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If you’ve already invested in the TRÅDFRI smart bulb or seven and a Gateway, this budget sensor can quickly boost your home’s security – and give night-light functionality to areas after dark. Pros: Discrete home safety booster cheapĬons: Familiar TRÅDFRI installation issues 27 of the best subscription boxes to send as fun lockdown gifts
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Price: £19 | IKEATRÅDFRI wireless motion sensor It’s a bit bare bones compared to the flagship competition, but it works well and can’t be beaten on price.
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If you do connect to the Home app, there’s simple controls and timers to experiment with, all great for creating moods and increasing home security. We think, even without the app control, it’s a handy gadget, especially if you struggle to reach awkward switches, or just hate the idea of getting behind the sofa to turn off the Christmas lights. Without the Gateway you can still use the remote control to turn sockets on and off, but you are limited to a maximum 10m range. Admittedly, you need the TRÅDFRI Gateway (£25) to control via the app, but then that’s also well-priced compared to the competition. Given this smart plug and remote is Home Kit-compatible, you could conceivably add app control to 10 different appliances for less than £200, which is laughably affordable. Price: £50 | IKEATRÅDFRI Control Outlet kitĬons: Limited remote range fiddly app setup requires TRÅDFRI gateway The most luxurious gym set and other high-end home improvers Advertisementīut once the (many) hoops have been jumped through, the remote, and app works well, and quickly, with almost instantaneous on/off and with impressively smooth dimming.
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First, you connect the Gateway to your router and then link it to the app (this took us three attempts), before linking the remote control to the Gateway through a series of button presses (worked on our fourth try), and then, finally, you use the remote control to link to each bulb in turn (we nailed it on the second go!), which involves more button holding, and being no more than 5cm from the bulb - which is dandy if you’re installing a table lamp, but irritating if you’ve installed a pendant in a vaulted ceiling. The Home app is neatly designed and easy to follow, but getting the bulbs and remote control connected involves quite a few processes.
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How to get the perfect garden and do away with dodgy decking And when it comes to expanding your smart lighting to other rooms, there are nine smart bulbs now available, including GU10 halogen replacements, and decorative filament designs, with prices from £6.
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If you don’t need two large pendant bulbs, or colour changing, IKEA has a separate TRÅDFRI Gateway Kit with two small white spectrum E14 and one large E27 bulb, plus the Gateway and remote for £65. One thing worth noting, however: it’s Zigbee compliant, so the bulbs can work alongside an existing Philips Hue set-up or be controlled using Amazon Echo Plus as a hub. It’s a basic hub that plugs into your broadband router and then syncs with lightbulbs, remote controls and speakers, etc. The TRÅDFRI Gateway hub is the key to all app-related, voice-controlled options at IKEA, and at £25 is hardly breaking the bank. Given the low cost, it’s impressively connected.
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The IKEA Home smart app works with Android (at least KitKat 4.4 or Lollipop 5.0) and iOS (at least iOS 9) and plays nicely with Amazon Alexa, Apple Home Kit, Google Assistant and Sonos. The remote control offers dimming, on/off and a selection of moods (you can create your own colour through the app) that make the most of the impressive bulb, that is a bright, flicker-free joy compared to many budget LED options. With two E27 colour-changing smart LED bulbs, a remote control and Gateway hub, this kit is a terrific way to try smart lighting at home without spending a fortune. Pros: Superb value practical remote voice control good light quality Confused about the right smart-home gear for you? We’ve taken a detailed look at the lot to let you know definitively which are worth adding to your big blue bag (alongside the frozen meatballs and tea lights).TRÅDFRI Gateway kit, E27 IKEA has an ever-expanding collection of smart-home products – from lighting control and wireless charging to Sonos-partnered speakers and remote controls.