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Love the concept - thanks for demonstrating the couple use cases. These seem expensive at first but I can see how Nanoleaf is targeting this for the DIY crowd that might not prefer hiring professionals and / or have limitations due to existing wiring in their homes. Although I do agree with the other comment that hopefully Nanoleaf can get the CRI for their products over 90 like other competitors have already done.
You also showed your living room / steps going into the basement - would be interested in seeing if / how you plan to transform the lighting in those areas as well?
BTW, we came across your channel recently when we were looking for ways to add lights to the stairs leading to our basement and was recommended your video using the Govee lights - curious if that video might be in a different home than the one in this video?
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! I appreciate the insight! This is the only staircase lighting video I have done so far but might try doing another one in the near future! ruclips.net/video/zxQ91Uupy9I/видео.html
@@ChrisMaherDIY Yep - that is the video I mentioned we first watched on your channel.
In my previous comment I was wondering whether you were planning to update the lighting in your Living Room as well in this video since you mentioned it around the 9 second mark in this video as it being 300 sq ft and having inadequate lighting.
Thanks again and keep up the great work. 👍
P.S. I have been following for few years and also saw HandyDadTV's video on the Nanoleaf Skylight - which could be reason the YT algorithm recommended your video(s) as well and I am glad it did. 😊
I definitely am planning on upgrading the lighting in my living room and going down the stairs at some point but it was just a little too much work and time to do that all in one video! Thanks again for watching. Always fun to hear from people in the comments even though I don't always have the time to respond!
Yo Chris! Have you had a chance to try a Hue Sync Box yet? We had discussed it quite a while ago.
Who use to live there? Vampires?
Definitely “live, laugh, love” midwesterners 😂. Always bedroom furniture 3x too bug for the space.
Underrated 😂
I'm an electrician and I've never seen a light fixture with actual thought put into in how it gets wired.
Beautiful wire routing well done Nanoleaf.
But only 80CRI?
Come on you can do better 90CRI is a absolute minimum for a good home lighting, especially at that price point.
Thanks so much for watching and providing your insight! It will be interesting to see if a bunch of companies start coming out with similar products and what changes they might make. I'll be very curious to see where this all goes!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Yay the actual channel owner and not one of those horrendous phishing bots l have to keep reporting...
Kidding aside, good lighting for working and living isn't something that should be done half heartily and skimmed on.
Here in Germany it's part of the curriculum if you train to become a journeyman electrician.
On that note you've done an awesome job on the lighting so far.
But make sure in the future that you get quality white LEDs with over 90CRI for your bathrooms and kitchens so you and your food doesn't look like props from a zombie movie.
dang 80CRI is a dealbreaker for me for sure.
@@ChrisMaherDIY Absolutely looking forward to LIFX's inevitable improvement on these. They've started offering strips that are quite lovely and I'd like to get some panels that are actually bright and useful instead of just cute toy decorations like the nanoleafs usually are.
Being an electrician, can you make sense of an 11 k price tag on a few extra recessed lighting this guy was looking to put in? That sounds crazy to me, but I'm not an electrician
Having these skylights for an ENTIRE ceiling would be Crazy! The possibilities for scenes is endless. You could pretty much simulate the sun going from east to west on your ceiling!
Fill the ceiling with them, black tape in between and you have Saturday Night Fever!
The possibilities are limited to your wallet
@@TintiKili69 fr. a 3 pack costs 200 bucks
@@sourrlemonsYeah. I sold my House to Buy 200 of them. Guess what problem I have now.
@@mxkptr 💀💀
Yeah I would have put the drywall anchors in instead of screwing them into just the drywall. Hopefully some of the screws hit wood
We shall see! So far everything is holding strong!
They're like 27 ounces each. 4 screws at 11 inches apart, as long as you didn't overtighten and strip the drywall, is overkill for their weight. Completely unnecessary to make bigger holes for no reason.
So 13 panels in the bedroom come to 1 starterset $270 plus 10 extension tiles $70 each / $700 = $970 total. That's a lot of light, but also a lot of money. On the other hand...
Twenty years ago I already sold panels that were very similar, but that was before the app possibilities. Those were panels from 50x50cm contained 4 zones and did cost a whopping $399 for an extension panel. Sold a 3x3 set for €4000 to a school that made a display of 1,5x1,5 meters only. Of course this was new technology back then and they were build to last and aimed for professional installations. Later they came with dmx. But there are tons of cheaper options nowadays. Traxxon moodlights if you like to see what I'm talking about.
Before seeing the video I thought you really meant sky lights. I can't remember the brand I worked with, but they were similar to Aspire led ceiling tiles. They're pretty amazing, but outside the medical world it didn't do much over here. But with rgbw nowadays your could mimic a sunrise perfectly.
Anywho, love the idea of these tiles, compared with yesterday they're not that expensive, compared with Ali led strips they are. Combined with a popcorn ceiling and your decor in my opinion a complete mismatch. But as long as you are happy with them... Haha. Thanks for showing, love your vids.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Always love hearing about others experience and knowledge. Very cool hearing about the history of this type of product! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks again!
I refuse to do business with Nanoleaf ever again. I spent several hundred dollars on the Shapes line when they came out. They looked great. And then the updates started. Every update made performance worse until a controller unit stopped working altogether. I learned that I was far from the only person having this problem and the company would not be fixing it or replacing the units. All the great product design in the world can't make up for customer service that bad.
I’ve always heard it was a nightmare but when the control tile went out on my Touch cubes and even though it was out of warranty , they replaced it with no questions asked.
It was a known issue at the time, so that may have had something to do with it.
I had both experiences. I had some shapes for my kid they worked fine until they didn't. It seemed like the control unit was defective, I contacted customer support and they sent me a replacement... which failed per soon, they sent me another and the same happened.
They are now unusable. I may try going to customer support again but I now have the feeling that it's just going to be the same crappy result.
I was wondering if they could be connected to WLED.
@@yequene I recently discovered that there was a page set up on their website to automate replacing the early controllers. I put in the serial numbers and both of the shapes controllers were eligible. Over a month later, they finally arrived. They both seem to work, so far. I have no plans to update the controllers, or purchase additional panels.
@@nickhancock589 that's the one I used the first time. The second time I had to contact support and explain that the replacement didn't work. I don't know, it might have been bad luck.
Can you choose not to update? If every update makes it worse and they're aware of it then it's probably planned obsolescence.
It's nice, but not exactly cheap...In Germany, if I remember correctly, you pay more than €400 for nine pieces😮
It's definitely pricy! Hard to say if its overpriced when there is nothing to compare it too but when your first to market with an idea/product you are able to set the tone. Its only a matter of time before other companies follow in Nanoleafs footsteps so it will be interesting to see what others come up with.
As a former electrician in the UK, you'd probably be paying less than £1250 for adding the amount of lights you requested including a minor upgrade for your fuse board to cover the lighting circuits.
If his home is like mine, the entire main box would have to be replaced; it’s quite a bit more involved than adding a few additional circuits to an existing breaker box.
@@velvetjones8634 Perhaps, but in the UK if you solely work on the lighting circuit you could move that circuit to a new mini fuse box that's up to date and provide a "recommendation" to upgrade the existing system
@@TechHunterOfficial That would be nice! I'm not sure if it's an option in the US but it wouldn't surprise me if it were and the electrician didn't tell me about it!
@@velvetjones8634 😂 Probably why I never made any real money, I was too honest.
same with mine. Everything pretty much would need to be upgraded/replaced.
I was excited until I saw the price... smmfh
Definitely pricy! Hard to say if its overpriced when there is nothing to compare it too but when your first to market with an idea, you are able to set the tone. Only a matter of time before more stuff like this hit the market and then we will know a lot more!
I dig your detailed overview, even the tips you dropped with the binder clips.
I noticed when you were pulling out that old fixture in your bedroom that the primary wires were run through that center hole of the mounting bracket. I'd caution against routing primary cabling through those holes unless there is a need for it. Primary wires are typically solid, and suck at flexing, which *can* potentially cause damage to the insulation by pressure being applied against the threads.
That hole is only really neccesary with threaded rods designed for stranded wire to pass through (think lamp cord) for fancy rod mounted or chain mounted fixtures. In most other cases for a surface mount device, you typically have ample room on either side of the mounted bracket to run your fixture to primary connection.
Again, not necessarily a major thing, just food for thought!
Would love to see a DIY build of this using WLED and some RGB + High CRI white strips!
Great product, but pricey. for each expansion unit. DIY could be a 3d printed base unit and diffuser top cover, with the RGBW lights around the perimeter and maybe across the middle, with a WLED controller, maybe the one with built in WLED. Probably need a stepdown from mains to 12/24v but might be doable. Would be good if they were WLED native to fit with the rest of the house.
@@andrewpbclarke 3d printed housing is what I thought too. Diffusion is the hardest part I feel with DIY solutions. I haven't seen any actually good 3d printed diffusion, maybe the layer lines are what stops it from being good.
@@Gershy13 look up DIY Machines. He does a clock which is 3D printed and the first 3 layers are printed in silk white. Then a colour change to something else and finish the print. Works great I built one but cannot show it here. If you have a 300 by 300 bed it would work or even the 256 of a Bambu x or p series.
@@andrewpbclarke Thanks I'll check him out, seems to have some cool projects. I've got a Neptune 4 pro which is 250x250 so might just give it a try on a smaller scale and see what the result is.
I do want to try a DIY Version at some point. It would definitely be a fun project but using a homes main power supply is more complex than the standard plug.
for RGB its great, but for room lighting I couldn't use it. Anything less than a 90 CRI rating looks terrible to me after using high quality lighting. regardless you did a great job
300 dollars for 3 panels is wild
Forget about upgrading the lights bud, you need to upgrade from that textured ceiling…
Chris, have you tried to control other Nanoleaf products via WLED?
It would be really nice to be able to do that instead of depending on their control unit and their app.
Not to mention on White, these look like a Joe vs The Volcano Fluorescent light fixture.
hahaha
Imagine how cool something like this would look in a room without popcorn ceilings and recessed into the drywall. Like the drywall stops even with where the boxes ran. Obviously a ton of extra work with not only framing but drywall finishing but I think it would look sweet!
What do you think about using these on a wall instead of on a ceiling? I mean, that might make them more like the original nano leaf items but do you see any problems with it? I’d like to get into the kind of lighting you do and I have a wall fixture in our bedroom that has crapped out on us and buying just a starter set Might be a nice entry into this kind of lighting as well as serving the purpose of replacing the darn wall fixture. 🤷♂️
Don't take this wrong, but the walk through to start the episode looked like a horror video game😂
Holy Toledo I cannot believe that electrician tried so hard to screw you! You already have power going to the receptacle and if the wiring was installed in the 60s or 70s even, it definitely will support four different 60 watt bulbs. So I'm pretty sure I can handle 100 Watts of LED light. Turn on the I cannot believe they quoted you that price when they could run power from the original fixture to the other areas. Nobody even uses can lights anymore, they use the flat LED panels but it is still a recessed lighting, a lot easier to work with and in no way going to cost you the prices you were quoted
I can’t believe you had that colour temperature in the old bulbs in your house. Looks like hospital lighting 🤮
if you'd like to add more lighting you can add surface mount track. then you can "clip in" various fixtures into the track. Its a cheap way to expand lighting in a room
Thats a great idea! Is it very difficult to do?
@@ChrisMaherDIY not at all. They come in 4 and 8 foot lengths. Then you buy the corners and “T’s” that join them together. It’s the ties into any junction box and extends your lighting as far as you’d like
Keep up the good work. I always enjoy your videos. A few things about these lights that I really don’t like. The thickness of the panels and the dim area in the middle of each panel. Both dealbreakers for me. Also, I’ve never been happy with Nanoleafs pricing. I’d bet that Govee will have a similar product before long that will be more affordable and probably brighter and more uniformly lit.
is there a way of making a diy version?
I mean, it wouldn't be certified, so your insurance might have a word, but you could do something with standard RGBW LED strips, an ESP32 and WLED?
You'd also have to make the enclosures if you wanted the same look, which could be a ballache as you'd have to work with acrylic or other material you could use for diffusion, as you would likely not be able to source anything "off the shelf" for that sort of enclosure?
Unless you knew of a source of square box ceiling lights with built in diffusers that you could repurpose?
For reference, 5m of BTF lighting RGBW LED strip, with 60 LEDs/m costs roughly £50 (probably the same or thereabouts in dollars, 'cos we always get ripped off in the UK! 😉), and you can get 3 ESP32s for ~£21. Anything else you'd spend would depend on the kit you already have, like soldering gear etc. (or connectors, you can buy LED strip connectors too if you don't want to solder)
Edit: I forgot to mention power supply - you'd have to do something to get 5v power to the ESP32/LEDs, so you'd need either an external PSU, or internal if you can figure out how to wire it from mains light circuit!- Again, the insurance might have... opinions... on that!
I would just buy standard LED cheap lights at Lowes or HD and then add a Govee or such LED strip in it. Ive done that with a few lights at my house and works great. They arent as bright as the stock lights but now have options with it.
I do want to try at some point but tapping into the main power is a different ballgame!
@@ChrisMaherDIY this is where it gets me hahah for the enclosure I was planning on 3D printing the parts. I already did a pseudo-nanoleaf with WLED and a shelf clock with 5v psu. Issue is how to tap main power to feed 5v to the esp32...
@@MrSpleenboy tks mate, I think the complicated part is to tap the main power for the lights and controller 😅
The really bad thing about systems like this where you physically mount them as a permanent feature of your home.. All of their operations are required on the cloud services of the manufacturer to continue working. If a few years down the road they discontinue the product line and shut down the servers.. You now have a ton of e-waste strapped to your ceiling that cost you a small fortune.
They seem to be home assistant compatible, so you ahould be ablw to ditch the clloud entirely with a homr server
@@odioaleman It's a 2.4Ghz wifi device. You need the app from the manufacturer to even connect it to your network, then to use it with home assistant or other services, you have to use a plugin developed by the developer. Without the plugin and the app, or if either of those are ever discontinued, the devices are e-waste. This if why it's really important if you're wanting to "upgrade" your home with "smart" devices, you should pick ones that use open standards such as zigbee devices etc. It doesn't matter if the company made it goes out of business, it'll still connect to any zigbee controller or hub.
Since price wasn't mentioned, both projects were $750 each. They are $250 for a 3-pack and right now, that's the only option they offer and he used three sets in each room. Nice idea and they look great. Shouldn't be too long till something similar is more widely available and less expensive. I install fixtures and that quote was way to high. I would have installed your dome lights for about $50 each, plus the cost of the fixture of your choice. If I had to drill through headers or joists, it would be a little more to repair the drywall, but nowhere near half of $11,000.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! Appreciate the insight! Would you not charge anything to upgrade my breaker box? Electricians said that my breaker box was no longer up to code and they would have to upgrade things to bring it up to code before they would touch the lights.
@@ChrisMaherDIY It depends on where you live, if you own your place and how much you need done. Electrical boxes are frequently not up to code, along with a host of other things. Yes, contractors will charge a lot; my scale is a little different, to be delicate. I would not do a breaker box myself, so you are at the mercy of someone who does, that is if you really need one (not just for code). I was not considering that, as I would not do that if it were my place and especially if it were low voltage lighting (regardless of code). Everyone is not forced to bring their house up to codes as they change, only when a dwelling event takes place such as an addition or a sale.
I don't charge as much as a typical electrician because I don't have the same overhead. People hire me for a favor. In their house, it's up to them what favor they want done. If you ultimately sell the place and it passes inspection, it does not matter who did the work, if it is done correctly.
Your state or local area may be different, but here, you can do whatever improvement you wish if it will pass inspection (just like you did). But, you do not need a permit or inspections for work you do on your own home that is not structural. It simply must be up to code or grandfathered under an old one if it is sold. No one can tell when a #14 AWG was pulled from one box to another, unless the cable itself is dated. "It was like that when I moved in".
I can't handle the spot in the middle though
Thanks for watching! Hopefully future versions are able to add another row in the middle!
All this time you've been installing enough lights in your game room and outside that can signal aeroplanes in fog, yet the rest of the house was nearly dark?
The lighting in that house is criminal 😂. Also, the fixture in the bedroom is one I've seen online and thought was cute, but the pattern made me nervous about it casting shadows. Oh my goodness, I was more correct than I ever thought I would be! 😂. You still would need a flashlight with that level of lighting in the bedroom! (Unless you have wall sconces, something I want to get, but wall socket ones since I rent).
I will say that for as much as the "boob lights" get flack, at the absolute least, their design is simple enough to do a decent job of lighting a room.
But, I'm happy you were able to find a creative solution to your lighting situation! Can more than one person have the light settings on their phone?
A cheaper alternative is a ws28b RGB strip in a milky channel, there's many different controllers for remote or smarthome apps. The real advantage of the nanoleaf is the huge panel.
@@Verociity thanks for watching! It also has dedicated warm and cool white LEDs which the ws2812b strips don't have. These also connect right into your main power which the ws2812b steps do not do and are able to connect up to 100 of them without having to inject power.
Might have answered this already. But once installed, can the original wall switch be used to turn them on or do you have to use the app every time? Will it return to previous setting?
9:15 Cocaine stash spillage.
All jokes aside they look awesome. Thanks for the walk through on setup.
Lol Thanks so much for watching! Appreciate the kind words!
These are cool as hell! But these price on these is crazy expensive!
Even if you factor the cost of app development or creating the mold, I'm sorry these are still too crazy expensive.
Looks nice but of what is your ceiling made that you can just screw that in as you did?
We have concrete ceilings and you need to first drill the holes before.
Attaching so many pieces on the ceiling like that is just pain in the ass
2:10 - Can I ask what that nifty powered driver is?
Only be worth it if you can control them without ANY internet connection (ie data harvesting)
As with everything nanoleaf, they look good, look like they're a breeze to set up, and seem to work really well and smoothly, but holy f*^k are they expensive!
I just looked up the prices, and they want £230 for a 3 unit starter set, and £70 for each, single, expansion unit...
I only say "seem to" work really well, because I have no idea how reliable they are. That said, they're LEDs, so should last many years...
As an aside, I notice in the video you mentioned that there's an option in the app to save settings to the cloud - do you know if they allow you to save settings locally? Because that would be a big plus point for nanoleaf, personally. I *really* hate cloud only based IOT stuff, because you're totally dependent on the company staying afloat and keeping the service alive, and have the right to remove functionality from *your* device on a whim.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! It's definitely pricy! Hard to say if its overpriced when there is nothing to compare it too but when your first to market with an idea/product you are able to set the tone. I'll have to take a closer look to see if there are local backup options. I agree though, that would be nice to have if its not already available. Thanks!
By default all settings are saved to the device, and you can choose to manually transfer pallets and scenes to your other devices. These stored settings will even survive a soft reset, but a hard reset will completely wipe them.
@@LuukDomhof Thanks for the info! At least that means there's a chance you could be able to get the settings into a backup or into Home Assistant from the local app, rather than having to poll the server
@@ChrisMaherDIY I'd imagine there's a fairly big markup on it, if you look at the cost of the parts. If they weren't cheaping out on the parts, they wouldn't be using those push connectors for the wires, and I doubt the brains of the main unit is anything more than an ESP32 or similar, which you can buy retail for 5 bucks.
I don't blame them, they're pricing themselves as a luxury brand, and all the others do as well - Govee, Hue, and even Aqara are all pricey for what they are.
Of all of those, I do like the nanoleaf gear the most - It looks great (some of their stuff looks really classy from the adverts and pictures) and I mean, who doesn't like fun with geometry?! I'd make a joke about squares, but nanoleaf has you covered there as well! 😃
Like Apple, they make nice shiney that I'm currently unable to afford 😁
I think they are already discontinued 3 months later...
Hey Chris, if you had a room that had no overhead light and you wanted to supply it with some LED lighting, what would be your go to setup for
why are all the products from nanoleaf and govee so expensive
Prices seem to keep going up. Even going the DIY rout with a lot of projects are expensive. Although with this product specifically from Nanoleaf there is nothing to compare it to so its tough to tell currently if its overpriced when there is no alternative.
Can someone please help me. If i'm doing a full length of 72ft of rgbw, do i need to inject power every 16.4ft and start a new power supply or can i use a larger power supply that can run the whole line and connect at start and end? I'm doing a room perimeter and would love to have it start and stop in one place and not run a bunch of wires and seperate power supplies. Thanks
Just commenting to say I've done alot of research since I've posted this and have come to the conclusion that these sort of LED strips whether 5v, 12v, or 24v are just not up to the task of long runs. They are starting to come out with dual data but that doesn't solve only being able to control every 6 leds instead of individual. The sk6812 12v did solve this with the constant current strip but they are very expensive and not for sale everywhere yet. Now if they drop that same sk6812 in 24v thats the change that is needed for long runs without injection. Currently, with 24v I will still need to inject twice in the middle and once on each ends to be able to supply the amperage needed over 72 feet. Once tech advances and these constant current strips become more available, then we will really be in business. Currently its really only made for hobbyists.
as each unit is light in weight, Nanoleaf team should rly consider an option for "inter-connecting" the units to each other for securing the units on the ceiling while minimizing the total holes we needa drill on the ceiling rn as time goes by someday wen we remove or replace some units, the ceiling will be with lots of sad holes - also, hope the "physical switch" will eventually be available soon for better interactions with more users as well, Cheers
Adding table or floor lamps would look so much better in that bedroom. You have made a hospital room. Only people with too much money might buy these.
Or someone who is sponsored and getting paid to put this product in a video...
Even installing cam lights would be better and probably cheaper. The average person wouldn’t be able to figure out all the wires and connections. They would need an electrician. It’s far too technical for the masses.
Chris...if you keep adding lighting, you are bound to produce a solar flare soon lol...love the videos!
hahahaha yeah I have to be getting pretty close by now lol. Thanks for watching!
That before and after is crazy. Funny enough, the room i would want to use these in has no wiring at all.
Thanks for watching! Ahh bummer. Yeah if you don't have at least 1 pre existing light fixture, then its not as simple to just swap these in.
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try screwing like that on a concrete ceiling :D
Honestly never heard pot lights being called can lights before
So I assume they send all your events to the company and they keep the data. So concerned bout privacy.. As I'm sure they can see when lights are on and when your in what room? 🤔
I really don't think this is a quality product- all issues seem to continue down the 'classic nanoleaf' issues such as connectivity issues, pairing issues, hardware issues...I cut power to my lights once and the pair functionality died entirely, so now i just have $250 light bulbs in my ceiling that have dark spots.
Unfortunately the marketing is better than the product. If it was half or 1/3 the price, maybe, but since I've already wasted my money I recommend not wasting yours.
Not a fan of QR codes? What a weird thing to say.
That short throw projector and screen are amazing. What are they?
I’m not an expert and I’m watching on a tiny phone screen. But my guess is a formovie theater
Are the scenes you say at 11:40 custom made or existing presets in the nanoleaf app?
What are those speaker stands you are using for your Kanti Tuks? I have the exact same speakers teamed up with an SVS SB3000 and love em.
$250 for a 3 pack! so cool but so expensive!
I did this with normal Nanoleaf panels years ago. Doesn’t have the soft white but it works great.
How were you able to hard wire them into your main power?!
@@ChrisMaherDIY no hardwire, just ran the wire down the wall. It blends fairly well unless you’re looking for it.
Pretty cool but pretty expensive. They look totally badass in your game room!!! They look a little weird in bedroom with the heavy wood furniture. Love the vid.
To hell with them expensive lights !!!!
What were those screen saver pictures?? THERE AWESOME !!
That house was the literal definition of 'liminal space'.
Honestly if I wasn't so dependant with my ceiling fan I'd trade it in for this
Why are north American ceilings always popcorn or textured!
Had to find a use for all that in used asbestos
Great video as always. I'm hoping Govee will make their own "Skylight" now, and for a little cheaper. This is too expensive, I'm cool to pay up for name brand, but this pricing is insane. I guarantee their margins are MASSIVE on this one -.-
Its only a matter of time before others will follow in Nanoleafs footsteps. It's definitely pricy! Hard to say if its overpriced when there is nothing to compare it too but when your first to market with an idea/product you are able to set the tone.
I was going to replace my alexa controlled ceiling lights in my home theatre but once I saw the price of these, I decided to stick with what I have
I was wondering on how the camera looked weird but I realized he wasn’t holding it 💀✌🏾😂
This is a great, innovative product that solves a multitude of lighting issues. Bravo! Thank you! Edit: It would be great if they were brighter.... 🙂
Thanks for watching! They are actually very bright but nearly impossible to record the RGB colors at max brightness without everything looking crazy saturated. The whites in my bedroom and basement were max brightness but all the colors were very low brightness. Hope that helps!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Good to hear!
Great item but its well over priced, must be 85% markup you can get other options a huge amount cheaper
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! I'm curious what other options are you aware of that you can connect many units together from one source that has dedicated whites and all the RGB colors. I was not aware of anything else in the market like this but maybe I missed something!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Hi, well in my gaming room we used pixel led strips and custom ceiling cladding and as for the coding effects wled or nightdriver, the total cost was £365 and its a lot better looking to be honest
@@tach175 nice! What was the cri on those pixel strips and how did you hard wire them into your main power?!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I can't remember the make and the stats for the pixel strips we used, Was about 12 months ago and they was the best at that time, really are great colours and all was wired in to the old lighting for the power, Just like you did on your video, a friend did the elec work and the custom ceiling cladding was made by airwave av
That really looks great. However being mostly invested in Govee, I'll probably wait for them to develop something similar.
Be nice to have mentioned you have about a GRANDS worth of lights on the roof. Nanoleafes pricing is stupid.
Litterally, a house you'd find on those Analog Horror vids
Nanoleaf is very nice, but i buy two of the Govee Floor Lamp 2 and its perfect for my bedroom because my room is a Bit older and i think the lamps are the best Choose :D
My only issue with this is the amount of holes needed! Drilling so many holes in a concrete house will be a pain 🤣🤣. Other then that indeed fantastic lights
Have you by chance come across, or know how to setup any Outdoor Solar lights that would work with WLED, or something similar in color options? Our back yard patio and pool area could use a little more color here and there and the RGB spot lights I find only have like 6-8 colors to choose from. Looking for both Spot lights and strip Lights.
Hi I've been looking for the same thing--low voltage lights that I can control with WLED. I found this and it's a start. I also found a WLED Discord channel that can be pretty helpful but they're leagues ahead of me on the learning curve and some of the information can be overwhelming.
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I have not but that is definitely a great idea for a future video! I'll add it to my long list of things I would love to try!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I figured if it was out there you would know. You always have the cools stuff out first.
They seem beautifully designed!
Houses need these installed in the entire ceiling by default
Please do a video on how to manage Govee and Nanoleaf products with SignalRGB!!!
I would sand those panels and make them frosted looking.
These would be cool but I would go crazy trying to align them all on the ceiling to be square with the room's walls. I would love to see a DIY 3D printed version with WLED. Hint HINT
Lol that is definitely something I might try doing down the road if I get the motivation! I'll add it to the list of projects I'd like to do!
you need to check out the new govee ceiling light as well
Love your videos. I’ll give you a challenge. Setting up an LED strip like a thermometer or make the strip change colour depending on the temperature outside.
Did they used to film horror movies in that house bro???
Ridiculously expensive. The only reason I could see for opting for these is if you can't install lighting fixtures and run wire yourself due to code/insurance purposes. Most people don't have $1000 to drop on a light fixture and putting less than a dozen of these up would look pretty lame.
Ya but dude to cover a ceiling or even a good chunk woul be 1000s
It's definitely pricy! Hard to say if its overpriced when there is nothing to compare it too but when your first to market with an idea/product you are able to set the tone. Its only a matter of time before other companies follow in Nanoleafs footsteps so it will be interesting to see what others come up with.
@CrhisMaherDIY With the most common cancer in children being blood cancer... my concern here, is the amount of wifi modules you got floating around with all these lights and other devices... microwave ovens are operating on same band... and how does microwave cook food by effecting water molecules... what do you think its doing to children?
but does it work with Homeassistant
The fact that these connect to the main power is amazing!
Can you please please do a complete room tour
@chrismaherdiy I’m thinking of using these in my 300 sf garage as my main ceiling light. Do you think it would be enough light if I mostly use my garage as my gym?
Thanks for watching! Yes they will definitely get bright enough. Running these at 100% hurts my eyes they are so bright.
Looks cool, not sure how those screws will hold but let's hope they do.
Okay but we don’t do the big lights around here.
what are those orange wire clips youre using?
Thanks for watching! Those are wago connectors.
Dude you make me so envious your game room has such a chill vibe to it. One day I’ll do that to my whole house
Find myself getting over the whole rgb thing but damn these are pretty decent
CREE had this product quite awhile ago. I loved the idea and still do! PLEASE TELL ME YOU ARE AWARE OF CREE?!!? I also hope it's not splitting hairs, when I'm told they are different products b/c in every sense of the meaning, they are THE SAME!
Now lets pretend nanoleaf was 1mo ahead.... why not mention CREE? Is that part of the agreement when you get a bunch of free stuff?!!
ARE YOU SURE THIS IS A NEW & NOVEL PRODUCT?!!! CREE has SKYLIGHTS!!!!!! So are you really accurate? Are you not aware of Cree? Or is it actually materially different? Cree has one that follows circadian rhythm lighting. Will you please confirm that you have in fact given accurate info?
It's the least to expect
I'm not going to dig eeper b/c im not paid and get free stuff. Lets just say "SKYLIGHT" is misleading. I think of a product that gives the illusion of a 100% legit skylight.
These look like glorified light panels. Am I wrong?
i looked.. Cree Skylights are cool. These are ... meh.
Buy actual lights and make your room fully awesome w/ something that isn't a misnomer.
I might get some myself (NON Nanoleaf!). Imagin diffused lighting around the ceiling border (warm white/whatever u want), 75% of ceiling looking like TRUE ACTUAL SKYLIGHTS & a Modern Forms fully automated via 1gang power for smart fan AND..... automated window coverings.)
Now THAT is a setup that turns heads. These panel lights... naw.
Id rather run deeply recessed retrofit lighting if i need light.
Sorry for going off, but this was just a disappointment and felt misleading.
Awesome for the game room, But these really don't belong in the bedroom🤣
$250 for 3 tiles? lmao yeah, no. They are cool though
So much popcorn! Scrape, scrape, scrape! You know you want to.
I love what you did in the game room. The whole room is amazing
Can you link that powered screw driver you’re are using please. Love the video
Thanks so much for watching! Sorry I forgot to link that! here it is: amzn.to/4dMj9jh
the game room looks amazing
well done the diy option paid off af
ThankU, Jst Solved Lighting Vibe/Mood for My Bedroom, Kitchen & Dining Rm🤙🏽