Stand-Alone Lighting for Sports like Soccer

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James took our remote area lighting units, called All-Terrain Lentry® Portable Light Systems, to his son’s youth soccer practice and determined that they’re GREAT solutions for lighting soccer fields, football fields, and other sporting practices. Please note that while they are great for practices, Lentry Lights should not be used for competitions.

Soccer field lit by a portable LENTRY Light model 2TWSPX-C34/50 (same output as 1SPECXX or 2SPECXX)
This picture shows the 2-Headed V-Spec LED Model (2TWSPX-C34 or 2TWSPX-C50) lighting a soccer practice. The same output would be achieved with models having two V-Spec LEDs.

Many of our clients wish to extend team practices in fall and winter when daylight hours are limited. Until now, they have been stuck renting tow-behind trailer-mounted generators with light masts (up to $1000 a month), or struggling with with inadequate, low-output, difficult work lights.

Pictures on this page were taken during youth soccer practices and at a soccer field lighting demonstration. (Click images to enlarge.)

Conclusion: Lentry Portable Lighting Systems are good alternatives to large commercial lighting systems and economical long-term investments for sports associations needing to light remote areas that are often inaccessible by vehicle and without power.

Players suffer with poor lighting from 9 lights during practice before discovering LENTRY Lights.

This is a “before picture” of players still struggling to see despite having 9 work lights spread around the field!

The solution for lighting sports fields: LENTRY Lights.

An “after picture” in which the field is lit by the light of two Lentry LED Lights.

Having tested the lights ourselves on several unlit soccer fields at night, as well as feedback received from our valued customers, we have different recommendations based on the size of field you are trying to light. For example, two separate lights are great for lighting a half of field for practices, while four lights are better at lighting an entire field for scrimmages.

Multiple lights not only give you the advantage of aiming in opposite directions, but systems can be placed on opposite corner of the field with the lights all facing center field. This helps minimize any shadows that can be caused with a single light.

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LENTRY Light illuminating a sports field Click to enlarge. Photo of LENTRY Light lighting up a soccer field. Sports field being lit by remote area lighting system. Click to enlarge.
Field lit up by remote area lighting system. Click to enlarge. The light from one LED, helping kids play soccer. Another view of the light from one LED, helping kids play soccer.
Lentry Light in the distance illuminates a soccer field during practice. Click to see larger image. LENTRY Light lighting up the whole field. View looking out on the field while standing next to the LENTRY Unit. Click to enlarge.

Photos above were taken during a demo at a junior league practice, while pictures below were took during a different demo in the pouring rain. For sports lighting, we recommend Lentry Light models with extra tall (XT-height) LEDs.

Lighting the field with LENTRY Light Model 1STARX.
Lighting a soccer field, in the pouring rain, with Lentry Light Model 1STARX.

At this distance from the remote area light, Greg could see well enough to play soccer.The man in the distance (above) felt he could see well enough to play soccer while this far away from the remote area light. Note that the Lentry Light was unaffected by the POURING rain.


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