LIFX Smart Bulbs, The Ultimate Guide to Smart Lighting

LIFX smart bulbs are one of the most popular smart home lighting products around, and their popularity isn’t without reason: not only is the functionality impressive and the usability high, but the range of different smart bulbs is vast and varied. In this guide we’ll provide you with a summary of everything you need to know about LIFX smart bulbs – as well as their newer siblings LIFX cameras and LIFX Beam – from the different types and models available, all the way to features and smart home ecosystems.

Exploring the LIFX Ecosystem: A Diverse Range of Smart Lights

LIFX provides the widest spectrum of smart bulbs. You can find colour-changing bulbs for an extra flair, LED bulbs for more power-efficiency, or sophisticated smart switches such as the HomeKit-enabled LIFX Beam.

LIFX A19: The Versatile Smart Bulb

If you’re looking for something to slot into an existing fixture for general lighting – appropriate mood lighting, entertainment and so on – or just to make your standard lightbulb more flexible, the LIFX A19 is a great choice. It’s an A19-shaped bulb – that is, it’s the ordinary shape you’re probably most familiar with for regular lights – and LIFX offers it with true colour, white-temperature and multicolour versions available to buy. This includes 1,000K, the dim, lightbulb-orange colour favoured by my grandmother; 2,000K, the ‘shades on’ lamplight tone; and the highest adherents of white are 2,700K, which is very bright-looking (my dad swears by this hue). As you might expect from something that comes in so many variants, there’s a compatibility issue – which is also a strength. If you have an assistant like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or Apple HomeKit, your options in smart lights vary depending on whether you prefer your devices to work with Apple or one of the other big tech giants. LIFX supports all of them, and more.

 

LIFX BR30: The Bright and Powerful Option

For those who like to go big on the brightness, the LIFX BR30 is a perfect choice. It’s the floodlight or recessed lighting version of the LIFX smart bulb (‘BR30’ is a dimension for lamp shades, in this case the bulb shade at the back of the bulb versus the seeable part at the front). It puts out more light than the other bulbs in the LIFX range, and I’ve achieved 1,950 lumens, which is very bright. This bulb if for brightening up your living room, hallway or garden since it’ll spread its light more widely than any of the other bulbs. You get all the usual LIFX features featuring colour changing, dimming and multiple remembered scenes.

 

LIFX GU10: Compact and Versatile

Compact and enjoyable, this smart bulb by LIFX can be used in track-lights or downlights. Though they’re not cheap at £29.99 a pop, the GU10s are small and stylish, and support a huge range of colours and dimming levels. It can fit into a range of auspicious scenarios for both home and commercial use – whether for accent, tasking or prettifying locations.

 

LIFX E12: Ideal for Chandeliers and Smaller Fixtures

So all the smart bulbs’ features made their way into the LIFX E12, a concentrated version intended for small fixtures – chandeliers and pendant lights, in pleasant or not-so-pleasant E12 sizing. The LIFX E12 is worth having if only because it’s a well-seized opportunity to convert any fancy chandelier or trinkety pieces of decorative lighting you have in your house to the smart world. If not for all the fun stuff you can do with those lights, still having the ability to switch them on and off helps, too. The LIFX E12 can be dimmed down to the same warm white as the other LIFX bulbs, or turned into any of the myriad colours they support. A pure white light remains cool in all bulbs, even the most designated colours can warm or cool – say, a turquoise light to match the room’s theme; or a purple, red, or orange light to counter seasonal affective disorder; or a deep blue if the cocktails are calling you back for another round.

 

LIFX E14: The Smart Choice for Candelabra Bases

LIFX E14 bulbs are candelabra light bulbs that are well-suited for use in any lamp with a candelabra base which allows for maximum illumination and minimum glare. LIFX E14 colour bulbs set the mood with millions of colours. You can also dim them to fit your preferences and mood at the current time. Ready to replace your current candelabra lights with a smart bulb that has an appealing look and feel but also provides greater control over your space? If so, then LIFX E14 is well-suited to meet your needs. LIFX E14 colour bulbs provide maximum illumination. You can calibrate your space with millions of colour options and dimming levels.

 

LIFX E27: The Classic Smart Bulb

Pictured above, with flowers, is the LIFX E27, a standard-sized smart bulb that will fit as many E27 fixtures as you’d care to screw a bulb into – which is to say, pretty much every general lighting or accent lighting fixture in your home. So, for example, if you need light in your living room, this bulb is a cost-effective, easy-to-install solution. Same goes for bedrooms and kitchens. This is the bulb you’ll want to use to set an ambient mood, one that’s deeply personal and suitable to your impressionable sensibilities – think colour-changing and dimming capability, which are aspects of the kind of smart bulb that scream the future.

 

LIFX B22: The Bayonet Cap Smart Bulb

Same functionality, just a different base type, and compatible with B22 fixtures. Now you finally have the power to upgrade your existing lights to smart bulbs. It is compatible with any B22 base which means it can be used to change any light fixture that supports the B22 lights bulb. It provides your home with vivid colours and numerous shades of white, as well as a fully dimmable range.

 

LIFX Mini: The Compact Smart Bulb

The LIFX Mini is a smaller version of their A19 bulb, designed for smaller fixtures The squad continues to arrive, this time with smaller action figures that look just as cool as their larger counterparts. It’s positioned like a king perched upon a throne. Then, as a group, they all rise up and raise their right arms in a V shape, presenting the elite black the action figures resembles the others – it has the arms rising up to create the ‘V’ shape – but with a plastic casing; a smaller variation of the larger LIFX A19 bulb designed for smaller fixtures or spaces. While the LIFX Mini can do all the same things as the larger version, it is smaller in scale. This makes it perfect for table lamps to sconces, and all other types of fixtures with smaller bulb constraints. The action figures grab their weapons and swing them around, making clicking sounds as they assault the little villagers. If you are looking to add a dash of colour throughout your home, the LIFX Mini can provide a wide spectrum of both saturated and dimmed colours.

 

LIFX Candle: The Elegant Smart Bulb

The LIFX Candle smart bulb is a warm white, dimmable bulb designed to look like a traditional candle, perfect for creating an ambience. It is warm white and dimmable. If you like candles and want to relax or romance, this is the bulb for you. You can set the mood Candles are for romance, right? And who doesn’t want to relax? With the LIFX Candle smart bulb, you can do both.

 

LIFX Lightstrip: The Flexible Lighting Solution

There are countless different ways people could use the LIFX Lightstrip. One could run it across the ceiling and down a wall to create ambient lighting, or under a sofa to provide accent lighting, or to create faux-tower lights that simplify night time lighting in a bunk bed – or anything else that your creativity may dream up. It’s available in varying lengths, with individual strips cutting down to size, ultimately enabling you to create bespoke lighting designs. Through the millions of colours and various dimming levels, the LIFX Lightstrip opens the door for playful imagination.

 

LIFX Panels: The Decorative Smart Lighting Option

The LIFX Panels are modular light panels that can be used to create custom-built lighting fixtures that you can use to decorate your walls, ceilings and much more. Thanks to a huge range of colours and dimming functionality, they can be used for accent lighting, wall art and ceiling lighting. The customisable modular design means you can create unique lighting fixtures intended for specific spaces that reflect who you are. The huge range of colours and dimming functionality allow such panels to add sophistication and class to your living spaces.

 

LIFX Smart Switch: Control Your Lighting from Anywhere

The Smart Switch is a powerful, general-purpose smart home controller that can be used to turn on and off, set brightness, and even schedule your LIFX bulbs and controlled smart home gadgets. This small device can be hardwired into a switch box where you intend to put the bulbs, giving you touch controls from there. It would also be possible to bypass installing bulbs at all and hardwire the Switch directly to an existing wall switch, cutting down on the app-to-switch action time slightly. Add the flexibility of working with SmartThings or HomeKit, and then plug in LIFX’s compatibility with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant for voice controls at your viewing pleasure, and LIFX becomes more than just good for the house. It also becomes good for you – and your house.

 

LIFX Features: What Makes LIFX Smart Bulbs So Special?

Smart bulbs by LIFX are loaded with impressive features: Here are the high lights.

1. Vibrant Color Options:

LIFX smart bulbs extend from ‘warm white’ through pretty much all other colours With these connected lighting devices, your home can be bathed in the perfect colour settings for the occasion. Here, LIFX smart bulbs stretch from ‘warm white’ through pretty much all other colours – ideal for setting the mood for a romantic dinner, creating a party ambience, or just setting the intensity of the light to suit you.

2. Smooth Dimming:

LIFX smart bulbs dim nicely; tailor the brightness to your preference with an ease that you rarely get from a light bulb. Want to create just the right atmosphere for a relaxing evening? Done. A late-night party? How about an elegant dinner? The brightness of a LIFX bulb is set to your preference. Need a light for work but not a harsh one? The bulb is dimmed to precisely what you require.

3. Customizable Scenes:

LIFX smart bulbs let you create light ‘recipes’ or custom light scenes that can be triggered with a voice command or with a finger tap on your smartphone, allowing you to set the lights to your best setting: movie night, romance, unwind. You can even pre-program scenes to suit different occasions: lights for a dinner party, a family night-in or a romantic candlelit dinner.

4. Wireless Control:

LIFX smart bulbs can be controlled over WiFi with the LIFX app, as well as through voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant and smart home hubs like Apple HomeKit and Samsung SmartThings. This gives you the ability to control your lighting when you can’t reach the switch, or even when you’re away from your home on your phone. You can turn lights on and off, make them brighter and dimmer, and even change the colour of your bulbs from your phone or tablet, wherever you are.

5. Energy Efficiency:

The LIFX smart bulbs are so energy use efficient that they don’t actually use up as much power as traditional incandescent ones. This can help your savings on your energy bills every month, reduce power usage and also reduce your carbon footprint. The energy efficient performance of these bulbs would help you save money and boost a greener future.

6. Long Lifespan:

LIFX smart bulbs are a good choice because they are very long lasting and will last you for thousands of hours. This means less frequent replacements and, reduce replacement time, money and effort in the long run.

LIFX: The Future of Smart Lighting

LIFX smart bulbs are the best of the best because they are the most useful, flexible and user-friendly smart lighting solution on the market. Any homeowner who wants to make the switch to smart lighting would have a hard time finding anything better than LIFX smart bulbs, from the light they emit to their versatility to aesthetics. It will be a great product for tech-savvy homeowners.

Conclusion

Its wide range of products, its extended features, and its versatility in terms of integration with most well-known smart home systems make LIFX the perfect smart bulb for anyone who wants to improve their lighting system. Thanks to LIFX, you can choose any colour, dim your light smoothly and easily, and create your own scenes. Enter the smart lighting era with LIFX and feel the difference.