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noon home brings DIY lighting design into your smart home with the $400 noon smart lighting system starter kit noon home offers layered light which is the organization of ambient tasks and accent lighting in a room in this kit that replaces your current switches you'll get one room director switch to extension switches and three wall plates the room director connects to your Wi-Fi and noon identifies each light bulb in the room by detecting how much power is going to it from there the new NAP guides you through three basic scenes as well as customization options noon works for nearly every type of common light bulb including incandescent LEDs CFLs implore essent bulbs it also includes features like nightlight for motion activated low-level lighting and vacation modes for scenes mimicking your daily patterns when you're out of town I have two issues with the new smart lighting system first the price tag a $400 starter kit is a lot to pay for one room of smart lighting if you purchase separately the room director switch costs $200 and each extension switch cost $100 and that's pretty pricey for a smart lighting system that lets you keep your current bulbs but doesn't integrate into the smart home as broadly as blue trunks fixate a line of switches that cost a lot less second it doesn't work with lamps plugged into outlets or with ceiling fan lights and the lamps aren't such a big deal but there are several rooms in my house where a ceiling fan is also the main source of light if professional lighting design is what you're after noon looks great brings layered light scenes into your home and add smarts without replacing every light bulb if you're looking for a smart switch that plays nicely with lots of smart home platforms and products Lutron's casada switches are still your best bet