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I can only recommend you not to buy LIFX bulbs. I have one and it has been widely unreliable from day one. It does not default to on when you use the light sw
by on_and_off 11y ago
I can only recommend you not to buy LIFX bulbs.
I have one and it has been widely unreliable from day one.
It does not default to on when you use the light switch, so you always have to use the app to interact with it.
Half the time, the app fails to detect it. The rest of the time, it can take random amounts of time for it to respond.
It also likes to randomly light up red in the middle of the night or to flicker very rapidly (absolutely unbearable).
I have just removed it and replaced with a dumb light.
- aktive0 11y agoI have LIFX bulbs and do not experience this issue at all. In fact, if I've turned the bulb off via software, I can flick the physical switch off, then on and the bulb comes on. Their app is amazing and they are constantly adding new features and have a great api to boot.
- timothyb89 11y agoBulb detection used to be a big frustration for me as well, but they've 100% resolved my issues with it in the latest firmware update (now a few months old). I'd previously had issues with detection after power-on since WiFi would take ages to connect, but now its down to a pretty impressive 5-6 seconds from cold start and is far more reliable. Random color changes or flickering sounds like a defective bulb, I'm sure they'd replace it for you if you contacted them.
- on_and_off 11y agomaybe they have corrected it in an ulterior hardware/software revision, I have the Kickstarter version and judging from the comments at that time it was at least a widespread issue. I am not really willing to throw more money their way though.