Eve Light Strip - Apple HomeKit Smart Home LED Lights Strip, Full Color Spectrum and White, 1800 Lumens

We could not be more impressed with the Eve Light Strip we purchased for our kitchen backsplash. It just works so seamlessly with all our Apple devices via Homekit. To set up the Eve we just plugged it in, opened the Homekit app on my iPhone and then scanned the QR code on the strip. That is it! We were up and running in seconds.We love that the light strip has a complete spectrum of colors programable through the app. Brightness can also be adjusted and is so easily programable for preset times of day or various life situations through Siri Shortcuts. Our Apple TV 4k can even be programmed to automatically control the lights. The color adjustment especially has been a delight to us. When we remodeled our kitchen, we were very disappointed that the new countertops were much more yellow of a white than our bright-white tiled backsplash. With the Eve Light Strip, we are able to dial in the exact warmth of light that results in the backsplash perfectly matching the color of the countertops (see photo). We couldn’t be happier.In the past we have toyed with several generic “smart home” devices that seem to just half work. This Eve is the opposite - it just works! Perfectly, seamlessly, quickly and reliably every time. The Eve is great for our under-cabinet lights in our kitchen. I am now trying to find reasons to buy some more light strips for use in other areas of our home :)

I didn't want to have to use another Hue light. This one was perfect. Scan the QR code in the box, and it showed up in my Apple Home App. i was able to quickly configure it within Home App, adding it to my existing room, scenes, and automation set ups. Responds to my siri voice commands to my Homepod Pro, turning on, off, change brightness, colors, etc. Great color variations, brightness, and price point. I was able to easily add an additional 6ft extension, and cut off the end to fit exactly where I needed it to fit. I could not be more please with how well this works, and how simple it was.

As with all things Eve, this is a very cool product that was easy to set up, has great setting options and easily connects to Apple HomeKit. I decided to finally pick up two of these kits to use underneath the kitchen cabinets in my house. Having the smart capability, I wanted a device that I could schedule and control remotely and this product works great for that. Installation was relatively easy, depending on how much of a DIY’er you are. The main issue I found was that the included double-sided tape on the light strip was quite weak overall. I literally had to run to my local hardware store to purchase a stronger double-sided tape to place on the light strip which impeded the installation time. Once I installed the heavy-duty double-sided tape, I had no issues installing these underneath our kitchen cabinets. Once of the cabinets was quite long so I had to use the extension light strip that you purchase separately. It was easy to connect and you cannot tell the connector exists by the lighting you see - it doesn’t create a dark spot in the flow of lighting - everything is even and unnoticeable.Overall smart set up was easy. Just scan the QR code and the light automatically adds itself to the Apple HomeKit. Upon first connecting, it checks for the latest firmware and installs it which takes about five minutes so smart set up is about 5-10 minutes total. The flexibility of lighting colors, shades, and auto-adaptability is awesome. You can basically set these lights up to do whatever you want, whenever you want. The lights can be set to adapt to the time of day so they automatically change from bright white to warm white throughout the day and they change brightness as well so you can’t really tell, but will have even light throughout the day.Besides the issue with the double-sided tape, I absolutely love these lights. They’ve brought a whole different feel to our kitchen space and allow us to have a nice nightlight that is inexpensive to run.

I have several of these and will buy more.The good: Bright, good app, Apple Homekit compatible and thread technology. I can choose nearly the exact color I want... play with it within home kit or the eve app. The look good and are very bright. I really do like them.The bad: Quality issues. I have about 6 or 7 of these, and two simply failed. One would never connect to the app (some security issue) the other connected but after a couple of days simply stopped communicating with the App. I did the normal stuff (reboot phone, "reset" the controller through the button, power cycle the controller...). I was not successful and Eve support was not helpful. However, both were within the Amazon return window so I returned them.The ugly: (1) There are not a lot of easy to use secondary parts to make "Y" connections, or add connectors to make use of the "cut" portions of the strips. I was able to use items like HIPPO and compression connectors, and one or two was fine, but when I had to do several it would inevitably fail. I really would like to find compatible Y and L connections (particularly to the controller) without having to learn to solder; (2) The space between cut points is long (like ~10"); (3) The spacing of the individual LEDs is wide ... ie like all LEDs they are best used in indirect lighting applications. In my case I cut off the silicone rubber protection and put it in an aluminum channel with a diffuser. It helped but it still would not look good in a direct light application.