Topics lock after some time, so that isnt a suprise.

The product is just less interesting now that there are so many ESP8266 lamps available which do what those limitless ones should have done from the start. At least to me that is. Still would like a convinent remote for the lights, but being able to say alexa lights on trumps over a cheezy remote with a non responsive capacitive touch keypad any day.

richms:

 

Topics lock after some time, so that isnt a suprise.

 

The product is just less interesting now that there are so many ESP8266 lamps available which do what those limitless ones should have done from the start. At least to me that is. Still would like a convinent remote for the lights, but being able to say alexa lights on trumps over a cheezy remote with a non responsive capacitive touch keypad any day.

 

Thanks for the infor, was wondering why their website is down. If you don't mind what product are you using.

cheers

First ones I got had no brand, next lot that looked identical were called arilux. Then some later ones that looked the same, hardware is the same but need a different app which is perpetually broken.

The plan is to eventually reflash them all with something other than their stock firmware, but they all have alexa and google home integration, but that has limitation on not being able to set a group to a colour and other dumb things.

If RGB is important to you, dont get the sonoff lamps - they are really weak in the colours.

richms:

 

Topics lock after some time, so that isnt a suprise.

 

The product is just less interesting now that there are so many ESP8266 lamps available which do what those limitless ones should have done from the start. At least to me that is. Still would like a convinent remote for the lights, but being able to say alexa lights on trumps over a cheezy remote with a non responsive capacitive touch keypad any day.

 

So ah, there was a limit then?

Well if you still want them, jump on aliex and look for milight - or even most of the mislabled wifi leds are actually milights. They have some newer ones now that look like you will be able to drive more than 4 lots from a single gateway and looks to be some movable tracklights in the system etc, but no native alexa or home support puts them at a huge disadvantage over all the direct wifi based ones that have alexa skills.

• Buy the right lights from aliexpress at about US$7-10 https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/High-Standard-Colorful-Smartphone-Remote-Control_60739093989.html or at approx NZ$19 each, eg Bangood
• Flash them with https://github.com/stelgenhof/AiLight
• Connect to any mqtt compatible home automation system, eg home assistant.
• For convenient control, stick an old tablet on the wall.

That's it.

Only issue with the aliexpress ones is if youare a fan of warm white lighting, most do not have it, they have some 5000kish LEDs and the RGB in them. One that I got which I cant recall what listing has warm and cool white, but pathetic RGB output. Not as bad as the sonoff led bulb for lousy output tho.

The fake temperature with adding in RGB to the cool white looks aweful. Best I get is a pinky peach colour out of mine for "warm"

richms:

Only issue with the aliexpress ones is if youare a fan of warm white lighting, most do not have it,

I think was talking about warm vs cool lighting, not warm as in temperature...

freitasm:

I think was talking about warm vs cool lighting, not warm as in temperature...

neb:

richms:

 

Only issue with the aliexpress ones is if youare a fan of warm white lighting, most do not have it,

 

Given that the heatsinking on these Chinese specials typically ranges from nonexistent to totally inadequate, insufficient warmth isn't usually something you need to worry about. I initially tried a bunch of different LED MR16's, all of which failed in under a year. That's a 100% failure rate. I'm now running rather more expensive, locally-sourced recessed lights with massive heatsinks on top, none of which have failed, and they've got a perfect daylight spectrum (checked with a spectrometer, I was amazed).

The cooling on these seems fine. I was more meaning the obsession some people have of trying to replicate the crusty orange glow of technically obsolete lighting technologies.

richms:

Well if you still want them, jump on aliex and look for milight - or even most of the mislabled wifi leds are actually milights. They have some newer ones now that look like you will be able to drive more than 4 lots from a single gateway and looks to be some movable tracklights in the system etc, but no native alexa or home support puts them at a huge disadvantage over all the direct wifi based ones that have alexa skills.