Lighting
Hue Gradient Lightstrip Review: Pricey, Polished
The smoothest color blending in strip lighting, if you can stomach $180 for 80 inches and a strip you can't cut. Hue households only.
Govee Floor Lamp 2 Review: The Smart Money
In a dim room, guests couldn't tell it from the $349 Hue lamp. With the lights on, they could. Which moment matters more in your house?
Wyze Bulb Color Review: Cheap, Bright, Walled
As bright as bulbs at triple the price, with a circadian mode Hue charges for. The walls around the Wyze garden are the real spec to read.
Govee Glide Hexa Review: Panels for Gamers
Ten panels, per-panel gradients, $170. Nanoleaf still wins the daytime beauty contest, but from a couch at night, Govee's argument is loud.
GE Cync A19 Review: Read the Box Carefully
GE finally shipped a Matter bulb worth buying. It's sitting on the shelf next to an identical-looking older one that isn't. Choose carefully.
Nanoleaf Essentials A19 Review: Thread on Trial
The $20 ticket into Thread lighting, if it pairs on the first try. Ours didn't. What went wrong, what went right, and who should still buy it.
Twinkly Strings Review: The $120 Tree Upgrade
Your tree becomes a display the neighbors slow down for. The price: $120, an account signup, and a mapping ritual every December.
Philips Hue A19 Review: Still the Benchmark
One bulb costs what a budget 4-pack does. After six weeks against every rival, we can tell you exactly where that money goes, and who shouldn't pay it.
Lutron Caséta Diva Review: Smartest Wall Switch
Smart bulbs are the wrong answer for ceiling fixtures. A $70 dimmer that never fails, works with dumb bulbs, and survives houseguests is the right one.
Govee LED Strip M1 Review: The Value King
Fifteen colors on one strip, Matter in the box, half of Hue's price. The catch lives in the app, and it's worth knowing before you buy.
Govee Outdoor Lights 2 Review: One Ladder Trip
Install holiday lights once, on purpose, forever. After a snow-heavy winter on real eaves, here's who the $300 ask makes sense for.
Hue Signe Gradient Review: The $349 Statement
A slim aluminum column that airbrushes three colors up your wall. Gorgeous, flawless, and $349. The question is whether that sentence ends the argument.
Nanoleaf Hexagons Review: Wall Art, Wall Worry
The best modular light panels you can buy, and two of ours fell off the wall anyway. What to know about the tape before you trust it over your desk.
Tapo L535E Review: The $10 Bulb That Delivers
Two of our three housemates picked the $10 Tapo over the $50 Hue in a blind hallway test. Here's what that does and doesn't mean.
LIFX SuperColor A19 Review: Beautiful, Risky
The deepest reds and loudest greens in smart lighting, from a company that's changed hands twice. Great bulb. Complicated bet.