EVE Flare - The Fully Portable HomeKit Light! - Full Review
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- The Eve Flare is a fully portable HomeKit light that provides ambient lighting anywhere you go. It's the first HomeKit product that I've actually taken on the go! In this video we'll put it to the test and give it a full, honest review and show you some awesome things you can do with it!
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How do I control the conditioner by using the iPod and thanks
@@alikhader5701 I'm not sure what you are asking. You can control the light with the Eve app or the Apple Home app, if that's what you are asking.
1 Thank you for responding to me
2 I want to turn off the AC from Siri Kave
Interesting product. I love how portable it is.
I am so glad I subscribed to this channel. You are great reviewer and teacher.
Thanks so much Karl for subscribing!
Hey I just found your channel. A HUGE fan of HomeKit and Apple in general. Bought a EVE Flare today. Brought it home and as your video said it was easy to set up. I have intregrated the light into my other Nanoleaf light set up and scenes.
Welcome and thanks for watching! The Eve Flare has gotten even better since this video was originally published too, since it now utilizes Thread connectivity instead of Bluetooth. Thanks again for watching and hope you enjoy your new smart lights!
Great product in a great video. Thanks for the honest review.
Michael Blake you’re welcome. Thanks for watching!
Totally been eyeing 2 of these for my covered patio
nick castle these would be great for that especially if you want the freedom to be able to move them around.
This is a really cool looking light and I really like how it charges. Great video!
Eric Welander yea I agree, the wireless charging is one of my favorite features. Thanks Eric!
Great video Shane! Love that intro!!!
Thanks Jon!
Good Sunday morning to ya. Nice video.
Thanks for watching. And good morning to you! 😀
Great review 👍 Cool looking light maybe I can pick one up for my office. It doesn’t fit in everyone’s home decor and my wife probably wouldn’t allow it in the common living areas of our home 😂
Rey G thanks Rey! I hear ya man...you see mine is in my office too! 😂 Cool thing is you can grab it and move it around as much as you want when no one is looking!
I’ve got two of these in the bedroom as bedside lamps, brilliant bit of kit. Just a shame that with the high price that they are that you can’t have a strobe/pulse lighting mode or connect to music ...
How do I control the conditioner by using the iPod and thanks
Firstly them transitions 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I’d be interesting to see what this looks like - not available in the UK yet but one to look out for. Edit - seems to be available from amazon from your link actually but their website says not available in my region so would be interesting to know what plug it would come with.
Thanks Chris! Yea that's interesting. The link will take you to the Amazon UK store if that's your location. Eve is a German company so I believe it has the two pin plug. However I know they do seem UK smart plugs. I guess you could use a plug adapter if necessary.
Great video, and a really cool product! Like you say, maybe a bit to the expensive side, but it's a really cool thing to take with you outside in the evenings 😀 I have some alternatives around the house from IKEA. A FADO lamp with a tradfri color bulb, then you have the same product- but not that portable (cost like 40 usd /compared to danish prices) 😁 -if you think about price, maybe Philips hue go would be the best alternative 😋
Thank you! Yes, I agree, using smart color bulbs in lamps are a great way to add affordable ambient lighting throughout the house.
What makes this thing different is definitely the portability. The Phillips Hue Go is probably the closest competitor to this, but it still cost $80. The Hue Go is good to shine against walls, etc in my opinion. But I think the Flare looks better sitting on it's own in the open. Plus the wireless charging and the carry handle are features that the Hue Go doesn't have that I really like for a portable light.
@@ShaneCreates you are absolutely right 😋
Great review, Thank you! Is it possible somehow to connect the music with Eve Flare?
Thanks for watching! Unfortunately, no there is no way to use the Eve flare with music.
As someone else mentioned....cool editing this week. Props.
Very good review. You’re tossing-out too many things for me to spend money on. If you only reviewed shitty products for a few weeks, my wife might be less annoyed with me...
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Good stuff again. Thanks for the content.
🤣 🤣 Thanks Brad, I appreciate it!
i need a charger for mine and i can’t find one idk if it works with any wireless charger
I just check the price on Amazon (July 18, 2020) and the cost is $77.28 and free shipping for Prime members. Looks like the cost is coming down. I'll be looking to see if they do some more price drops or Black Friday sales.
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Hi - how do you know if it is charging? I just got it and plugged in = nothing?? Guess I will check back in a few hours. Thought it would at least blink once or something? Thanks!
In the home app (and probably the Eve app also), go to the device's settings and it will show you the battery level, as well as if the device is currently charging or not.
Hi Shane, thanks for this review. How is the battery doing? I have read reviews on Amazon saying that it doesn’t last long.
I mean that the battery stops working after some months or even weeks
Mine still works fine. I don't take it off the charger too often. I have two now and they mostly stay where I have them setup for ambient lighting. But when I do take them off the charger they still operate fine.
@@ShaneCreates Thanks!
Does this product transition colors or do you have to manually change it?
No you have to change the colors. Or you can set homekit automations to change them. But no effects
How much light does it actually give off if using it as an accent light in your living room?
It doesn't put out a ton of light. Great for an accent light but it's not going to light up the room.
seriously cool! But a bit pricey.
joshx413 thanks for watching! I agree, it’s a bit pricey. $60 seems like a reasonable price point. Maybe it will go on sale one of these days. They’d probably sell a ton if they had a good sale.
Thanks Shane. So if it's rechargeable, there obviously is a rechargeable battery in it. What does Eve say about replacing the battery if it starts to fade?
Sorry, I don't have any information regarding battery replacement. I haven't had to deal with that yet nor have I heard anything from Eve.
@@ShaneCreates Thanks mate
Philips hue go does exactly the same?
The Hue Go is the most similar HomeKit product to the Flare available that I know of. The main differences are the Eve flare claims double the battery life of the Hue Go (6 hours vs 3 hours with the Hue) and the Eve Flare can be used outside because of it's IP65 water resistance rating.
Can it “flow” with a music being played?
No this doesn't have that capability unfortunately.
Hi, is there an automation to turn off the light if the motion sensor does not detect movement for 30 seconds? It's just 1 minute in the app. Thanks for the reply
Hi Milan, yes if you are using HomeKit. You create a new automation to turn on the light when your homekit sensor detects motion, then you have the option to TURN OFF after 1 minute - 4 hours.
Shane Is it possible to switch off after 30 seconds?
I use HomeKit and Aqara app
@@milanmacik8713 in the Home app, no. Unfortunately 1 minute is the minimum.
Shane Whatley Thank you
Eve's marketing team clearly sucks. I was never going to buy this because I didn't know what it did. I have a A17 Hue Bulb in an iKea Fado globe that provides the same look. That's a 60 dollar or so solution but what I give up is portability and the Fado is glass which can break. The Hue Go is a small portable light that doesn't last but 3 hours or so and doesn't have wireless charging.
Seeing a lot of unrealistic pricing. You're not going to get these features for 60 dollars. CamelCamelCamel pricing history shows the lowest this went on Amazon.com was $89 back in July '19. This tells me that the price is what it is and I don't have to worry about buying at $9x and then watching the price gutted a month later.
Great review.
Murchy Murch thanks for sharing! Sounds like a creative solution, which is awesome!
I do love the portability and the wireless charging of this. Glass definitely wouldn’t work for me...my 9 year old has already grabbed this thing off the charger every time she makes a new “fort” to provide her lighting 😂 . Biggest downside is the price for sure but I’m learning that Eve really does make quality product imo.
Thanks for watching !
It’s upgraded to Thread now.
Cool but too pricey for me. I’d look into this at $60 the most. It’s nice for a power outage though.
How big is it?
About the size of a basketball.
you can draw a map of the earth ;-) or the moon, for example. only if it falls, then the lamp will soon come to an end ...
These things are still $99