Find the right lighting hue for any setting with this LIFX Z Experience LED light strip. Wi-Fi and cloud access make it easy to control your lights from anywhere, and 16 million colors provide versatile illumination options. With simple instructions and no hub required, this LIFX Z Experience LED light strip is easy to set up at home or work.
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I own several LIFX bulbs and I'm a big fan of the flexibility and lack of a bridge. When I heard these announced, I couldn't wait for the possibilities. My main intent was to mount them to the back of my 4K television and create an ambient lighting effect in the room.
Installation: The back is coated with 3M adhesive 9080A...it cannot stick to even an immaculately cleaned television. I have tried everything short of drilling the strips into place. I still am unsure of a final solution to the problem.
Pro: Beautifully bright, vivid colors that are made easy via LIFX app. Even at 50% brightness, it lights the room up more than enough to create an effect and not stub your toe.
Con #1: The colors seem to shift over 20+ minutes unexpectedly. If you refer to the photo, I didn't change any settings but 30 minutes later the lights were all blue...perhaps this is a software thing.
Con #2: Does not integrate with Huey app to listen / watch television and adjust colors accordingly. If they did that, it would be a killer combo.
Con #3: Perhaps they're named LIFX Z because they can only be shaped along the Z-axis. If you want to run these in a square or track pattern around the back of your tv, I wish you the best of luck. With a little bit of foresight by LIFX, they could have profited and helped consumers by the marketing of an elbow connector.
Summary: I won't be returning these because they're just so dang fun and look great. I'll have to come up with a more creative and permanent mounting solution than using the premounted 3M adhesive. I think that there's even more potential if LIFX will market an elbow connector, release a software patch and find a way to sync the lights with what's on TV!
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Do these require you to subscribe to service like on the nest thermostat to use the service or does it just operate off the App.
They can be set up out of the box with just a WiFi connection, but if you're really looking to amp up your smart home and integrate with IFTTT, you'll need an account.