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Brilliant Lighting Smart Globe E27 White A60 $9 @ Officeworks

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Brilliant Lighting Smart Globe E27 White A60 $9 @ Officeworks
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wisdomtooth on 17/02/2023 - 10:11 officeworks.com.au (253 clicks)
Last edited 17/02/2023 - 11:04

Officeworks:

This Brilliant Lighting Smart Globe allows you to control your lighting to set the ambience in your home or workplace. Using the Brilliant Smart app on your phone or tablet, you can adjust brightness and create on and off schedules for automating your lighting.

  • You can control your lighting through voice commands using Amazon's Alexa or your Google Home.
  • The bulb can be shifted between cool and warm whites.
  • It plugs into an E27 socket for easy installation.
  • The bulb doesn't require a hub to connect, only a WiFi connection.
  • You can set lighting schedules, hues, and brightness through the BrilliantSmart App.
  • Customise and control your light settings via the BrilliantSmart App, available on Apple and Google Play Stores.
  • It has 8.5W power.
  • This kit comes with a single bulb.

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Good points

  • Hub not required; direct connection over Wi-Fi
  • Lights will still work over Wi-Fi in the event of an Internet outage while still logged in to app
  • Geofencing (location information) can be used to switch lights off and on depending on the location of your mobile device
  • Very good performance in our luminance tests

Bad points

  • Scenes and automation triggers are not intuitive to use
  • Lights will not work in the event of an Internet outage if you are not already logged in to the app
  • Problematic set-up that took many attempts before the light could be added to the app
  • Bulb sometimes shown as being offline for a seconds within the app
  • Included instructions are vague
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  • jv on 17/02/2023 - 10:16
    -3

    It has 8.5W power.

    No it doesn't

    • wisdomtooth on 17/02/2023 - 10:23
      +2

      Care to elaborate?

      • jv on 17/02/2023 - 10:34
        -3

        "This globe does not have 8.5W power."

        Is that better?

        • dullbeard on 17/02/2023 - 10:46
          +2

          No it's the same only sarcastic.

          Better would be to elaborate.

          • jv on 17/02/2023 - 10:56
            -2

            @dullbeard:

            Better would be to elaborate.

            Can you explain how this globe has 8.5W power then?

            • dullbeard on 17/02/2023 - 11:09
              +2

              @jv: Not my job. He just copied it from the website specs. You made a claim that it's wrong. If you don't want to explain why it's wrong there's no need to be a jerk about it.

              • jv on 17/02/2023 - 11:17
                -5

                @dullbeard:

                You made a claim that it's wrong

                Which claim of mine is wrong?

                The only thing wrong is the claim that this globe has 8.5W power when it has no power.

                Just because the website posted it wrong, does not make it right.

                • dullbeard on 17/02/2023 - 11:28

                  @jv: I never said you made a wrong claim. Read better.

                  I never said the website claim is right either.

                  What I said was that you claimed it's wrong, and if you don't want to explain why you think it's wrong, there's no need to be rude about it. This is not normal, good faith interaction.

                • dullbeard on 17/02/2023 - 12:05

                  @jv: Also I have good news on the issue YOU thought was important, though it seems pedantic and trivial.

                  Sometimes, a particular wording can be wrong in a technical sense (absolute literalness), but not wrong in a colloquial sense. In this case, since wattage indicates power capacity, and the W stands for wattage, "it has 8.5W power" is an adequate colloquial rendering of "it has 8.5W power capacity" (where capacity is technically redundant anyway).

                  So I do happen to think you're wrong in how it is meant to be taken, which is for ease of understanding by typical consumers. It is not intended to be read with the misreading you're giving it. You don't in fact know if the writer and/or a given reader knows that W entails capacity for power. But the "W" is stated, nonetheless.

                  A person would also have to be utterly stupid to read it as saying that the light bulb contains its own power source. We can be sure that the writer did not assume their readers would be so out of touch with reality. The normal reader knows full well that wattage does not mean this.

                  • jv on 17/02/2023 - 12:16

                    @dullbeard:

                    but not wrong in a colloquial sense

                    This is wrong in every sense.
                    This globe does not have any power.

                    Here is one that does..

                    • wisdomtooth on 17/02/2023 - 14:22

                      @jv:

                      Here is one that does..

                      Now, that's interesting! Nifty idea! Didn't know that existed. So simple!

                      Took me a while to understand what you two were bickering about 😄

                      • dullbeard on 17/02/2023 - 17:50

                        @wisdomtooth: Just for the record that wasn't anything to do with what I was talking about. Nobody in their right mind looks at an Officeworks bulb, reads "It has 8.5W power" and thinks this is talking about how the bulb just powers itself. Context, convention, familiarity, and all that. Most everyone who's ever bought a standard household bulb has a solid idea of where the power comes from, and the practical reasons to specify a wattage. That a self-powered bulb exists somewhere is neither here nor there, as the typical reader will still ascertain the correct meaning here. The fact that you and most people have never heard of this other random bulb is a neat proof that it's not relevant here.

                        In any case, to meet a sincere request for elaboration with refusal, sarcasm, and asking someone else to argue the case instead, is just baiting behavior. It should be pointed out every once in a while. The point of the forum is helpful information, not personal amusement. If you're not willing to clarify what you mean, why drop a vague comment in the first place?

                  • jv on 17/02/2023 - 12:19
                    -3

                    @dullbeard:

                    is an adequate colloquial rendering of "it has 8.5W power capacity"

                    That is not true either.

                    It has no capacity for power. It neither contains a battery nor a capacitor.

                    What they should say is that it consumes up to 8.5W of power which is very different from saying is has power or it has the capacity for power.

                    • dullbeard on 17/02/2023 - 12:31

                      @jv: No it's not. Again, the colloquial sense. And again, the W is included in the statement. In hermeneutics, this relevantly selects for meaning in the range of other terms used.

                      But predictably, you've only responded to the pedantic and trivial issue, which literally nobody here misunderstands in the manner you expressed concern about, and not to the charge of being rude. I was aware of your reputation around here but gave you the benefit of the doubt until now. I figure it must have been earned.

  • motk on 17/02/2023 - 10:16

    So, is this esp or tasmota or some custom thing?

  • Hayeswei on 17/02/2023 - 10:33

    Is this an LED bulb ?

    • jv on 17/02/2023 - 10:35
      +1

      Yes

  • hopper on 17/02/2023 - 10:38
    +2

    Lenovo e27 from JB are cheaper

    • jv on 17/02/2023 - 10:42

      Did you read the reviews on the Lenovos?

      • hopper on 17/02/2023 - 10:51
        +1

        I'm using lenovo smart bulbs in my home. No issues since 2 years

        • wisdomtooth on 17/02/2023 - 11:12

          It seems all the criticisms are aimed at the app, not the devices themselves. How do you find the app? Or have you managed to use an alternative one?

          • hopper on 17/02/2023 - 12:12
            +1

            @wisdomtooth: Once linked to google home app I never touched lenovo the app again. Whats the point of smart if it ur home devices have multiple apps

            • huntress_love on 18/02/2023 - 21:07

              @hopper: do you use the Lenovo app to connect to google home app? Or does the google home find by itself?

              • hopper on 19/02/2023 - 02:48

                @huntress_love: I use lenovo app activate and link to my lenovo account, then it automatically shows in home app

        • renaldof on 17/02/2023 - 11:27

          "reviews? I AM THE REVIEW"

  • Switchblade88 on 17/02/2023 - 10:50
    +2

    This is just another generic Tuya bulb, same as the Lenovo's or any other brand.

    Wouldn't pay more than $5 each

  • Pudina Chutney on 17/02/2023 - 10:55

    Any idea on lumens?

    • wisdomtooth on 17/02/2023 - 11:08

      800-900?

      • wisdomtooth on 17/02/2023 - 14:24
        +2

        Neg, no comment?? That's lame! (Or lumen!)

        • Switchblade88 on 17/02/2023 - 14:31

          Negs are all the rage at the moment lol

          However, your link is to the RGB version which has a different luminosity to the white version. The Bunnings/Arlec branded one lists 806lm so you're pretty well spot on.

  • yanman on 17/02/2023 - 16:26

    Got one of these.. not bad. The app is surprisingly polished although it's hard to know what setup is active - Biorythm, schedule, automation etc.. you can configure loads of them but they're not that reliable. The biggest issue for me is the brightness level is still too high even at 1% so not great for a night-light.

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