Gadgetory

lifx plus is the brand's third gen color-changing smart bulb it's also the newest big name connected LED on the market like the lifx bulbs that came before it each wife x+ bulb has a built-in Wi-Fi radio you'll connect it directly to your home network without needing to plug in a hub or a bridge to your router from there you'll be able to control the bulbs and change their color from your phone from anywhere with an internet connection it's more or less the same smart bulb that lifx is put out before but now there's a new night vision feature each wife x plus bulb packs a dedicated set of infrared diodes when you turn the bulb off in the app those diodes come on and put out infrared light you can't see that light but your night vision cameras can the idea is that life x plus will help those night-vision cameras see in the dark and when I tested it out at the sea net smart apartment it worked really well in this shot you can see that the life x plus is basically lighting up that back wall and extending the range of our night-vision camera so one problem with that feature is that it makes this bulb less efficient than the life x bulbs that came before it like those bulbs it's an 11 watt LED that puts out about as much brightness as a 75 watt incandescent which is really good but those infrared diodes are drawing power even when the bulb is off in the app that'll add at least a couple of dollars to your yearly energy bill life x plus bulbs cost 80 bucks a pop which is $20 more than the standard life fix bulbs that don't include that night vision feature if you use night vision cameras I think they're definitely worth considering but if not there's really no reason to spend the extra money the new third gen bulbs are a little bit brighter than before but not dramatically so and you also don't need to upgrade to get compatibility with smart things if logitech alexa nest all the old bulbs can do all of that still kudos to lifx for coming up with a clever unique feature and for getting the patent on that feature that more than anything might help ensure a bright future for this bulb if connected night-vision cameras continue to grow in popularity