Smart lighting

Uses them as a space-free giant soft box and mood lighting that react to music and voice.

Modular light panels with per-tile gradients that he sees as better than the alternative he uses, despite wasteful packaging.

Works, but needs a separate hub that he finds far from seamless.

He likes them, but setup with pairing codes and Amazon Echo compatibility was a hassle.

Colour changes are locked behind its own app unless Google Home is set up, which he finds frustrating.

A single-colour smart lamp controllable by app or by twisting the top, with scale features he calls useless but cool.

Touch-controlled square light panels that are bright, vibrant and highly customisable.

His new favourite bedside lamp, with flip on/off, rotate dimming and a built-in battery.

He likes the Aurora panels enough to add two more starter kits, though he jokes about overdoing the RGB.

Space-saving smart bulb with a small speaker that makes sense for decent everyday audio.

Smart bulb in the same range as the Hero, with near-Hue performance at a discount.

Projector in the Wiz lighting range, covered together with the Hero and Bulb as a cheaper Hue alternative.

Part of a cheap smart lighting range that rivals Philips Hue on performance, though the build is a bit plasticky.

A small plug-in that syncs the Aurora lights to music and sound, with a cool effect.