LIFX Nightvision 1100 Lumen BR30 Bulb

nice product when they work

sometimes they are difficult to program

Night vision feature did not work.

The night vision never turned on when the bulb was off or even under the %10 illumination window. The app didn’t even identify the bulb as having the night vision technology on there via the “eye” symbol even though the bulb casing has the “eye” symbol on its casing. The help article on their website referred to settings on the app that didn’t even exists when it came to night vision. There is no way to schedule night vision, turn it on or off, or even trouble shoot. I reset the camera and set it up twice but the problem never got fixed.
Besides the night vision problem, everything else worked perfectly.

No nightvision selection on App

Bought this to add some light for my security cameras but I have no option to select the nightvision portion on the app

Great lights, little slow sometimes

LIFX have outstanding performance and color. The night vision feature is cool and preforms well. It can be turned off if you don’t want them drawing energy while off. Altho the energy draw is very low.
The biggest drawbacks is occasional connection issues and slow response time

HomeKit Difficulty

I have a separate HomeKit/device/IoT network setup with 2.4GHz WiFi only (it seems HomeKit devices don’t like 5GHz).

I started the initial pairing of my two bulbs… 3-4 hour later I found a bug…

I added the lights to my normal network, which has 5GHz, without any issue. So, as a test, I re-attempted my HomeKit network – no luck. I enabled 5GHz on the HomeKit network: WIN! I disabled 5GHz and they continue to connect flawlessly. These need to have 5GHz available for pairing – and only pairing.

The color changing app features require the app to perpetually being running, up-front. Meaning the lights don’t know the program, it must be controlled through the app. That’s a letdown but not a showstopper since that wasn’t an intended feature (given it requires the App it probably should have something that says such).

The Infrared function requires the light to be illuminated (just under 5%). This is a bit misleading. I was hoping IR could act independently – meaning be on without visible light (i.e. cameras see, people don’t). No dice, requires at least some visible light.

Lifx documentation is lackluster. Support is a joke. Product is fine.

As advertised when it works but...

The bulb is very versatile when it works but that’s the problem it’s not consistent and I constantly had to make adjustments. Finally the bulb has died and does not work at all. This is the important part, I reached out to LIFX support as the bulb is still under the two year warranty and the company has failed miserably at supporting their product. Everything is done via email and they are not committed to doing anything. They slightly hint at at doing something and then disappear for days without any communication at all. As I stated when the bulb works it works fine but it’s the times that it don’t work that will cause you headaches. Buy this device at your own risk just remember THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THEIR PRODUCT.