Gadgetory

I'm here with Nana leaf Aurora which is a set of color changing LED light panels these are smart home gadgets you can sync up with your phone and with apple homekit if you're an iOS user that lets you control them alongside other homekit gadgets and using spoke and siri command so the basic pitch here is that these are kind of philips hue for your wall you can stick these up in a modular fashion connecting each triangular panel to another one along the side using a little connector chip it's a little flimsy feeling I wish they did a better job of providing some good mounting instructions they sort of just throw sticky tape at you and say have fun once you've got one that you like you can save it and then tell Siri to run it whenever you like or control it right from the control center on your iPhone or iPad thanks to that home kit integration that includes home kit compatible Philips hue bulbs like the one I've got in the lamp behind me right now if I group them together into the same room and then tell Siri change all the lights to green you can see that everything happens all at once together really cool the Nano leaf Aurora starter kit with nine triangular panels and the base station there sells for $200 so it's not cheap but it's about the same price as a three bulb Philips hue starter kit so not as outrageous as you might think if you want to add additional panels to your setup nan only sells three packs for sixty dollars each and the base station can control up to 30 in total so a lot of room to grow your set up given how cool and unique it looks and how well it worked in my test I actually think it makes sense as a fun splurge if you want something really designed focused for your smart home