Evaluation: ilumi Bluetooth Smart LED Bulb

In the smart home, turning on the light has become quite boring. Several light bulbs change colors and respond to APP commands, which are already too common. Philips' Hue opens up the innovative domino effect, but it also has a lot of limitations, such as it requires a WiFi Hub to work. Ilumi believes that their products can change people's understanding of the light, even though ilumi's own lights can change colors and respond to APP commands. In the face of many big-name competitors in the market, ilumi may have found the right path.

hardware

The first thing to note is that ilumi's light bulbs seem to have some weight, and I definitely won't classify them into the one that is small and delicate.

The foam element in the bulb is nothing special. This is an LED lamp that is both heavyweight in weight and volume. Within it, it can be controlled by voice.

Ilumi's lights are not connected via WiFi, but via Bluetooth. Once matched to your phone, these lights can also be identified by each other to form a thing similar to a network of lights.

There is also a small flash memory installed in the ilumi's light bulb to remember the user's preferences and settings, even if the power is off for a while.

software

The accompanying APP interface is very simple and easy to understand. A sliding menu contains all the information you need, and each function has a simple introduction and guidance when you first use it. With the APP, ilumi's performance is really very good. Easy to use and powerful; this is the biggest highlight of the experience.

If you have purchased enough ilumi bulbs, you can classify them. Xiaobian classifies them according to the room, but you can choose any way you like.

After setting up "Grouping", you can make settings for the "Scene" module. You can create scenes around the lights, or just choose the colors of the different lights. There are many options for custom lighting, you should like it.

All settings can be saved. Once you have created a favorite lighting environment, you can save it and reproduce it with a button at the next time.

Some lighting modes are preset in the ilumi, such as holiday mode, music synchronization mode, day and night mode. Day and night mode is for users who like natural light. You can also use the ilumi music mode with the song 'simon', like the old-fashioned family.

"Flashlight" is another interesting setting in ilumi, and it can be regarded as the killer of ilumi. Using the "flashlight" feature, your home's lights will light up as you approach, creating the effect that all the bulbs are waiting for you to review, and as you approach, they light up.

The "flashlight" function is especially convenient and easy to use, such as holding something in your hand and not turning it on manually. It can even automatically turn on the lights to welcome you when you are not in the house. With Bluetooth sensing, your lights can sense your proximity, and ilumi's light networking means that you can know your location as long as you are close to one light.

use

Ilumi's lights are the most convenient luminaires I've ever used, and they're really as good to use as they are in the introduction.

Several times, ilumi's app told me that the light bulb couldn't be connected (even if I was very close), which is understandable because they are connected to the phone via Bluetooth. Using the phone to switch the light bulb seems to be the goal that ilumi's app wants to achieve.

What if the bulb can't connect to the phone? The ilumi solution is, in my opinion, the killer of their products. Several times, the connection of the ilumi bulb was broken (this is not because of the Bluetooth connection, it seems that ilumi is intentionally dropped). At this time, the switch function in the APP can be used, but it is no longer possible to achieve automatic proximity.

Remind everyone that the situation of dropped calls in the connection is not always unrecoverable. I hope that this issue can be improved with new upgrades.

In addition, Xiao Bian believes that ilumi runs smoothly. I control the lights through my phone, and the built-in color selection and scene modes are very rich. The color selection wheel is particularly sensitive and stable in use and will never let you down.

Simon's scene is very interesting, but it's best to let adults use it. In fact, I like the scene set in ilumi more than I imagined. It takes a certain amount of time to set the scene for the first time, but if your goal is clear, then the final lighting effect will definitely make you amazing. I also appreciate the scene save feature. Once you find the most suitable color, the rest of the other bulb settings are very simple and fast.

to sum up

There are currently two ilumi bulbs - A21 (small model) and Par30 (large model); the price is 89.98 US dollars, 99.98 US dollars. The A21 is for desk lamps and other outlets, and the Par30 is for large lamps on streetlights and ceilings. Both bulbs are available in white and black.

On the basis of such a price, if you want to use ilumi at home, it will cost a lot. In just one room, the money spent on the lamp would cost around $300. Although I like the function of ilumi very much, this price seems too expensive (ilumi is not as much a bargaining place as Philips Hue). Ilumi said that their lamp life can reach 20 years, and the long service life seems to make up for its high price, but Xiaobian feels that there are other issues to consider.

Although the connection problem of ilumi is not very prominent, I don't like it to drop. For users who are particularly concerned about the experience, the "flashlight" function cannot be used in case of dropped calls, which may be unbearable.

In general, ilumi's products are self-contained, and the experience is not much different from the company's promise. Xiaobian said that he likes it, but it does not have a smart home platform that he can rely on. It can't work with platforms like Nest, SmartThings, and Wink, and we don't even know if it will be compatible with HomeKit.

If ilumi can't join the smart home platform and integrate with other smart homes, then it is destined to pass the test of time and market. Maybe it will fit into the smart platform in the future, but now it hasn't done it yet. Xiaobian feels that this responsibility can be attributed to the Bluetooth connection.

As for the price of ilumi, Xiao Bian is still unable to give an objective evaluation. But Xiao Bian really likes the simplicity of ilumi. Its APP is too easy to use, but you have to continue to observe whether ilumi can be compatible with large platforms, and its 20-year service life needs some testing ( If you spend so much money, if you can't guarantee a 20-year lifespan, buying ilumi will be like a gamble. Although ilumi offers a two-year warranty, it is not enough for Xiaobian.) Therefore, before the Xiaobian really pushes ilumi, there are still many tests to be done.

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