Customer Ratings & Reviews

BestBuy had this thing sitting with the Google Home device, but it doesn't seem to work with it. It supposedly works with a phone app, but I could not get it to work and I tried two of them.

I absolutely could not get this to work on my wifi. I looked up every conceivable forum to find a solution over a couple of hours but nothing worked.

I bough 2 of this light bulb and when you first install them they work great but after a couple of month they began to mess up its a waste of money

DO NOT BUY as no customer support from LIFX, just buy Philips Hue instead

After setting it up, several days later it had to be set up again. And again. So I relocated them to a seldom used lanp. Waste of money.

If I could give these bulbs no stars I would. These bulbs are great when working. But the problem is the app is horrible. Too many connection problems.

annoying to set up... better just waiting 2 years when there is a seamless setup and they are significantly cheaper

We were not even able to get this to turn on as a normal bulb let alone a smart bulb. Returned to store.

auto on/off in the morning and night did not work, no phone support, takes days to get e mail support

returned same day wouldn't even work. waste of money for us.

Really great smartbulb. Colors are great; the app seems to work fine. Do not experience connectivity issues as others mentioned with different versions of the bulb. Really like that it's equivalent of 75W (meaning it's bright). I must admit, a bit hard to swallow that a light bulb can be THAT expensive, but we really enjoy it. We put this one in the living room. May opt to get a few more for the rest of the house.

These lights are great when they work. I’ve only had a handful of issues with them not connecting or having to reconnect them but for the price I shouldn’t have any issues at all. That being said none have completely gone out or broken and I’ve been able solve any and all issues myself.

I drank the LIFX cool aid for a long time. LIFX used to be good stuff. However, and this is a big HOWEVER. Things have changed with LIFX. Their app has gotten progressively worse. Their integration with Alexa and google home has gotten worse. I used to be able to add a light, it show up in the app and voila, it just worked. But now, when you add a light in the app, just when you think it works, it doesn't. It's now taking me upwards of 45 minutes to an hour just to onboard one light bulb! By the time you manually switch the light off and start over multiple times just to add the light to a group, it takes forever! It used to not be this bad. Not so sure LIFX has hired the most experienced developers and programmers to write their code.

I now own four LIFX bulbs, one of which I bought at Best Buy. The current (third-generation) bulbs are much easier to set up than the previous generation; I've had both. I use the bulbs in conjunction with an Amazon Echo Dot to control them with my voice. It works great. I've had a few issues with the older bulbs, so I contacted LIFX. LIFX support was very responsive and they even replaced my older bulb with a newer one. Overall, I'm quite happy with my LIFX bulbs.

This lightbulb is awesome. Full spectrum of colors and you can set it up with various lighting displays!

We thought this was a great investment AT FIRST. However, after the update, our lights no longer connect. We have checked our WiFi router, as well as, reset the bulbs. Nothing worked. We even exchanged the bulbs for new ones.. still doesn’t work. I do not recommend these. They’re too much of a hassle! We didn’t want to purchase the Phillips hue because of the hub but it looks like we will now be taking these bulbs back and exchanging them for the Phillips hue ones.

Update 2022 Purchased in Nov 2016, one is now dead and 2 others are very flaky on wifi. Worked fine for a year or two, now most times the bulbs drop in and out of WiFi and sometimes have to be reset. Really liked these bulbs, unfortunately seem to be on their last leg.

This light beats the Phillips Hue in the color and brightness department, however it's a pain in the a** when it keeps disconnecting from the CLOUD. I've reinstalled the bulb, re-claim the bulb and within a matter of 2 days, I can't turn on the bulb from the app whether I'm connected via WiFi or Away from Home using LTE Data. It shows up as a minus symbol on the app instead of the bulb icon for me to turn on. In order for me to turn it on, I'll have to manually flip the switch off then on. These bulbs were all installed in my livingroom where my WiFi router is. I cannot recommend this bulb and will be returning 4 bulbs I bought as they've all given me the connectivity issues. As much as I didn't want to go the Phillips Hue route due to the hub, I may have no other choice.

Great colors, easy to set up. App is very intuitive. Loses connection to WiFi occasionally for no apparent reason - but seems to become more stable as time goes on. Seems to run hot, even when the light is off.

I really appreciate not needing to spend more $$ on hub like other brand and LIFX does the job right and even comparable to other more expensive brands that i've tried.