Palms On with Govee’s Lyra and StarPal good lights

Most of us are conscious of LED gentle strips – and many people have included them into our houses. Whereas we love them, there is not any denying that they will look slightly bland when left outdoors.

To beat this shortcoming, we frequently disguise gentle strips behind displays, TVs, headboards, and even beneath kitchen cupboards so we will see the sunshine, however not what it is producing.

Nonetheless, there are occasions whenever you may need to add a pop of colour within the open air. Positive, you possibly can throw a color-changing LED right into a desk lamp, however there are different choices.

Govee has offered two such options. The primary, Govee’s StarPal, is a small transportable desk lamp designed to suit into virtually any house.

The second is the Lyra, an attention grabbing assertion flooring lamp designed to throw colour over your partitions with its distinctive nook design.

Earlier than we get into the lights themselves, let’s take a second to debate the app that makes the lights work: the Govee app.

The app, as we have mentioned prior to now, is improbable. Not solely is it straightforward to make use of, however it is usually full of options.

For instance, it has occasions, the flexibility to create your personal lighting schedules, dimming choices, and extra.

If you happen to’re not into creating your personal schedules, you possibly can select from over 30 presets the app has, from easy animated scenes to extra elaborate presets. There are even presets for issues like an evening gentle mode.

Frustratingly, although, you continue to cannot dim many preset animated scenes the identical approach you possibly can for single-color choices. Because of this some presets are exceptionally vivid even when lowered to the bottom setting.

Nonetheless, for essentially the most half, we benefit from the Govee app.

Vital: Govee’s merchandise will not be at the moment suitable with HomeKit. Whereas there are fairly just a few good home-facing options, you simply cannot use them with Apple’s platform.

If you happen to’re on the lookout for a small desk lamp, you may need to take a look at Govee’s Moveable Desk Lamp. Govee typically refers to it because the Govee StarPal.

Its small measurement makes it straightforward to put on a bedside desk, aspect desk or within the nook of a room. As well as, the excessive diploma of diffusion offers a lovely ambient gentle that doesn’t produce “sizzling spots” of brightness.

The Govee StarPal could be custom-made to show 1000’s of colours

In contrast to many different customizable LED lights, the StarPal accommodates two varieties of white LEDs. It may produce all kinds of heat and funky whites, somewhat than the everyday yellow-or-blue whites seen in cheaper manufacturers.

The StarPal additionally has a built-in battery, making it a perfect companion for a yard sport evening or your subsequent tenting journey.

Govee claims you possibly can stand up to 4.5 hours of use on a single cost, however that relies upon rather a lot on how you employ it. Each time you enhance the brightness, you get a shorter battery life. The identical goes for all animated colour scenes.

On common, we obtained about two to 2 and a half hours of use for animated colour scenes at medium to medium brightness.

Total, it is a good little lamp with an honest value. Whereas we’re nonetheless slightly annoyed with the dimming options of sure scenes, it is nonetheless one of many higher standalone LED lights we have used.

Whereas it could not go well with everybody’s decor, the Govee Lyra is a placing lamp that you should use to light up the nook of a room.

Govee Lyra

Set up is surprisingly straightforward, though it’s advisable to do that in an space with slightly room to unfold out. A second set of fingers additionally makes setting rather a lot simpler.

The Lyra could be adjusted by way of a variety of white temperatures

Just like the StarPal, it has each heat and funky white LEDs, so you possibly can select your splendid colour temperature between 2,200k and 6,500k.

As well as, that is an RGBIC lamp, which permits a number of colours to be displayed on a strip on the identical time. This enables for extra combined gradients, increased general brightness and a wider colour gamut than conventional RBG strip lighting.

The Lyra additionally comes with a distant so you possibly can management your lamp without having your cellphone. It additionally magnetically clicks onto the lamp, so you do not lose it as shortly.

For what it’s, we love the Govee Lyra lamp. It is particularly good for darkish corners that might use some additional gentle.

It will additionally make wonderful lighting for a teen room, a person cave, or a house theater or playroom.