Nanoleaf Debuts 'Lines Squared' LED Light Bars

[MacRumorUser78]

Not sure I get the appeal of these 🤷‍♂️

What I would really like to see is some of the other companies that manufacture LED *strips* to include 90-degree adapters. Unfortunately they don't, and the aftermarket ones seem to get mixed reviews. I fail to see how these light strips are at all useful if you can't make turns with them??

And more robust connectors. They don't stay connected well.

 

[kingtj1971]

Personal preference I guess, but I just don't get the appeal of them.

I think they look nice when tastefully set up (either the panels or light bars like these). They don't really work if your home or apartment has a more vintage or "traditional" look. They're great for a more modern decor.

My complaint is really the cost. Buying the "starter kit" of only 4 of these light bars means you'll pretty much need at least one expansion kit to make anything that looks interesting on a wall. So that's $170 (plus tax) or more for some accent lighting. Meanwhile, those "stick on" LED strips with Alexa voice control sell all day long for around $25 each for ones covering 25 feet or more of space.

 

[kingtj1971]

Not sure I get the appeal of these 🤷‍♂️

What I would really like to see is some of the other companies that manufacture LED *strips* to include 90-degree adapters. Unfortunately they don't, and the aftermarket ones seem to get mixed reviews. I fail to see how these light strips are at all useful if you can't make turns with them??

The LED strips I used in my basement recently could be folded over to do a 90 degree bend. It's not ideal if you're OCD about each LED being spaced perfectly apart from the next. But it's really not bad when you're talking about going down and then across a whole wall or something. Few people would notice the lights at the corner not have exact spacing, or would see it but accept it as "obvious, since it's at a corner".

 

[Madmic23]

I recently purchased 6 of the Nanoleaf Essentials bulbs, a light strip, and some of the mini triangles to add to the rest of my HomeKit gear. So far, everything from Nanoleaf has been great. My preference is to use Lutron switches and Hue bulbs and smart plugs, but the Nanoleaf bulbs were on sale, so I took a chance. I'm glad I did, as they are way more affordable than Hue and work great when hooked up using Thread instead of Bluetooth.

Maybe I spoke too soon. Yesterday, all of my Nanoleaf products stopped working in both Homekit and the Nanoleaf app. To make it more annoying, everything was turned on, but wouldn't turn off as it was "unreachable". Time for some Nanoleaf troubleshooting. Maybe I should have stuck with the more expensive Hue bulbs...

EDIT: Ok, I’m going to take back my Nanoleaf criticism as I found the actual cause of my problem. None of my Thread accessories would work, which included 6 Nanoleaf bulbs, a Nanoleaf light strip, and two Wemo Stage controllers. It turns out the issue was my Apple TV! I thought my HomePod Mini’s were acting as my Apple HomeKit Hub, so I had unplugged them multiple times but that didn’t fix the problem. I rebooted my Apple TV and everything started working again.