I quite like this! Almost bought one last time they were posted, but deceided to wait until I moved house. I'm using an NZXT Hue to light behind my desk at the moment, to help reduce eyestrain and it works a treat. A little impractical though as it's meant to go in the DVD drive bay (which I no longer have on my machine)
This one lets you control it via an Android / iOS device though so takes any of the messing around out. 2m is the prefect size for me too, as it just covers both the desks. They should send the EU plug anyway, but just stick a note in to make sure you have no issues (should be fine anyway)
Info Original Xiaomi Yeelight Strip
Your Personal Ambient Lighting
If you have been looking for something to set the mood at your home, whether it be for a party, romantic evening or a pleasant atmosphere, the new Yeelight Smart Light Strip will definitely come in handy. It is basically a flexible strip that can be stick to any corners in your home, illuminating the region with different colors. With WiFi connection, you can choose from 16 million colors and have special control on your smartphone
● Bendable, Adhesive and Cuttable
Just tear down the adhesive tape on the back of the light strip, stick it to anywhere you want, plug the charger and turn on the light
● Plug and Play
Bend, shape, and fix your Yeelight Smart Light Strip to highlight features in your room and create completely new indirect light effects
● One Key Operation
Slightly touch to turn it on or off, long press to change colors. Get the Yeelight Smart Light Strip and enjoy colorful life
● Add Some Music
It comes to make the lights dance in sync with the music. Download Yeelight Smart Light Strip App and start your magical journey
● Wireless Connection
Build your personal wireless lighting system. Yeelight Smart Light Strip can link with a variety of Mi Smart Home devices to get wonderful experience
2 x HML 5M 30W 300 x SMD 3528 RGB LED Strip Light w/ 24 Keys Remote Controller
If you're after something much cheaper, without the extra functions and aren't too fussed about using a phone to control it, you could go for the This Kit - It's £8.81 and you get a fair bit of LED stripping. You'll need a power supply for it though, as this one doesn't come with one. I quite like the idea of these too, dead simple to use. I suppose it depends on your application, really. Anyway, thought it was worth a shout!
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VeedubyaGTi to vithya
16 Jan 173#18
Not with the kids watching :laughing:
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northwales
16 Jan 171#1
or for about £12, get arilux smart wi-fi rgb controller for £6.50 and 5m 5050 rgb strip for about £6. does the same job, maybe not ifttt, but few people use it.
jdelaney78 to northwales
16 Jan 17#20
Few people use it until they use it. It's pretty much the glue between my disparate collection of "smart" home devices.
phat168
16 Jan 171#2
any idea if this works with the Amazon echo?
NeoTrix to phat168
16 Jan 17#5
I don't think so :disappointed: Not seen anything for that, anyway.
Shouldn't be much on a problem, depends how you want it. My strip is along the back of the desk, If you want it on the back of the TV itself it could be tricky to route it, but not impossible. You'd want to make sure the strip was nice and even, so it doesn't look patchy. You can get smaller strip kits so that you can have a couple top and bottom to make that issue go away.
jamesvuong to phat168
16 Jan 171#8
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work directly, but since this works with IFTTT, then you can get it to work with the Amazon Echo since IFTTT thankfully now works with Alexa. You just need to use IFTTT to connect to Yeelights & Alexa, and then create a recipe for example:
If I say "Alexa, trigger yeelights" then yeelights turn on.
rgward to phat168
2 Mar 17#43
Yeelight Skill now availible, so yes now it does.
Loxust
16 Jan 171#3
Kudos to you Sir !!
So far one of the most interesting recent item i've seen on here
got me interested in this
thank you
vithya
16 Jan 17#4
is it easy to do it behind TV?
VeedubyaGTi to vithya
16 Jan 173#18
Not with the kids watching :laughing:
wpj
16 Jan 171#6
Don't bother with the 2 x 5M strip. Threw it away after a couple of weeks. A lot of the diodes did not work, different sized ones, split tape such that the last 2m of one did not work. Basically a load of .......
Scotte
16 Jan 17#7
Might be worth noting that you'll need your own power connector.
NeoTrix to Scotte
16 Jan 17#10
Not so sure regarding that, read this on site.
"Question:
Does it come with European plug ?
Reply:
Hello Mr.
We will send an adaptor according to the order's country of delivery.
Thanks for your inquiry."
Aiadi
16 Jan 171#9
Just to warn people in here that I have recently ordered a couple of items from GearBest. One item was sent and was a different model number (cheaper version) from what was advertised on their website. The next item never turned up and after sending them an enquiry I was told that they do not have it and that they will therefore not be able to send it. They would have kept it all to themselves had it not been for me chasing it up a couple of months down the line. May be a bit of bad luck but two problems in two orders made me question ordering anything from them again.
jaydeeuk1 to Aiadi
16 Jan 17#14
Cue a load of people/paid shills saying "I've ordered hundreds of items from gearbest/banggood and have never had a problem.".
modmouse to Aiadi
18 Jan 171#31
ive used them a lot in the last year no issues here except sometimes the tracking takes days to start working and a faulty plug which they offered a refund for and sent in under three days or reporting the fault.
pannan
16 Jan 17#11
This doesn't react to what's on the screen though does it?
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I quite like this! Almost bought one last time they were posted, but deceided to wait until I moved house. I'm using an NZXT Hue to light behind my desk at the moment, to help reduce eyestrain and it works a treat. A little impractical though as it's meant to go in the DVD drive bay (which I no longer have on my machine)
This one lets you control it via an Android / iOS device though so takes any of the messing around out. 2m is the prefect size for me too, as it just covers both the desks. They should send the EU plug anyway, but just stick a note in to make sure you have no issues (should be fine anyway)
Info Original Xiaomi Yeelight Strip
Your Personal Ambient Lighting
If you have been looking for something to set the mood at your home, whether it be for a party, romantic evening or a pleasant atmosphere, the new Yeelight Smart Light Strip will definitely come in handy. It is basically a flexible strip that can be stick to any corners in your home, illuminating the region with different colors. With WiFi connection, you can choose from 16 million colors and have special control on your smartphone
● Bendable, Adhesive and Cuttable
Just tear down the adhesive tape on the back of the light strip, stick it to anywhere you want, plug the charger and turn on the light
● Plug and Play
Bend, shape, and fix your Yeelight Smart Light Strip to highlight features in your room and create completely new indirect light effects
● One Key Operation
Slightly touch to turn it on or off, long press to change colors. Get the Yeelight Smart Light Strip and enjoy colorful life
● Add Some Music
It comes to make the lights dance in sync with the music. Download Yeelight Smart Light Strip App and start your magical journey
● Wireless Connection
Build your personal wireless lighting system. Yeelight Smart Light Strip can link with a variety of Mi Smart Home devices to get wonderful experience
2 x HML 5M 30W 300 x SMD 3528 RGB LED Strip Light w/ 24 Keys Remote Controller
If you're after something much cheaper, without the extra functions and aren't too fussed about using a phone to control it, you could go for the This Kit - It's £8.81 and you get a fair bit of LED stripping. You'll need a power supply for it though, as this one doesn't come with one. I quite like the idea of these too, dead simple to use. I suppose it depends on your application, really. Anyway, thought it was worth a shout!
Top comments
All comments (45)
Shouldn't be much on a problem, depends how you want it. My strip is along the back of the desk, If you want it on the back of the TV itself it could be tricky to route it, but not impossible. You'd want to make sure the strip was nice and even, so it doesn't look patchy. You can get smaller strip kits so that you can have a couple top and bottom to make that issue go away.
If I say "Alexa, trigger yeelights" then yeelights turn on.
So far one of the most interesting recent item i've seen on here
got me interested in this
thank you
"Question:
Does it come with European plug ?
Reply:
Hello Mr.
We will send an adaptor according to the order's country of delivery.
Thanks for your inquiry."