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Rating: | (2.5 out of 5 stars) |
Reviews: | 21 Amazon Reviews |
Product Name: | LIFX Tile Modular Light, Tile Light, Color Changing, Dimmable, No Hub Required, App and Voice Control, Works with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Assistant and Microsoft Cortana - 5 Pack |
Product Description: | LIFX tile kit is a Wi-Fi enabled modular light surface with millions of beautiful colors and images that can be painted on the surface - no hub required. |
Model Number: | L3TILEKITUS |
Product SKU: | B072Y6LKWF |
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They are similar to Nanoleaf smart lights which are more commonly known I would say. I have a few sets of nanoleaf's panels but I wanted to give LIFX Tiles a try - they were just always too expensive IMO.
Here is a short video from CNET that shows the basic idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7XIQKx
That video review was not very encouraging re software issues
That video review was not very encouraging re software issues
That video review was not very encouraging re software issues
For anyone who has been looking for them, I figured close to half price is a good deal. I have been watching them for about a year and I believe the cheapest I had seen prior was $179 on a sale + google express coupon stacked.
That said, the competing Nanoleaf triangle tiles are a 9-tile set that go on sale almost monthly for $160-180 range. Those are arguably better value for the price. I personally wouldn't buy these until they drop under $100.
Also for those who wants to compare, these are multi color in a single panel while nanoleaf only can display 1 color per panel. Someone actually created running pacman animation off the lifx panels. The only problem i see the most on is the lag time, and seems like the app isn't great for these guys.
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So I just got back home to set mine up and honestly it is pretty straight forward. I think the main issue people might be having is, the tiles require a 2.4ghz internet connection and a lot of people automatically connect their phone to 5ghz because it is faster when you are close enough.
If you don't want to separate your WiFi bands, then I just walked farther across my house to trigger my phone to switch over to 2.4ghz and then the tiles connected perfectly. Also, that is only for the initial setup - once they are setup they seem to be working because they are now tied to the router. It is just during setup, these use your phone via the app to connect to your home WiFi connection.
I will add that I set mine up on a iOS device, so I can't say how the process goes on android since I haven't tested it.