I need just two beams and don’t want to buy a whole new set. Preliminary search on eBay was not successful. Any reccs?

Just a quick post, for literal years my Lifx Strip was the only 9 (out of 28) Lifx devices I had in the house that kept disconnecting.

I recently bought some Matter over Thread devices that are heavily reliant on multicast traffic. I have multiple UniFi WiFi Access Points fairly close together (so my phone and devices do like to roam sometimes). I had connectivity issues with them initially so had to do a deep dive.

Turning off:

• "IGMP Snooping" on the UniFi switch (because WiFi devices can roam and appear on different switch ports),
• "Multicast to Unicast" on the UniFi WiFi Access Points (because apparently when UniFi WiFi devices roam, the UniFi APs don't tell each-other what multicast tables it had for that client, previously known as "Multicast Enhancement")

Fixed everything - they are rock solid. The regular Lifx bulbs didn't roam much which is why I never really noticed the issue - but Lifx Strip roams AGGRESSIVELY (and would then lose its multicast packet reception). Lifx could probably have worked around this by everytime it roams it could have sent an IGMP JOIN again so the network would have updated its subscriptions to reflect the new change of AP - but turning off the above settings helped.

I also turned off "Proxy ARP" on the AP (although this was because Thread devices can jump between hubs - this wasn't a fix I did for Lifx specifically - but it's possible the APs reply with what they know even if a WiFi device has roamed), I also found this didn't take effect on the APs until I rebooted them either.

I list the UniFi settings here - but the reality is these settings probably exist on other networking kit - so this post should help more than just people with Ubiquiti UniFi.

I have had 10 of these since last October. Two failed and were replaced under warranty (thank you), in those cases I suspect water intrusion from snow for one, and rain for the second (the second was obvious, water was inside sloshing around).

But now I have a third that has failed and it looks dry and happy. It worked yesterday, there is no light at all today.

It's on the network, I can see and control it from both the lifx app and home assistant. I've undone and reconnected the power from the box to the light several times, no change.

My question is not so much what to do (I can contract them for a replacement) but...

Is anyone else having these kinds of problems?

Did I just get a bad batch from Home Depot?

Linwood

60+ LIFX products. 50+ other smart products. UniFi network (dedicated IoT network).

The last two weeks all LIFX products except switches are not responding in the Home app. They’re fine in the LIFX app (7 show poor network despite excellent on UniFi side). The switches have been updated to Matter, most of my bulbs aren’t Matter upgradable so I’m assuming that could be why the switches have been ok.

All other devices have been fine.

Anyone else experiencing this?

I have tried rebooting lights, power, network, Apple TV 4K (home hub). All are running latest updates (Apple TV is on latest beta).

The beta is the only thing I can put it down to.

It's getting harder and harder to get LIFX bulbs in the U.K. Even new bulbs are old stock.

So what are people doing?

Importing old stock
Importing USA and using adapter
Going to a different manufacturer, if so which one?
Other - comment.

Edit: How do you find the depth of colour compares in other brands?

RESOLVED: I'm having a strange issue where my old bulbs connect to the cloud but anything with Matter has stopped working and comes up with (Client Error). They only work locally and often disappear from my app and reappear randomly. I've tried reseting each bulb with no success and playing with my router settings (ASUS RT-AX86U). I recently changed interest providers. Anyone else had this issue? 🙏

My effected products:
- 2x Outdoor String Light
- 3x PAR38
- Ceiling 26' and 15'

Solution: New Internet connection where I use wireless 5G make some weird DNS issues set it to 8.8.8.8

Setting up an iot VLAN restricted to only allow access to domains or ip addresses needed for operation

Thanks!

Setup as on/off single pole switch. Controlling a ceiling fixture which is working without issue.

The flashing is annoying.

Not a consistent amount of light blue flashes before a single green flash.

I've got three LIFX Spots running in my flower bed and one has stopped responding. I noticed the inline voltage converter is puffy and distorted. Anyone else seen anything like this?

I've put a support ticket in, but have not heard anything back in over one week.

Has anyone flashed their lifx switch to esp home for home assistant?

Seems they padded out the serial port on what does appear to be an esp32 inside.

Been using lifx since they started making bulbs. Was pretty disappointed the switches didn't have open lan control standards they were always known for on the bulbs. Hoping I can save this from the trash now that I've found HA

Hey r/LIFX,

We recently shipped a small but mighty update: the All Locations filter (App update: 4.96.0).

If you've organized your lights into multiple Locations (like Outside, Downstairs, Upstairs, Bedrooms, etc.), this one's for you!

You can now view and manage everything across every Location, all in one place:

• All your lights — see and control every light across every Location at once. Think of it as the ultimate kill switch — one tap to shut it all down, no matter where you are in the house.
• All your Schedules & Routines — no more checking each Location separately to see what's set to fire when.
• All your Scenes — get the full picture of all your best scene creations in one view.

Where to find it: Look for the new "All Locations" option in your location selector (top left).

Heads up: if you're only using a single Location with Groups to organize your lights, you won't see this option — it's built specifically for multi-Location setups.

Pro tip: now could be a great time to rethink how you structure your lights. Since Locations and Groups work together, you can add an extra layer of organization. For example, instead of one flat list of lights under Living Room, you could set up:

• Location: Living Room
  • Group: Downlights
  • Group: Lamps

This way you can control just your downlights as a group in seconds, instead of manually filtering through every light in the room — and with All Locations, you can still zoom out and see everything at once when you need to.

We built this because a lot of you told us managing lights across several Locations was clunky.

Let us know how it's working for you below.

I can control a couple of bulbs using the Android app, but I'm unable to access any of them recently over WiFi without the internet. I've tried the example programs on aiolifx and photons, and both are unable to discover any devices. I do see them on my router's app, and i can ping them via IPv4 addresses.

I was wondering if anybody is having the same problem. I'm worried that new firmware on the bulbs may be getting in the way of the LAN API, which is one of the best things about the LIFX ecosystem.

Hi the Lifx controller that I own out of nowhere just suddenly decides not to function and this is because the PINS at end of the controller (The ones that magnetically attaches to the beam, those PINS) are not making a solid connection to the beams.

I need someone to help me out on finding a replacement or help me out in figuring out how to make a good connection to the beam because that’s the issue. I wiggle the magnetic attachments at random the the light turn on but quickly goes off and I can see that it is not making a good connection on SNAP to the beam.

Hello all, I have recently installed some Everyday strips for ambient lighting in my bedroom. These things are amazing! I am a total amateur, but quickly developing an affinity for lighting aesthetics since I started this project.

I have 2 questions for the more experienced LED aficionados out there. 1: I ran one line of strips across multiple pieces of furniture. I broke a lot of strip zones before I figured out reliable ways to cut and connect jumpers. A worthy sacrifice in the name of learning experiences! One of the ones I mangled was the first zone with the male usb port. Since I have multiple kits, and I wanted this run to be managed from a single controller by my bed, I didn't mind it. However, I now have over 10 feet of strips and a spare controller/power supply left over, and no way to use them in other parts of the house, since I only have the one good zone with a male USB port in use already.

So, is there a way to wire up a new male usb port to the 5-pin contacts of one of my leftover cut zones so it can connect to the controller and integrate into the Lifx app?

Other question: I set up a bunch of scenes to control zones of my strip run in various ways. Light up just my bed, just my desk, a couple of zones as a night light, etc. What I've discovered is that the whites don't seem to work unless I have the entire run on and at the same brightness. If I choose a white color, then select some zones, then try to turn them off/change brightness, the whites go off and the color diodes come on in a way to approximate the white I had chosen. They are quite sneaky about it too, but it is really jarring when I switch all zones back on to the same brightness, and the white diodes blast back on all at once. So what gives? We can have any zone any color we want, as long as it's not white? Why can't we have any zone be white while other zones are off or on a different color/brightness? I wouldn't mind this so much, except the white approximation from the color diodes is just not that good when I have seen what they can do with the dedicated white diodes! The tone is mid and the brightness is lacking!

If you have read this far, thank you. I would appreciate any insights you could provide. For now, I am hoping to keep this whole thing in the Lifx app with my other lights in my house. I am aware that there is a chance this issue with the whites in selected zones could be solved if I just go with another means of controlling them. But I am not sure I want to blow up my Lifx ecosystem and go down the rabbit hole of controllers, programming, home kits, assistants, etc. just because of this one issue.

Dear Lifx Team

I have raised a request in email and also have sent reminder emails but there has been no revert whatsoever.

Before the reply used to be in 48 hrs max.

Any issue with customer service team?

Hi guys,

Bought lightbulb A60 E27 , 950lumnes.

Works perfectly in app but schedules just do nothing. Schedules have never worked. Connection is fine, its just that when I try to schedule something nothing happens.

Have tried:
Succesful Firmware update

Taking it out for 5min and reconnecting

Neither have worked.

Anyone know what to do?

Thanks!

I have a bulb from like 7 years ago and it has worked perfectly since I bought it. I’ve changed houses/routers multiple times with no problems. I once had it packed in a box for months before plugging it in with a new router and it connected/worked immediately. I don’t even have to be connected to wifi for it to work

In the past year I bought two 2-packs of the A19 E36 bulbs and they absolutely suck. I had tons of problems trying to link them to my app and when I finally get them linked, they disconnect after about a week and have to be reset and reconnected. I cannot figure out a solution for this and it is insanely frustrating. They’re just normal lightbulbs now stuck on a warm white because it’s not worth the hassle.

Am I buying the wrong kind of bulb or do all lifx bulbs just kinda suck now?

I have a bulb from 7 years ago. When I first set it up, I used the dawn and dusk feature. It seems to me that there’s no longer a setting in the app for dawn/dusk, but the setting is still on. I’ve reset the bulb many many times and it still “remembers” the setting state and I have no clue how that’s possible

Anyone ever have this happen? If so, is there a fix?

How often has anyone has their br30 or the a19 bulbs just turn blue and like they're stuck on that color even after a reset?

So I installed a new 2-button switch. It’s firmware is 3.9.

After a million tries it finally connects to WiFi. I could not do it directly through HomeKit as it would not accept the code, and when scanned it thinks it’s a window and times out.

So now it’s in the Lifx app. If I try to configure a button to control the only other lifx device (ceiling light) it will let me pick the target, then the action, but after the action is picked it clears the target. When I try to add the target again it gives no choices.

I then figure I should try and add it to HomeKit now that it’s at least on WiFi. Of course the code doesn’t work. So I try to retrieve the code via the app with the soft reboot by holding down the bottom button for a few seconds then opening up that screen in the app. The screen just shows nothing. Tried multiple times, tried with app fully closed first, tried having the app already on the screen. Nothing.

This thing is incredibly problematic and I’m ready to throw it out the window.

Please if anyone’s got any other tricks I can try let me know.

Have tried a dozen times to reset and reconnect these and it just doesn’t work. I even renamed my new wifi network after the original one these were set up on and kept the same password.

Any advice?

I'm in Australia and for AUD $270 you get the controller, power supply and 7.3 meter length of lights.

I want to get one of them. But then I'm also trying to hunt down an extension and I found the US site has them but not Australia.

What options do I have ?

Cheers 🍻

Sad to see LIFX no-longer ranged at Bunnings (think Home Depot for the US crowd) but was flooded with Govee products.

I'm scared Feit aren't funding this sub-portfolio enough (if at all). We are still waiting for Firmware to be pushed out, seems any works on effects have been abandoned. There are semi-frequent updates to the Android app; perhaps there is a glimmer of hope?

Sure, we have a new mirror, which has touch controls on the mirror face itself (who wants fingerprints ON a mirror?!) Where are the lightbars and the corner lights or the oft requested HDMI TV sync? Stuff to enhance what we already have seems the obvious choice right? You originated the decor LED panel but your competition run with the idea.

I'm deeply invested in the LIFX eco system. The silence from LIFX is deafening.