LIFX Mini Day and Dusk [B22 Bayonet Cap] Wi-Fi Smart LED Light Bulb Adjustable, Dimmable, No hub required, Compatible with Alexa, Apple HomeKit and The Google Assistant

Surprisingly easy to set up
Other reviews had me worried that this was a difficult light to set up. Maybe LIFX did some sort of major app or software update since then because I found the setup process to be a breeze, especially compared the the TP Link bulbs I have. The app is nicer, the integrations seem great, the color spectrum goes from almost red to very bright, and it is more compact than other bulbs. I was replacing a mini-globe bulb. I can’t find any smart, bayonet golf-ball style mini bulbs, and some smart bulbs are huge and would have hung out the bottom of the lamp shade, but this LIFX one, despite being larger than a true mini-globe is a good size and works well. I’m very impressed so far and about to buy another.

A great new addition to Lifx’s range though the price hike is unwelcome
I agree that these can be fiddly to set up as I bought two at the same time. One worked straight away and the other took away around 20mins of my life to connect and claim the light. I have however got them up and running as two bedside lights and they are really nice and reliable now and come highly recommended as replacement bulbs offering anything from a flame red colour to a blue white colour.It is worth noting though (and this point has been made by another reviewer) that if you have other lights from Lifx as in the A19 1100 lumen multicolour lights (I have three now) then these do not do 3200k which in my view is a good middle point between warm and cold. I can only hope that this is a software fixable issue as matching these to my other Lifx coloured lights is not possible at that setting. It’s not a massive issue for me but for some, that want to use the Day/Dusk feature with mixed lights will notice the jump between 3000k and 3500k.One of my favourite things is the scheduling. I have a schedule set for my girlfriend where the light on her side of the bed comes on at its warmest setting the same time as her second ‘Alarm Snooze Button press” at the dimmest level and then proceeds to dim up to 30% (all user definable) over 15mins. This is not too bright to ruin my morning and it helps her see when she gets out of bed. If you’re are clever you can set a few consecutive schedules to change the colour from super warm to a more morning colour temperate. Something I would like to see implemented in to future version of the Lifx app’s scheduling options (Start colour —> End Colour).All in all, a great little light that not only offers similar brightness to a standard filament 60watt, but uses a fraction of the energy and offers a better than expected kelvin range. The scheduling alone is kind of worth it.I bought two of these a couple of weeks ago for £24.99 which I think is a little expensive compared to other options. The fact that they are now selling them for a penny under £30 means I would personally more seriously consider other options if you are just getting in to smart lights. That said, I don’t think you can go too far wrong with these but for them to be more expensive than Philips hue bulbs of the same type seems odd planning. Their A19 bulbs is a different animal as it’s brighter with better colours than Philips last efforts but i’m not sure this one sticks it’s head up high enough for that extra hike in cost.

No hub, easy install, good price
Easy to install thanks to there being no hub and great value. Can be slow connecting sometimes.

HomeKit review: it works OK, but not perfectly.
As a HomeKit device, this bulb works pretty well. You can only turn it on/off and dim through HomeKit / the Apple Home app, you can’t adjust the white tint. It also occasionally (every couple of weeks?) seems to require being turned off and on again at the wall as it seems to freeze and become unresponsive to HomeKit commands. I haven’t used the LIFX app at all – you can setup and use the bulb purely through HomeKit.As a bulb, the quality of the light is decent, and I like the way it smoothly but quickly fades on/off when you switch it.

We use 4 of these on a single light switch for the main light in our lounge room. We are happy with the light from these globes. It’s good having bright, blue-tinted light when you need to see clearly and be alert. Having dimmer, warmer light late in the evening is pleasant and does seem to get you ready for sleeping. The automatic late night dimming/warming of the light works well too.The setup was frustrating and non-obvious, but eventually they worked OK with the LIFX app. We had no joy getting them to work (properly) with Google Home or the Logitech hub-based remote, even though they are meant to work with both.Controlling the globes from our mobiles works fine when we are on the same Wi-Fi network. These globes will only connect to 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi. Our phones prefer to be on 5 GHz Wi-Fi. Controlling the globes from the 5 GHz Wi-Fi usually works, but sometimes some of the globes don’t respond. Controlling the globes from a wired PC with the Windows LIFX app seems to work fine (but the Windows app looks quite different to the mobile app).Addendum 27-Nov-2020 (after 3 months): still happy with the globes themselves, but still some frustration with controlling them. We have one globe that continually disables the dimming schedule. I suspect this is a software bug because controlling the globes manually, they work as expected (with the limitations mentioned above). Also, while the late night dimming works well (except for that one globe), if we turn the globes off at the light switch, the globes do no reset themselves the next day (i.e. we have to manually brighten and cool them). If we turn the lights off using the app, they’ll turn themselves on next morning whether we want them on or not.

Works really wll