Apple Home on a Budget: I bought a $35 Smart Ceiling Light!

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@andrewpearson8196 Жыл бұрын

I bought the same ceiling light from Amazon on Prime Day for $35 for a closet that has no lighting. I put an extension cord in the closet and hard wired the ceiling light and use an Aqara mini switch, thru automation, to turn the light on and off when I open and close the closet door. Works perfectly.

@ShaneCreates Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s a creative solution. Nice job. Thanks for sharing!

@gavinpage6674 5 ай бұрын

I know someone asked before but I can't see the question was answered. Can you please tell me how you managed to get the remote to work? Did you have to pair it somehow? Any help appreciated

@uniqueflh2941 Жыл бұрын

This looks pretty good. Good review. I’m waiting on that Nanoleaf also. Hopefully soon. Thanks for the content!

@PsychoticShine Жыл бұрын

If it came with a remote. You could mount the remote on the wall. If you don't plan on moving the remote around with you or leaving it somewhere.

@ShaneCreates Жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@Alex300zxTT 11 ай бұрын

I got 2 of them and neither one works with remote control, Shane how did you program remotes?

@calebrutherford5365 Жыл бұрын

Hey man - link to the lights on your wall in the background?

@jamesepp3854 Жыл бұрын

I see Nanoleaf has a Matter “4 downlight, if you have a chance can you do a video on that one. And I cannot wait for the skylight too.

@docdoor2139 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this nice review. I'm interested in the lights that you have on the wall. Do you have a video in regards to them?

@kazemi88 Жыл бұрын

Definitely better. Nice

@chadstackhouse490 Ай бұрын

How did you get the remote to pair?

@DeepPurplethebest Жыл бұрын

i already bought from them 2 things that working with apple ecosystem - very good value for the price

@ShaneCreates Жыл бұрын

Good to hear. Thanks for sharing!

@jtr82369 Жыл бұрын

Of course the one in the video is out of stock right now but I found rebranded versions that have a slightly less convenient mounting option. But these have fixed the flickering issue I had using LED puck lights and smart switches (I run mine on an off-grid inverter so 99% of you will not have this issue). I am removing all the puck lights and replacing them with these.

@kevinpoinsett Жыл бұрын

It looks nicer for sure 👍

@galljoshua1 Жыл бұрын

Hey Shane! What is the color paint on your walls? Do you recall where you got it from? Thanks, love the channel!

@EdJZatta Жыл бұрын

Sold out!

@Bigglare Жыл бұрын

Most Zigbee based products except for HUE are reasonably priced. Update you Hue Bridge to Matter, and lots of inexpensive products for Apple Home. 🙂 Of course these days, Even Ikea's homekit only hubs are exposing third party devices to homekit. Shhhh the homekit police will come after them. This product reminds me of Ikea's Floalt panels. Better I think to get a nice dual bulb fixture and add a couple great low priced RGB zigbee bulbs or those Linkind MATTER bulbs.

@timothymason5545 Жыл бұрын

You can pair zigbee to the hue hub that are not hue products? Did not know that.

@rodrigojoszt Жыл бұрын

Awesome, do you know of any that work with HomeKit's Adptive Lighting? With this price. Thanks!

@jeremiahpowell3028 Ай бұрын

I have had problems with Lutron switches and connected hue bulbs when I turn off the hue bulb with the app or voice assistant it turns off then the Lutron Caseta switch turns it back on

@ShaneCreates Ай бұрын

Generally speaking, smart bulbs do not play nice with smart switches. You cannot use Lutron Caseta switches with smart bulbs. You will need a switch with a "smart bulb mode" if you want to use a switch with a smart bulb. Something like the Inovelli switch... video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h61-bMRhtrKmZIU.html

@tylerbarber7279 Жыл бұрын

Will you do a video on the hoobs pro hub I wanna know if it will make my govee products compatible with Apple homekit without plugins

@user-rd9kb6ox1v Жыл бұрын

I think this one is great!!

@daktusdurggery5505 2 ай бұрын

So question I want to do Lutron Caseta switches but I want the led rgb led puck lights, are they compatible together? I see Orein and govee disc lights are compatible but I can’t figure out which pairings are compatible

@ShaneCreates 2 ай бұрын

Generally smart switches don't play well with smart bulbs or smart light fixtures. Lutron Caseta switches need to be used with regular (dumb) light bulbs. If you want to use a smart light bulb/fixture and a smart switch, you will need a smart switch that has a "smart bulb mode" feature. Inovelli has a smart switch, that looks similar to Lutron Caseta, and has this feature. I will be releasing a video on it within the next week. Also, the Aqara ceiling light, paired to an Aqara smart switch, would be another good option. I also made a video on the Aqara Ceiling Light.

@ColtonBlumhagen Жыл бұрын

I’m looking for something like this but battery powered.

@leighrieder3717 Жыл бұрын

So my kitchen (like most) have fluorescent lightbulbs. I have been searching for ages to find smart tube lights….is there something like that out there?? I’m a HomeKit user so if it can work with HomeKit then that would be even better. Thanks 🙏🏼

@tgrover6210 11 ай бұрын

Nope. Change the old bulbs to LED replacements and the change the switch controlling it to a smart switch. Cheaper than replacing the fixtures.

@leighrieder3717 11 ай бұрын

@@tgrover6210 thank you

@GerardoBuenrostro Жыл бұрын

Wish it had thread and adaptive light

@wzk921109 Жыл бұрын

Support HomeKit isn’t hard these days. Matter over thread is difficult!

@kubamaliszewski1167 Жыл бұрын

Nanoleaf video soon? 😅

@mattsnyder4754 Жыл бұрын

What’re the odds the CRI is anything remotely good?

@SandeepSawhney Жыл бұрын

Shane ? i have the Lutron dimmer switches, so am concerned about the issue you reported , did anyone else have this issues ?

@MNpale Жыл бұрын

The problem was likely related to it being a dimming switch, not just because the switch was smart. So you could probably use a Claro instead of a Diva, for example. Even better would be a Pico so that the power to the bulb is never cut off. If you need dimming, then the smart light needs to support dimming natively. Even in that instance, you wouldn’t want to dim from the Lutron.

@SandeepSawhney Жыл бұрын

@@MNpale thanks, the whole house has lutron diva .. i could still try it out and see

@ShaneCreates Жыл бұрын

Even if you get any smart Lutron wired Switch to work, if you turn the Lutron switch off, the light fixture will still become unresponsive in HomeKit until the switch is turned back on. That’s the issue with using most smart switches to control smart bulbs/fixtures.

@SandeepSawhney Жыл бұрын

@@ShaneCreates correct, thats always an issue

@islandsnow Жыл бұрын

The box looks like it shows the light can do multiple colors at once.

@je8277 Жыл бұрын

Just showing rgb

@jackwong64 Жыл бұрын

Nice one! And where is the Matter?!

@Iamtheman4000 20 күн бұрын

No longer on a budget this is now $69.99 each.

@SeanMather Жыл бұрын

Not being UL tested is a major red flag for me…. And honestly I think the old fixture looked better

@prince3o Жыл бұрын

Now they’re taking advantage of the notoriety and doubled the price to $69.99. 🤦‍♂️

@je8277 Жыл бұрын

They’re all from aliexpress you’re just paying Amazon tax. Thinner ones too

@southwest7977 Жыл бұрын

Just get a HomeKit ceiling fan.

@brettrigby2226 Жыл бұрын

careful if you're buying this in the UK, we have a ground wire though the house and a lot of american homes don't

@WoodyWoodworker Жыл бұрын

I am not a big fan of china products and try to avoid them as good as possible. Don't get me wrong, I know that 90% of all our stuff gets produced in china but I think there is a big difference between a big manufacturer (like apple) that produces in china with quality checks and a no name brand from china that just tries to make a quick buck.

@Nick-jf1il Жыл бұрын

this light CANNOT BE REPLACED. This WHOLE DEVICE is e-waste nightmare fuel. you cannot replace the led strip. you can't buy replacements, and they are soldered to the board, there's no standard connection. They COULD just make the led strips connect to the board with usb c or even smaller board connectors, making these things replaceable. They don't so you'll have to be a repeat customer. This is NOT a good idea.