@PocketBrain I know for a fact that the merkury Wi-Fi outlet switches work with alexa. The app has a spot for bulbs too. These are $20 each at Home Depot.
Can you use them outdoors (assuming my WiFi reaches that far)? Would like them for my lamp-posts and change colors for the holidays and flash red at that d@mn chow that sh!ts in my yard!
Ugh. Thought I would take the chance but am completely unable to get these set up either (earlier Merkury switches had same results). And I pretty much know what I am doing with networking. AP mode network doesn’t even show up on any device, switches at least did that.
@gumbright Update: My router died and (splurged) replaced it with a set of Orbi mesh routers (which I am happy with so far). Tried setting up the bulbs and the previously purchased switches, everything was detected and works as expected now.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
2x Bulbs
Warranty
1 Year Merkury
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Nov 18 - Tuesday, Nov 22
Can I control these with my Echo?
@PocketBrain According to the mother ship they work with Alexa and Google home.
@PocketBrain I know for a fact that the merkury Wi-Fi outlet switches work with alexa. The app has a spot for bulbs too. These are $20 each at Home Depot.
“Control whole groups of bulbs at once”?
At $11 a bulb?
What if Russian Hackers take over my light bulbs?
@daveinwarsh
/giphy russian disco
@cinoclav Well, if the Russians could hack the bulbs & make my house a disco party, they might be a good deal!
Any idea if you can control them with goggle home
@bruinscbr Merkury devices supposedly can. Have not tested it, but are supposedly good to go.
@bruinscbr Unfortunately, the Goggles do nothing.
/giphy my eyes the goggles do nothing
@bruinscbr pretty sure you can control with google home and alexa, not sure about goggle home
@satan666 it’s been a long Monday…
450 lumens is about as bright as a 40 watt bulb…I use that in my fridge.
@Renee4183 Think of the colors you could have in your fridge!
@mehcuda67 oh, this could be confusing! Is it spoiled or is the bulb just green?
New Deal!
I wonder whether Merkury is Retrograde, too.
re: Queen B letter… I’d recommend Malo in downtown Des Moines or the local chain of tex-mex restaurants called Taco John’s.
https://www.opentable.com/malo-des-moines
https://www.tacojohns.com/
@kshannon1 taco john’s?? Umm…half step above taco bell…
Ever wonder why its Taco John and not say…Taco Bill? Or Taco Juan?
@eeterrific In the whole state of Iowa, you’re not going to get much better than that. Trust me.
@eeterrific I assume because Taco Toilet didn’t test well in the focus group.
@kshannon1 Los Laureles on East Grand isn’t horrible, just not anything special. Still better than most of what you can find in state.
Can we still call them colored bulbs or is the correct term African American bulbs?
@nohitwonder you gonna call white bulbs European American bulbs?
@eeterrific I prefer Saltine American.
It is compatible with google home
@erichdellavolpe according to amazon, yes.
What the hell, haven’t got anything else recently.
Plus these look decent for the price.
/giphy conniving-laddered-lock
Anyone know if these are compatible with Smartthings?
@gspitman I’m looking… so far no one seems to even mention them on the forums…
@gspitman Yeah… probably not at the moment
Any chance this is Home Kit compatible?
https://www.ledinside.com/products/2017/1/merkury_innovations
/buy
@Pufferfishy It worked! Your order number is: manifold-immature-crime
/image manifold immature crime
2 packs of 2 or 1 pack that contains 2??
@pablo2282 yep
Is there a hub for these, how do you connect to them?
@ada43952 they connect to your wireless router. You set them up with the geeni app. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geeni/id1177386276?mt=8
Can you use them outdoors (assuming my WiFi reaches that far)? Would like them for my lamp-posts and change colors for the holidays and flash red at that d@mn chow that sh!ts in my yard!
@dbarker72 only things chows are good for are biting people and sh!tting in peoples yards.
Heck, I got some of the merkury smart plugs Meh sold a week or so ago, and I got that wired into my Alexa super quick (“Alexa turn on Christmas”).
So why not … takes my money
/giphy fiery-fantastical-jeans
Holy fuck, people, it’s only $22. So many questions.
Maybe i need to go to bed.
@wew Pshaw, just have another cup of coffee.
Anyone know if there is a way to automate these using something like IFTTT?
Ugh. Thought I would take the chance but am completely unable to get these set up either (earlier Merkury switches had same results). And I pretty much know what I am doing with networking. AP mode network doesn’t even show up on any device, switches at least did that.
@gumbright Update: My router died and (splurged) replaced it with a set of Orbi mesh routers (which I am happy with so far). Tried setting up the bulbs and the previously purchased switches, everything was detected and works as expected now.