Recommendations for outside light

About 15 years ago I fitted 2 x 120w outside pir lights, cheapest I could find! Still in use though went through a few halogen bulbs. A few years ago, I fitted replacement led bulbs and only issue is that they're not as bright but cheaper to run
 
I have fairly basic outdoor lights by my front and back doors. These are under the control of Alexa and I’m able to program on and off times auto switch off times and find it really easy to work with.👍👍🤓
 
LED lights are over-run in power. Most controlled by a basic chip that can be doubled or trebled depending on size of LED array. And the manufacturers push their luck. Eventually one LED goes. Because two are more share the same connection and thus the current, the remaining one(s) get far too much power and pop quickly. Despite claims, damp ingress is slow and certain. You can't fix them either unless you are pretty skilled, and even then it's dubious.
My fix, good so far, was to get a £ 2.00 normal bulb cover, glass with rubber seal - the glass is hinged and screwed down. Then I fitted a supposed Radar sensor bulb £1.50 from Ali - tho I've seen these recently in Lidl. I was dubious about the bulb, but it's worked perfectly for 2 years- if anything a touch over sensitive, but I don't care. Conventional motion sensors also seem highly problematical.
 
I have 2 x 150w LED lamps triggered by one PIR which is some distance from the lamps. They’ve been in use without any issue for longer than I can remember. I’ve also bought the type which have a built in PIR for a different area of my property - this failed after a few months.
 
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