LIFX Mini Color Bulb - My new favorite smart bulb - setup and testing
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- This video is about The LIFX mini multicolor smart bulb. This is my new favorite bulb. I go through the setup and test it next to my Philip hue color bulb. Very impressed.
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Thank you for noticing and your comment. I appreciate you watching. Have a great day.
Thanks, Craig. That's interesting. I have the original LIFX and I've been happy with them.
Hello TwoBuckChuck, you are welcome and thank you for watching. I have always heard great things about the original LIFX. I think it is great that they are introducing different options in bulbs. Glad to hear that you are enjoying yours. I appreciate you watching. Have a great day.
I personally like this smart light much.
Great bulb. Love it. Nice review man. Keep them coming and prove is good too.
Hello Craig, thank you brother. It is a pretty cool bulb. I need to do some side by side blind test with some of these color bulbs after I try a few more. Thanks for checking it out. Have a great day.
Another excellent, Thanks Craig
Hello Stuckinga, thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you also for stopping by the live stream. Always good to see you their. Have a great rest of your weekend.
Good video! I like your video editing and reducing the “alert words” - which avoids my smart speaker waking up. Also like when you show the app and what it is doing.
Hello Bob, thank you very much. I am glad that you enjoyed the editing. I do try to do what I can to avoid triggers. Thank you for the nice comment. I appreciate you watching. Have a great day.
Good review!! 👍🏼
I love the colors and the brightness of LIFX, but I had issues with keeping them connected. I had 6 bulbs and a strip. Due to the connection issues we mainly use Hue and Lutron switches.
Hello Dennis, that is interesting. I had not heard about that before. That is a bummer. I will have to read more into that. I hope the Hue and Lutron are working well for you. I have heard that the Lutron switches are great. I still like my hue bulbs too. Thank you for sharing and for watching. Have a great day.
My man. I was contemplating wether to buy or not. I wasn’t sure if it could vibe to the music with me. But you answered my questions... thank you 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Glad I was able to help. Thank you for watching.
Thank you for your video nice
Great, I have a mini coming tomorrow. Bought one for one bedroom lamp. Hoping to set up sunrise wake. Maybe I should have just bought two for each lamp but had a little reservation about
the mini so bought one in case I had to return it. I'm now confident it will be a keeper and I'll order one or two more:) Thanks, good demo.
How did you like it? I’ve had mine for 5 years!
@@ReminisceYT I have 5 LIFX bulbs. There has been times they disconnect. Recently I have 2 that have gone dark and sadly I accidentally threw out all the boxes they came in. I haven't really found the answer to how to getting it back into my network without their codes. Up to that point they have been working fine for the purpose intended. I bought several more after buying the 2 bulbs for the bdrm lamps on timers for gradual wake up. Great color, nice brightness in particular with the larger lumen output bulbs although the mini's can hold their own too. I'm hoping someone knows how to set up connection without the codes. I have been reluctant to "forget this device" just in case somehow I can get these 2 bulbs back on my network without having the set up codes from the packaging they came in that were accidentally thrown out. I've noticed both of those bulbs mysteriously disconnected from iCloud yet the 3 other bulbs have remained connected and intact.
Of course today is Christmas day so Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, of course I wouldn't expect much feedback with the holidays but maybe one day someone out there knows how to do a fresh set up without the codes:) Happy Holidays!
And yes, have thought about switching to Hue. But theres got to be a way. Doesn't seem appropriate to have spent the money on 5 LIFX bulbs and have to consider 2 of them "bricked" for their intended use because I don't have the original pkg codes:) lol?
Good video review. Questions: Can these be dimmed down to a low setting and can it list the Kelvin amount of light?
I love color changing bulbs oh I am like a kid in a candy store
ugh, for some reason mine won't connect to my homekit app. any help or suggestions?
can you control it for on/off with the wall switch ? Once you configure the color, will it retain this color even with power off ?
Hi Craig, I have two minis that I dug out of the bottom of the closet. Since you really are a lighting wizard, I was wondering if you knew if this bulb can be setup to sort of look like I'm watching TV in the room. That way when I'm traveling I can play that scene to add that to other security measure I have? Is there a good place to learn how to process of a scene for something even as simple as that.
Is it a good bulb for a ceiling light in a room?
Craig, you should try try the Chinese hubless WiFi, colour bulbs. Much less expensive, at aound £8. I have 3, and at that cost, they are amazing!
Hello Mike, I am always up for trying new bulbs. It is good to see what is out there. What is the brand name? Thanks for sharing. Thank you also for watching. Have a great day.
Those are nice. I am impressed as well.
Hello bkbrown5881, they are great. I had to order 4 more. Glad to hear you are impressed too. Thank you for checking out the video and for sharing your thoughts. Have a great day.
Was up Craig. Big fan of the echo series. Have you noticed any flicking when using Phillips? Shooting standard 24fps 1/50 4K my Phillips lights (light strip/bulbs, hue play) produce weird lines and my lifx doesnt. I searched and searched the internet and nobody is talking about it. You can see it on my recent video to get a better understanding...I’m not sure if I’m tripping or is this a thing.
Great product testing vid Craig. That looks super cool but still a bit spendy, at least for this retired bum! When I hit the lottery, I might treat myself!
Hello Jim, thank you. I am glad that you enjoyed the video. They are definitely pricey. I usually justify these kinds of purchases because of the channel. One light that I am seeing positive comments about for this video is the Mercury color bulbs at $14 at walmart. I will have to do a side by side with them. To see how it compares at the lower price point. Thanks for checking out the video. Have a great rest of your weekend Jim.
Have you noticed a buzzing noise at all with you bulbs? I have three screwed into a lamp I got from target and the buzzing is quite loud.. but I think it might be because I have three bulbs on one lamp.
Late to this video but what lamp are you using ?
Would like your opinion on this bulb and other products from" Merkury" available at Walmart here in Canada. Bulb is 14 dollars here in Canada sometimes on sale for 9. They have plugs and cameras also available at cheap prices. They work really well for the money!
Hello Joe G, I will have to check them out. I have not looked into them yet. It would be great to see them next to the hue and Lifx. That is a great price on them. It is good to hear about other options. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on them. Thank you for watching this video. Have a great day Joe.
Can this work without wifi. Let's say mobile hotspot?
have they started to allow announcements through the fire stick remote yet?
Hello Philo, I do not know. I will need to look into that. I have not seen any mention of that. So far the only Fire TV device that I know of that has received announcements is the Fire TV cube. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.
Hi, in this video you said you have made a group with echo & HomeKit, would you explain how to do it?
Hello Jose, I did make two separate groups. With the echo I paired the echo and the LIFX lights into one group. That way I can walk into the room and just say, Alexa lights on. Without having to speak the name of the group.
As for HomeKit I created a group that could be triggered by my motion sensor that I have in my office. The motion sensor is actually a Phillips hue sensor. But with HomeKit you can get it to trigger automations of any HomeKit devices.
I do wish that I could create one group for both devices. But each device does have its own strength. I feel like my HomePod and using Siri is better at just asking for a group. Sometimes I feel like the echo gets a little picky and doesn’t know necessarily what I’m asking for but the echo is better at just saying turn off the lights and it know a what you mean.
I hope that helps. Thank you for watching. Have a great day.
What about some videos about the Google Home, Google Assistant and also Nest devices? Thanks for all the great videos so far!
Hello Spencer, I do need to get into some google home videos. I have the google home mini and I don’t really use it. I do need to give it a chance more. Thank you for the suggestion and the nice comment. Have a great day.
Craig's Tech Talk Thanks Craig! I too have both. My first device was an Amazon Echo 2nd Generation and then I bought a Google Home Mini and a Home Hub. I’m still trying to decide what is best. They both have their good and bad parts. For the most though, I’m probably a bit more on the Google side, it understands me far better and is more useful. Though it needs to add to its Actions a LOT. (Google’s version of skills). I’m hoping Google talks about this at this years Google I/O. I’m also an Apple user, have flirted with Android, but came back to Apple, I’ve been an Apple fan since the early 2000’s.
I’ve lost the qr code what should I do
It appears the LIFX has much more white light that comes through at the base which is kind of a turn off for me but it also adds a bit of inconsistency at the base which can be kind of cool as well.
Overall I prefer the less white at the base but it's absolutely worth it for this product I think.
I can understand what you are saying. I think for me the HomeKit control, intensity and colors make them great.
@@CraigsTechTalk Thanks for this video too. Now I have something else to obsess on other than the ways of the world. However no $$ from disabilities kind of messes with that.
Doesn’t it feel good not to have to use a hub?
I agree. Also by going with a cheaper product yet (I bought a PAIR of BrizLed bulbs for $33 on Amazon) no hub means you can more inexpensively evaluate whether or not _disco-bondage illumination sources_ are the thing that has been missing from your life. Plus, far less platform lock-in. Who wants to acquire and deal with the care and feeding of a whole passel of hub ecosystems?
There is the client-count maximum of your WiFi router to consider. This is worth a show of its own. Why router manufacturers don't address this (mostly about RAM and subnet addressing) then tout their high numbers of low-bandwidth IoT devices supported escapes me.
Hello ModernDayTech, that is funny. It is nice that they don’t need a hub. I can accept my hue hub since they were out before the LIFX. But, I could not see buying more hubs. It is nice to have the wifi options. I do need to find some sensors that work over wifi. So far I have only seen them like my hue sensors that need a hub. Thanks for checking out the video. Have a great weekend Eric.
if i could get it to work with my wifi it would be great after 3 days of trying I think I'm returning this
ModernDayTech I got 2 smart bulbs for 20 dollars and there 850 lumen both of them I wasn’t trying to get the best smart bulb I just wanted one lifx is 40$ hue is 20 plus a hub check my room tour video out
- Philips hue bulbs are Bluetooth compatible now
- you can use them with physical switches, dimmers
- sync them with a tv, a console, music...
- when u turn philips hue bulbs off and turn them back on, they light up as they were before you turned them off as opposed to lifx...
lifx is completely overhyped. The only advantage is its brightness.
It is shame we use our voice so much for smart lights. A lot of good stuff on the app. I have enjoyed my LIFX bulb. Just a couple of issues. Nothing major so far. Just ordered my first colored one. Not sure they are worth the price, but I had to know what these color bulbs were like to use. How did you get the LIFX App on your Apple phone? Last I looked it wasn't on mine.
Ok what app do I need
Hello Craig. I have Sengled bulbs in my home. I was thinking of purchasing Sengled Color bulbs.
I am looking to compare the Hue, LIFX, and Sengled. Would you be interested in doing this?
Hello Dragon, I will have to check out their color bulbs. I do have a review coming out on the white bulbs. They are priced right even with the hub. I was surprised you could get a 4 pack of white bulbs with a hub for $50. I will look into one of the color bulbs. I am using the echo show as a hub, so I will be curious to see how it behaves next to the hue and LifX. Thank you for the suggestion. Have a great day.
Craig's Tech Talk yes I have the soft white bulbs in my house. I like how they function. I’m just trying to choose the right color bulbs for some of my lights now.
you really should have turned all the lights off to really see how the mood would be and how it affects camera lighting etc
I find with all home automation voice assistants it is important to choose device names carefully for higher recognition accuracy. Some of this is probably due to enunciation challenges, some of it recognition software limitations.
For example I have an essential oil and water ultrasonic diffuser. Calling the misting function "Aroma Mist" and the integrated color light "Aroma Light" is problematic. I renamed the "mist" subdevice "Aroma Spray" and try to carefully enunciate "Aroma" when referring to both subdevices.
"Aroma" often results in "What the heck is this 'Room' device of which you speak?" Now I could rename them "Stink Spray" and "Stink Light" for easier and more consistent good results... but I'm not ready to go there.
Hello Bob, that is true. Test group was not the best name for this test. It was picky and would work at times and then just not recognize it completely. Yet it would repeat the proper group back. The name is important. For me the shorter the better, just to remember the name. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and checking it out. Have a great day Bob.
So far so good though, I can live with it. At least asking for an "Aroma" action doesn't result in "Are you asking to order 500 pounds of Shitake mushrooms?"
I wonder if their quality control just sucks or if they just aren't able to make them work for everyone's network
Very nice demonstration of those bulbs I have the larger ones but I think I'll get some of those mini ones for the bedroom especially when I get a girlfriend that would be very romantic
Why doesn’t mine have color control
The ONLY thing that sucks is that these LifX Bulbs can only connect to 2.4ghz. So if you have 5 GHz, don't waste your money like I did. I saw no indication, of ANY kind that it needed a specific bandwidth or whatever to work. Which reaallly sucks because I was digging these bulbs from the numerous videos I saw. When I got them, plugged them in and OMG the brightness is incredible. Just sucks I can't use them to their full potential. I am not saying the bulbs are bad, just sucks it has specific requirements.
That is a good point. I had not thought about that since my router does both and it finds the one it needs. Thanks for sharing and watching.
I'm going to pick up at least one of these.
Craig. whats the issue with the hub? dosen't it take load off the WiFi
And how do you sync any of these to music? Must be another video
I think hubs are great for taking traffic off of Wi-Fi. But for some people hubs are more of a pain because some have to hardwired with Ethernet. I like the stability of the hue bulbs because of the hub. I just install lutron switches that require a hub. They are well reviewed and the hub helps a lot. For simplicity WiFi is easier in my opinion.
As for syncing with music, I flew right by that. As a professional lighting designer I am disturbed by how bad these music sync features. I never use them after an initial test and never think about them after. Thanks for watching.
@@CraigsTechTalk Thank You Craig for the answers. I do real time digital designs. So, I know syncing is possible but difficult. There's nothing worse than it not being right.
As to the hub, understood. easier, until is needed or required.
i can’t find my type of light bulb
Alexia? Echo! Jus a word of appreciation for muting the wake word. Was this a slip?
Hello peepers 47, thank you. I appreciate you saying this. I do try to avoid triggering devices. It sometime slips out. I don’t like muting the wake word all together. I try to use one of the lesser used wake words and give a warning. Last year it was computer. This year it was echo and is now changed to Amazon since it is the least use the word. Since the majority of people use Alexa, I don’t want it to be distracted with it muted completely. But with some of the names of these features on the trigger that one of these wake words at some point.
Thank you for your comment and watching. Have a great day.
Mine is dead, is there a way to charge it?
is says Siri and Echo make demonetize?
No but they would activate the devices of the people viewing this video
@@giovannil8244 yes, I understand after buying it.
Lifx bulbs are rated for 40,000 hours. Lifespan Philips hue is rated for 15,000 hours
How will i know if this will fit my lamp?
Check and see what kind of lamp you have and look up the light to see if It is the right type of bulb.
Craig's Tech Talk what lamp do you have in this video ? Very cool looking
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Hello Ashley, good morning. I hope you are doing well and staying warm. I know it is cold in your area. Thank you for checking this video out. Have a great rest of your weekend.
The Philips looks better colour (deeper) the white is better on the Philips too.
I have both lifx and Philips Hue colours are better on the the lifx lights but and the lights strips are much better to but the Philips Hue app is Much better in my opinion especially with hue disco and hue sync
Hello Scotia, I would have to agree with Smart Tech. I do think the LifX is deeper. One thing I noticed on my video is that some of the colors do not look as deep because the LIFX are so bright. At points with brightness of the LIFX the light was too hot for the camera and looked washed out because of the hotspot to the camera. I have been a huge fan of Philip hue. I was surprised that I ended up liking the LIFX more. I do wish I had a better way to test the LIFX and Hue together with color. When using each of the lights own apps, you can fine tune the whites to whatever color you want. But, if you leave it to the Echo or Siri, they don’t match to give the best idea. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and watching Scotia. Have a great day.
Hello Smart Tech, I had the same feeling about the lights and the app. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Have a great day.
Craig's Tech Talk can you link 2 or more lifx bulbs to be the same colour and work to the same command?
40 bucks is worth the colors.
Hubs are so 2018.
Hubs are nice if you use all of one type bulb. Also makes nice for updates.
Also Hub bulbs seem to have better connections too.
Hello sosguy, that is funny. Thanks for watching and for your comment. Have a great day.
Hello Dragon4201976, I think that is a good point about hubs. Thanks for sharing this and for watching. Have a great weekend.
It’s not very bright
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