced these with another style of light
When I first wired my backyard, almost eight years ago, I put in a dozen of these lights. They looked good, but didn't last too long.

Pro:
- Look great for a while.
- Easy to install
- Inexpensive

Here's what went wrong:
- Aluminum corrodes. In some cases, the stake almost completely dissolved an inch underground. In others, the screw thread joining the top section to the post corroded and the sections couldn't be separated to replace a burned-out light. And in still others, the sections could be separated, but wouldn't firmly fasten together again.
- The bottom is open for ventilation. Bugs get inside and carry dirt with them. The lamp reflectors serve nicely to push the falling dirt up against the bulb, which then promptly burns out...the lamps run very hot and it's important that the heat pass through glass instead of heating the glass. (Hence the warning not to touch the bulb when installing. The oil from your fingers interferes with the heat transmission.)
- If they last, the black paint eventually turns gray and flakes off.

A couple of people mentioned that they've had a hard time finding bulbs. That's surprising as they're standard MR-16 bulbs, available in all the big box stores, almost every hardware store (at least those where I looked!) and on-line at here at Amazon. (See Halogen Light Bulb, MR-16, BAB, GX5.3 Base, 12 Volts, 20 Watt, 36° Flood for one of many choices.) LED bulbs also work, but you need to be careful that you leave some regular incandescent bulbs on the lamp string...with only LED Lamps, the load is too low and the standard transformer's output voltage can rise and substantially shorten the life of the LEDs.

Holds up well to weather and foot traffic
I have several sets of these metal bollard style low voltage lights. They look great.

But perhaps most importantly they stand up to foul weather and heavy traffic. I have them lining my garden walk. Not inefrequently the dogs will run over them, I will kick them, or one will get hit by a wheel barrow. They stand up to the punishment. I note that after a few years the black surface needs renewing.

As is true with all low voltage, the weakness in these units is their electrical coonection. Unlike plastic lights, however, once a connection is made, it remains made!