Installing smart LED lights outside is a great way to brighten up your patio. We review 3 different options for outdoor smart lights. Two of these work with Z-Wave for easy integration with your smart home.
These outdoor lights are good Hue alternatives since they are sold at a lower price tag. In other words, you can make your outdoors look amazing for way less money.
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Govee LED String Lights: https://amzn.to/2T3dFql
25% off code for Govee String Lights QSDNDKT4 ends Jan 31, 2019
GE Outdoor Smart Switch: https://amzn.to/2RVBqmP
Sylvania GardenSpot: https://amzn.to/2AVzgKu
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Writer/Editor/Director: Reed Kleinman
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Disclaimer: Smart Home Solver purchased the GE Outdoor Smart Switch and Sylvania GardenSpot with their own money. Govee LED String Lights were sent for an unbiased review. As always, our opinions are 100% our own and not influenced.
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Great video, I have been wondering what would be some great inexpensive lighting for the perimeter of my home. Thank you!
Hi Reed, thank you for your video and your opinions about Govee string light!
Hey Reed, not a fan of the way you have the power-brick. But I wouldn’t call it trashy. Shame they didn’t think about the power-brick when designing.
On that note, and not that you want to switch out your perfectly good lamp, I saw one at Home Depot that has a outlet built in, which would get you power closer.
Really like the way you do videos. Helps me out a ton since I am new to the smart home phenomenon! Thanks.
It’s a shame those outdoor lights are Bluetooth… I guess I only turn my lights on manually out back as it is, but if it’s connected to mains why not just go WiFi Govee? I don’t think there’s a Zigbee standard for individually controllable LEDs so Zigbee wouldn’t work. Nice little video, hopefully AZ will be a nice break from the cold in NJ, headed there in February.
Still love those garden spots. Just wish they were white white. Great video and congrats on 20k!!
if only there were a smartthings compatible version of those govee string bulbs
Wondering if I need the Starter Kit of the Lightify Garden Spots if I have a ST hub already?
You have scorpions?????
Hey bruddah. Glad to see some new subs!!! Keep up the great work.
That power brick is ridiculous, but it looks fine where you put it … but in the future, you may wish to have a higher outlet installed, with maybe a box shelf / ledge on top of it … to help support/hide the box.
If the garden spots themselves work with Smartthings do you need the GE zwave outdoor switch also?
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If you’re interested in the Govee LED String Lights there is a coupon code available until the end of January. QSDNDKT4
So Hue is just huge bridge, not a generic Zigbee hub which is why you couldn’t get it to work. There is a lightify hub you can use. I have an extra one if you want it. However, a generic zigbee hub will controll those as well.
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