The Yeelight for £23.16 is hot for the price, and your best option for a plug and play 2m LED strip with smart options.
However, if you don't need the
Alexa etc-integration and you just want the wifi+app control, you can get a lot more for your money. Consider an LED Strip and wifi controller and Power adapter sold separately. (Info:RGB vs RGBW)
Yeelight 2 metres, 30 LEDs per metre (RGB) = £23.16 Wifi/App control: Yes Alexa etc: Yes
eBay+Amazon 5 metres, 60 LEDS per metre (RGBW) = £17.39 Wifi/App control: Yes Alexa etc: No
naski666 to Stimpington
26 Aug 17#12
Cheers for this, for less than £20 will be a brilliant home hobby. Which App controls the WiFi controller though, will o be emailed a link once I buy the lights or is there a generic one I can use?
Thanks
Nask
Stimpington to naski666
26 Aug 17#13
I don't own one so don't swear me to it, but I'm fairly sure it will be the 'Magic Home' app, as written on the wifi module. You can pick it up on the appstore and Google Play.
InTheKnow444
26 Aug 17#10
I got 2 strip lights off ebay and plugged them into a TP Link plug (for under kitchen wall units)
similar price but more LED's for your buck
solid to InTheKnow444
26 Aug 17#15
Excellent suggestion - you may have actually given me a reason to finally buy those tp link plugs!
InTheKnow444 to solid
26 Aug 17#17
I use TP Link plugs for the following
Led strip lights (kitchen) Kettle (Kitchen) Lamp (Front Room) Fan (Bedroom) (on off through the night on a schedule) TV (front room)
Got most of them for £16:49 from Argos a while back
I pre load the kettle at night and switch it on from the Bedroom before I go downstairs (Alexa).
The fan is a god send at the moment but when it gets cooler, i'll re name the plug "Strip light" and put it back downstairs.
Also will come in handy for the christmas lights.
PS: Named the Kettle plug "Katrina" after my wife's best mate
Been turning her on for months!
NathanLong
26 Aug 17#8
Do these work with amazon echo?
khush01 to NathanLong
26 Aug 17#9
Yeah
willyzippy89
26 Aug 17#6
I have one of these HIGHLY recommend it, down side is the 2 pin plug but for the price does the same job as the Philips brands
solid
26 Aug 17#5
Are they stand alone? And does each strip need its own wall socket to power it?
FTOdude170 to solid
26 Aug 17#7
yes they are stand alone.. no hub needed. and yes each one needs its own power point. it will come with chinese 2 pin with UK adapter. can be a pig to pair, download yeelight, turn on your location services, and then do the wifi instructions as per the screen info. to reset these (so that you can repair or connect to a new wifi) you need to turn them off, press the button on the control unit and keep it pressed.. turn them on at the wall for 5 seconds- the lights will run a cycle scrolling through the colours and then go off. thats when they have been reset and now you should have a flashing orange light rather than blue.
Smeeble
26 Aug 17#4
2m long, just for info.
advertboy
26 Aug 17#3
I've had trouble pairing these and yeelights with Alexa and my home network. Not much tech help offered from GearBest and I don't speak mandarin which doesn't help. Just be cautious.
deaks1984 to advertboy
26 Aug 17#16
Yeelights pair easily with both smart phones and Alexa. Be sure to try the apps on the playstore and appstore rather than just the QR codes usually included on the instructions.
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"OK Google Let there be Light" and my room is brightend.
Then theres the Kodi Ambilight add-on..
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However, if you don't need the Alexa etc-integration and you just want the wifi+app control, you can get a lot more for your money. Consider an LED Strip and wifi controller and Power adapter sold separately. (Info:RGB vs RGBW)
Yeelight
2 metres, 30 LEDs per metre (RGB) = £23.16
Wifi/App control: Yes
Alexa etc: Yes
eBay+Amazon
5 metres, 60 LEDS per metre (RGBW) = £17.39
Wifi/App control: Yes
Alexa etc: No
Thanks
Nask
You can pick it up on the appstore and Google Play.
similar price but more LED's for your buck
Led strip lights (kitchen)
Kettle (Kitchen)
Lamp (Front Room)
Fan (Bedroom) (on off through the night on a schedule)
TV (front room)
Got most of them for £16:49 from Argos a while back
I pre load the kettle at night and switch it on from the Bedroom before I go downstairs (Alexa).
The fan is a god send at the moment but when it gets cooler, i'll re name the plug "Strip light" and put it back downstairs.
Also will come in handy for the christmas lights.
PS: Named the Kettle plug "Katrina" after my wife's best mate
Been turning her on for months!