Bought 3 of the LIFX Color 1000. These are E27 Edison screw type LED bulbs.
It uses 11 watt at full brightness and puts out 1055 lumens or equivalent to a normal incandescent 75 watt bulb.
Now it does uses a bit of power during standby at about ~0.7W
Their website says it is capable of producing 16 million colors and 1000 shades of white ranging from 2,500K to 9,000K.
Two years warranty
Normal price is $59.99 but there is a $20 discount now so each bulb is $39.99
If anyone wants a $5 Discount Code, let me know. I got one.
Postage is a flat rate of $20 for one or many bulbs.

LIFX is an Australian company but the bulbs are made in China (like everything else)
My bulbs were shipped from their depot in HK using DHL. They also use HK Post but you don't have a choice of which method during ordering.

DHL called me say kena tax. Kastam wanted 20% + 6% and DHL fee is RM50
I told DHL is just LED light bulbs and only 3 pieces and for personal home use. They then manage to convinced Kastam. In the end I kena only 5% + 6% + Rm50. I had to come out with another RM120 to clear it.
Don't understand how Taobao buyers dont kena tax for their LED lights.


This is the box that it came in. It has padded foam protection all round. It has no instructions inside the box whatsoever. Infact not a single piece of paper inside. Nothing to read.



The size compare to my 9.5w Philips LED Bulb which btw is also a 70w equivalent bulb. Almost the same size but the LIFX is much heavier due to extra electronics inside.

This post has been edited by idoblu: Oct 19 2016, 07:59 AM

Installation is very simple. Screw in the bulb. Download the LIFX app. Connect the bulbs to your smart device (phone or tablet) and it will then connect to your home WIFI network. Yes the bulbs needs Wifi so you can control it. Your phone/tablet must be connected to the Internet also but it need not be on the same Wifi network as your bulbs. You can be on 3g/4g and it will still work so that means you can check or control your bulbs even when you are somewhere else.
Please note that during initial setup, your smart device needs to be on the same Wifi network.

COLOR WHEEL


WHITE WHEEL


Ok the app. Here is the color wheel and white wheel. You can control Color, intensity (dimming), Color temperature for Whites, On/Off. You can control bulbs either in groups or individual.

THEMES


There also preset themes incase you dunno what to choose.

OFF


ON


Difference between On and Off.
You can tell the status of your lights whether they are On or Off, Brightness and what Color they were in.

SCHEDULES


Last but not least, this is the most important feature. The Schedule Settings. Or timer setting.
You can set your lights (whether in groups or individual) when to turn On or Off. You can select time and day.
You can also select at what Color, Brightness or Scene when they turn On
And also if you want the lights to Fade In/Fade Out during On/Off
Multiple schedules can run concurrently

If I'm not mistaken, all these settings are located at LIFX's Cloud server.

I only received them yesterday. So far they work ok but I'm worried that they will drop offline either because it lost connection to the Wifi router or some network problem. The 16 million colors seems like a gimmick. I think first few days you might play around with it but later you will set it back to the normal White color light.

You can also buy just White bulbs from LIFX. They are cheaper but it produces less lumens. They also have Color light strips which is new. I hope they will come out with bulbs for E14 base. I have three E27 table lamps, the rest are using E14 bulbs.

Oh one more thing. There are other ways to control your LIFX bulbs and not just by using their app. You can tell Alexa to turn On/Off, change , etc if you have Amazon Echo. You can also use IFTTT but I havent tried. Hopefully Apple's Home will be included soon then you can ask SIRI to do stuff to your lights

This post has been edited by idoblu: Oct 18 2016, 09:27 AM

Nice boss.

I don't understand much the wifi connection.

Is the bulb always see in the wifi router? The phone apps will auto search the bulb when open? Don't need to manually set in the setting right?

If lost connection, will the bulb function by itself? Those that you already prg in. If I switch off the main, will it keep the memory?

Yes if you open your router and look at all the wireless devices, you will find the LIFX bulbs in there
During the installation process, you press the + button to Connect Light
You then go to your smartphone wifi list and select the bulb. It will appear in your smartphone wifi list.
Once you select it, your bulb will connect to your wifi network. You select the wifi name and enter the password

Thats it. Oh you also need to register an account at LIFX
If the bulb lost connection, say because your router is turned off or rosak, you just off and on back the light bulb and it should light up. But you cant control it as it is not connected.

Just now my 3 lights supposed to turn on at 8pm, and one of them did not turn on
no idea why

There are other similar wifi bulbs like Philips Hue, Xiaomi Yee Lights, etc
Yeelight is about RM70 each only but the lumens is only 600+

So far LIFX has the highest lumens

Understand boss.

I will observe longer to see the quality. How long can it last.

Since it need to be keep ON 7/11, I m worry about the lightning and how easy it blow out.

When you turn it on manually, it remembers it's last setting so if it was red light before it was turned off it will be red light when you turn it on manually

I cant find any info on how many hours lifespan, all i got is this -


it says if you use 3 hours a day, it will last 22.8 years

This post has been edited by idoblu: Oct 19 2016, 07:54 AM

That wan theory lifespan. Most of the time is the electronic fried.

Unstable voltage cause it. Specially if you run it like 7/11. Very much depend the electronic design to put in the safety.

So need time to observe how Long it can run.

got two years warranty boss
ya if lightning strike, nothing can help

I kena fried many thing by lightning.

Just because run it 7/11. Even with surge protector, some how it still can find the way to kill it.

install lightning arrestor rod at the roof

You better install 1. But the lightning is very tricky. It somehow will find the way to kill the thing.

My latest thing kena fried is the NAS. Already have surge protector. But the lightning surge is from the network cable. The server still running. But can't communicate with it. And the only way can communicate with it is through the network. Render it useless. Cost me RM7k to replace it.

All this electronic thing that you intend to run 7/11, safety have to be enough. At least minimum the damage.

1 thing I don't understand is, electrical appliance like fridge, aircon also ON like 7/11. But no problem.

Guess electronic thing are more fragile.

why 9-11am?

I believe many do have kena fried the electric appliance.

But for my case it a bit strange.

The aircon have been ON 7/11 for 19yrs, never fried before. It only have main MCB to ON/OFF.

The fridge as you know run 7/11. Same never fried before.

But the thing that always fried is the PC thing. Like modem, router, NAS etc.

1 thing that have to takecare is the voltage range. Most of the time, TNB voltage in the high side. It is like 240-250+V. Never been lower than that. So some electrical/electronic voltage range at 220V (china thing) I will be very carefull to buy.

Another thing is the switching spark. My switch socket constantly require to change when there is some abnormal during ON/OFF. It can be detect by some phenomenon from the electrical.

Sorry. I mean in 19yrs I have use 2 aircon total. Being the latest is Inverter. But already in 8yrs. The changing is not related to lightning. I don't think the inverter have less electronic inside it.

It is mostly related to the electronic design. How you understand the local electric pattern and design according to it. How much safety component you design on it. Save cost, and you fried.

depends on the design of the electronics inside as well.
like my t8 electronic starter.
1 by 1 my t8 lights fail. open up to check it's actually the resistor inside that failed.
they could have used a higher wattage resistor to prevent that but they cut cost and that part failed.
the other commonly fail part is capacitors.
use cheap ones and soon it'll bulge and probably blow it's cap.

good review

I'd been using the xiaomi yeelight ( single color ) for the past 1 year, so far so good. using it with Mi Home app, which is clean and easy interface to use. set it up in less than 3 minutes....super easy installation.

here's some of my unopen yeelight...bought a total of 20pcs of these because the price is ridiculously cheap ( RM31 each ) with discount/coupon from lazada & 11street back then...



i guess the rcp of this should be around RM50 each which is still very affordable for a 'smart' led bulb.

This is the first time I encounter someone who don't use the fridge 24/7

ozak

After a month of using, I find the LIFX bulbs quite okay. The only problem I encountered is that sometimes the bulb would lose its connection to the Internet.
I am not sure if it is because of weak Wifi due to my bedroom's location or is it because of the bulb itself. The Wifi signal in my bedroom is not that strong but its stable and I can even stream.
I have 3 LIFX bulbs, but only 1 of the bulbs seems to lose its connection more than others. So I moved the bulb to another lamp and the problem seems to follow the bulb which indicates to me, its that particular bulb problem. However my finding is still inconclusive.
Once it gets disconnected, you can either turn it off and back on manually using the lamp's switch or wait for it to reconnect back on its own.

But so far I am happy with the results. They just released a 3rd generation color bulbs which is a bit brighter that my 2nd gen ones (i didnt know they were coming out with a new gen, if not I sure wait)

1 month only wor. So fast got confident already?

I think you better write in and claim that pcs. Before degrade further.

This guy install his house with all the Philip hue light.

Maybe can pickup some idea and what else can do on such wifi light.

I only got 3 table lamps that uses E27 bulbs
I am also using 10 E14 bulbs but unfortunately LIFX do not have E14 bulbs yet
The majority of my lights are using MR16 type LEDs - i got 62 MR16

Im waiting for E14 LIFX bulbs

If you don't mind..

Can you send one of your lightning fried electronic to me? I can pay for the postage..

I'm curious as to what component is actually damaged..

We can communicate via PM for the payment and address..

Other like modem, router, fan already long throw away.

Left the NAS. The network side already fried. But the whole unit running find.

If you can repair, take it. Or take it anyway.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/03/hackers...s-with-a-drone/

Come buy some and join me. Dun worry la 😅
You want to wait until I use for two years only buy meh....?

You want to hack my light huh. 😜

I still don't no what to use with such light.

Suggest me. I want save bill.

My main use is timer. Set certain time to turn on and off
The occasional change of color. Sometimes dim the lights. My needs are simple
Can use mechanical timer but no so elegant 😜

Already have a mechanical timer for car porch. the timer hide ontop the ceiling. Other light not require.

For change color, don't no which area want to change color. Hall have the cabinet light. ( haven't complete). Maybe for room?

Other area pretty basic ON/OFF. Do I need to change to use the phone to ON/OFF ?

What else?

Got referred to this thread by bro @ozak

Initial setting you need to turn on your house internet to setup with bulb, after lets say setup your brightness and timer on and off, will the setting stay on forever even if i off my house internet?

Or I actually have to ON my house internet 24/7?

your home Internet needs to be on in order for you to control the lights
they can still turn on or off by using your lamp's on/off switch (the light will be in the same state as they were when they were last turned on - meaning if it was on in Red color, you will get Red)

Setting is set in the cloud - you need to register a username at FLIX. You wont lose the setting as long as its on the Cloud

btw those that needs only White/Yellow light like ordinary bulbs, LIFX have them and they are much cheaper to buy.

the colored ones are now 3rd Generation. I bought the 2nd Gen

Sorry bro.. To explain my current exact needs.

Let's say now I bought the bulb, open my house internet to set timer to auto ON the light at 7pm and off at 7am.. After set already, i turn off my house internet.. Will the bulb automatically ON and OFF everyday 7pm to 7am? Or do i need to turn on my internet each time in order for this setting to run daily?

your internet basically needs to be running 24 x 7
if not the lights wont come on or turn off as scheduled
the settings are in the Cloud, hence you will need Internet to run the lights

Thks for sharing and good stuff. Home automation have come a long long way... This means a port fowarding rule is needed at the router for FLIX to process the commands to communicate with the wifi enabled lighting? Supposing each one communicates at port nnnn, then a port forwarding rule is needed. Before that even, I suppose the router needs to be on dynamic DNS if not already done if by needing to be in order entails this part?

This post has been edited by halcyon27: Dec 8 2016, 12:38 PM

i dunnolol....i didnt set any port forwarding or any other setting
all i did was screw in the bulbs, download the app, wait for the bulbs to update some firmware and after that they just jalan
oh one more thing - register an account with LIFX

This post has been edited by idoblu: Dec 8 2016, 12:38 PM

Oh then good. That means the app on your phone is communicating with the bulbs and storing their setting somewhere up in FLIX. If no port forwarding stuff means FLIX only store the settings. There's no push communication between FLIX and the bulb but the bulb may be pulling the stuff from FLIX e.g. Firmware and settings. You schedule from anywhere but the bulb checks FLIX for it's settings. So it's somewhat asynchronous operation..cool!

A light that requires an internet connection, a wireless signal and port forward rules/DNS to setup in your router ?

wow..

That is cons point I guess.

Smart things means more tedious work only actually 😅

how much is this light as compared to a conventional light switch with photocell control?

Please read post no.1

This post has been edited by idoblu: Dec 8 2016, 01:54 PM

If fixture easy to modify, convert the base from E14 to E27. The only use case for E14 off hand that I recall is tiny wall pendant lighting fixture and candelabras apart from those kitchen hood, oven, salt lamp and fridge bulbs. Try Megaman in BV 2 (Amazon lighting 3rd floor). They do have a variety of LED replacements unless you're looking at multi spectral mood inducing types.

can convert but the bulb will be too big for my little lamps
just as you indicated they are use mainly for small lamps and pendant chandeliers

doesnt matter, just a matter of time, they will have E14. Im not in a hurry to spend more money anyway

Agree. Candelabra bulbs have come a long way....now dimmable and mood alterable.

ozak remember I was saying one of the bulbs always disconnecting?
LIFX will ganti rugi one for me. They just emailed me saying they will send a replacement in the next two days so we shall see...

Send back the spoil 1?

no need wor
dunno they can remotely kill it or not....

Probably they already know this is common problem for their product.

Good for you la.

My friend also have same experience. Different product. They send the wrong item. Complain. Send another correct wan. But ask him to keep that wrong wan. Not cheap also.

is lifx much cheaper than hue?
lifx no need bridge to connect right?

Dunno cheaper or not...you ownself compare prices la
But I think brighter and color more true
No need bridge

My replacement bulb arrived today
Haven't test yet

brighter ar? u ada try the LED strips mah?
wonder wats the setup or should i stick to hue

nope, only bought the E27 bulbs. The light strip just came out. Mahal lo
my bulbs also 2nd gen. After I bought, they came out with 3rd Gen ....knn

hahahah

i need another led light strip, kitchen area too dark

i still got one extra E27, not utilized

Hue also got light strip right?

yes, it comes in 2m, with extensions in 1m
the strip is connected to a box, then to the main plug

same like LIFX Z
anyway i calculated I need 9m just to do up a small area for my entrance. Just too expensive
Rm1300 ++ not including postage and taxes

hmm, 9 metres i can get it done for 402 sgd and no need taxes, if u use philips hue
its about the same price, but short of the bridge

u still got my number right? if you want i can smuggle it for u n ship to u

led strips 2m is 129 , ext 1m is 39
just the bridge only, i dunno whats the price
but the gen 2 starter kit is 249

Bro S$402 is Rm1256 = no difference from LIFX and no need hub. I already got LIFX, I don't want too many apps to control different things

Good thing is Hue is Apple Home kit compatible

No longer have your number

This post has been edited by idoblu: Jan 14 2017, 11:16 AM

Are there wifi control switches that can be hidden behind wall switches like those from Fibaro but not needing a controller hub?

I asked Sonoff but their reply is a bit strange

try Google knocki
can hide also

Similar to Flic Button

not bad, u buy n try yet?
alexa dont really understand my laoya england hahahah

no its kinda expensive. I dun mind buying one just to try though
at amazon, the reviews all negative....lol
And if you are using iOS, the app not as extensive as Android
The app must be awake all the time - dunno drain battery or not

basically one button can only do three task at any one time.

This post has been edited by idoblu: Jan 16 2017, 10:06 AM

see in ebay got anybody sell cheap or not since the review that bad

nobody selling in eBay



This post has been edited by idoblu: Jan 21 2017, 07:47 AM

Ship to SG then bring it back through contacts from there or when you go down.

What brand is this, and from where?

LIFX is from Australia
Bulb I'm sure made in China

Sorry I meant the blind control shown by halcyon27

@idoblu, send me the details of this thing
the only thing i didnt do on my house is remote curtain, let me study on this

u kena 6% gst? thats ok la, better than 20 + 10