LIFX Supercolor roof light review

LIFX SUPERCOLOR TECELINE LIGHT: INTRODUCTION

• Lighting type: ceiling lamp
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi
• Ecosystems: Matter, Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, Smartthings

LIFX – Remind them, increased their return last year with a lot of new releases, after a few years in the desert, the most striking of which was undoubtedly the roof light of LIFX supercolor.

It is an intelligent Wi-Fi light compatible with a subject designed to replace the assembly of Al Ras, the pendants or the candlesticks on the ceiling.

Smart roof lights are becoming quite The thing. Aqara and Nanoleof made the ball rolled with the launch of the T1m roof light and the skylight, respectively, and then meant the fray with the tone datura.

However, LIFX entrance has a price label that blows that competition out of water. With just under $ 100, the supercolor roof light will make a much smaller dent in its wallet compared to the $ 150 aqara, $ 250 nanoleaf and $ 300 hue.

I have had the supercolor lifx ceiling light in our US test laboratory.

Design and installation

• Super simple installation
• Comes with black or white ornaments
• 15 -inch diameter

Lifx’s effort is actually a little smaller than Aqara; 15 inches in diameter compared to 20 of the T1M, and has only 2.6 inches deep.

It is quite sticky, but you really will not notice that once it is installed and working its color magic. It comes with a white or black edge; I have the target in proof for this review.

Once everything is configured, it looks super elegant, with not only two directionable lights that are offered, but also a library of dynamic effects designed to measure, such as the upper sky with clouds that pass, forrest awnings, abstract art and shower of meteorito, but more about that in a moment.

The first thing to do, before the fun begins, is that it turns on and synchronized with your smart home.

Unlike a traditional light bulb or lamp, where you can simply plug and play, a little DIY is required so that the supercolor roof lights and works.

The good news is that it is not the most demanding task. In the box you will find a mounting support and really is as simple as drilling in a couple of screws to hold the support in place and then cut the light circular panel.

In fact, it was even easier for that, since the adjustment for the old light that was replacing in the US laboratory. It already had a couple of electric screw receptacles that were perfectly aligned with the assembly support.

A good touch, to further facilitate installation, there is a built -in clip that holds the light a few inches under the ceiling while ordering the wiring. This eliminates the typical struggle of balancing an accessory on the head while trying to make connections.

And making these connections is very simple because the LIFX has cable cables with colors with Wago connectors that are already in place, in addition to the device it is grounded/grounded through the mounting plate.

Obviously, turn off the energy before doing any of the electrical work first, but you already knew … right?

The whole process, eliminating the old light, cutting the existing cables a bit, uniting the support, connecting the cables and finally screwing the light itself, took less than 15 minutes.

Configure and characteristics

• 2.4GHz wi-fi connection
• Two directionable lights
• 56 Down Downlights

Once you have performed the physical installation, you will need the LIFX Supercolor ceiling light to synchronize with the LIFX application.

I was using an iPhone and a scan of the QR code took me along the Dual Homekit / Matter route and I can’t say that it surprised me when it didn’t synchronize. Matter is not there yet, but we don’t need to stop at that.

After a couple of failed attempts, the application suggested synchronizing without matter and doing it later. So that is what I did and finally I managed to get it later, and working on multiple intelligent house ecosystems.

However, he does not have to walk along the way if he does not want, since he works natively with Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, Smartthings and Razer Chroma too.

However, as always is the case with the smart lights, you must use the native application to make the most of all the characteristics. With supercolor roof light, that means access to the richness of scenes that take advantage of those 56 directionable return zones.

In the application you will find a wide range of suggested effects: think of clouds, meteorites, morph, spooky movement and specific holidays such as Halloween, Christmas and the like.

And if there is no one you want, you can always create yours; You will find a practical tool that actually exposes the 56 areas so that you can customize the content of your heart.

Here is an example of some different scenes …

Like the Aqara T1M and the Datura, because the two lights are treated as separate and individually directable lights, within the tastes of Apple Home, Alexa and Google Home, so it can incorporate only one or both parts in their routines Alexa , automation of the home and the similar and, of course, they control them with your voice.

Therefore, it could create personalized automation where the second light could be used for notifications. Think that the upstream ring shines in green if the bell sounds, illuminate blue if a flood or cries red is detected if a smoke alarm is activated.

In use

Obviously, the main USP is those 56 individually addressable areas and I have to say that they make LIFX capable of some fantastic effects.

You can also establish it in a solid color, but where is the fun in that?

The new LIFX roof light has polychrome technology, which uses a grid of lighting areas, and also has a tunable white light that varies from 1,500ka 9,000k.

In Alexa, Homekit and Google you will not be able to play with him as much, as mentioned, but the pre -established effects are transferred as exported scenes.

Being a wired light, according to any silly light, it is at the mercy that people turn off the supercolor ceiling light on the switch and make it useless, but there are intelligent solutions for this Shelly.

Obviously, unlike a silly roof lamp, the LIFX is always technically “on” and exhausting energy for its Wi-Fi connection, but it is a fairly low inactive energy consumption, which means that it will not make a large dent in Your electricity bill.

When it is on, and with a total brightness, the accessory generates 2500 lumens while drawing around 47 watts.

The LIFX application is quite easy to use, but there are some peculiarities that need to iron. He frequently managed to overwrite scenes when I didn’t want to and the sliding control for brightness is also quite complicated.

But in general, it is good enough and I have to say much less crowded than the tastes of Aqara or the Eufy Life application.

Final thoughts

With a price of $ 99.97, the LIFX supercolor ceiling light is surprisingly affordable given its set of features and, if it does not mind giving up those five inches, it is a great alternative to the AQARA T1M market, nor does it need an additional center Like his Chinese rival.

It has been shown to be a reliable and visually attractive update with almost no installation headaches. If you are looking for an effortless way to add intelligent lighting on the head, the supercolor LIFX roof is an excellent option, and definitely one of my best options for smart ceiling lights.

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Frequent questions

LIFX supercolor roof light: specifications