REVIEW – I have been looking at various companies and their TV backlight products for some time. I have an 85″ TV in my media area in my basement and I have always felt that backlighting the TV would produce a really nice effect. Over the past few years, I have reviewed several lighting products […]
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REVIEW – It’s summer and that means one thing: end of school parties, graduation parties, barbeque and pool parties. The pressure is on me as a gadgeteer to have the most innovative party stuff, since my friends have come to expect at least one cool thing on display every time I throw a get-together. I’m
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REVIEW – When I was a kid, I loved to play the piano. I went to lessons for several years and if my memory serves me correctly, I passed the tests up to grade 3 before I quit due to an instructor who was proficient at hitting my knuckles with a wooden ruler each time
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REVIEW – Light strips that mount behind the tv have been around for a few years. We had the original Philips Hue light strip behind our main TV years ago. You could change the light strip color via an app or Alexa. It was relegated to a single color. Then there were the light strips
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REVIEW – In our house, we’re all in on HomeKit, Apple’s smart home system, and we have four HomePod minis scattered around the house to control our IoT devices. Nanoleaf is our favorite source of smart lighting: We have seven of their smart bulbs and one light strip. We’ve found them to be reliable and
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REVIEW – I’ve been wanting to up my game when it comes to photography so I’ve been researching lighting equipment that I can fit into my small home office. I need something that offers versatility and portability. I think I’ve found it with the Sirui Dragon Series Bendable RGB Panel Light B25R kit. Keep reading
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REVIEW – While waiting for the next round of superhero blockbusters to arrive at theaters I’ve been upgrading my home theater quite a bit. It all started with the Govee Flow Pro TV Light Bars I reviewed back in February 2021. The Light Bars did bring my viewing experience to a higher level, but they
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REVIEW – We moved into a new home almost a year ago and a good chunk of the wired landscape lighting no longer functioned. It was a combination of transformers, broken or rotted wiring, and general disrepair. As a result, I was already looking into some solar lighting when the opportunity came up to review
REVIEW – I finally relented to my wife this summer and set up our gazebo tent in the backyard. I debated about which lights to get. The Novtech G40 LED Outdoor String Lights offer came along, so that was problem solved! What is it? The Novtech G40 LED Outdoor String Lights is a 58ft IP65
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REVIEW – Since we moved into our new home last year, I have been on a never-ending quest to add more light to our backyard. My dream would be to run low-voltage LED lighting throughout the yard and trees. Until I get more money saved, I have resorted to using solar lights in the backyard.
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REVIEW – At this point, all of the readers who have seen my reviews know that I just love landscape lights. I would love to be able to tell you some story behind why I grabbed the opportunity to review these Linkind Solar Pathway Lights, but one does not exist. I just love the feel
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REVIEW – We moved into a new home last year and had our first pool built and finished at the end of March. We are now having 100-degree days in May and we are really beginning to enjoy that pool. Because it has been so hot, we like to spend more of our time in
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REVIEW – Fairy lights are all the rage. You see them as backgrounds in Zoom meetings, in photos of Instragram-worthy patio shots, in catalogs of all types, in movies, and on just about every Pintrest board. But not all fairy lights are created equal. This is especially true for solar fairy lights. Despite the low
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REVIEW – Spring is in the air, and my wife and I are into full outdoor mode. This means landscaping, planting vegetables and flowers, etc, and adding lights to our outdoor space. Most of the lights needed for the front of the house are in place, but I want more lights on my deck and
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REVIEW – Govee has sent me quite a few of their LED lighting products to review, and I’ve really enjoyed turning my dark basement office with a single small window into a bright mood-lit space that I can change as often as I’d like. Their latest Glide Hexa Light Panels have been one of the
REVIEW -During the pandemic, I think a lot of us made some upgrades to our work from home spots. For my son, that was his room, and he decided to go “all in” on strip lighting. Basically, his room looks a lot like a Las Vegas hotel room. As a surprise addition to that aesthetic,
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REVIEW – LEDs were invented by Nick Holonyak at General Electric in 1962. Since then, they have become the dominating technology in home, industrial, and automotive lighting. I remember buying my first LEDs at Radio Shack during my high school years and have been fascinated by them ever since. I use them whenever possible and
REVIEW – Have you ever wanted to add a fully customizable neon light to your room that can be curved into (nearly) any shape you’d like but didn’t want to pay hundreds of dollars for an actual glass custom neon sign? If so, the Govee RGBIC Neon rope light might be just what you’ve been
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REVIEW – I enjoy designing the landscape lighting around my home all year round. However, because of the NY winters, I tend to take a break when it is really cold and when there is snow. So from about right after Christmas to early Spring, I do not indulge very much. Now we are rapidly
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REVIEW – Last year we put up our holiday lights on Halloween and took them down on Valentine’s Day. Our 5-year-old projector switches from ghosts to snowflakes to dots. But it’s always kind of a letdown that we only get Christmas colors (red and green). So when the Govee RGBICWW LED smart outdoor flood lights
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