LIFX Lightstrip Color Zones, Wi-Fi Smart LED Light Strip, Full Color with Polychrome Technology™, No Bridge Required, Works with Alexa, Hey Google, HomeKit and Siri, 40" Kit

UPDATE:Last week (10/30/2022) there was a firmware update for the LIFX Lightstrip. I am happy to say that after installing this update, and several days of use, the lightstrip is working flawlessly. It is remaining fully connected at all times. It is responsive not just in the app, but also through HomeKit and Alexa. As this is working superbly, I have changed my rating from 2 stars to 5.I recently got this light strip to use as bias lighting in my home office. Set up was easy, and they connected well with both HomeKit and Alexa. After a couple of days, they stopped staying connected to my wifi. They are in the same room as the router. In order to use the lights, I need to reset them to reconnect them every single time I want to turn them on or off. I was very disappointed considering the price point and the quality of the strip itself. The lights are bright, and the colors are vibrant. Since I have this installed already, I may get a smart plug just to turn it on and off since the plug is in an odd place. Overall, mostly disappointed with what could be a great device.

These lights are great. If you use any variation of white lights Helios himself is gracing your retina with radiant light. They have a multitude of colors to chose from and you can dim the lights within a pretty large margin. The parts that stick to walls are VERY VERY STRONG tore the paint and ripped a portion of the drywall paper off when I remove it. Be cautious when doing so. Anyway I’m off to Home Depot. Lights are great this is my third set. Used them for 3 years. Repainted 3 walls lmao.

Installation of the led strip to the wall and connecting it to Apple HomeKit was so easy! Works with Siri and HomeKit automations.HomeKit will turn it on and allow you to change the lights color temperature, but if you want to use LIFX’s color themes and FX, you have to use their app. The light FX are pretty amusing!

I was looking for an alternative to the expensive Hue gradient light strip and this seemed like the best option. The quality of the lights is good, and when they work properly they are excellent. The problem is that they regularly don't work. There are two problems:1- The app. Compared to the hue app, it sucks. It's difficult to navigate and understand the flow between scenes, effects, themes, etc.2 - Connectivity is a constant issue. This lightstrip is positioned about 10 feet from my high end wireless router. Yet the device regularly (>50% of the time) loses connectivity or "goes dark" as LIFX likes to call it. This means that any routines you have setup via Alexa or homekit will not run properly because the lights can't be reached. I should be able to connect to the lights 100% of the time unless there is a glaring issue in my setup. I'm fairly technologically capable, and have the lights setup correctly on a 2.4ghz network, however the connectivity issues are constant.I would return these lights but I'm unfortunately past the return deadline. I wouldn't buy them again and wouldn't recommend them to friends. Very disappointed as this seemed like a great alternative to the Hue gradient strip. Next time I'll just pony up the extra cash so that I can get lights that will actually connect to the network as intended.

Device starting working correctly. I am guessing due to a firmware update. Now I am very happy with it.===== Original, no longer valid =====The device frequently "crashes" and must be power cycled, sometimes several times a day. This is very inconvenient.This is despite having disabled WMM and having set up a 2.4GHz-only SSID, as recommended in forums for connectivity issues. (This did eliminate issues with regular LiFX bulbs, but the strip continues to behave differently.)I have some fifteen LiFX devices, but this strip, while beautiful, is simply too problematic.

Update 11/7/22An update to my original review taking off a star for poor connectivity. A recent firmware update released for my strips 2.9 (for older chipsets)/3.9 with patch notes specifically reporting improved connectivity seem to be working. Where it normal for the lights to drop the connection daily and require a reset, they have not disconnected once since the update. Be warned though, a small percentage of people reported the update bricking their lights. However, I have updated 4 so far with no issues.Like others have stated, the lights are very bright and gorgeous.... when they work. The strips suffer from an unusual amount of disconnections which can be resolved by unplugging them and plugging them back in. But quite annoying for something this price when I never suffered this with cheaper brands.

Let me start by saying I have been using LIFX for small while now, and I love the company. Every light that I own in my apartment is from LIFX and they all function very great. This particular light I had installed around my desk for a streaming set up, and it looks better than I can describe. There are so many color zones to choose from and so many effects to put them on one of my particular strips went bad about a month ago and I said the warranty claim in and it took about two weeks for them to replace it no problem and now everything works perfectly, I fix particularly is a brand that gives you very vibrant colors and most brands can’t even compete with the brightness. If you get this desk strip, I can assure you, you will be satisfied

The description of this product says it supports the Apple Adaptive Lighting feature in HomeKit, but it does not. It’s otherwise a fine product but that part of the description is inaccurate and misleading.

Lifx Light Bulb, Switch and Light Strips are a game changing, my home look more beautiful with such Modern feel to it. If you haven’t purchased any of there products then your home is Missing out on the Buzz. It’s a Conversation any time I have guest over.

Really really good lights

The light pretty much never works. Have to hardware reset it every single time I want to use it. App is confusing

Lights work well. We put it behind our bed, but haven’t tried to stick them to fabric. We’re trying to sort out another hack there for stick. App is not sure intuitive, but you can do some cool things! We made a sunrise and it helps 100000% with waking up in dark winter mornings. I like!

Received an opened box unit. Light did not work. Adhesive been used already