Gadgetory

this fits probably best known for its wearables but it's also got a smart light bulb it's called a misfit bolt and it's this color-changing bulb seeing here the idea is that this light can help you kind of set the mood if you want to relax if you want a nice cascade of blues and greens if you want a volcanic eruption of reds and oranges whatever you want this bulb can do now the bulb itself is really cool looking it's got this black spiral body it's very heavy and metallic it looks sort of like a slug to an alien rocket grenade they've been playing to it Dexcom but it's a cool looking thing and I like that about this bulb the app looks really good too as you're scrolling through all these sort of cascading preset options movie night date night this forest mode for cascading greens you've got a very nice appearance there in the app and it's also very easy to use you just select one and then you select the speed at which you wanted to cycle through the colors what I don't like is that you want to select a specific color you're gonna go here to this color ocean of pixels and that's not the best way to select the color dragging your thumb or your finger across the screen and you're blocking the colors you're trying to see you can't see where that bulb icon is landing it's kind of awkward and difficult to get to the specific shade you're aiming for now compared to bulbs like lifx the mystic bolt is a bit more dim when you turn it on at its default setting you're gonna get about 600 lumens of soft white light now you can change that and get up to the 800 lumens that this bulb promises by scrolling through the soft white part of the spectrum and finding a sort of sweet spot the colors are also a bit dim you see here in these comparison shots that's it on the right it just doesn't come through quite as bright as lifx in the middle or philips hue there on the left it's got a good tone of color it's hitting those colors accurately it's just not as bright as the competition this with bolt retails for 50 bucks you might be able to find it a little bit cheaper if you shop around I like that price for a smart bulb that changes colors but I like lifx better it's brighter it's got a better app and better integrations with IFFT and Amazon echo I say stick with that