Smart LED 8W Downlight $13.99
- Available in Adjustable White or Colour Change
- Wi Fi compatible with Google or Alexa platforms
- With adjustable brightness and app/voice control
- 2700-6500K
- Complete with plug for DIY installation
- Cutout size = 90mm
ALDI Lighting Sale: e.g. Smart LED 8W Downlight $13.99 @ ALDI
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WatchNerd on 20/09/2022 - 10:19 aldi.com.au (4210 clicks)
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why? it's just plugin
Does new builds gives us that plugin thing now ? I built before like 10 years and I think there were hard wired back then..
they have surface socket plugs as a new normal thing now. My previous house has it and it 12 years old house.
Yep, our new house has sockets installed. Seems to be a standard thing nowadays.
Bunnings will likely price match with their Arlec-equivalents, they did this last year when I stocked up with the Bunnings ones.
Thank you. Can you comment on the Arlec quality, any issues please?
Also, Bunnings have better returns policy and for Powerpass customers additional discounts and no need to save an invoice.I have one Arlec product on 'Grid', some outdoor party lights.
They obey the set 'start' time and only obey the set 'end' time 1/10 nights.
Other Arlec products I've had from bunno in the last 3 years have all be 2/5 quality wise.
YMMV 0 chance I'd kit my house out in Arlec gear.I find the Arlec downlights are ok, a few times they have lost their wifi connection, but that happens with anything WIFI related these days, such as printers, etc. Also, I have a few other Arlec "grid" outdoor lights in the garden and these have proven to be ok as well, occasionally it says weak wifi signal, but that may just be my wifi network.
Have you tried turning them off and on again ☺️
I have the Arlec oyster lights in each bedroom and like them so much I have two spare for the next time an electrician comes to do the kitchen and laundry.
Can't speak to other products. All smart things need both good power and wifi signal (if wifi based).
We have the Arlec Grid Connect downlights throughout our whole house. We've been using them for about 2 years now. My only gripe is that they don't do a very good warm white. Its either quite a cool white or it tries to use the colour LEDs on yellow which just looks yellow. I've only set them up through the Grid Connect app and Google Home though, so perhaps theres a better setting that I'm unaware of.
I read somewhere that if you want good white lights, it is best to go with the white light globes. The RBGs don't do good whites.
@spal: Makes sense to get a white bulb, haha.
Warm white seems a bit old school now, particularly for kitchen/living areas. My bedside globes can do it all so can't say I've noticed that.
Might be swapping out all our downlights if this is the case.
Will keep an eye out, thanks.nice, the Arlec grid connect stuff is Tuya based too.
Cheers, thought so.
What is the difference between these ?
https://www.bunnings.com.au/arlec-9w-720lm-rgb-cct-grid-conn…
https://www.bunnings.com.au/arlec-9w-grid-connect-smart-rgb-…
I highly doubt that. These are an "Aldi brand" and Bunnings wont price match an item that isnt exactly the same.
As an aside, I usually snag these when they go on sale at Aldi and have slowly been swapping over our lights in our house with these. We run them through Home Assistant with Local Tuya. No real issues. A little dimmer than a Lifx equivalent but then again, you arent paying $80 per bulb.
I highly doubt that. These are an "Aldi brand" and Bunnings wont price match an item that isnt exactly the same.
They won't price match if you go into a store and ask, but they will discount their equivalent or similar product line whenever Aldi has a sale. They do it all the time.
Based off past events any clue of when Bunnings will discount their product? Pretty keen to get them installed hahah.
@bio: Unfortunately not :( Drove to Bunnings today and they didn’t know about any sales. But since I drove all the way there just decided to get one to play around with it.
Does anyone know what controls are available via the smart platform? Is it only colour change or on and off? setting schedules, etc? Also, does anyone know if there is an electricity consumption if the switch is on but you turn the light off via the phone?
If the light is turned off by the phone, then the cable going to the light would still be live and i assume their would be a very small amount of power being used
There will definitely still be energy consumption in your scenario. It needs to maintain a WiFi connection so that it can turn back on. But it would be a very tiny draw.
Purely based on guesswork - assuming it uses 0.2W on standby - that's 0.0002kWh * 24 hours * 365 days * 30 cents = less than a dollar per year of standby energy consumption.
There is a small amount of power draw on these lights to keep the wifi connection working, but it's not much (Choice had it as $5.17 vs $5.14 for a normal LED blub).
Against this is when you dim them, you cut the power usage, and you can turn them off entirely more easily. Upshot is you can probably win on the deal provided they aren't on 100% and aren't left on.
Similar question, if i turn off the light at the switch, will it remember the colour and brightness settings when I turn them back on?
I like the idea of being able to turn off the lights via both google and the old switch, and also being able to schedule hue/colour across 24 hour cycle.
Would this be possible with these lights?
ThanksJust changed mine to purple, turned off at switch, waited a few minutes and switch back on…still purple.
Not sure if there are conditions under which this won't work though
Seem to recall there was a movie made about that - called ‘The Color Purple’
mine from previous sale run off tuya/smart life
so you can do whatever the app allows, including changing colour/temperature, schedules, grouping lights, integration with google/alexa etc
These aren't really good imo. I bought few months ago when these same ones were at Aldi and changed all my house downlights with these. These just randomly switch back to default 6500k color and sometimes just reset and start flikker randomly.
But these can be controlled from the app to change the colors and adjust brightness.
If I change for one room which has 4 downlights, will all the lights in the room be operated simultaneously?
You can also group them based on room with google or alexa
The reset might be due to updates?
My LIFX bulbs do that sometimes.
they reset at blackout and if by mistake you start using a physical switch. PIA when that that happens
don't all smart lights do this?
@andresampras: yes, most do. Hue and possibly Lifx have a feature where you can choose to turn them off after power off but they are expensive.
Tuya?
yes
Tasmotizable?
No. No ESP chip. I am running them through localtuya in Home Assistant.
Thoughts on the corner lamp?
There was a post for similar @The Reject Shop $25. Not sure if they still have them.
The ALDI ones might be better quality.
it's not wifi is it though
Can these be used externally? I want to replace my outside downlights under the eaves (i think that's what they are called)?
these type of all-in-ones these days are typically a minimum of ip44 and USUALLY also IC rated (can be covered/abutted with insulation ) - however neither of these are clarified on ALDI listing…which either means its not or they have the work experience marketing kid doing the minimum amount of work…
I find Aldi descriptions are ridiculously low on detail, in general.
For example with these downlights, there are 2 different versions on offer - white and white+colour…..not obvious at first glance.
Wonder if that's deliberate/clever marketing.
You have to physically attend the store to obtain full details from the packaging. Whether you decide to purchase the item or not, you're likely to buy other things while you're at the shop anyway.
i had used since 1 year, going on well
When would smart down-lights come to 5$ a pop if ever
June 13, 2024
If you currently use non-smart light with 12w and over, you will find these ones too dim in the beginning. It took us a while to get used to lights this dim!
they are expensive though
You get what you pay for tho
@asa79: I wish that old adage was still true! If it was, I'd put more faith in premium brands and products!
Wifi tho
Could anyone recommend some reliable smart GU10 light bulb under $10?
Kogan SmarterHome™ 5W Colour & Cool/Warm White Smart Bulb (GU10, Wi-Fi) - 2 Pack https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-smarterhome-5w-colour-coo…
Thanks mate. I may give them a go.
Is 400 lumens reasonable?
Very low.
been running Ikea Tradfri GU10 for a few years
zigbee so you need hub or sonoff stick in HA
Thanks mate.
Though I may not have the skillset to do zigbee. Probably will just give the Kogan bulbs a try.
If you doing a whole house you are better to go down ZigBee down lights path. Better power consumption and more reliable
Cheapest ZigBee downlights I've found are around $35 each. That's a huge price difference when doing an entire house.
You can usually buy in bulk and works out cheaper. I have a full house of ZigBee and wouldn't go back to wifi. No need for tuya tasmota conversions. The non Philips still Works natively with hue ecosystem and their motion and dimmer switches
I have about 50 Tuya wifi downlights. Absolutely no issues with them, though I'm controlling them with localTuya.
Even though they're working flawlessly I'd still prefer ZigBee, but they were too expensive even from AliExpress.
Size missing in description
Whats the cutout size?
Anyone know cut out size for this, is it 90mm or 92mm
previous special buy was 90mm. This one looks identical
If my current cut out size is 70mm, assume 90mm wouldn't fit?
make bigger hole
Take note though, if one light stuffs up, you won’t be able to get a like-for-like replacement with another brand. There will always be inconsistencies with colour temperature with different brands.
Get some spares I’d say.
I had one die earlier in the year out of the 12 I bought (got stuck on green) & I had no spare. Aldi refunded happily, but I couldn’t but another.. So I’ll be buying a spare this time round.
Where have I been? $14 for an 8W LED downlight? That couple of boxes of them I bought a few years ago for stuffall might be worth a bit!
$14 for an 8w smart led downlight **
dohhhh… that would do it thanks!
Lucky I'm smart enough to control my downlights without help!But can you lay in bed, someone else leaves them on, not be stuffed getting up and turn them off with your voice?
@Chiang: and get them to turn off by themselves after 2am when your kids are all home. Smart lights are just that.
8W is bugger all for a downlight. If you have a low roof and have them close together they may be ok
8W LED is about equivalent to a 60W halogen, a 14W CFL, or an 80W incandescent.
And the thing about LED bulbs is they tend to have quite a directional light, which is what you want for a downlight.
Anyone else keen on low glare downlights or do you all enjoy looking at the glare? ;)
what's a low-glare downlight?
These can be dimmed & adjusted to warm white or cool white so I am sure you could find a suitable setting.
and they've got a 'frosted' look, you can't see the LEDs underneath.
Wasn't sure if Naigrabzo knew something I didn't
@andresampras: That's not what I mean. The frosted look actually increases glare by spreading the light out and hitting your eye even if you are off axis.
https://integratedpower.net.au/collections/ugr-19-low-glare-…
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Please get an electrician to install plug bases for these if you haven't got them. Don't do it yourself