Nice lights. one for $69 and two for $129.
LIFX Colour Downlight (90mm) 2 for $129 + Delivery ($0 C&C/In-Store) @ JB Hi-Fi
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I bought multi-colour downlights from Aldi for $16 each did the job and replaced almost 80 of them and only a couple failed so far in over 2 years.
They had wifi?
No, they just randomly change colours.
It's not random there's a sequence. I remember the colour cycles by heart now.
Worth mentioning that these are compatible with Home kit.
What makes these better than others that can be bought significantly cheaper?
Main difference from what I can see
Slightly more recessed face, most of the cheap ones I’ve seen are flush face so more glarey
This unit has tuneable white with rgb, so can get really clean shades of white from extra warm to extra white - as opposed to many cheaper ones which are only rgb or rgbw(single white) which means you may lose out on 1 side of spectrum of white, or have a poor approximation of white. Most people who use rgb lights don’t really use white I find or only want warm white - so maybe this won’t be an issue for most.
China has come a long way with rgb tech especially now it’s so cheap for them to integrate tuya and by extension, Amazon and google functionality on it. Back in the day you had to use proprietary software which in many cases was dubious about software or was just poorly coded/translated so yeah.. the cost for this brand is now harder to justify.
Unlike most WiFi bulbs, Lifx can also work locally and are not reliant on the cloud to setup or operate. Certain features like timers, schedules do rely on the app/cloud.
also interested to know the difference between this and cheap brands usually cost $20ea. what is the lifecycle for this brand? usually the cheaper brands only last 1-2 years or max 3-5 years depending on usage.
LIFX downlights are the Ferrari of downlights (If you can imagine such a silly thing)
sorry i only can afford MG which is cheap and nasty lol
no need brembo brake system or 6/8 cylinder to drive 60km/hAnecdote is accurate - If you're never going to use smart features, fancy colours, HomeKit etc then these lights are a waste of money.
I don't have their downlights but have their colour globes. By far they are the best in brightness and colour, simply unbeatable IMO. If you are not too fussed about the deepness of colour and brightness then you would be fine with the basic one.
My current coloured globes are about 6-7 year old and never had any issue at all, they do support homekit if that means anything to you. One thing I don't like is their current app UI, their previous UI was much simple to use but the current one is a bit of a mess but that is all IMO, others may have different views/experience.
I've been using 4 of these outside under my eaves and porch for about 3 years. The only issue I've experienced is every now and then one of them loses connection. Mine come on before sunset and turn off at 10pm every night.
I have a house full of LIFX and for the most part they have been pretty decent. Very good quality lighting and colour variety.
The app works very well, super simple integration into Homekit for Apple, works very easily with Alexa or Google.
What I like about these is that they can work independently or in a group super simply.
We replaced a bunch of cheaper lights and these are far nicer, the colour seems more vibrant and the app really makes things easy to customise
I'd love to do my whole house, but from memory I'd need around 58 lol
Stupid original owners putting so many everywhere…. Let alone all the other wall lights
Doubt Routers would like that.
Have 120 wifi devices atm, no problem.
Just need a good router
Unifi FTW
Shame that when they launched the pricing was $99 for the two of them
When? They only came out 3 weeks ago.
These came out years ago. I've been using 4 outside for the last 3 years.
Not these
There was an sms from jb when they first came out, at the time they were $99 for two. Was pretty tempted as the newer one doesnt need a heatsink at the top and has a nice difuser
I have the Grid Connect one's from Bunnings, have been great, easy to setup, easy to integrate with Google Home.
$20 a light.
Only limitation is that it requires 2.4 channel only, so you need to adjust wifi settings.
Is that just for setup? Surely after that, you can have both on and it will connect accordingly?
Correct, just for setup and more so to ensure your Mobile is on 2.4 and not using 5.0ghz otherwise it won't see the new device being on different band. Once setup is done all will be well.
I remember meeting the original LIFX inventor in 2018, good bunch of Aussie guys!
company been sold a couple of times since though
they invented the first smart bulb, however Hue beat them to market
Long time LIFX user here. My experience is mixed.
I have 8 of the original downlights (installed 5 years ago) and a load of other bulb types around the house. 4 of those downlights recently blew the green LEDs (weirdly all at the same time) so the colour reproduction has suddenly gone wanky with anything with green in it. At $89 each and out of warranty, this is annoying.
The colours generally on LIFX are just fantastic though, and are very bright with it. The range of white temperature is also excellent, from warm whites to bright daylight.
The phone app (I have Android) is garbage. Adding new lights is a colossal PITA which takes several minutes per light, so thankfully you only have to do that once. Except when you don't, because the factory reset sequence is to turn the light on and off rapidly 5 times which is somehow always triggered when there's a flaky supply (during a storm, etc). The lights often fail to connect to their cloud service too, so I end up just controlling everything via Home Assistant.
Hope this all helps someone.
That's a nightmare. Thanks fascinating read.
Mirrors mine.
The LIFX hardware is great, bright lights and good colors.
I moved to Hue long back when I got tired of re-pairing LIFX bulbs every few days/weeks.
I didn't bother to figure out how the 5x on/off happened. I thought grid ripple may have been causing it.Hue has been expensive but flawless since last 4 years.
The app is terrible and anyone considering buying the lights should check out the reviews of the app.
When the lights worked they're great but my experience with them disconnecting, unable to be seen in the app and just failing far too often requiring to be reset, removed from the app and added again.
I'd never buy them again.
Save your money and get the Kogan ones. Replaced every downlight in our new unit with the Kogan ones two years ago and still going strong, all WiFI and Google Home compatible, haven't touched the physical light switches since installing them, apart from needing to reset a couple when they disconnect from the Wifi, happens once every 4 months or so.
You ask google to turn on lights every time?
yeah, when we enter our home, when we're out and our dog needs some light. When we go to bed. Also, because we have 6 downlights in our open plan unit, and they all turn on with one switch, very very dumb by the developer. So I've renamed each light (Dining1, Dining 2, Centre 1, Centre 2, Living 1, Living 2) and we ask Google to turn on/off individually depending on our need. Rather than having 6 downlights all on at night, not needed and waste of energy.
Its an excellent price if you are in the market for this, my wife will, unfortunately, kill me if I buy more lights and claim life insurance money to buy a bigger house. So I will stay away from this deal!
I’m really surprised nobody discusses Tuya whenever these things come up. A huge portion of the cheap smart home devices are Tuya based, almost all of the recommended ones in the alternate replies have been…
Honestly I’d pay a large premium to avoid them. I really dislike Tuya in my home network and some devices try and make extremely large amounts of outgoing calls to random Chinese servers. Some people would care more about that than others of course. I find the Grid Connect app to be absolute garbage as well, and most of their devices are Tuya.
Bunnings has very similar Wifi RGB ceiling lights for a much better price. Mirabella Genio, 2-pack for about ~50 AUD. I've got 8 sets or so installed at home and they work pretty well. Just make sure your router still supports a 2.5GHz wifi network. Those are based on the Tuya IoT framework as well.
Link: https://www.bunnings.com.au/mirabella-9w-750lm-rgbw-ip44-1-2…
4 pack will save you an extra few $$$ as well! https://www.bunnings.com.au/mirabella-9w-750lm-rgbw-ip44-1-2…
If you have access to JB Commercial it's $58 ea + shipping ($12). Would work out better if buying more than 2, also can try having it price matched as some have done with other items by their retail store and pick it up saving on postage as well as using gift cards.
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