LIFX Beam is a spectacular new intelligent lighting system [Analysis]

En Actualidad Gadget We continue to bet heavily on the IoT and the smart home so that you can make your life easier and easier and take advantage of the time in what really matters. Once again we have among us Lifx products an important smart lighting brand that offers maximum compatibility with Alexa, Google Assistant and of course Apple's HomeKit, we leave you a previous analysis in this link so you can take a look.

For this analysis we have the LIFX Beam, a new complete intelligent lighting bar system featuring RGB LEDs and high compatibility. Stay with us and discover all the capabilities of what could be one of the most surprising lighting systems that have passed through our analysis table.

We are facing a very niche product, but that can enliven and above all personalize your home to limits that you could not imagine, It is a product that has been seen but that seems extremely distant, something like designed for YouTubers or content creators, but the reality is that you can combine it perfectly in your home to give it a personal touch thanks to the possibilities offered by being systems magnetized and with many configuration capabilities. You can get this model directly in its web page from 149,99 for the starter kit that includes six bars and a corner.

Design and materials: Lifx continues to offer high-end

If we have something clear about Lifx, it is that it stands up directly to Philips and its Hue range, being above the level of compatibility and packaging of other more traditional brands that we have already analyzed here. We find a box with a sober design as always, but with easy opening and a coating that guarantees the perfect condition of all the lighting bars. We have top quality materials both in the composition of the six bars and in the corner. It has a cable long enough to connect to the current, since we have 0,5 meters to the adapter and then 2 meters with the control knob directly to the Beam unit. All these cables are white, of good quality and easy to adjust for our needs and those of our furniture, without a doubt.

• Total length: 6 x 30 cm
• Network cable length: 2,5 meters
• Controller knob
• Power adapter compatible with all systems (adapters available)

We have for its part the bars, with one-way magnetized ends, which measure 11,8 x 1,37 x 0,78 inches in total, for a weight of 95 grams separately. All together they offer 1,80 meters in total length, to which we will add the corner in case we want to give it a certain shape. Of course, what possibilities are we going to have. We must emphasize that it has 3M tape on the back so that we can adhere it wherever we want. Little to say more at the level of materials and design, where thanks to minimalism and the white color Lifx once again gives an unmistakable feeling of quality.

Technical characteristics and compatibility

We start with connectivity, highlighting that like the vast majority of these products we have a 2,4 GHz WiFi connection (not compatible with 5 GHz) and Each one of these thirty-centimeter bars has a dozen controllable areas, so that we can manage and configure moving images, for example that give a totally spectacular feeling, thus creating comfortable environments. At the consumption level, we have a total of 27 W when the six Beams are at maximum power, since the brightness is fully adjustable, offering a very high distinction between the minimum brightness of 1% and the maximum of 100%, which is why makes it ideal for bedrooms and offices. The lighting capacity is always relevant for Lifx, in this case we have 1.200 lumens no more and no less.

• 16 million colors
• 10 lighting zones for every 30 centimeters
• Gradual brightness control
• Estimated duration of 22 years of illumination

As always, the Lifx application takes center stage, practically Plug & Play since we only have to click on "+" to add a new device and it will automatically detect it for use from the first moment. Once using the Lifx application we will be able to manage the colors, brightness, environments and even the schedules completely, this is undoubtedly one of its strengths, since the Lifx application is one of the most complete on the market, as it is the compatibility of your products. Through this application we are talking about we will be able to activate the voice assistants that this LIFX Beam has: Google Home, Apple HomeKit and Amazon Alexa, certainly a fully intelligent lighting.

Customization and installation

We have an initial kit of six bars and a corner, fully expandable as many times as we want through the additions, as they are magnetized, there are no problems to expand or reduce the installation to unimaginable limits, since one end contains an input magnet and the other contains an output magnet, it is impossible to make a mistake when installing them, in the same way as your adhesive tape at the back it ensures simplicity when leaving them where we want.

Speaking of the additions, Each corner costs $ 9,99 while each Beam added will cost $ 29,99, prices similar to those of each smart bulb. In principle, the included system allows us to assemble a figure in the shape of an «L» that we can adjust in the direction we want.

Editor's opinion

Worst

 

As we are always going to start with the worst of the product, in this case I am having a hard time taking into account the negative points when comparing this spectacular product with the competition, to be honest. Maybe, to put some but the price could be more adjusted (€ 149) and it is not yet available in Amazon Spain. 

Best

This product has many points in its favor, I start with the fact that the lighting zones are personalized to the point of exhaustion, creating even moving images if we wish. On the other hand, the Lifx application, which is almost perfect, is largely to blame for this. On the other hand the easy installation and the fact that they are magnetized it is almost exclusive.

It is without a doubt one of the highest quality smart lighting products I have come across, with compatibility for almost all systems. You can also get other Lifx products directly in this link to Amazon so we hope you liked our analysis and that you leave us in the comment box any questions you may have.