Linked 2 Lidl smart plugs to my hue hub which paired with ease. This is the only Lidl smart products I will be purchasing but definitely worth it for the price.
Same here, as well as an LED strip. Haven't tried the door sensor, but the motion sensors are EXTREMELY flimsy. Not only are they very hit-and-miss when pairing and working, they will not immediately go back to "clear", they only reset after about 1 minute after being triggered. Which for my use case is basically a no-go.
Just hooked the Led strip up to my tradfri gateway, and use hue essentials to set the colours. Now working with alexa for brightness, on and off only. Brilliant bit of kit.
@@EverythingSmartHome great video. Yep just press the button on the tradfri gateway and it adds to the ikea home app. I didnt attach it to a remote and then searched for it on alexa to add it. Then use hue essentials app for all the light effects etc.
@@Diablork no worries. Just get the led strip pulsing and then press the reset button on the tradfri gateway. It will then show on the ikea home app. I didnt connect it to an ikea remote. I then control it via alexa or hue essentials
I know this is an old video, but can anyone tell me how to get Alexa to change the colour of the strip? I have it connected via hue hub and Alexa lists it as having colour capabilities, but womt change the colours, only does the whites.
Judging by the triumphant return of the Lidl smart home in next week’s catalogue, I think they have made it a permanent part of their product rotation.
The ones I've bought (LED strips and motion sensors, though I returned the sensors, because they didn't work properly) paired just fine with a Conbee2 stick (the motion sensors were a bit fiddly, but I'm assuming that's because they're battery-powered), so if you're using one of those, you should be fine.
@@EverythingSmartHome Hopefully. They sell everything online here too. But in the UK it seems it's in-store only and more a "once it's gone, it's gone" kind of thing?
@@EverythingSmartHome I'm not sure about in the stores as I haven't been in to a Lidl for a while. But it certainly looks like it's being properly stocked online.
In Romania they are selling door sensor and motion sensor and only the plug and RGB lights. It will be nice to sell all the products in all countries :) I've bought e27 RGB Bulb and integrate it in homeassistant + conbee stick 2.
I think that this video can have a update. Since this video was made Lidl have been adding sensors to the productline. Also would like to know how you would add these products to your HA.
This is funny, in Romania we got no led stripes, no 3 way or 4 way usb power strips, but we had motion (PIR i suppose) sensors and also door/window sensors. Added to sockets and bulbs, but no white only bulbs at all, only RGBW. No ceiling lights or ceramic heater either.
@@EverythingSmartHome even if the bulbs and sockets work with thuya smart app, the sensors don't, so I'm stuck to Lidl app... The sensors do not appear in the Google Home either. 🤷
I can confirm the GU10 bulbs go into pairing mode after the power goes off and will be returned ASAP as they aren’t fit for purpose. Whilst I realise that most people are using them with a smart switch, app or automatic functionality I don’t want to deal with having to re-pair them if they do lose power.
Last week my dad bought his first smart home kit at 70yo. I had to help him with setting it up, but it really wasn’t bad or hard to do. One thing I did not like was that when the (non-RGB) bulb was set to the warmest temperature, we could not dim it below 20% or it would start flicking like a seizure-machine. Also, the remote is not sold separately so my old man has to use his phone to toggle lights, which is far from ideal. Other than that, and for this price, it’s pretty okay. Edit: they do sell motion and door/window sensors in the NL Lidl shop. Maybe they’ll be up in GB later too?
Our Lidl (Netherlands) didn't have any of these anymore sadly. An employee told me they won't come back either, just a one-time deal. Frustrating and strange...
On Lidl UK site, "smart home smart" page it is written in the header: "when it's gone, is gone...". Could that mean it's a one time deal. I'm not that familiar with English language. It's sad if it's true.
You were mentioning in the video that the bulbs should work with sonoff zigbee gateway. Have a bunch on gu10 bulbs and trying to pair them with the gateway. Seems that it cannot find the bulb or viceversa. Have you tested it? Or anyone else? Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Thank you! LE checked again the video and you said you paired with the sonoff Bridge flashed with tasmota. Stupid question. Is it working without flashing the bridge?
Hey Codrin, yes as you saw I tested with a Sonoff ZigBee Bridge flashed with Tasmota, unfortunately I'm unsure if it works with the bridge with stock firmware, I never got a chance to try it. It should in theory work, if your struggling to get it then feel free to hop into our discord server and I'll do my best to help you troubleshoot it!
@@EverythingSmartHome Sorry, should have been more clearer) I am using Lidl Zigbee Gateway and Gu10 bulbs. The one you're just demonstrating for. Thank you for your content.
There is no direct integration for these AFAIK so you would need to use a different supported hub like I did I'm the video - having said that support might come over the next few weeks since it's a fairly new product. You might also have luck using the tuya integration
No it doesn't. The only Echos that have ZigBee built in are Echo Plus 2nd Gen, Echo Show (10inch version), Echo Studio and Echo 4th Gen. Hope that helps
Reading on the latest in store magazine "keep an eye out for more smart home offers where you can expand the smart home functionality to more areas of the home". This (in Ireland) may mean the full range available in the UK, the ceiling lights for example aren't available here. Or it could well mean more products.
I was quite disappointed about the poor user experience. Everything I did took 5-10 minutes to be reflected in the app. For many things it felt like they are simply would not work. We have fast WiFi, my phone is a Samsung S9, so there should not have been the bottle neck. The home screen widget did not work at all at first and reported "failed to execute"- but suddenly worked the next morning. Did they really patch the software this fast, or is the delay a permanent bug? The journey to add users to your home/family is completely backwards. Normally you would type an email in the app and send someone an invitation, they open the mail, install the software from a pre-configured link, are automatically signed in with temp credentials, set a PW, and they are automatically connected. Here each user needs to first install the app, register and create a user, and then tell you the email they used. Only now, when the user already exists, can you add that email and invite them And now they just get a "you are invited, Accept/Decline" message that doesn't even tell them who is inviting them and to what. So you have to have to be close to the person you invite at the time you want to connect them. And, if all you need lights that switch on and off with a remote, this is not the right solution. The biggest disappointment was for me that the smart plugs cannot be assigned to the remote control- only bulbs. I only bought the starter kit, and not just a hub and plugs, because I wanted that remote. I have very little use for the smart bulbs. The remote does not however work with the smart sockets. Most our ambient lights are "dumb" led lights that are connected to smart plugs. They have been so far connected with radio controlled sockets and a remote, and the reason to switch was that those older sockets have their own limitations that I wanted to overcome with this solution. In hindsight it was a lot more convenient to use the remote when all I need is 95% of the time only "On" and "Off", than having to unlock my phone, open the app, etc.
Took minutes to integrate into my Tuya app, love the bulbs, better then philip and lot cheaper, front door bulb is set dusk to dawn. Just got a ZigBee Tuya ZigBee remote and you can program it do any device, Don't know about Lidl one. Most of Tuya WiFi smart plugs has watt reading and cheaper then Lidl's. And all work with Google 👍
It depends on the device, the light bulbs you need to turn it on for 10 seconds, then turn it off then do on-off-on-off-on in quick succession and the bulb will flash. The plugs you need to turn it on, then off, then hold the power button for about 5 seconds till it starts flashing then it's in pairing mode
@@EverythingSmartHome it does but I thought the limitation would be with the app not the gateway. I have an eBay Tuya ZigBee gate way and that found all the Lidl bulbs no problem and gave me the Alexa support.
@@fenceup07944931177 We've bought a tuya hub, but can't get Alexa to find it. Discover devices fails to find it. Are there any tricks? Would love to get it to work!
@@MatthewRHumphreys process should go like this. Install Tuya app, add the hub to Tuya. Add devices to the hub in Tuya. Install the Tuya skill in the Alexa app, then discover new devices. Hope this helps.
Hey David, that depends on if your Hue hub works with Google assistant and supports 3rd party devices doing so. For example if you have another device attached to your hue hub already and that works through Google Assistant then these will work
@@EverythingSmartHome My Google assistant works currently with Hue, my new Lidl lights show up in my Hue app but dont in the Google Assistant App, anyone know if i should be able to see them without the Lidl gateway?
You might need to give them time to sync or there might be a way to manually sync. Short of that you could try removing and readding the Google home integration
Seems that LIDL has recently exited the smarthome market. None of the products (except starter kit) are available in stores or online (in Spain at least)
That's usually because the products are only available for limited time, that said I did see that some countries had brought them back so you may be lucky!
I just bought a load of them in a lidl in Denmark so I think they they are releasing them differently from country to country. The first bulb I bought was over a year ago.
I would consider it, but I find it confusing with all the different makes, and we have a Samsung TV I think it has a hub in it but don't know if it would work with Zigbee, then there is Matter, so what's that all about more confusion!!!, I was using Sonof but the Ewelink was total crap so I sold and moved on and don't want to spend money on another mistake
The Lidl application does not work in Bulgaria ...... If it wasn't so unfortunate, it would be funny. The device was purchased by Lidl in Germany and this unpleasant detail was spared to the potential buyer.
You can cut them yes, only thing to watch out for is that it has a waterproof cover on these, but you'll just need to pull this back a bit further to get the bare strip.
@@j00h Thanks for that information. I've paired a colour E27 and a white bulb to a Hue gateway. The white bulb is fine and the colour bulb is ok in white mode but it's noisy and has very low light level (maybe 10% of the white level) in colour mode. I'd appreciate any thoughts please! I don't have any other colour bulbs to compare it to. Thanks
In theory they should but unfortunately I don't have one to try. I'd suggest maybe buying one bulb if you can and seeing if it works. If not you can always return it! Hope that helps
Can someone explain me do I need that gateway ?all devices I have are already connect direct to my home router and I controlled them over tuya app (smart life) and I don't have getaway for them ?
It seems so.i really didn't know there are devices that need special getaway to connect them .I was obviously living in lie that are devices are connecting directly to home wifi
Tuya is branching out, this is Tuya hub, making more compatible with other device, including there ZigBee device's which not available with WiFi, other brands like zigbee Mi, sonoff, ect are compatible.
They never have bayonet. What they do in my town is send all screw fitting bulbs and size 48"waist work clothes. I don't know anyone that big that needs work clothes. Perhaps they don't research the actual customers needs. We have traffic lights now outside. And a bunch of people outside in the wind and rain standing 12 inches apart social distancing. Noone in the shop. It is just bullshit .
So Lidl do have uk-plug devices.... We use UK plugs in my country but Lidl over here only brings european style plug devices including power strips and such >:C
It’s on the Lidl website, they don’t sell it in stores (at least in Germany). I’m stuck thinking is the gateway the same as a hub and if so is this one good or is there a better one that also accommodates Z-Wave products?
Please try and let me know. Here the second smartphone cannot pair unless I reset the hub, but that means that the first smartphone is now unpaired. And it only pairs one! Maybe the hub has a defect.
@@EverythingSmartHome i have bought door/window sensors today and have been trying whole evening to get them to work with smartthings.... seems like its not gonna happen. There is no device handlers for them
@@mmendes41088 I'm really gutted I'm struggling to find a way to make this work with my SmartThings Hub as well... I really don't fancy the idea of having to buy Raspberry Pie/ZHA/Sonoff just to get an extension lead to work :(
I’m using the Strip, bulb, single and triple socket with Zigbee2mqtt and a CC2531 usb/zigbee stick. Had to switch to the dev branch of Zigbee2mqtt to get the sockets working.
As always buy cheap buy twice so most likely more smart junk for landfill in a few years to come! It's a big 'if' they continue the product range, don't see why anyone would want to take such a silly chance. Brightness isn't everything either, CRI is far more important, as is strobing effect when dimming and proper integration with other products. None of this will come close to the quality of Philips as a company (they make commercial lighting products) or the Hue range. I've been bench testing hue since it's inception and it has been flawless and still going strong so worth the investment. In fact I only ever install Philips brand for lighting now as a result, even just standard LED GU10s, the quality is top with CRI of 90+ in the Master range (£5 each GU10), they are perfectly dimmable (down to 2%) and you can get all white temperatures in all beam angles... perfect. Also being first to market means it integrates better with more things and enhances your life rather than being just cheap rebrand tack that will probably screw up in 18 months will no support behind it... I call it Smart Junk
I bought two of the outlets and one of the power strips. All paired with smartthings, though the power strip required a custom device handler. One thing nobody has mentioned is the presence of a committee candle bulbs in the range. This is the cheapest price point for these on the market ever - even IKEA don't have one of these in their range. If they don't plan to keep these available long term then it seems like an unnecessary expense to produce a branded version of the app, so my suspicion is that we might hopefully be seeing these longer term. I would love to experiment with the door and window sensors people are mentioning, and hope they roll out here. I'm in the market for some.
Anyone planning a trip down to Lidl to pick these up!?
Will be heading there at the weekend so will pick some a led strip or two. Hope to add them via a conbee stick and ZHA.
Nice, let me know how it goes!
9 plugs, led strip, 2 white blubs and 2 colour blubs nice
That's a nice little collection!! How did it go?
@@EverythingSmartHome plugs and LEDs works great with deconz in HA not tried the blubs yet.
I have 2 plugs and an RGB bulb paired with an Echo plus (has a built-in Zigbee hub) and they work really well. Highly recommended.
Great job Lidl.
Linked 2 Lidl smart plugs to my hue hub which paired with ease. This is the only Lidl smart products I will be purchasing but definitely worth it for the price.
Awesome, glad to hear it worked!
in the Netherlands there is already a motion and door sensor
Oh nice, hopefully they come here soon!
In Germany too 👍😁
Same here, as well as an LED strip. Haven't tried the door sensor, but the motion sensors are EXTREMELY flimsy. Not only are they very hit-and-miss when pairing and working, they will not immediately go back to "clear", they only reset after about 1 minute after being triggered. Which for my use case is basically a no-go.
Romanian here, can confirm. Door and motion sensors were available in stores
Awesome, hopefully they make their way to the UK too!
Just hooked the Led strip up to my tradfri gateway, and use hue essentials to set the colours. Now working with alexa for brightness, on and off only. Brilliant bit of kit.
Oh that's awesome to hear! Thanks for letting me know!
@@EverythingSmartHome great video. Yep just press the button on the tradfri gateway and it adds to the ikea home app. I didnt attach it to a remote and then searched for it on alexa to add it.
Then use hue essentials app for all the light effects etc.
that's good to know, I wanted to test them but I really didn't want yet another gateway as I have the Ikea one already
@@Diablork no worries. Just get the led strip pulsing and then press the reset button on the tradfri gateway. It will then show on the ikea home app. I didnt connect it to an ikea remote. I then control it via alexa or hue essentials
I know this is an old video, but can anyone tell me how to get Alexa to change the colour of the strip? I have it connected via hue hub and Alexa lists it as having colour capabilities, but womt change the colours, only does the whites.
Judging by the triumphant return of the Lidl smart home in next week’s catalogue, I think they have made it a permanent part of their product rotation.
That's good to know, thanks!
The ones I've bought (LED strips and motion sensors, though I returned the sensors, because they didn't work properly) paired just fine with a Conbee2 stick (the motion sensors were a bit fiddly, but I'm assuming that's because they're battery-powered), so if you're using one of those, you should be fine.
In Germany they also have light panels, a remote control and a 3 way extension lead (with USB ports too).
Oh cool, we have the extension lead and remote but not the panel so hopefully we get them soon!
@@EverythingSmartHome Hopefully. They sell everything online here too. But in the UK it seems it's in-store only and more a "once it's gone, it's gone" kind of thing?
Yeah that's right, do you guys have permenent stock of everything?
@@EverythingSmartHome I'm not sure about in the stores as I haven't been in to a Lidl for a while. But it certainly looks like it's being properly stocked online.
In Romania they are selling door sensor and motion sensor and only the plug and RGB lights. It will be nice to sell all the products in all countries :) I've bought e27 RGB Bulb and integrate it in homeassistant + conbee stick 2.
I think that this video can have a update. Since this video was made Lidl have been adding sensors to the productline. Also would like to know how you would add these products to your HA.
They work with Phillips hub, smarthings and inbuilt echo zigbee, but the lidi gateway will not connect with echo devices on it's own.
If I understand you correctly then yes that is correct and by design
This is funny, in Romania we got no led stripes, no 3 way or 4 way usb power strips, but we had motion (PIR i suppose) sensors and also door/window sensors. Added to sockets and bulbs, but no white only bulbs at all, only RGBW. No ceiling lights or ceramic heater either.
Damn maybe we will switch around soon 😅
@@EverythingSmartHome even if the bulbs and sockets work with thuya smart app, the sensors don't, so I'm stuck to Lidl app... The sensors do not appear in the Google Home either. 🤷
I read that the dimming range on the bulbs is poor and the gu10 go into pairing mode whenever you switch them off at the wall.
I can confirm the GU10 bulbs go into pairing mode after the power goes off and will be returned ASAP as they aren’t fit for purpose. Whilst I realise that most people are using them with a smart switch, app or automatic functionality I don’t want to deal with having to re-pair them if they do lose power.
Last week my dad bought his first smart home kit at 70yo. I had to help him with setting it up, but it really wasn’t bad or hard to do.
One thing I did not like was that when the (non-RGB) bulb was set to the warmest temperature, we could not dim it below 20% or it would start flicking like a seizure-machine. Also, the remote is not sold separately so my old man has to use his phone to toggle lights, which is far from ideal.
Other than that, and for this price, it’s pretty okay.
Edit: they do sell motion and door/window sensors in the NL Lidl shop. Maybe they’ll be up in GB later too?
Just go on eBay and buy ZigBee Tuya and Sonoff versions, they work fine.
Our Lidl (Netherlands) didn't have any of these anymore sadly. An employee told me they won't come back either, just a one-time deal. Frustrating and strange...
Damn that's a shame, although they might come back in the future you never know!
On Lidl UK site, "smart home smart" page it is written in the header: "when it's gone, is gone...". Could that mean it's a one time deal. I'm not that familiar with English language. It's sad if it's true.
You were mentioning in the video that the bulbs should work with sonoff zigbee gateway. Have a bunch on gu10 bulbs and trying to pair them with the gateway. Seems that it cannot find the bulb or viceversa.
Have you tested it? Or anyone else? Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Thank you!
LE checked again the video and you said you paired with the sonoff Bridge flashed with tasmota. Stupid question. Is it working without flashing the bridge?
Hey Codrin, yes as you saw I tested with a Sonoff ZigBee Bridge flashed with Tasmota, unfortunately I'm unsure if it works with the bridge with stock firmware, I never got a chance to try it. It should in theory work, if your struggling to get it then feel free to hop into our discord server and I'll do my best to help you troubleshoot it!
Is it possible to setup automatization in the Google Home app?
pls do a tutorial on connecting these (hubs + bulbs) with Home Assistant (Without using Supervisor because I am using Home Assistant Core)
Hey! It's totally dependent on which hub your using?
@@EverythingSmartHome Sorry, should have been more clearer) I am using Lidl Zigbee Gateway and Gu10 bulbs. The one you're just demonstrating for. Thank you for your content.
There is no direct integration for these AFAIK so you would need to use a different supported hub like I did I'm the video - having said that support might come over the next few weeks since it's a fairly new product. You might also have luck using the tuya integration
Does it work with the Amazon Show 5?!
No reason it shouldn't!
No it doesn't. The only Echos that have ZigBee built in are Echo Plus 2nd Gen, Echo Show (10inch version), Echo Studio and Echo 4th Gen. Hope that helps
Great review, i didn't notice any PWM, do you know if they are using high frequency PWM or is it current controlled?
Thanks, appreciate it! I'm actually unsure I would need to double check!
@@EverythingSmartHome Thank you 👍
Reading on the latest in store magazine "keep an eye out for more smart home offers where you can expand the smart home functionality to more areas of the home".
This (in Ireland) may mean the full range available in the UK, the ceiling lights for example aren't available here. Or it could well mean more products.
Oh great spot, hopefully it's the latter!
I was quite disappointed about the poor user experience.
Everything I did took 5-10 minutes to be reflected in the app. For many things it felt like they are simply would not work.
We have fast WiFi, my phone is a Samsung S9, so there should not have been the bottle neck.
The home screen widget did not work at all at first and reported "failed to execute"- but suddenly worked the next morning. Did they really patch the software this fast, or is the delay a permanent bug?
The journey to add users to your home/family is completely backwards.
Normally you would type an email in the app and send someone an invitation, they open the mail, install the software from a pre-configured link, are automatically signed in with temp credentials, set a PW, and they are automatically connected.
Here each user needs to first install the app, register and create a user, and then tell you the email they used. Only now, when the user already exists, can you add that email and invite them
And now they just get a "you are invited, Accept/Decline" message that doesn't even tell them who is inviting them and to what. So you have to have to be close to the person you invite at the time you want to connect them.
And, if all you need lights that switch on and off with a remote, this is not the right solution.
The biggest disappointment was for me that the smart plugs cannot be assigned to the remote control- only bulbs. I only bought the starter kit, and not just a hub and plugs, because I wanted that remote. I have very little use for the smart bulbs. The remote does not however work with the smart sockets.
Most our ambient lights are "dumb" led lights that are connected to smart plugs. They have been so far connected with radio controlled sockets and a remote, and the reason to switch was that those older sockets have their own limitations that I wanted to overcome with this solution.
In hindsight it was a lot more convenient to use the remote when all I need is 95% of the time only "On" and "Off", than having to unlock my phone, open the app, etc.
Took minutes to integrate into my Tuya app, love the bulbs, better then philip and lot cheaper, front door bulb is set dusk to dawn. Just got a ZigBee Tuya ZigBee remote and you can program it do any device, Don't know about Lidl one. Most of Tuya WiFi smart plugs has watt reading and cheaper then Lidl's.
And all work with Google 👍
Any tips on getting them paired/into pairing mode? Trying to add to a Conbee.
It depends on the device, the light bulbs you need to turn it on for 10 seconds, then turn it off then do on-off-on-off-on in quick succession and the bulb will flash.
The plugs you need to turn it on, then off, then hold the power button for about 5 seconds till it starts flashing then it's in pairing mode
I got some. But won't be keeping them. NO Alexa support. Not even if you use the Tuya app instead. Odd decision.
That's a shame, yeah it is a strange omission! Although to be fair does say on the box that it's only Google Assistant supported.
@@EverythingSmartHome it does but I thought the limitation would be with the app not the gateway. I have an eBay Tuya ZigBee gate way and that found all the Lidl bulbs no problem and gave me the Alexa support.
@@fenceup07944931177 We've bought a tuya hub, but can't get Alexa to find it. Discover devices fails to find it.
Are there any tricks? Would love to get it to work!
@@MatthewRHumphreys process should go like this. Install Tuya app, add the hub to Tuya. Add devices to the hub in Tuya. Install the Tuya skill in the Alexa app, then discover new devices. Hope this helps.
Can these work via Google Assistant without the Lidl Gateway? I have the Hue Bridge and don't fancy another Hub/Gateway
Hey David, that depends on if your Hue hub works with Google assistant and supports 3rd party devices doing so. For example if you have another device attached to your hue hub already and that works through Google Assistant then these will work
@@EverythingSmartHome My Google assistant works currently with Hue, my new Lidl lights show up in my Hue app but dont in the Google Assistant App, anyone know if i should be able to see them without the Lidl gateway?
You might need to give them time to sync or there might be a way to manually sync. Short of that you could try removing and readding the Google home integration
Will the Lidle Smart Products work with Alexa Echo Plus (2nd Gen) as I believe that has ZigBee built in?.
They should do yes, I can't verify though for sure
Zigbee hub is only on gen 4
No power monitoring is a real shame and a dealbreaker for me. I really hoped they had that but to bad.
Seems that LIDL has recently exited the smarthome market. None of the products (except starter kit) are available in stores or online (in Spain at least)
That's usually because the products are only available for limited time, that said I did see that some countries had brought them back so you may be lucky!
I just bought a load of them in a lidl in Denmark so I think they they are releasing them differently from country to country. The first bulb I bought was over a year ago.
How far away from the hub can the bulbs be connected?
Picked up a gateway, 3xplugs and a colour buld. But do you know if there are any compatible colour bayonet bulbs? TIA
I didn't see any unfortunately but you can use an adapter if that will work for where you are planning to use them?
I would consider it, but I find it confusing with all the different makes, and we have a Samsung TV
I think it has a hub in it but don't know if it would work with Zigbee, then there is Matter, so what's that all about more confusion!!!, I was using Sonof but the Ewelink was total crap
so I sold and moved on and don't want to spend money on another mistake
Just got mine and integrated it with my Philips Hue app and Google Home. Getting more tomorrow!!
Awesome, must have made a good impression!
@@EverythingSmartHome For the price they are fine. They don’t support power on behaviour in Hue app. So far so good.
Just got two of the E27 colour and loud buzzing from them in the light fitting, so back they go! Philips I forgive you!!
@@EverythingSmartHome They are going back..loud buzzing from the E27 lamp! Quite audible from a distance.
The Lidl application does not work in Bulgaria ...... If it wasn't so unfortunate, it would be funny. The device was purchased by Lidl in Germany and this unpleasant detail was spared to the potential buyer.
Do the lights extend the range of the network? Cheers
Good question, I'll find out!
Can confirm these act as Zigbee routers and will extend the mesh network.
@@empyfree Nice one! Thanks for the update 👍. Cheers
The color mode is dark like hell with the e27. You did not mention that.
Are the colors not that bright?
Svp c'est le nom de l'application pour tenter le produit ?
Hey folks, how do I pair these with the Philips hue hub? The app is asking me to reset the gateway, I presume this is the only way how?
Hey Marc, are you using the Philips Hue App? Which product are you trying to pair?
They made tomatoes permanent, so here’s hoping.
Does Trådfri need any flashing before pairing together with that gateway?
Sorry I couldn't say for sure, I don't have a tradfri!
I can’t make them work with Ikea home smart. I can’t make home smart to work on lidl smart home either unfortunately.
Anyone know if the lightstrip can be cut & reattached with connectors, such as the litcessory ones?
You can cut them yes, only thing to watch out for is that it has a waterproof cover on these, but you'll just need to pull this back a bit further to get the bare strip.
What's the colour accuracy like of the RGB bulbs?
Pretty good, although I'd need to do a proper comparison!
@@EverythingSmartHome £10 for a bulb of this brightness seems like an absolute steal
Yeah I agree, no brainer!
@@j00h Thanks for that information. I've paired a colour E27 and a white bulb to a Hue gateway. The white bulb is fine and the colour bulb is ok in white mode but it's noisy and has very low light level (maybe 10% of the white level) in colour mode. I'd appreciate any thoughts please! I don't have any other colour bulbs to compare it to. Thanks
@@grahametobin5297 it’s much better with the lidl gateway.
Would the bulbs work with an Ikea zigbee 3.0 gateway hub ??
In theory they should but unfortunately I don't have one to try. I'd suggest maybe buying one bulb if you can and seeing if it works. If not you can always return it! Hope that helps
Can someone explain me do I need that gateway ?all devices I have are already connect direct to my home router and I controlled them over tuya app (smart life) and I don't have getaway for them ?
You perhaps have WiFi devices rather than ZigBee?
It seems so.i really didn't know there are devices that need special getaway to connect them .I was obviously living in lie that are devices are connecting directly to home wifi
Tuya is branching out, this is Tuya hub, making more compatible with other device, including there ZigBee device's which not available with WiFi, other brands like zigbee Mi, sonoff, ect are compatible.
Gateway did not connect.
Why no BC bulb. Will have to buy new lamps to use these 😡😡
They never have bayonet. What they do in my town is send all screw fitting bulbs and size 48"waist work clothes. I don't know anyone that big that needs work clothes. Perhaps they don't research the actual customers needs. We have traffic lights now outside. And a bunch of people outside in the wind and rain standing 12 inches apart social distancing. Noone in the shop. It is just bullshit .
So Lidl do have uk-plug devices.... We use UK plugs in my country but Lidl over here only brings european style plug devices including power strips and such >:C
Whaaaat that's strange!!
its a shame they stopped selling these.
Please wths name of application ?
They have a motion sensor. I bought one.
Cool, hopefully we get it here in the UK soon
No sign of it (or the door sensor, or fancy Christmas lights) coming to the UK. Strange decision from Lidl.
Hello. Have you managed to integrate this gateway with HA?
Hello! No I didn't but I didn't try to either, it may be possible using local Tuya
search for "Paul Banks Lidl Zigbee" for how to flash it for use with HA
I bought the bulbs to lidl but I did not know I needed the zigbee gateway. Where can I find it online?
Hey Marco, you do not need the gateway if you already have a ZigBee gateway?
I don't have the zigbee gateway. Do I find it only in lidl stores?
@@piras90 no it can work with other ZigBee gateways, it depends on what you want to do
I bought 2 smart bulbs but I realised I now need the gateway. Where can I find it?
It’s on the Lidl website, they don’t sell it in stores (at least in Germany). I’m stuck thinking is the gateway the same as a hub and if so is this one good or is there a better one that also accommodates Z-Wave products?
Will the smart extension strip work with amazon echo ?
Unfortunately not natively, these are Google Assistant only for some reason
Is it possible to pair 2 smartphones to the hub?
Should be because it's just WiFi!
Please try and let me know. Here the second smartphone cannot pair unless I reset the hub, but that means that the first smartphone is now unpaired. And it only pairs one! Maybe the hub has a defect.
I'm not sure what you mean by pair since there is no pairing because they aren't a Bluetooth device? Unfortunately I cannot test this at the moment
Has anyone managed to connect these to SmartThings?
What issues are you having? Or you just making sure they are compatible? 😅
@@EverythingSmartHome i have bought door/window sensors today and have been trying whole evening to get them to work with smartthings.... seems like its not gonna happen. There is no device handlers for them
@@mmendes41088 I'm really gutted I'm struggling to find a way to make this work with my SmartThings Hub as well... I really don't fancy the idea of having to buy Raspberry Pie/ZHA/Sonoff just to get an extension lead to work :(
So what about Alexa?
Alexa is missing from this for some reason, not sure why that is! That's why I only mentioned Google assistant 😅
Are those compatible with Ikea Tradfri?
From what other people have said, they are indeed
The gateway works on tuya app?
I'm not sure I haven't tested sorry!
@@EverythingSmartHome yes, It's tuya hub and tuya smart life app
Lidl = nice job Tuya.
Jack Dorsey trimmed his beard?
Anyone tried these with zigbee2mqtt?
I succesfully connected the bulbs in hassio with conbee2 stick but the door and motion sensor wont connect
I’m using the Strip, bulb, single and triple socket with Zigbee2mqtt and a CC2531 usb/zigbee stick. Had to switch to the dev branch of Zigbee2mqtt to get the sockets working.
As always buy cheap buy twice so most likely more smart junk for landfill in a few years to come! It's a big 'if' they continue the product range, don't see why anyone would want to take such a silly chance.
Brightness isn't everything either, CRI is far more important, as is strobing effect when dimming and proper integration with other products. None of this will come close to the quality of Philips as a company (they make commercial lighting products) or the Hue range. I've been bench testing hue since it's inception and it has been flawless and still going strong so worth the investment. In fact I only ever install Philips brand for lighting now as a result, even just standard LED GU10s, the quality is top with CRI of 90+ in the Master range (£5 each GU10), they are perfectly dimmable (down to 2%) and you can get all white temperatures in all beam angles... perfect.
Also being first to market means it integrates better with more things and enhances your life rather than being just cheap rebrand tack that will probably screw up in 18 months will no support behind it... I call it Smart Junk
I bought two of the outlets and one of the power strips. All paired with smartthings, though the power strip required a custom device handler.
One thing nobody has mentioned is the presence of a committee candle bulbs in the range. This is the cheapest price point for these on the market ever - even IKEA don't have one of these in their range. If they don't plan to keep these available long term then it seems like an unnecessary expense to produce a branded version of the app, so my suspicion is that we might hopefully be seeing these longer term.
I would love to experiment with the door and window sensors people are mentioning, and hope they roll out here. I'm in the market for some.
*committee = coloured
@@mikeguest6307 what custom handler were you able to set up for your strip please? I'm unfortunately struggling to locate one for SmartThings 😔
They are made by Tuya and they have more partners then any device, they also can reprogrammed.