- Brilliant Smart Bulb 3pk $49.99
- WiFi Downlight $29.99
- WiFi 2 Metre Strip $49.99
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Instructions unclear - Was the experience with this brand good or bad?
I'll let you when they are available to test.
$16.66 per RGB bulb is a good price right ?
@dcep: Sure is. The other budget brand, Mirabella Genio's are $29 each for the same bulb.
They do say they are 750Lm though which may not be bright enough for some people but I find the 800Lm Genio's more than bright enough so YMMV.
Just to note, with Brilliant products you don't have to use the Brilliant app. You can use the Tuya or Smart Life app which controls hundreds of other products such as smart sockets, water leak detectors, air diffusers, smart curtains, Mirabella/Ikea stuff etc.
Being able to group many things under the one app makes life far easier when you start accumulating smart devices.
Yep, got quite a few devices within the Tuya app and it's so much more convenient than having to worry about additional hubs or apps.
That's Brilliant!
link to Tuya Smart app for those who are lazy >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tuya.smart
Could this be controlled by home assistant after enabling tuya component?
Yes - I've got a couple of Brilliant wifi power plugs and mirabella globes all in the tuya smart app, all being controlled by my hass.io setup using its built in tuya integration.
@WazzaP: just to clarify - a device being supported in the Tuya app doesn't guarantee home assistant support - switches/lights are generally fine. Things like motion sensors and cameras are not supported by the out of the box tuya integration.
(not sure why it has tagged you - I need to check how to do replies properly)
@walaj: When a comment goes over 4(?) sub-comments, it lines them up in one and tags the sender, for readability so that it isn't doing a huge tree.
Fun: It is also the only time when @tags work!
Which would you recommend above all others?
For convenience and price the Kogan 4pk are good value but it depends on your own/intended set up i.e WiFi and/or devices that need additional hubs etc. I've bought a few cheapies off Amazon and AliExpress which have been OK but lacking it brightness vs what they claim but the Kogan's and Genio's are decent for the price.
I've never tried the LIFX or Hue's though but cost substantially more.
Hue requires Hub but at the same time don't need internet to works. These Tuya rebrand or Xiaomi requires instructions to be sent to their server for processing before being sent back to their light, so either their server or your internet is down would make them stop working. I have had Tuya server down a couple times and my Kogan branded one stop working till the server comes back up.
@Bigboomboom: It’s the smart features that would stop working, the light can still be used in the conventional sense at the switch but I get what you mean.
@MaximumEffort777: Not if you accidentally set the light off via app/assistant before the internet goes down. Then you need to reset them or otherwise they won't turn on. At least the Yeelight I have has remembered state so if they are turned off in app, they will stay off even if you flip switch on/off.
@Bigboomboom: I've got the Kogan and one of the Mirabella Smart lights - they always come on if you turn off the power, wait a few seconds and then turn them back on.
@Bigboomboom: Yeelight is easily reset by flicking the power switch a few (5?) times so that they behave like a normal bulb if the internet is down.
@CacheHunter: Yes, then you will need to add them back again. I can definitely see the advantage of having a hub like Phillips.
Not to mention if you have too many WiFi light bulbs then you need more WiFi acces point otherwise your router can't handle that many concurrent connection and they will starts dropping out.
Anyway it's a real shame 2 ALDI I checked on Saturday do not have ANY of the smart light products. They weren't sold out, they were simply never available in first place.
@Bigboomboom: No need to re-add them unless you do a full reset. Maybe its 3/4 flicks (?) of the switch then, that puts them in manual mode until they can reconnect to the internet (or, in my case, until my rasp;i running hassio comes back online). In practice, when my home network is down I just flick the switch until the light turns on. I've found no practical reason to prefer a more expensive setup like Hue apart from when I had an old router that was limited as to the number wifi connections it could handle.
Now the question would be can this be flashed.
I think all the Brilliant stuff is made by Tuya, so I assume it can be flashed.
They should be able to be flashed OTA with tasmota. I was able to flash the brilliant smart plugs from bunnings first go. I just hope these don't have the updated firmware which blocks tuya convert.
I've got my eyes on the floodlight. I wanted to setup an automation to play a sound or turn on another indoor light when the flood light turns on in Hassio.
Yeah i got the plugs from bunnings as well - but as you say depends if they have the updated firmware or not.
I've got my eyes on the floodlight. I wanted to setup an automation to play a sound or turn on another indoor light when the flood light turns on in Hassio.
That's what caught my attention.
Pardon the ignorance but is the reason you flash different brands of smart devices with a different firmware to be able to control them with a single app as opposed to using a different app for each brand/device?
I love geeky stuff and know nothing about the LED smart light scene and would like to learn more.
That's one reason, yes.
Other reasons include:
- local operation/control
- not wanting to fill your home with devices running probably-insecure firmware
- not trusting the Chinese manufacturers
- wanting your smart devices to still work when the manufacturer goes out of business or decides they don't want to support it
- the flexibility to customise the way it works (and sometimes even solder on more sensors, etc)
Have you flashed it yet? Just wondered what the setup process is like after the initial flash OTA using tuya convert? The plug i had to set the pins which i found details for online.
What value so you get out of flashing them?
It removes the cloud component of the smart devices. So for people running Home assistant or another automation server, they can configure the lights to direct traffic to their own servers rather than cloud servers. For people who don't care about automation or the average user, they will work with Google assistant or Alexa out of the box.
Could set up a bunch of these sensor flood lights around the house and yard. If the lights are reflashed to alternative firmware, then any movement at a light can be shared to a central hub, and lights located near it can be turned on at a dimmer level.
Or if the hub detects the home-owner mobile phone joining the wifi (after being out for the evening) , it can auto turn on the floodlights at the front of the house before getting out of the car.
But what fw? I've a bunch of (unused) Sonoff switches with Tasmota but not sure which fw for lights.
@raybies: I use ESPhome for all my tuya lights and switches. Their cookbook has the GPIO pinouts for various devices.
You don't need to flash them for the central hub (eg hass.io) to work - I'm using factory firmware mirabella globes linked to hass via the tuya smart app and life360 for location detection, this turns certain lights on when I get home - but will be via the cloud tuya server. Main benefit of flashing them would be for local control if the cloud service was down.
@WazzaP: And much faster response time as you're not having to go through cloud service.
Was using tasmota till recently whe I I switched to esphome. Absolutely love it!
One of the main advantages to using home assistant are the automations you can set up. Think of it as ifttt but for all the smart devices in your home (and there are thousands that can be integrated) with much more fine tunings using different triggers and conditions for your automations
How do the led strip lights work? Could I cut it in half and have two separately controlled lights? Or is there only one controller?
Normally there will be only one controller per strip.
you could trim it to size if need be, but you won't be able to get two separately controlled lights.
Once you cut, your stuck with that length unless it allows extensions
Thanks everyone. That helps me decide if I should buy these.
Might give these a try they sound ok.
One of my yeelight bulbs just died so I might give this one a try.
How long did it last in the end?
About two years. It was the first version of the yeelight. I think I bought it for less than $15
thanks for your response.
Wonder if Bunnings will come to the party on the $129 4 light RGB outdoor lighting set - the Holman RGB Controller is $137, and each light is $33.90. Bunnings has a single Brilliant outdoor light product - which at $145 looks like the Aldi sold one with IP68 rating also
Holman set is Bluetooth only just useless.
its annoying, but once setup theyre quite cool. I have 2 sets of the holman. Very pricey though
Check out the Sylvania ones from US. Zigbee so can control on Alexa/Google Home.
Garden lights a bit expensive. I have bought the Sylvania Garden Spot lights from Amazon US previously a fair bit cheaper for more lights. You can also just buy a 12v Zigbee controller and use any garden lights, just keep in mind must be an RGB controller like 4 wires for colour lights. Obviously though a bit different as these are WiFi, probably can buy WiFi controllers for the same thing as well cheap as chips on AliExpress or whatever.
Gledopto RGB CCT
How are the Down lights install? Is it a simple screw in or does it require a plug
Catalogue description says, it includes flex and plug with 1 mtr cable.
It says comes with plug, so take old out and just plug in these ones
Downlight comes with a flex & plug. So it can either be plugged straight in to an existing socket, or alternatively hard-wired 👍
Looks like the spotlights are limited in distance, and you cant attach additional to extend. So ok if you have a small area to light up
From this product page, it says you can attach up to 8 lights:
https://www.brilliantsmart.com.au/smart-products/garden/smar…
but the cord has to loop back to the controller
Cabling is pretty standard in 12V RGB - these should work -> https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/302242811249
There is a loop back to the controller
On the product sheet, it shows the controller with 2 pin (single colour) and 4 pin (RGB) outputs, no loop back to the controller. If I wanted to extend say the last light, a compatible cable should enable this?
How do people use powered outdoor lights? Do you just run the power cables across the top of your garden or dig them in? And do you simply plug into a powerpoint or get a sparky?
I have the wire ran along the edge of the garden, but its not a very good way I would like to find some conduit or something could use somehow instead.
Yes just into a power point. I use an outdoor/waterproof box designed to house an extension board with rubber grommets where the leads go in.
Depends if you want to do it neatly to if you need a sparky
Neatly if possible
Is this a good price for a WiFi strip? Are there any better options for cheaper?
There's yeelight's version which you can wait for to go on sale.
Hue strips were only $60 not long ago
Kmart sells the Mirabella ones which are $39 and are 3m, these ae only 2m
I wush I knew that before waiting impatiently for the aldi one which I just bought.
Rest of the catalog?
found it -https://au-catalogues.com/aldi-ads/catalogue-11035-0
These smart light prices are dropping faster than a mic in CM Punk's pipebomb era
The led downlight is currently 28.99 at JD Lighting for those that don’t wanna wait 10 days
Was about to ask where …. because their search results page shows wrong value: https://www.jdlighting.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=brilli…
But the actual page does show $28.99 (+delivery, free > $99): https://www.jdlighting.com.au/brilliant-smart-trilogy-9w-led…
Thanks for posting links, part of my computer illiteracy :)
Wouldn't it be better to get Philips Hues, especially for downlights?
Define better.
These are different to Hue right be cause they don't use Zigbee? I prefer not to clog up my Wifi with lots of IoT devices.
Correct, these are over WiFi and likely only 2.4Ghz. How many devices do you have over WiFi? We have about 30 in total across dual-bands and a family of 6 who live on the Internet and we’ve never had a drama.
All IOT devices are usually on the 2.4GHz for the distance, zigbee/zwave is also a 2.4gHz network as well
Zwave is 919.8 MHz, 921.4 MHz in Australia
Which sucks because all the cheap zwave devices are 908.4 ; 908.42 ; 916 for USA etc.
I like to airplay etc to the TV and find that, with current wifi protocols (or perhaps just my router), the more IoT devices I have the choppier playback is.
WiFi 6 will fix all of this but that's still a ways away from adoption unfortunately!
Can these be installed outside, under say verandahs and carports? Or is it better to go with Hues?
The blubs wont be waterproof anymore then a normal bulb. Personality i would use cheaper bulbs outside as depends on how much moisture you get under their, wont probably last very long
They should be fine undercover
Anyone know if there are B22 versions of the RGB lights?
Hue has them. Otherwise, adapters are cheap (as long as they fit in your light fitting): https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10PCS-B22-to-E27-Bulb-Light-Lamp…?
Available right here: https://www.jdlighting.com.au/brilliant-smart-colour-9w-b22-…
They're sold individually, so you don't have to commit to the 3-packs.
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Do they come in screw heard instead of pin head. Sorry for being naive with the terms.
Get an adaptor?
This is probably a really dumb question but do people still have physical switches/dimmers for their voice enabled smart lights? So does voice override the manual switch or vice versa? Or do they operate at the same level.
You cant use dimmers with smart bulbs, dimmers reduce the voltage to dim the lights, this causes issues with power to the bulbs
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Well I’ve tried every other variation and brand of smart lights and here’s another to add to the list :)