I did show just the gateway for $6.50. Well it showed a picture of the Osram gateway but described an A19 black bulb (?)
tempted to get the 9.99 bulbs. How good are they compared to the GEs? Ordered 6 anyway.
I saw that too I actually just had to drive in to Lowes to see if the gateway was actually on sale. The descriptions are not that good.
I picked up the bulbs for $9.99 as well. Updating the firmware on them now lol. Taking a while.
can the firmware be updated without the gateway?
No, the gateway is currently the only way to update the firmware. It can be controlled through the ST hub, but not updated.
is the update neccessary?
Yes because sometimes the bulbs won’t respond and/or the color is not working properly. It was bugging me for a while where I would have to adjust the color or dim level just to get the light to turn on. Even then sometimes you have to hit the physical switch on/off once to reset so it will respond.
sounds like more trouble than the GEs. Will do some research before I decide to pick them up
Finally a deal my local Lowe’s has! ordered 1 kit and 2 bulbs. $43 for 3 smart bulbs is pretty good in my book! Thanks @dshokouhi
I couldnt find the gateway locally and didnt want to pay 6 bucks shipping. So I called Best Buy and they price matched with free shipping.
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I’m very tempted to get some of these, but if they have any flakiness to them like the GE bulbs, I would rather not. I have 1 or 2 GE bulbs that just like to do their own thing. Where I would put these, that would be really annoying. Do they work consistently (no disregarding on/off commands) if they are updated to the latest firmware?
Also I believe you can connect these to the Hue Hub as well, but not positive. You would still want to update the firmware first.
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Note MJPEG streaming under Specs. This THEORETICALLY means it’s SmartTiles compatible. But it definitively IS NOT SmartThings compatible.
I just picked up a bunch of these bulbs plus one kit to get the hub in case of.
I tried the first one, and it didn’t need the update it worked straight away, and so far (2h) it’s been reliable.
But YMMV, maybe early release of some bulbs have older versions.
I’ll do the update on one of the bulbs and see if there is any differences.
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I just picked up seven on my way home from work. They paired up quickly and are working fine for me. I am using them on outdoor fixtures, and even with the distance / brick walls they have no issues (thus far). I did pair them inside close to the hub though.
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Did anyone else catch the mistake on Lowes.com last night? Lightify LED expansion strips were $7! They were marked 35$ but when you clicked it it came up as $7 ($5.84 with coupon… Actually they were $5.26 each after I used a gift card purchased at 10% off.)
Just checked and it has been corrected at my store. Might want to check your stores site.
Products Ordered Unit Price Quantity Total
Lightify 48-in Plug-in Under Cabinet LED Tape Light
Item #: 672690 Model #: 73698 $5.84 14 $81.76
Lightify 48-in Plug-in Under Cabinet LED Tape Light
Item #: 672690 Model #: 73698 $5.82 2 $11.64
Unfortunately, even on USB power, the HEM G1 DSB09 does not act as a repeater node. This was implemented only in our Gen5 z-wave battery sensors that can be powered via USB power.
Cheers,
Chris Cheng
Field Application Engineer
Aeon Labs
ccheng@aeon-labs.com
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Make sure you guys are using the lowes generator to get 10% off your online orders for these lighify products! (the 20 off 100 codes and the 10 off 50 didn’t work for me, but the 10% ones did)
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Mini Amazon Echos (echo dot) for whomever has an echo.
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You can also order it if you have a Fire TV 
like me
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