Yeelight - Candela: A pretty, Smart ambient light?! Full Review [Xiaomify]
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- čas přidán 23. 06. 2019
- The Yeelight Candela has been out for a while, but I'm finally having a look at it! It's an ambient light that can be controlled over Bluetooth with the Yeelight APP; but is it any good?
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The candela is a LED-based "candle-like-light" that is really intended to be used as an ambient light; so it does not light up your whole room like a regular lightbulb would do.
The Candela is battery powered and comes with a built-in 2100 mAh battery that lasts for about 8 hours and can be charged through it's integrated micro USB port in the bottom of the lamp.
The top of the candela can be rotated to adjust its brightness and when rotating that left-right quickly it can set the light to a flickering-mode which simulates candlelight. On the bottom of the candela there's a switch to turn candela on/off and to set it to Bluetooth mode.
When Bluetooth is enabled you can remotely set the brightness and turn it on/off using the "Yeelight" APP. You can also recall a number of presets from the APP, however, all that does is set a certain brightness percentage. Unfortunately, you can't set the flickering light through the APP as you would have to physically do that on the lamp itself.
One downside is that the Candela does not connect to a Bluetooth HUB (yet?) to control the light over WiFi. It would be very cool to be able to voice control the lights using Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Xiao-Ai, but on the Yeelight website, it is mentioned that this is in development. (Not sure how long this would take them, and if they actually commit to doing so...)
Overall I do like the Candela. It's looks and materials both look and feel great, and although it is not that bright, it is bright enough for its purpose. If they can just tackle the main issue I have with it: connecting to a Bluetooth Hub, I think it's a very cool light to have!
The Yeelight Candela was crowdfunded a while back and is being sold through the Xiaomi stores as well as Yeelight's Amazon stores. If you want to know more you can have a look at the Yeelight website here: bit.ly/XMF_Yeelight_Com - Věda a technologie
YES! I know it's a bit of a golden oldie, but I had these laying around for review and I really like the way they look.... so here it is!
I've got more smart home videos coming up, which will include newer products as well ;) Enjoy!
hi, when will you do a review on Mitv 4 series??
I'm sorry but I think its the lighting in the background that's making it more appealing than it actually is.
I've been waiting for this product's review by Xiaomify.. Didn't dissapoint. Keep up the work!
This Candela is amazing, beautiful design, great ambient light, so romantic and chill, amazing product, and amazing video, great work! Thank you!
I love your video’s! It’s very professional!! Thank you for making these video’s!
Great video again 👍. I really like this @Yeelight candela light. Keep up the good work ✌.
Handig om te weten dat bluetooth aan de battery heel snel leegtrekt. Toch weer een goede review Wick !
Hi my friend... I like your alarm clock... What brand it's? What it's call? Thank you
What desk clock do you have in the background of the video?
I'd love to see you do comparison or maybe review all of the xiaomi's lighting products
Really love your videos animations and icons you use. What software do you use for your animation and icons?))
Could you please take a look on how to turn your xiaomi home lights into an ambilight for watching videos
can you make a review of the Mi Philips Zhirui Bedside Lamp?
I like it a lot apart from the plastic mould lines visible on the "glass"
Really cool intro!
Hello Mr Xiaomify. Is it possible to connect my Mi band 3 with the Xiaomi smart home app? I can see the option Mi band but haven’t been able to connect mine with the app yet although I’m already connected with the Mi Band app.
Does it have a monochrome lightsource? Like, if you were to shut of all the lights and have only this one shining, how well does it light up blue and green colors? If it's monochromatic it won't light up greens and blues at all, they'll appear black. I've been considering this one, but I'm not a fan of monochromatic LEDs unfortunately.
Hey make a video about having a "Xiaomi" ecosystem with their laptop, phone, fitness band, air dots, etc.
Great video as always, product itself not so.
Does it work while it's charging?
It can be paired 2 candles from the same source?
Where do you take all these Xiaomi products after the review? You could maybe be donating to us fans 😁
that seam in the plastic is hard to unsee. Especially when it cost that much.
I just opened a new one out of the box. No charge, and for some reason, doesn't hold a charge 🤷♂️ Only works when plugged in. Maybe they're a bit older now so they don't work anymore.
I wish I can use the app to set what time the lamp will turn on.
why candela don't have candle flick function like smart lamps?
Hey man, I was wondering if you could help? I've noticed in a few of your videos (not this one) that you mention a "standard 2 pin Chinese plug" but when I look at the pictures, of the Gateway for example, there are 3 pins and they are at a funny angle to each other. I live in Thailand and the plugs here match the 2 pin one that you mention often. Are there 2 styles of Chinese plug? Is there a way to tell which style Chinese plug you will get when you order online? I was hoping to not use adaptors. Thanks
Yes, that's correct. China uses the 3-pin with ground, and the 2-pin sometimes as well. I think if you order (depending on which site) they will mention what the plug is that they're using and typically they include a adaptor anyway from the resellerd
xiaomify thanks man!
When will launch mi shoe 3...plz reply me please
What is the clock on your desk?
Out of the box, I put mine on charger, and red Charging LED blinks. Forever. If I disconnect the cable, it turns off, and cannot turn it on from battery. Anyone have any idea WTF? It's brand new.
A shop beside me sells them for 4$ should I give them a try ?
Where to buy?
Im using Candela for Long Time. You didnt mentioned it but this Lamp has really bad place for usb, every time have Trouble with that.. Also cant See how many percent battery life left, etc..
Had the same problem. Use Floveme magnetic cable for more than a year now and that is very usefull. Good luck !
theres no way real candle would be flicking so slow and im not sure if beside color (which most lamp with changable color can have) have something to do with candle. i found nice looking cylindrical lamp with adjustable color brightness and you can even set up schedule for lamp to change settings depending on time and app has more features and most important its 2 times cheaper. also ppl complain about bad quality of lamp problems with turning or crooked core
nice one
Too far on the pricey side as you usually want some and not just a single one.
Would this be adequate for lighting a terasse of 30sqm?
Lighting up a terasse I'm not that sure about. Adding mood lights for a table; yeah sure but the light falloff does not reach much more than 2.5 meter. So you might need more light, but it really depends on how bright you want the light to be, these are just ambient lights to kinda set the mood.
so this does not work through mi home?
Sir pls review Mi lexiu dehumidifier
Please, asking 4th time
Atleast let me know when you will review so that I can wait
Hi Saqib, I'm probably not going to review that very soon. Still got a pile of products for review I need to work my way through before I can get to that one. I am very interested in it, but I have too many products laying around in boxes at the moment
@@xiaomify sir thanks for reply, no issue, I can wait,, glad you will review it, once you get hold of one , do post,,
Again thanks..
I have them for abt a year plus already. Great lights but yeelight refuse to add it into the mi ecosystem. So its a "dump" light or a phone remote controlled light all these while. We even mentioned it in yeelight forum. Sad part is they even mentioned it will be part of a BLE gateway ecosystem during the crowd funding phase :(
Yeah I read that they want to make it connect to BLE gateways in the future, just hoping that this future is soon. Would be very convenient to be able to voice control these..
@@xiaomify yeelight officially reply will not. They have moved on. 🤮
one unfortunate trait of the yeelight app is that you cannot set it to start / end at certain times
Hey there. What’s the brand of the clock you’re using?
Mi Smart Clock
@@SzwarcuKX5 thanks!!
some more mi band 4 review please
I'm actually starting to work on that, trying out something new. Just hope I've got time for it!
Whit color i buy now
I Hope you can review the Bestonne T77 / Xiaomi Redmi's First SUV Car soon.. More Power to you Xiaomify 😍❤❤
I would love to do that. Roadtrip Vlog with the Redmi car :D
Please review cactus xiaomi 😆😆
Nog een Xiaomi fan, noice! Hoe ben je in China terecht gekomen tho, daar ben ik wel nieuwsgierig naar :)
No WiFi, doesn't connect to mi home or ble gateway. This was a deal breaker for me and therefore didn't purchase any more of these. Calling this led lamp smart is stretching it.
Yeah totally agree; I really hope they will still make it connect to BLE gateway sometimes soon which will open up a whole lot of opportunities for these
@@xiaomify Am I misstaken or didn't Yeelight just hold a press conference were they announced a Yeelight branded BLE Hub with HomeKit integration? And think they mentioned Candela as one of the compatible devices.
Does anybody know how to connect to homekit?
Jan Svášek I don’t think you can connect it to HomeKit.
Hi, is it possible to control it via alexa or Smartthings?
too expensive
I have one of these lights. The battery doesn’t last long, so I have it plugged in most of the time. It has a timer, but the maximum time is only 15 minutes-probably to conserve its meager battery. I think this product was a waste of money. I only bought one and will not be buying any more of them.
Euro is cheaper than dollar in China?🤷🏻♂️
Waiting for xiaomi mi a3 review
Mi
First
40 dollars but 50 euros? That doesn't seem right.
That's axtually the pricing on Yeelights Amazon pages. Did not make that up. Think that perhaps importing or licensing in EU is more expensive? Not entirely sure what that (pretty big) price difference is based on tbh. I think getting them from the CN resellers gives you a better deal :S
Yeetligh amirite
it's kinda pointless isn't it? you can buy a little worse looking but somewhat similar ambient fake candles from ikea for much much less that that
Far too expensive
Really lame, limited and expensive
Such a piece of smartjunk. No schedule function. Can't even schedule with a smart plug as it has battery so just stays on. Won't connect to xiaomi mi home app (no product option) - you have to use yeelight app - that means no automation options. Can't connect to xiaomi v3 gateway (despite being Bluetooth/mesh). The product is nice but it's super stupid as smart products go.
crap
$50? I'll just get a bunch of real candles thank you.
this is really useless and lame, plus the price is huge.
it's a damn LED light that you can control, come on.
This is just an ugly, stupid gimmick. It's not even smart.
1080p dislike, shame for youtube