25.12.2019

I know the heading is a really bold start so I will explain MY experience with them.Initially I had a well known rivals bulbs, which involved installing a hub, and firstly I was very disappointed at the brightness of them, but after 6 days the hub packed in altogether, leaving me in darkness, and as I am disabled I had to sit in darkness (except for the TV) for 3 hours, until my wife came home from work, where she removed the bulbs and put in the original standard LED's back in.So with the brightness issue and the hub failure I needed a much better solution, so I looked on YouTube and other online reivews, which not only proved that I was right about the brightness of my old system being poor,but also thet the colour rendition was poor too... so I concluded I would give LIFX a go as they seemed perfect.By the way, this was over 3 1/2 years ago when LIFX were £20 more than they are now, so not cheap, but it was the light output and reliability that I wanted, not the cheapest available bulb !I did look at other reviews on here too and yes they are slightly 'fiddly' to set up especially at first, and also if you have to reset them (i.e. turn the light on and off 3 times) but I have only had to reset one bulb once because my MY error.A lot of reviewers tend to blame the bulbs, where clearly it is a problem with the router, as I found out early on as I added more home automation to my set up.My original modem router was a 2012 Netgear one, near the top of the range in those days, and my original LIFX bulbs were not a problem, but then I started adding smart plugs, few start with, then I added more smart speakers and doorbells... hat is where the problems really started... something or even everything would drop out at least one a day but usually twice... yes I could have blamed, LIFX, smart plugs, doorbells etc but it really pointed to one thing my aging Modem/Router, so time for an upgrade (this is especially so if you have a ISP router you get free, these are definitely NOT made for home automation, think : "Why did I get this free ?", thereby lies the answer.So as my "need" for home automation was picking up speed (I was buying more but not Installing then as I knew the router was literally at breaking point) I decided to update my Netgear to a more modern/powerful one, one that was the bottom end of a gaming router really.WOW, what difference... I now have literally 88 'items attached'... no problem, has NEVER dropped out either !Back to the bulbs now : For starters, I used to have 60W tungsten bulbs originally and the highest I run the LIFX at is 80%... and they are definitely brighter than the 60W old bulbs.The other make were run at 100% and were far dimmer than the old 60W bulbs.I was so impressed that I actually started taking an interest in lighting for the first time, and we found that changing the colour temperature in the kitchen, bathroom and my computer room to "cool white" (like most office lighting) was MUCH better and pleasing, and made reading anything a lot easier too, whereas in the bedroom, living room etc, a "warm white" (slightly yellow, more like the old tungsten light) was more relaxing.Then of course there is the '%' brightness, it was great to turn down the brightness for instance when watching TV.Not to mention turning the lights on and off !Even better I am able to control the lights via Alexa and Google Home (yes, I have both) both on/off, % brightness AND colour on colour bulbs.These LED's are strong and VERY well made, they just ooze quality, you realise that when you feel the weight of them.The fact they are their own 'individual hub' means that IF one bulb does fail (as I say, none of mine have, and as I am virtually housebound and I am sure my light are on a lot more then the average house) ALL the rest will still work, so I know I won't be left in darkness again.Unlike other makes fitting them takes 5 minutes, no removing/replacing switches etc, if you can change a bulb you can fit these.You have to have the normal light switch switched on all the time though. initially we used sellotape, but it looked awful, we found the "Switch Bridge 3 Pack" (search for that on Amazon), which are easy to attach to stop people accidentally turning the switch off, but you can still operate the switch though the slot with the little gadget they provide, should you need to replace the bulb or reset it as I mentioned earlier.The other advantage with these is that if you move, undo the LIFX bulb, put the original LED one back in, and remove the switch covers I mentioned, compare that to other systems !I have a multi-bulb set up in the living room of 5 bulbs but I was the first to admit that the standard LIFX with their flat face looked awful, but then the bought out the "Mini' bulb" which is near enough then same size as the old tungsten bulbs.. and even better they did not only a colour version but a "Day and Dusk" version which you can allow to let the bulb change it colour temperature automatically during the day... but you can also have them set to a specific colour temperature too, certainly cool white and warm white are possible plus lots more.The app is one of the best, and a joy to use, but while I initially experimented with it, I found that using voice control was fine 99.9% of the time for what I wanted to do.Now the price has come down on the 'Color 1100' (the spec is slightly better too) bulbs I have just bought two more, one for the kitchen and the other for my computer room.Everyone will have difference experiences with products they buy but please, please look at the possibility that it could be other things, and even if you do swap to another make you will still have problems because of that.Another thing I 'stumbled across' was that changing the channel on your 2.4GHz band will also solve a lot of problems as your neighbours router could be on the same channel and causing interreference (Use a "Wi-Fi Analyser app" on your phone or Google it for more details), also microwaves etc. can cause interreference, maybe you might need a 'signal booster'.I am not saying ALL poor reviews aren't justified, just that some mentioned on here are other problems and not the products, and we can't all be experts, but I am in my seventies, disabled and can still manage to do some of things - if I can't there are groups and the internet search engines you can turn to before giving up, and I am the first to admit I sometimes don't read the instructions fully (… it's a man thing !) then when I do, problem is solved, as the saying goes "If all else fails, read the instructions !"If you buy ANY LIFX bulbs, take a little time setting then up then you will have no problems at all, they are definitely affordable now and you will really appreciate them and what they can do or you.I have no connection with LIFX at all, just a fortunate customer who found the solution to a couple of problems by using these bulbs !Hope this has helped even one person.

13.12.2017

I have three of these now and two of their Dawn/Dusk Mini ones for the bedside lights. These are pretty bright considering and are perfect for an overhead lamp replacement. Just make sure you don't run these from a dimmer. You can replace a wall dimmer switch with a normal switch and turn the light on and off as normal from the switch. This kind of defeats the point of owning one and using the app or asking Alexa to make changes for you though.The first one I set up was super easy but the two Dawn/Dusk Mini's took a bit more time for some reason. Once set up, you can get in to the pleasures of creating scenes and setting schedules (do consider buying more than one though as they start to take over your inner lighting designer!).

24.9.2017

Setup was a bit of a faff with a few steps that need to be followed in the correct order and aren't obvious. Once I figured out I needed to connect my phone to the bulb's wifi network and not my usual router, everything after that was fairly straightforward. Initial setup time was maybe 10 minutes but this should be a lot faster if I decide to add more bulbs.Once installed and with the firmware (automatically) updated, everything worked fine. The app is very simple in terms of selecting colour and brightness and the Alexa integration was decent, although if you want a specific setting you're better off using the app as Alexa gets confused if you try and adjust more than 1 thing in a single command.

11.5.2017

This smart light has helped to convince me to get into smart home improvement, as it has significantly helped my daily life and routine.The application sometimes fails to register the light on the network, but usually corrects itself after a few seconds, however that does not matter too much when most of the lights usability is automated, both through the mobile app and thanks to IFTTT.After setting up some basic routines within the LifX app, such as to make the lights brighten to full brightness over a 30 minute period to help slowly wake me up for the day ahead, and setting it to gently dim to a warm white in the evening so that I can get settled for bed easier,

15.2.2021

After much searching I decided to buy this bulb. I didn't want to get a hub - what is the point of another gadget…I was a little concerned that this bulb would not be bright enough to light up my sitting room, which is about 10 x 12', but it is more than bright enough. Even with the winter weather and dark skies I haven't had it on a hundred percent brightness. From reading reviews I expected it would take some time to set up but I set it up in minutes for Alexa. Minutes later I had it connected to my iPhone home kit.I now have an Alexa routine for bedtime that switches everything off in my sitting room. I have MS so I don't always feel like getting up to switch the light on or off.

7.8.2017

I bought this bulb as an upgrade to my previous Auraglow remote controlled bulb. This one has made my life so much easierDespite having some trouble connecting to the internet due to the poor WiFi upstairs, setup was fairly easy. The bulbs are set up and initialised using the LIFX app which is available for Android and iPhone. The bulb will run a firmware update when they are first connected, this takes less than 10 mins.The app works well. There are plenty of features packed into it. I use the schedule option to turn the lights on in the morning. This save me opening up the app or even taking to Google!That brings me on to the next feature, the integration with smart speakers such as Google Home and Amazon Alexa.

17.10.2020

The light itself is great with the brightest lumens of any smart bulb but the installation process was so awful that I was hair pulling in frustration. The reason for this is the app getting stuck on the WiFi connecting process. I was at my wit's end trying to get it to connect but it kept failing every single time. I reset the bulb multiple times to factory status, rebooted the router, installed the bulb closer to the router, opened recommended router ports, disabled the 5ghz band and changed the WiFi channels - still failure. Then however I did some more research and found this was a common issue with Lifx bulbs and had a solution. The process was:1) Put your phone into airplane mode.2)

7.3.2019

I had recently purchased an Amazon Echo Dot and when having a mess about with the voice controls and through googling I came across Wi-Fi lights. I researched smart lighting solutions for some time before coming across LIFX on a YouTube video, and the big selling point for me was the lack of need for a bridge to control the light(s).I ordered and it arrived the next day, install is straight forward, although I did have to start the installation process over again as the LIFX app was initially unable to find my bulb. This was resolved quickly on the second attempt and I was able to identify my bulb, rename it and have a play around with the app settings.Integration with Alexa via the LIFX skill is seamless and I haven't used the light switch to control the light in months,

24.5.2019

I've used a lot of colour smart bulbs in the past, but this one blows them all out of the water. For a starters, it's base brightness in white is muich higher. And when you move to colour - unlike a lot of bulbs - it barely loses any brightness. It's quite fantastic.You also don't get just a preset selection of say 20-30 colours, but an entire colour wheel that you can choose any particular shade of colour from - and you can notice the minute changes as you move the colours around.The only downside is that the Alexa / Google Home integration is much slower to apply changes. If you use the official LIFX app, it will connect to the bulb through your local WiFi network without touching the internet at all so everything you do is practically instant.If,

5.10.2019

Very bright and any colour that you want but it's disconnected from the Wi-Fi for no discernible reason more often that it's connected and it is infuriating at worst and frustrating at best and very bloody annoying.I replaced Novostella lights (due to their dimness and lack of colour making and saving options) with these LIFX ones and I never once had any connectivity issues with the old ones so I know that Wi-Fi range is not the issue, and nor do I ever have any Wi-Fi issues in general with any other devices anyway, so I know that it's this bulb in particular and it is very frustrating.And whenever it disconnects the "Need Help?" link is rubbish and not useful and very inaccessible because it just uses a lot of boffin jargon and is too boring to even mentally process,

2.10.2017

I started off with a cheap smart bulb and although it was good, it just didn't put out the light I needed, so I decided to upgrade.A lot of the "usual suspects" when it comes to smart bulbs require hubs of some sort, that's ok if you're going to be lighting up a whole house, but if you only want to do one room or you're just trying it out before you invest fully, then you'd be paying a lot of money for something that won't really benefit you.Enter the LIFX. It works totally standalone so you don't need anything other than a phone to use it. Unfortunately it does require an internet connection to connect to the cloud to work, but for me that's not an issue as I'm always connected anyway.

2.2.2018

The best smart light I've tried to be honest. It's very bright to the point that 100% is too much unless you have high ceilings and a shade to cover the whole bulb! The colours are bright and vibrant compared to say the Philips Hue. These are just plug and play, so no need for a hub to connect to. Just use the app on your mobile or tablet to connect to the bulb, then set it up so it can connect to your home WiFi. Once connected you can change the brightness, colour, set scenes (multiple bulbs with different colours), set 'day to night' this changes the brightness and white light (warm or cool) dependent on the time of day to mimic day light. Other bulbs do the same things and can be more compatiable with other products,

30.1.2019

I was looking for a WiFi lightbulb that didn't require a centralised hub or anything. I don't particularly want a smart home with everything in it connected to the internet. I just wanted one bedroom lightbulb that I could change the colour and brightness easily, and turn on and off using my phone from laying in bed.This is exactly what I need. In the morning when I want a very bright white light, I can have that. In the evening when I don't want blue light inhibiting melatonin production, I can have a dimmer warm shade. But if I lose my glasses I can instantly whack the lights up to 100% to make finding them easier.I'm considering getting another one for my living room ceiling,

24.10.2017

I was worried by the small, but vocal, reviews from people saying these lose connection frequently. All I can say is, it must be their network and not the LifX bulb - I have two of these now and they work perfectly - every time. They have never lost connection, and they have been in use for many months - being turned on and off, through power cuts, even with a change of router. I can control them with my Echo Dot, with Google Home, and via some nifty home automation on my Raspberry Pi and using the app Tasker on Android. They are bright, clean, don't get hot, don't need a silly hub, responsive, pretty much everything I wanted in a smart bulb. Unfortunately they are quite pricey, so the 2 WEMO bulbs,

2.2.2020

A lot of up and down reviews for this on here. Used with Google nest 2 speaker and Android phone and the setup was pretty straightforward and I personally have had no problems whatsoever. Sync your phone first with the LIFX app then do your Alexa/Google Home set up after.Infinite possibilities with this bulb, the effects section of the app is particularly good and the ability to set your lighting so that it automatically adjusts to the correct type and intensity of light for that particular time of day is worth the money alone. If this all sounds too much you can just flick your light switch on and off and it will still work as a normal bulb,

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