I'm not sure if I want this thing yet, but props to meh for posting something new!
Arg, I'm totally torn... I could come up with a cool project for these, but that it only can connect to one speaker limits me too much, and for that, I'm out!
Too bad it doesn't mention any smart phone support for the lights...
Ideas for this: it would require hacking the remote, but a combination light/alarm clock in a bedside lamp, maybe better than the Bem so many people complained about.
Bluetooth for the bathroom: with a Bluetooth sending unit, you don't have to miss a moment of your favorite show when nature calls. Just turn on the light and you get your sound too. (Or, you know, just use any of the 21st century ways to watch tv that are pauseable, but those don't use Bluetooth and LEDs)
Good in the garage in a trouble light fixture, for light and tunes/podcasts while working under the car?
@hallmike I was kinda guessing... It would be weird to me to not have any regular fixtures in the whole house, as the others seem kind of niche to me. But I guess someone could have their whole house done in fluorescent and track or halogen lighting. It would suck to have to buy light bulbs for that house.
On the bright side, I'm pretty sure they make adapters to the Edison/E27(?) base from all those GU10 and GU36 or whatever bases are out there, so that something like this could be cobbled into place.
Can I stick this thing in the kids room and use it as a bluetooth intercom? So I don't have to scream up the staircase that dinner's ready? And they can't unplug it or their room will be dark?
@sammydog01 Just let them explore the world around them and discover that the kitchen is closed. Sucks to be them until they figure out to show up when the food is available. Hunger is a very powerful learning motivator. Let's hope they learn to swim in the deep end of the gene pool.
I no longer yell at my kids, they know that when I say something I mean it, and they show up on time to eat the wonderful food we've taken the time and effort to prepare for them after a hard day's slog at school. Ok, the part about school isn't true, but the rest is.
@mehdaf Thank you, but I have dozens of dancing solar thingies, but none of them have "Meh" on them. I guess I can use a Sharpie, but it's just not the same.
@heartny But this one doesn't have Meh on it either. It's just photoshopped on. Hell, they could have added a slight curvature to the letters to make it look more realistic.
I could see using one of these on the lamp in the kitchen to play the audio from recipes / food shows while cooking. I don't have a TV in the kitchen so it would be easier to follow along that way. Or, it could be used for playing Christmas music when I shine a spotlight on my house decorations outside.
I just want to put it in my kitchen so I can listen to music while I do dishes... It doesn't have to sound great because it will have to listen to my terrible singing so it is kind of even. (does that count as an idea @dave?)
Got a bunk bed? Grab a clip on lamp and boom you've got a speaker set up that isn't too loud or too bright to use in bed with your little brother beneath you (like he should be).
Seems like a great use for these would be in a lamp on a night stand for some late-night podcast listening or even some low-key chill music next to the bed. Not a bad idea!
Seems like it would be good to use with a white noise generator while going to sleep, where sound quality isn't terribly important. Sounds perfect for a light you can turn off remotely. I have one of the suction cup Bluetooth speakers from a few months back I currently use for that, but keeping it charged can be a drag.
@narfcake Pretty much what I was thinking too. There are 4 bulbs in the bathroom light fixture. Making sure a bluetooth speaker is charged is annoying, so one of these would make sense.
The fixture in the kitchen of my apartment is broken with the sockets on, so I can get this, use the remote to avoid having to fix the switch, and listen to mediocre music while I cook mediocre food.
Here's my idea, @Dave. This would be really useful for getting rid of visitors who just can't seem to get the hint that they should leave. I'd put it in a light socket near the shared wall of my townhouse and open up a sound clip of a loud and violent argument. Hopefully that unwanted visitor gets awkward or annoyed enough to leave.
These are great for those times you know you'll be spending a lot of time in a closet. A closet which contains one light fixture, but no electric sockets. This item finally addresses the age old problem we have all had to deal with when long closet inhabiting situations arise.
Entertainment or illumination?
Well, now you no longer have to choose.
I would totally be in, but alas I have no such closet.
I'd totes take one for free though... Guess that would motivate me to install one of those closets I've heard such good things about. Maybe I'd stock it with speaker docks.
OS X lets you link to multiple Bluetooth devices and send different channels of sound to different ones, so you could do surround sound with these that way.
@RDW0409 Yes! I was surprised to find it. You can either send all channels to multiple outputs or send individual channels to different outputs. I've used it to send sound to two bluetooth headsets at the same time while traveling with my wife.
Wow - I'm thinking about installing a couple in my man-cave and, next time I have the opportunity to have someone there for romance, I'll use the Bluetooth to play Martin Denny jungle sounds background music!
@jojojo Hmmmm - let me check with my wife about whether I have permission to have "friends" over....although I already have a pretty strong idea based on history that the answer is NOT going to be an enthusiastic "yes".
These are actually kind of fun, I use one in the workshop for streaming podcasts and keeping my phone in my pocket. It keeps me from setting my phone on a bench and leaving it in the shop when I'm done, and the audio is great for talk, if not for music.
Use it in your bathroom lamp for listening to music. Or alternatively, install it in near a coworker and play Irk videos very quietly and slowly drive them insane.
The question is, can you use the speaker via an internet connection? If so, then I could see talking to the dog or cat at home while I'm at work (especially if he starts barking or gets up to something he shouldn't...)
I actually really like the idea of using it on Halloween for sound effects/music on our front porch. We used a stick up shower speaker for this purpose last year.
I also think one might be cool hanging over our pool table.
Idea: Use it for a bathroom bulb. Then when you have guests using the toilet, you can play fart and other toilet humor sounds. Then make fun of your guests when they get out.
Wow... tried really hard to think of a novel way to use a not so great lamp coupled with a not so great speaker... but really I've got nuthin'!
Oh, wait... I suppose I could use one of these for the lamp on my nightstand and i can play my "rain sounds" app thru it... it pretty much sounds like hissing anyway! =o)
I'm wondering if these could be used in place of flood lights outside? It would be cool to play music outside through your light using Bluetooth feature-- course neighbors might not like that!! Anyways, I'd try that if possible -- would be neat to listen to Music using light speakers while detailing the outside of your cars...just a thought..the music that I would play would be CARWASH...
These might be cool to have out on the back porch for playing music from the safety of a rain resistant fixture. Or you could connect to it like a high school loudspeaker to tell the kids it's time for dinner. Or if you hate kids, replace your bulbs with these playing high pitched noises that only loitering teens can hear.
Usually at night I like to have some background white noise on, like the sound of rain, and wake up to music. My phone handles this. I already have a light on my nightstand next to the bed, so its like getting the benefit of a speaker dock without needing to take up extra space.
I wish I had something cool to do with this, like play music while using the toilet, or run my alarm through it when it's time to wake up, but I doubt it would work well on a timer outlet, probably drop connections like the terrible $9 for two Bluetooth speakers I bought almost a year ago (both of which are totally dead now), and they're probably as bright as the 2.4lm marker lights at the end of my driveway.
Lesson: I should stop buying so much crap on the internet, and stick to crap at Kmart...
@Dave, Depending on the light pattern the only way I think it maybe useful is if you were a mechanic were to use it in a drop light. Then you could have some tunes next to your head whilst under the hood.
I would put it in the spare bedroom and invite people over with the intention of playing moans and creepy pillow talk really quite so it sounds like the neighbors
Remember that scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off where he puts a mannequin in his bed and sound of him snoring so his mom thinks he's asleep? That ruse would have been a lot easier to pull of with one of these. So that is my answer. Use one of these to play hooky from school.
Used in conjunction with "The Clapper" I suppose you could make a recording of yourself clapping and then control multiple appliances throughout the house. Maybe redundant if you can already clap really loud.
@dave, i want the freebie, so i'm searching for an idea hear. could i listen to my Skype call with my (fill in the blank) while dozing off, and at the last minute roll over onto the off button so light and convo are ixnay? is there an app for these? maybe i could sync them with my netflix sox and if my socks think i'm sleeping, the noise, i mean sound, goes off along with the dim light?
If you can turn the light off and leave the speaker on, I might use it in my bedroom. The creepy house noises sometimes wake me up at night and this seems more efficient than a separate speaker on limited tabletop space
Hey dave.... Used to date a girl who worked in the emergency room. One of her weirder cases was a guy that came in with a lightbulb that he inserted...well...you know, and couldn't get it out. (Apparently something about the threads and screwing it in......maybe it got stripped?)
Well, I don't know if this is a "thing" within a certain community, but....imagine it playing music while its being screwed in!
If you've got an old car where the stereo and dome light don't work but you're on a tight budget, you could buy a power inverter and then plug in an ordinary table lamp with this speaker light. Bam! High-tech Bluetooth speaker system for your iPod/Zune (Zunes have Bluetooth, right?) plus ample cabin illumination at night.
I would obviously use this in my doorway to scare away neighborhood cats who keep pissing on my door in some kind of rube goldburgian device hooked up to a pressure plate, row of dominoes, cassette tape player, and Bluetooth mic.
Install one of these in my neighbor's front porch light. They'll go crazy trying to figure out who is screaming bloody murder...when suddenly it stops as they open the door. And I'll do it only on rainy days.
Alarm. Obviously. We should have alarms that have visual and audible dimensions. Clearly. Connect all of it via IFTTT or something.
Watching stuff on my phone by my bed on my phone. I don't want my stupid little phone speaker. I want that little bit of extra audio quality. Don't care that it's coming from my bedside lamp.
"Welcome" messages. Everytime I turn it on, I want my phone to connect and play a "welcome awesome man" message.
Just audio random stuff in general while people are around. Mystery audio locations are swank.
Ok Dave, here's my killer idea. This goes in my reading lamp because I like playing the audiobook version of novels while I read them. If otherr people aren't into that like me, it's still great for a reading lamp above your chair. Maybe playing light relaxing music while you read, or maybe blast some industrial metal while you read to drown out household distractions.
I think it would be good for that crappy light over the shower. Now I wouldn't have to put my phone in a plastic bag to listen to music while showering.
I'm thinking they'd be good to hide in table lamps (so you can't see them past the shade) and scare people... Or just play fart sounds without anyone knowing where they came from.
@brendan09 Fart machine, huh? You think you're qualifying for a free one with a hidden fart machine? Well, you are. We're not ashamed to admit it. Congrats.
ideas for use: 1.) Ignore the speaker. The remote is a nice enough feature with the light bulb. 2.) Use it as a gift for someone who has almost everything...then they'll have this too. 3.) Use it to listen to an audio book in bed...when you're ready to sleep, you can turn off the lights and book at once.
I could see buying one of these for my husband. He usually wakes me in the morning (I hate alarm clocks). The Bluetooth speaker would allow him to play a "time to wake up" recording from his phone and the remote would allow him to turn on the light beside the bed to improve the odds of my waking. All operated at a safe distance from the angry person (me) who has just been awakened.
This would be great to recreate the Real Genius scene. Replace the bulb in your teenage son's nightstand lamp and wait for go-time. When you detect that fwap-fwap-fwap sound, go speaker mode and utter "Michael, this is God speaking! I know what you've been doing"
@Dave drop one of these in the workplace bathroom and play some pranks on the coworkers or tune out the kids jumping into the pool...provided they aren't fluorescent.
@kennethlong It wasn't funny the first time you "attempted" it to be just a few posts earlier. Seems you're the dim one and by your own recommendation should stick it where the sun doesn't shine and clench until it shatters. Oh and stop being a clueless libTARD. lol
@cinoclav Nor are you any better than I playing mr. "internet keyboard cop". I never instigate but ALWAYS reply in kind. Mind your own business in the future. The post wasn't directed at you.
So @dave, a killer app for this crazy light and speaker combo.... Hmmmm...... For those to lazy to read, put it in the bathroom and instant light and audio books while you take care of business. With the handy remote, keep one hand free for wiping
I can see use this as an assistive device for those with dementia, hemineglect, or other neurological conditions. For example, pop one of these in a location frequently missed by individuals with hemineglect (they visually cannot recognize half of their world) - as the light connects to an android device, a Tasker plugin could play a file between known waking hours that would prompt the individual with a cue as to where the bathroom is... or for those with less severe forms of dementia, Tasker + this light could remind them each night with audio cues to take their medication. The assistive capabilities are really endless. I hope @Dave considers this a worthy use (I am in medical school and looking to do research, something like this would be right up my alley).
@dave Thanks! Hopefully setting this up at home as my N=1 for proof of concept will be enough to convince the tptb at my school this is worth pursuing.
@tehtruth as a person who is care taking a sr w/ the start of cognitive difficulties, I think these voice reminders might be good idea --- but you will have to make sure the hearing aides are in or have the volume way up.
I would decode the IR signal from the remotes so that I could control these bulbs from a raspberry pi. I think there are a lot of really interesting use cases for having networked bulbs and I really want to how well you could set up geofencing to automatically turn them off and on based on your phone's proximity. I wish they had used the Bluetooth functionality for a better purpose than adding a shitty speaker :-/
I've got a small backyard and there's a light socket right next to where I grill. This seems like a really nice way to listen to podcasts or tunes while cooking outside. Might be good enough audio quality for background music when I've got a couple guests in the backyard, too.
@fennsk Grilling buddy for the lone griller makes me feel a little sad, but glad to hear you may have a couple guests over later. One heading your way!
I look at these and think, man I should install this in my porch light. That way when the Jehovah witnesses come to the door I can play the dueling banjos from deliverance or a random Mariah Carey screeching song on it until they get scared off.
This would be great for when using just a computer for Netflix or streaming. I can never hear anything without earplugs. That doesn't work when more than one person. Have friends that homeschool so This would be great for them so more than one kid can hear the online class at a time!
Put it where your teenagers hang (make) out. Convince them that you can hear them and record your voice and randomly play it every so often. "Is that a good decision?... Do you think I will be proud of what you are doing?... DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!" Turn the lights on when it's time for the gang to go home. Like last call!
I had a similar light I messed with put in a remote changing color led and an old bose speaker and portable base to a flood light and put it in my school auditorium and at ached a blutooth recieve transmitter to a mike and eventually to a decor for teachers phones and the principle so when they where 20 seconds away the light would go red and an alarm would go off.
My back porch lights are above the ceiling fan in a weird way... Bet if I hooked one of these up and turned the fan on high I could hear what it sounds like to be on the other end of the old "Luke, i am your father" spoken into the fan gag. Is it really as entertaining on the other end as it is to do it yourself?
Considering using it as an alarm clock for my kids , so I can nag them without ever going into their room. With the right choice of music I'm certain I can get them up and out in 5 min.
Alright, I don't have a killer idea. But here's what I'd do. I live in a neighborhood known as Everedy Square. It's named for the Everedy Bottle Capper, a manually operated bottle-capping device that just so happened to be available to homebrewers of 'soda' during Prohibition. This company stayed afloat, for a while at least, because hoochers gonna hooch. What once was a hooch-capper factory is now all residence. The cappers, while still functional due to their sturdy cast-iron construction, are largely obsolete collectors items, relegated to the shelves of antique stores next to Golliwog dolls and other horrifying MD artifacts. I found one for a reasonable price, from a relatively non-racist antique vendor. I have nothing to cap, my bathtub is solely for baths and not (yet) for gin production. My goal has long been to make a lamp of it, and to set this on my bar (which I also have yet to complete). What would set a better home ambience than a bar with a dimly-lit prohibition-era lamp? That same thing, gently spilling out the pianism of Friml or Suesse.
@djslack Oh you have no idea, it makes so much sense around these parts.
ETA: I've been to places where I look to the left and see Golliwog shit, look to the right and see actual Nazi shit. 10/10 RACISM++++++++++++++++++++++
At first glance I didn't see the light. The illumination of an idea finally struck me. My workshop! I have one electrical outlet available. One task light plugged in to one socket. the other socket is for electrical tools. Rechargeable speakers don't last long enough. A StriimLIGHT will provide light and a speaker and still only use one outlet. Brilliant!
Kind of spitballing, but my living room has no switched lighting. Put this in a table lamp, and the remote is pretty handy, since I spend most of my time in there immobilized by a lap cat.
Given that I so desperately want to convince myself I am some form of an adult, I can easily see myself piping fireplace or beach or whatever sounds through it. I can pretend I'm classy while becoming covered in cat hair.
...y'know, I was just taking a shot for a freebie, and now I kinda want one.
Or maybe as a weather indicator. Link it to the weather channel with if this then that and... You'll always know the weather before you walk out the door...
Would going to my sisters house and hiding this in her little boys closet only to light it green in the middle of the night and play poltergeist sounds make me a bad uncle?
I can picture these doohickeys in fixtures hanging above a booth/table at a restaurant. I would say that while the idea of each couple/party being able to use their own source would be neat, there's the whole 'pairing' thing... So, either an output source of some kind at the table (with fixed volume and only non-explicit playlist options) or have the source(s) all playing the same facility-supplied elevator music.
You can use this as a wake-up light & alarm. Buy a cheap desk light, fit it with this bulb and aim it at your head. In the morning sound of your choosing will play in gradually increasing volume and brightness. Perfect morning wakeup without sacrificing expensive hue light.
All right, I'm heading to bed. Feel free to keep the ideas coming (and everyone vote up the good ones) and I'll do a scan for a few more giveaways in the morning.
@dave install it on the back porch and when someone unwitting sits down, use bluetooth to play one of several They Might Be Giants tracks. Options are as follows: 1) Spider 2) Fingertips (as collected on greatest hits/youtube) 3) I can hear you
Set it as an aquarium light, use as a "moon light" selecting a blue tone to light the aquarium at night. Play rolling waves sounds to enhance a salt water aquarium.
My outdoor light switch turns on two fixtures = by the front door and by the curb. I put a motion detector on the front door fixture, so I must keep the switch on, but now the curb light will stay lit all the time - *wasteful.* If I replace the latter's bulb with this remote-controlled bulb, problem solved. (But I really don't need the speaker function, unless I want to play music through it, to welcome guests.)
One is going in my kids room. I can take out their other speakers and with the crappy sound this puts off I won't have to hear the YouTube videos down the hall. With the remote I won't have to yell to tell them to turn off the light and go to bed. I will take the power back.
Set it as an aquarium light, use as a "moon light" selecting a blue tone to light the aquarium at night. Play rolling waves sounds to enhance a salt water aquarium (or the song from "The little Mermaid", if you are into that).
I could seriously use one In the light above my hot tub so just maybe I can stop dropping my iphone in when I'm beat from 24 hour shifts of helping people blow their diets at my bake shop! Can you say candied bacon bourbon blondie?
Low budget elevator music. Your apartment elevator sucks anyway. Pop this in permanently and share the secret with neighbors you like. And horrify the ones you don't.
I'll give one to my neighbor Jame to put in that creepy single light socket in his basement. Then show him how to play "Goodbye Horses" over Bluetooth. His boombox is wearing out and that basement isn't getting any less creepy, maybe some bright LED light would cheer it up.
My gas BBQ area has only one working powered outlet - a light bulb socket. This gizmo would finally allow me to cook people dinner and also serenade them (and the meat) with some tunes. This light would fix the darkness on the edge of town, light my BBQ up like the Backstreets of Atlantic City, and make me truly feel Born in the USA. I apologize to any non Bruce fans for leaving them in the Badlands with these references - I can almost feel The Rising angst. I guess I'll leave now like I was Born to Run. @dave
I could probably use these guys to prank the obnoxious teens above me when they decide to bang out at ungodly hours when I'm hungover. Granted, the people across the hall from them might not appreciate it.
Put it in a kid's room and play scary music and flash the lights at night to freak them out, tell them it was a demon, but claim you have the ability to keep the demon away if they go to bed on time.
Thank you Meh! A perfect solution to my new problem: The light behind the sofa in the TV room always seems to turn off before its programmed to. "Why is this a problem?" you may ask. Movie nights and teenagers. Need I say more?? Rule #1: Sofa table light stays on when there is mixed company. We give the kids some space and head upstairs to watch the smaller TV. (It's not fair the kids get to watch the big TV and we have to watch the smaller one, says hubby) The light is on a timer that is set to go off at 2am, however, the light always seems to go out shortly after the old folks head upstairs. Of course, no one ever turned it off, it just turns off by itself. Yeeeaaaaah... Not.
Anyways, as soon as I saw 'light-speaker-(and bonus) REMOTE', I had an "aah-ha" moment! The solution to my problem! What if I could control the light from afar? Light off... Light ON... Light off... Light ON... Light off... Light ON... "WTF?" they may say... Tee hee hee... Not only will the light come back on, but with the volume on high, playing 80's metal music or, better yet, hubby yelling "Hands where we can see them!"
The look on their faces? Priceless! So, @Dave, what do you think? Anyone with teenagers knows what I'm talking about! I may need one in the foyer as well as the front porch... I can imagine my daughter and her boyfriend saying their "goodbyes" as I remotely turn on all the lights (complete with commentary) every step of the way! 😈Muahahaha
@wildmomo Seems like a good idea but that remote is IR, not RF. So you would have to be pretty close to use it. Not sure if you can control the light via bluetooth or not but you could have it play a warning through the speaker, "Hey kids! Turn that light back on!!!"
Too bad you didn't write this within the first 30 minutes. It could have been a good candidate for a free unit if Dave agreed.
@cengland0 thanks for the vote! Since @Dave said he would look over the rest of the ideas today and maybe pick some more, I had my fingers crossed... Oh well, been preparing for the blizzard all day here on the East Coast. Due to the whether, Movie Night was cancelled for tonight so I don't have to stand watch over the teens and the 'ol light :)
I'm always late. Still limping takes a bit to get to the door. It's cold and snowy outside. If I put one in the outside light fixture I could play a I'll be right there or come on in song . Maybe go very retro w/ a "Knock three times" Tony Orlando oldie. Or if someone I don't know, some nice elevator type music. Of course my friends would want the jeopardy song playing on my end.
@jml326 That makes sense. A little Barry White would help get them to the next generation a little faster. Too bad you can't get these LED lights to work for you
Dude...I've got it. Place the light into my desk lamp at school. Then play The Imperial March everything I walk into the classroom. Now I just need a Darth Vader Mask as I already have the lightsaber.
That...or more lame reasons like playing soothing music while my students are testing.
hmmm... some co-workers of mine have desk lamps that they never actually use. seems like the perfect opportunity to play a high pitched beep at random intervals 😈
My use for the speaker would be to connect with the alarm on my phone. To wake up in the morning, I would not only have a little sound on the phone, but now I have an 8 watt speaker blaring bad music at me as well. That will get me up in the morning. I just might buy one now.
Didn't want to be the 6th "wake me or the kid up" or "prank xxx" so was coming up dry....
But then it came to me when letting our dog out this morning for business time...
It is cold as a witch's titty lately - like 15°. We let the dog out - then have to stand in the open doorway freezing our _ off whilst calling him back in. Not fun. Install this gadget in the outside light fixture and "call" Charlie to the back door from the comfort of inside!
The sad thing is, my fiancee and I have already hidden a speaker in my 5 year-old son's room and played a voice-modified recording of, "This is God, stop being naughty..."
by the way, I'm impressed that you guys managed to find a bluetooth speaker that may be even more out of place than the Banana Boat floating speaker. kudos.
I confess, I bought one. I'm addicted to Bluetooth speakers. I'm afraid to look at my orders page and see just how many I've bought. I think this will go nice in the Party Shed.
What about using it a la Ferris Buehler? Use it as a porch light then set an IFTTT recipe for a recording to play from an old smartphone whenever someone rings the doorbell.
Anyone at meh care to post a picture of these bulbs next to a regular incandescent bulb? @MEHcus or @Moose? I'm really tempted to buy one or two for the bathrooms but I'd prefer the larger bulb and it appears it may actually be too large to fit where I'd put them. I've had trouble with other LED bulbs not fitting in most of my lamps.
@Moose Thank you! This should be rather helpful to a lot of prospective buyers. Though I get the feeling you may now have more of these left in the warehouse than you wanted.
I would use this tied to my weather-alert radio (via BT connect I got here :)) in the tornado/apocalypse/safe room, so I can listen/watch am/fm/tv simultaneously.
I just bought two of this things (one standard, one mini) now I need to hide my purchase from my wife. What should I say? Got them for free, or found them on my way home?
@abelgaxiola You poor uneducated man. There is one excuse that works every time with the wife: While saving an old woman from a burning house you grabbed her favorite lamps, which she said she could not live without. In her eternal gratitude she gave you said lights.
@dave How about this idea? Perfect to add to one of our bathroom lights. Since our kids live with us still, we "shower together" to save water. Installed in the bathroom, this could mask some of those errant shower noises...you know, that grunt when you bend over to pick up the soap.
Does that qualify or is it just TMI...anyone with kids? What do you do to mask the sounds?
On another note, how old do you think my kids will be when they realize why we always showered together?
@Dave I know I missed the "half hour" window but my girlfriend's cat could love a good scare and this remote and bluetooth capability would make the kitty's dream come true.
Dave went to sleep pretty late last night and stopped offering sending free speaker lights. I was disappointed to write my idea about use as aquarium moon light and @Dave was already sharing thoughts with Morpheous. I have to admit that I'm in Mountain time, so not his problem.
This sort of sucks as a light bulb. I tried swapping out my ceiling light, and it only lights up the area directly below it, like I tied a flashlight to a rope and hung it there.
Mine has been fun and entertaining for almost a year. Light and speaker have died and gone to Bluetooth heaven. Now I’m left with a totally useless remote.
Specs
Mini:
Original:
Remote included with the Mini works on the Original and vice versa
Condition: New
Warranty: 1 Year Awox
Estimated Delivery: 2/1 - 2/3
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
1x LED light with Bluetooth speaker
1x Remote control with batteries
Pictures
Bluetooth tunes
Retail boxes
Original retail box
Everything included with Original
Turned on
Mini retail box
Everything with the mini
Price Comparison
$42.55 for Mini at Amazon (31 reviews, sold by Amazon)
$79.99 for Original at Amazon (sold third party)
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Warranty
90 days
I'm not sure if I want this thing yet, but props to meh for posting something new!
Arg, I'm totally torn... I could come up with a cool project for these, but that it only can connect to one speaker limits me too much, and for that, I'm out!
Too bad it doesn't mention any smart phone support for the lights...
@mehdaf Take a pass.
@mehdaf all right shark.
Speak up for this light deal-- bright deal I'd say
@AttyVette
For some reason, this deal speaks to me
Excellent timing! The light in my microwave recently went out and I have been looking to replace it. In for one.
@KevinKevin Please record a video when you fire the microwave back up.
Disco is back!
No idea if I need it or not, I am just going to admire the lovely purple background :-)
What a sound and bright idea?
So.... now it's SBF -- Speaker Bulb Friday??
(I'm not sure where to go from here...)
Come on, now, Meh. You're making this thing up, right? And you slipped Amazon a buck or two to play along. My Bluetooth is already bright enough.
With this, I can finally host one those bedroom raves everyone keeps talking about.
@mehgrl isn't that just an orgy?
@Thumperchick Now with better music and lighting.
@mehgrl Well, with just music...I don't think these can produce better music. Let's just say they'll attempt to block the orgy sounds. 😱
Shoutout for the Zano love... Ugh, it hurts.
Ideas for this: it would require hacking the remote, but a combination light/alarm clock in a bedside lamp, maybe better than the Bem so many people complained about.
Bluetooth for the bathroom: with a Bluetooth sending unit, you don't have to miss a moment of your favorite show when nature calls. Just turn on the light and you get your sound too. (Or, you know, just use any of the 21st century ways to watch tv that are pauseable, but those don't use Bluetooth and LEDs)
Good in the garage in a trouble light fixture, for light and tunes/podcasts while working under the car?
@djslack just looked at the picture more closely... Not good in a trouble light.
Cheap way to put music in your waiting area, for small business type people with no in-ceiling speakers.
I desperately want to buy this… but I am genuinely having a hard time thinking of any fixtures in my house that are still screw-ins. (Also, #TWSS.)
@haydesigner excuse my ignorance but what is the alternative to screw in fixtures?
@hallmike fluorescent or several variations of two prong halogen fixtures, that usually either just plug in or take a quarter turn to lock in place?
@djslack Thanks. I guess I didn't realize those things were so common that a house wouldn't have any screw-in type sockets.
@hallmike I was kinda guessing... It would be weird to me to not have any regular fixtures in the whole house, as the others seem kind of niche to me. But I guess someone could have their whole house done in fluorescent and track or halogen lighting. It would suck to have to buy light bulbs for that house.
On the bright side, I'm pretty sure they make adapters to the Edison/E27(?) base from all those GU10 and GU36 or whatever bases are out there, so that something like this could be cobbled into place.
Edit: they do. They look like this:
@djslack Thanks for the info - glad I'm not the only one that found it strange.
On an unrelated note, I apologize for always reading your name as DSLjack.
Can I stick this thing in the kids room and use it as a bluetooth intercom? So I don't have to scream up the staircase that dinner's ready? And they can't unplug it or their room will be dark?
@sammydog01 Just let them explore the world around them and discover that the kitchen is closed. Sucks to be them until they figure out to show up when the food is available. Hunger is a very powerful learning motivator. Let's hope they learn to swim in the deep end of the gene pool.
I no longer yell at my kids, they know that when I say something I mean it, and they show up on time to eat the wonderful food we've taken the time and effort to prepare for them after a hard day's slog at school. Ok, the part about school isn't true, but the rest is.
I want this dancing flower. Where can I get one?
@heartny here? http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00B4HY0K4/
@heartny Oooooh maybe I can get one to make my Furby dance and say "Big Light" at the same time!
@mehdaf Thank you, but I have dozens of dancing solar thingies, but none of them have "Meh" on them. I guess I can use a Sharpie, but it's just not the same.
@heartny But this one doesn't have Meh on it either. It's just photoshopped on. Hell, they could have added a slight curvature to the letters to make it look more realistic.
@LankHairdoo I think we still have one walking around in the attic.
Light up your state, peeps.
@mike808 Less lights! Look up at night and enjoy the stars!
I'd LOVE these on Halloween and on April Fool's Day...the rest of the year, not so much. But these suckers DO have good pranking potential!
I could see using one of these on the lamp in the kitchen to play the audio from recipes / food shows while cooking. I don't have a TV in the kitchen so it would be easier to follow along that way. Or, it could be used for playing Christmas music when I shine a spotlight on my house decorations outside.
@denton Ah, I like the recipe reading in the kitchen idea. One Striimlight (Original) coming your way!
@dave I could use one while I'm in the BATH!
@dave score!!
I just want to put it in my kitchen so I can listen to music while I do dishes... It doesn't have to sound great because it will have to listen to my terrible singing so it is kind of even. (does that count as an idea @dave?)
@chellemonkey We'll call it a Terrible Singing Drowner Outer and you win. One Original StriimLight heading your way!
@dave Eeek! Thanks!! (did you manipulate the order numbers or is the "mysterious" a coincidence?)
Got a bunk bed? Grab a clip on lamp and boom you've got a speaker set up that isn't too loud or too bright to use in bed with your little brother beneath you (like he should be).
@bxm83 Bunk bed reading light sounds good to me. You can decide if you want to read or just go with an audiobook. You've got a StriimLight on its way!
I'd suggest mounting it outside so I can yell at moths.
@brianhagen Or play some tunes that moths hate !
10%THD...200hz to 20K hz...
I guess it's not all about that bass...or hi fidelity.
Meh.
@densa Just for the record for everyone else... even 1% harmonic distortion is considered to be poor. Really good hi-fi stuff is below 0.1% typically.
@PhotoJim For amps, but not for speakers. Speakers introduce a lot of THD.
Seems like a great use for these would be in a lamp on a night stand for some late-night podcast listening or even some low-key chill music next to the bed. Not a bad idea!
Seems like it would be good to use with a white noise generator while going to sleep, where sound quality isn't terribly important. Sounds perfect for a light you can turn off remotely. I have one of the suction cup Bluetooth speakers from a few months back I currently use for that, but keeping it charged can be a drag.
@SSDDR White noise light machine works for me! There's a StriimLight on its way.
@dave badass! thanks!
My front porch light is always on. I think I could probably creep out my mail lady / UPS man with this...
A good use? The bathroom. Lighting is taken care of and it does it really matter that the sound is mono? Nope.
@narfcake I never thought about that. I may need to reconsider.
@narfcake Pretty much what I was thinking too. There are 4 bulbs in the bathroom light fixture. Making sure a bluetooth speaker is charged is annoying, so one of these would make sense.
One-bulb complete theatre lighting and sound kit? Change light to be atmospheric for the scene, and play your musical soundtrack from the same place.
Maybe this would be good for a puppet show...
I've got a reason, @Dave.
The fixture in the kitchen of my apartment is broken with the sockets on, so I can get this, use the remote to avoid having to fix the switch, and listen to mediocre music while I cook mediocre food.
How's that sound?
Here's an idea: screw it into a baby's room and you have a remote control white noise machine. Your baby, preferably.
I'd use it to play the Meh theme song. And only for this.
People don't come over anymore.
Here's my idea, @Dave. This would be really useful for getting rid of visitors who just can't seem to get the hint that they should leave. I'd put it in a light socket near the shared wall of my townhouse and open up a sound clip of a loud and violent argument. Hopefully that unwanted visitor gets awkward or annoyed enough to leave.
@joenforcer : That was MY idea!
I'm going to use mine to randomly play dog barking sounds to freak out my wife's cats.
@hallmike That's not nice. You deserve a furball hacked up in your shoe for that. Maybe two.
@hallmike Maybe birds chirping instead of dogs barking. Probably more fun to watch curious cats than scared ones, depending on one's love quotient.
@ceagee I've already had that - they started it!
@gregormehndel We've got one cat that brings birds in from the catio - I don't really want to encourage that.
@hallmike You probably did something to deserve it. Cats are very sensitive. You must of hurt them deeply.
@ceagee The little bastids have it good here - they live in cat luxury. Just like with a child, I reserve the right to tease them once in a while.
However, I didn't win a speaker bulb so it's all moot now anyway.
These are great for those times you know you'll be spending a lot of time in a closet. A closet which contains one light fixture, but no electric sockets. This item finally addresses the age old problem we have all had to deal with when long closet inhabiting situations arise.
Entertainment or illumination?
Well, now you no longer have to choose.
I would totally be in, but alas I have no such closet.
I'd totes take one for free though... Guess that would motivate me to install one of those closets I've heard such good things about. Maybe I'd stock it with speaker docks.
@shahnm Tornado warnings are the only time I sit in the closet. Maybe if you live in tornado alley?
OS X lets you link to multiple Bluetooth devices and send different channels of sound to different ones, so you could do surround sound with these that way.
@pib easily, built-in? I did not know this. Got a favorite how-to?
@RDW0409 Yes! I was surprised to find it. You can either send all channels to multiple outputs or send individual channels to different outputs. I've used it to send sound to two bluetooth headsets at the same time while traveling with my wife.
How to set it up (not sure how up-to-date, but should work): http://lifehacker.com/5933282/how-to-aggregate-and-use-multiple-audio-inputs-and-outputs-in-os-x
Hmmm, butting into meetings I have bugged sounds like a fun way to piss off the boss.
@Dave ,Whaddaya think?
Wow - I'm thinking about installing a couple in my man-cave and, next time I have the opportunity to have someone there for romance, I'll use the Bluetooth to play Martin Denny jungle sounds background music!
@texquill Is that an invitation?
@jojojo Hmmmm - let me check with my wife about whether I have permission to have "friends" over....although I already have a pretty strong idea based on history that the answer is NOT going to be an enthusiastic "yes".
These are actually kind of fun, I use one in the workshop for streaming podcasts and keeping my phone in my pocket. It keeps me from setting my phone on a bench and leaving it in the shop when I'm done, and the audio is great for talk, if not for music.
Use it in your bathroom lamp for listening to music. Or alternatively, install it in near a coworker and play Irk videos very quietly and slowly drive them insane.
The question is, can you use the speaker via an internet connection? If so, then I could see talking to the dog or cat at home while I'm at work (especially if he starts barking or gets up to something he shouldn't...)
@DavidK44 Get a Raspberry Pi and a bluetooth dongle, and it can be done.
I actually really like the idea of using it on Halloween for sound effects/music on our front porch. We used a stick up shower speaker for this purpose last year.
I also think one might be cool hanging over our pool table.
I could put one out in my shed behind my house and just stream the creepy music from various horror movies to it. A new level of security?
Idea: Use it for a bathroom bulb. Then when you have guests using the toilet, you can play fart and other toilet humor sounds. Then make fun of your guests when they get out.
@cengland0 Bathroom humiliator seems to be the crowd favorite so far, so I'll send one your way.
I want to play some "light" rock through this thing.
Put it in a closet fixture, pump some muzak through it, and you've got yourself the elevator experience without all that extra expense.
Do I have to bring this to @Dave's attention?
Wow... tried really hard to think of a novel way to use a not so great lamp coupled with a not so great speaker... but really I've got nuthin'!
Oh, wait... I suppose I could use one of these for the lamp on my nightstand and i can play my "rain sounds" app thru it... it pretty much sounds like hissing anyway! =o)
Good enuff for a freebie?!? LOL ;o)
@Hopkins3030 Sure, a Leaky Roof Simulator wins you a StriimLight!
@dave Arrgh! I keep trying to break away but you guys just keep pulling me back! Love the site, keep doing you & I'll keep hanging around!
Use the speaker to play a sample of a bug zapper crackling and enjoy a relaxing summer evening on the porch with your new bug friends.
I'm wondering if these could be used in place of flood lights outside? It would be cool to play music outside through your light using Bluetooth feature-- course neighbors might not like that!! Anyways, I'd try that if possible -- would be neat to listen to Music using light speakers while detailing the outside of your cars...just a thought..the music that I would play would be CARWASH...
@AttyVette I doubt they'd be loud enough. But good idea.
These might be cool to have out on the back porch for playing music from the safety of a rain resistant fixture. Or you could connect to it like a high school loudspeaker to tell the kids it's time for dinner. Or if you hate kids, replace your bulbs with these playing high pitched noises that only loitering teens can hear.
Usually at night I like to have some background white noise on, like the sound of rain, and wake up to music. My phone handles this. I already have a light on my nightstand next to the bed, so its like getting the benefit of a speaker dock without needing to take up extra space.
I wish I had something cool to do with this, like play music while using the toilet, or run my alarm through it when it's time to wake up, but I doubt it would work well on a timer outlet, probably drop connections like the terrible $9 for two Bluetooth speakers I bought almost a year ago (both of which are totally dead now), and they're probably as bright as the 2.4lm marker lights at the end of my driveway.
Lesson: I should stop buying so much crap on the internet, and stick to crap at Kmart...
@fuzzmanmatt take my advice, save the crap you buy here and give it away at the company gag gift party
I'm thinking I'll put it in my tree house and play fanfare whenever my nieces and nephew reluctantly admit I am the king.
@Dave, Depending on the light pattern the only way I think it maybe useful is if you were a mechanic were to use it in a drop light. Then you could have some tunes next to your head whilst under the hood.
I would put it in the spare bedroom and invite people over with the intention of playing moans and creepy pillow talk really quite so it sounds like the neighbors
Remember that scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off where he puts a mannequin in his bed and sound of him snoring so his mom thinks he's asleep? That ruse would have been a lot easier to pull of with one of these. So that is my answer. Use one of these to play hooky from school.
I do love the halloween porch light idea. I'm gonna replace MY NEIGHBOR'S porch light.
Let the shenanigans begin!
Why wait til Halloween?
PS, @Dave, my neighbor is a cop, what fun.
Slip in your boss's desk light, and turn it into an annoy-a-tron.
Or, set your phone on listen-and-broadcast in your baby's room, with the light in your room. Voila! Baby monitor!
@SmockJata All right, baby monitor hack sounds good to me. One heading your way.
Used in conjunction with "The Clapper" I suppose you could make a recording of yourself clapping and then control multiple appliances throughout the house. Maybe redundant if you can already clap really loud.
I would place these around the office and strategically make the boss think she's going crazy. Fart soundboard app, here I come.
@dave, i want the freebie, so i'm searching for an idea hear. could i listen to my Skype call with my (fill in the blank) while dozing off, and at the last minute roll over onto the off button so light and convo are ixnay? is there an app for these? maybe i could sync them with my netflix sox and if my socks think i'm sleeping, the noise, i mean sound, goes off along with the dim light?
If you can turn the light off and leave the speaker on, I might use it in my bedroom. The creepy house noises sometimes wake me up at night and this seems more efficient than a separate speaker on limited tabletop space
I will use it in my guest room to freak out my family and friends!
Hey dave.... Used to date a girl who worked in the emergency room. One of her weirder cases was a guy that came in with a lightbulb that he inserted...well...you know, and couldn't get it out. (Apparently something about the threads and screwing it in......maybe it got stripped?)
Well, I don't know if this is a "thing" within a certain community, but....imagine it playing music while its being screwed in!
If you've got an old car where the stereo and dome light don't work but you're on a tight budget, you could buy a power inverter and then plug in an ordinary table lamp with this speaker light. Bam! High-tech Bluetooth speaker system for your iPod/Zune (Zunes have Bluetooth, right?) plus ample cabin illumination at night.
@sparkle_motion This seems like such a terrible solution to this problem that I'm sending one your way in hopes that you'll try it and report back.
@dave I will post pictures.
I would obviously use this in my doorway to scare away neighborhood cats who keep pissing on my door in some kind of rube goldburgian device hooked up to a pressure plate, row of dominoes, cassette tape player, and Bluetooth mic.
Install one of these in my neighbor's front porch light. They'll go crazy trying to figure out who is screaming bloody murder...when suddenly it stops as they open the door. And I'll do it only on rainy days.
Many applications.
Alarm. Obviously. We should have alarms that have visual and audible dimensions. Clearly. Connect all of it via IFTTT or something.
Watching stuff on my phone by my bed on my phone. I don't want my stupid little phone speaker. I want that little bit of extra audio quality. Don't care that it's coming from my bedside lamp.
"Welcome" messages. Everytime I turn it on, I want my phone to connect and play a "welcome awesome man" message.
Just audio random stuff in general while people are around. Mystery audio locations are swank.
I would use this to simulate the bright Amazon sun and play festive jungle noises to amuse my parrot, Mr. Whiskers, while I'm at work.
Ok Dave, here's my killer idea. This goes in my reading lamp because I like playing the audiobook version of novels while I read them. If otherr people aren't into that like me, it's still great for a reading lamp above your chair. Maybe playing light relaxing music while you read, or maybe blast some industrial metal while you read to drown out household distractions.
I think it would be good for that crappy light over the shower. Now I wouldn't have to put my phone in a plastic bag to listen to music while showering.
How about you stick it in a really big potato. Or Donald Trump. Whichever is less dim.
I'm thinking they'd be good to hide in table lamps (so you can't see them past the shade) and scare people... Or just play fart sounds without anyone knowing where they came from.
@brendan09 Fart machine, huh? You think you're qualifying for a free one with a hidden fart machine? Well, you are. We're not ashamed to admit it. Congrats.
ideas for use:
1.) Ignore the speaker. The remote is a nice enough feature with the light bulb.
2.) Use it as a gift for someone who has almost everything...then they'll have this too.
3.) Use it to listen to an audio book in bed...when you're ready to sleep, you can turn off the lights and book at once.
I could see buying one of these for my husband. He usually wakes me in the morning (I hate alarm clocks). The Bluetooth speaker would allow him to play a "time to wake up" recording from his phone and the remote would allow him to turn on the light beside the bed to improve the odds of my waking. All operated at a safe distance from the angry person (me) who has just been awakened.
@christinewas Remote Spousal Wake-up wins you a StriimLight!
@dave Woo hoo! Thanks! (I think I can safely say my husband thanks you, as well.)
irritating-unguarded-cleric. Boy have I known a few of those.
Use as speakerphone during an interrogation and "channel" the dead victim so the suspect confesses to the murder!
Hey, I answered that survey question yesterday. Have I been time travelling?
This would be great to recreate the Real Genius scene. Replace the bulb in your teenage son's nightstand lamp and wait for go-time. When you detect that fwap-fwap-fwap sound, go speaker mode and utter "Michael, this is God speaking! I know what you've been doing"
@spectra242 Let's just call this Real Genius Cosplay and send a light your way without getting more explicit.
@spectra242
@dave cha-Ching! I knew my nerddom and banal movie history referencing would play a "hand" (innuendo completely intended) for my future success!
Parentally-operated alarm clock. SUSAN GET OUT OF BED + influx of light. What's not to like?
@Dave drop one of these in the workplace bathroom and play some pranks on the coworkers or tune out the kids jumping into the pool...provided they aren't fluorescent.
I love all the prank ideas!
Keep them coming!
-not a responsible adult.
How about you stick it in a really big potato?
Or Donald Trump
Whichever is less dim.
@kennethlong It wasn't funny the first time you "attempted" it to be just a few posts earlier. Seems you're the dim one and by your own recommendation should stick it where the sun doesn't shine and clench until it shatters. Oh and stop being a clueless libTARD. lol
@iggy71 You're no better than he is if you're going to call him names.
@cinoclav Nor are you any better than I playing mr. "internet keyboard cop". I never instigate but ALWAYS reply in kind. Mind your own business in the future. The post wasn't directed at you.
Could you use two of these as an intercom if you didn't buy the GMRS radios the other day?
So @dave, a killer app for this crazy light and speaker combo.... Hmmmm...... For those to lazy to read, put it in the bathroom and instant light and audio books while you take care of business. With the handy remote, keep one hand free for wiping
I can see use this as an assistive device for those with dementia, hemineglect, or other neurological conditions. For example, pop one of these in a location frequently missed by individuals with hemineglect (they visually cannot recognize half of their world) - as the light connects to an android device, a Tasker plugin could play a file between known waking hours that would prompt the individual with a cue as to where the bathroom is... or for those with less severe forms of dementia, Tasker + this light could remind them each night with audio cues to take their medication. The assistive capabilities are really endless. I hope @Dave considers this a worthy use (I am in medical school and looking to do research, something like this would be right up my alley).
@tehtruth All right, I don't know enough to know how effective it'd be, but it's worth some research. Report back, with your StriimLight!
@dave Thanks! Hopefully setting this up at home as my N=1 for proof of concept will be enough to convince the tptb at my school this is worth pursuing.
@tehtruth as a person who is care taking a sr w/ the start of cognitive difficulties, I think these voice reminders might be good idea --- but you will have to make sure the hearing aides are in or have the volume way up.
I would decode the IR signal from the remotes so that I could control these bulbs from a raspberry pi. I think there are a lot of really interesting use cases for having networked bulbs and I really want to how well you could set up geofencing to automatically turn them off and on based on your phone's proximity. I wish they had used the Bluetooth functionality for a better purpose than adding a shitty speaker :-/
Perfect for confusing one of the girls I work with. Changing out her desk light without her knowledge.
They are probably good for swatting flies.
If we don't come up with a use do you promise not to send us any?
@thismyusername Good try, and it almost worked, but no light for you!
@dave thank you
The dearth of @JonT and his giving away stuff has suddenly unleashed a pent up feeding frenzy!
"They're not the kind of speakers you'd use for listening to music unless you don't care what music sounds like."
I've yet to see a speaker here to which this statement didn't apply.
@craigthom you should check out the JBL Minis
@thismyusername I'll second that.
I have a recessed ceiling light in my shower. Imma put one there. Listen to some ELO. Get it? ELO? Whatever.
@BillMc7 Who is this 'Imma' you speak of. Would she mind stopping by my house to install a recessed ceiling light in my shower too?
I've got a small backyard and there's a light socket right next to where I grill. This seems like a really nice way to listen to podcasts or tunes while cooking outside.
Might be good enough audio quality for background music when I've got a couple guests in the backyard, too.
@fennsk Grilling buddy for the lone griller makes me feel a little sad, but glad to hear you may have a couple guests over later. One heading your way!
use them as a reward to get good ideas for uses of them! oh wait...
I look at these and think, man I should install this in my porch light. That way when the Jehovah witnesses come to the door I can play the dueling banjos from deliverance or a random Mariah Carey screeching song on it until they get scared off.
Seems like this would work well enough in the bathroom to use during a shower or bath
This would be great for when using just a computer for Netflix or streaming. I can never hear anything without earplugs. That doesn't work when more than one person. Have friends that homeschool so
This would be great for them so more than one kid can hear the online class at a time!
Put it where your teenagers hang (make) out. Convince them that you can hear them and record your voice and randomly play it every so often.
"Is that a good decision?... Do you think I will be proud of what you are doing?... DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!"
Turn the lights on when it's time for the gang to go home. Like last call!
I had a similar light I messed with put in a remote changing color led and an old bose speaker and portable base to a flood light and put it in my school auditorium and at ached a blutooth recieve transmitter to a mike and eventually to a decor for teachers phones and the principle so when they where 20 seconds away the light would go red and an alarm would go off.
There's only one reason to buy this, and it is exactly what I intend to do if Dave gives me one.
ALARM CLOCK NOISES!!! and flashing lights. Never sleep in again.
Put in the garage and listen to podcasts while tinkerning on projects
My back porch lights are above the ceiling fan in a weird way... Bet if I hooked one of these up and turned the fan on high I could hear what it sounds like to be on the other end of the old "Luke, i am your father" spoken into the fan gag. Is it really as entertaining on the other end as it is to do it yourself?
Considering using it as an alarm clock for my kids , so I can nag them without ever going into their room. With the right choice of music I'm certain I can get them up and out in 5 min.
@dugi_f Karen Finley acapella. Years of therapy..
put it in your cheap college desk lamp to listen to podcasts or radio at a space-savings? I'm sorry, I tried.
Ok, this is kind of like "Nuts and Gum! Together at last!"
I guess you could use it as a particularly cruel "wake up system" for your kids.
Alright, I don't have a killer idea. But here's what I'd do. I live in a neighborhood known as Everedy Square. It's named for the Everedy Bottle Capper, a manually operated bottle-capping device that just so happened to be available to homebrewers of 'soda' during Prohibition. This company stayed afloat, for a while at least, because hoochers gonna hooch. What once was a hooch-capper factory is now all residence. The cappers, while still functional due to their sturdy cast-iron construction, are largely obsolete collectors items, relegated to the shelves of antique stores next to Golliwog dolls and other horrifying MD artifacts. I found one for a reasonable price, from a relatively non-racist antique vendor. I have nothing to cap, my bathtub is solely for baths and not (yet) for gin production. My goal has long been to make a lamp of it, and to set this on my bar (which I also have yet to complete). What would set a better home ambience than a bar with a dimly-lit prohibition-era lamp? That same thing, gently spilling out the pianism of Friml or Suesse.
@brhfl Interesting. I like it. Pics when you do it.
I've also not heard of rating antique dealers by their level of racism, but I suppose it makes sense in some areas.
@djslack Oh you have no idea, it makes so much sense around these parts.
ETA: I've been to places where I look to the left and see Golliwog shit, look to the right and see actual Nazi shit. 10/10 RACISM++++++++++++++++++++++
@brhfl Ok, sending you one but you should feel super motivated and obligated to do it and post pics now.
@dave I will do my best to make you proud. In the meantime, here is my pre-lamp bottle-capper:
At first glance I didn't see the light. The illumination of an idea finally struck me. My workshop! I have one electrical outlet available. One task light plugged in to one socket. the other socket is for electrical tools. Rechargeable speakers don't last long enough. A StriimLIGHT will provide light and a speaker and still only use one outlet. Brilliant!
@mehmef All right, I think "places you only have one outlet" is innovative enough to get you a StriimLight!
@dave Thanks! An extra so I can "gaslight" my husband. I been waiting for a good way to "return the favor" for some practical jokes he played.
the mini looks fun but is sooooooooooooooo dim the other could pass for a regular bulb.... I want on in my bathroom...
Kind of spitballing, but my living room has no switched lighting. Put this in a table lamp, and the remote is pretty handy, since I spend most of my time in there immobilized by a lap cat.
Given that I so desperately want to convince myself I am some form of an adult, I can easily see myself piping fireplace or beach or whatever sounds through it. I can pretend I'm classy while becoming covered in cat hair.
...y'know, I was just taking a shot for a freebie, and now I kinda want one.
Maybe some diversionary security? Play a shotgun cocking behind an intruder.
I think I will use it as a mood lamp. It will warn the kids when their mother is unhappy...
@dave, I would use this in the lamp over my beading table, then use the speaker to read out project instructions while I work.
@KDemo All right, it's kind of like the recipe-reading in the kitchen, but I'll send one your way since I didn't know anyone had a beading table.
@dave You're the best! I just might bead something for you. :-)
@KDemo first time, I parsed that as beheading table.
Must be past my bedtime but now afraid to sleep.
@nadroj - You're okay tonight, I sent the blade out for sharpening.
Or maybe as a weather indicator. Link it to the weather channel with if this then that and... You'll always know the weather before you walk out the door...
Would going to my sisters house and hiding this in her little boys closet only to light it green in the middle of the night and play poltergeist sounds make me a bad uncle?
@avmercenary it would make you the weird creepy uncle.
I can picture these doohickeys in fixtures hanging above a booth/table at a restaurant. I would say that while the idea of each couple/party being able to use their own source would be neat, there's the whole 'pairing' thing... So, either an output source of some kind at the table (with fixed volume and only non-explicit playlist options) or have the source(s) all playing the same facility-supplied elevator music.
Another possible application: an elevator.
Shower power
I don't think I want one of these. Even for free. Some ideas are better forgotten after your bender.
You can use this as a wake-up light & alarm. Buy a cheap desk light, fit it with this bulb and aim it at your head. In the morning sound of your choosing will play in gradually increasing volume and brightness. Perfect morning wakeup without sacrificing expensive hue light.
@zsunsun maybe but who is going to click the remote?
1/2 of a bluetooth door intercom. So i can listen for UPS/FEDEX/USPS throwing the packages at my door while working in the den.
I'm just thinking of simply using this as a light-bulb. A light-bulb that goes ta-da whenever you turn it on.
Optionally it can make this sound instead.
All right, I'm heading to bed. Feel free to keep the ideas coming (and everyone vote up the good ones) and I'll do a scan for a few more giveaways in the morning.
@dave install it on the back porch and when someone unwitting sits down, use bluetooth to play one of several They Might Be Giants tracks. Options are as follows:
1) Spider
2) Fingertips (as collected on greatest hits/youtube)
3) I can hear you
One would be handy for having my phone read notifications out loud when I can't grab my phone.
Set it as an aquarium light, use as a "moon light" selecting a blue tone to light the aquarium at night. Play rolling waves sounds to enhance a salt water aquarium.
My outdoor light switch turns on two fixtures = by the front door and by the curb. I put a motion detector on the front door fixture, so I must keep the switch on, but now the curb light will stay lit all the time - *wasteful.* If I replace the latter's bulb with this remote-controlled bulb, problem solved. (But I really don't need the speaker function, unless I want to play music through it, to welcome guests.)
One is going in my kids room. I can take out their other speakers and with the crappy sound this puts off I won't have to hear the YouTube videos down the hall. With the remote I won't have to yell to tell them to turn off the light and go to bed. I will take the power back.
Set it as an aquarium light, use as a "moon light" selecting a blue tone to light the aquarium at night. Play rolling waves sounds to enhance a salt water aquarium (or the song from "The little Mermaid", if you are into that).
I could seriously use one In the light above my hot tub so just maybe I can stop dropping my iphone in when I'm beat from 24 hour shifts of helping people blow their diets at my bake shop! Can you say candied bacon bourbon blondie?
@ldibble I can, and will when I find this establishment and walk up to the counter. Sounds great!
@djslack sassymamasweets.com. Or on fb 😉
Low budget elevator music. Your apartment elevator sucks anyway. Pop this in permanently and share the secret with neighbors you like. And horrify the ones you don't.
fab! Since every picture shows the speakers projecting musical notation, I guess that's that they do. How do they transpose it so quickly?
I'll give one to my neighbor Jame to put in that creepy single light socket in his basement. Then show him how to play "Goodbye Horses" over Bluetooth. His boombox is wearing out and that basement isn't getting any less creepy, maybe some bright LED light would cheer it up.
If it were Android enabled, an ifttt recipe to allow and audio book and the light to slowly fade out would be nice...
My gas BBQ area has only one working powered outlet - a light bulb socket. This gizmo would finally allow me to cook people dinner and also serenade them (and the meat) with some tunes. This light would fix the darkness on the edge of town, light my BBQ up like the Backstreets of Atlantic City, and make me truly feel Born in the USA. I apologize to any non Bruce fans for leaving them in the Badlands with these references - I can almost feel The Rising angst. I guess I'll leave now like I was Born to Run. @dave
Hey! Did you guys know it's a wifi repeater? The default setting is off, as per this review.
@redhat27 Sorry, that review was for SL W10
@redhat27 now that could be useful.
Going to use it in the bathroom so I can listen to music while I shower.
I could probably use these guys to prank the obnoxious teens above me when they decide to bang out at ungodly hours when I'm hungover. Granted, the people across the hall from them might not appreciate it.
I would just use it to play pranks on friends that come over. Make them think it's God speaking to them. From the attic.
Put it in a kid's room and play scary music and flash the lights at night to freak them out, tell them it was a demon, but claim you have the ability to keep the demon away if they go to bed on time.
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Thank you Meh! A perfect solution to my new problem: The light behind the sofa in the TV room always seems to turn off before its programmed to.
"Why is this a problem?" you may ask.
Movie nights and teenagers. Need I say more??
Rule #1: Sofa table light stays on when there is mixed company.
We give the kids some space and head upstairs to watch the smaller TV. (It's not fair the kids get to watch the big TV and we have to watch the smaller one, says hubby)
The light is on a timer that is set to go off at 2am, however, the light always seems to go out shortly after the old folks head upstairs. Of course, no one ever turned it off, it just turns off by itself. Yeeeaaaaah... Not.
Anyways, as soon as I saw 'light-speaker-(and bonus) REMOTE', I had an "aah-ha" moment! The solution to my problem!
What if I could control the light from afar? Light off... Light ON... Light off... Light ON... Light off... Light ON... "WTF?" they may say... Tee hee hee... Not only will the light come back on, but with the volume on high, playing 80's metal music or, better yet, hubby yelling "Hands where we can see them!"
The look on their faces? Priceless!
So, @Dave, what do you think? Anyone with teenagers knows what I'm talking about! I may need one in the foyer as well as the front porch... I can imagine my daughter and her boyfriend saying their "goodbyes" as I remotely turn on all the lights (complete with commentary) every step of the way! 😈Muahahaha
@wildmomo Seems like a good idea but that remote is IR, not RF. So you would have to be pretty close to use it. Not sure if you can control the light via bluetooth or not but you could have it play a warning through the speaker, "Hey kids! Turn that light back on!!!"
Too bad you didn't write this within the first 30 minutes. It could have been a good candidate for a free unit if Dave agreed.
@cengland0 thanks for the vote! Since @Dave said he would look over the rest of the ideas today and maybe pick some more, I had my fingers crossed... Oh well, been preparing for the blizzard all day here on the East Coast. Due to the whether, Movie Night was cancelled for tonight so I don't have to stand watch over the teens and the 'ol light :)
I'm always late. Still limping takes a bit to get to the door. It's cold and snowy outside. If I put one in the outside light fixture I could play a I'll be right there or come on in song . Maybe go very retro w/ a "Knock three times" Tony Orlando oldie. Or if someone I don't know, some nice elevator type music. Of course my friends would want the jeopardy song playing on my end.
I'd use it in my interrogation room; "WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT?!" ::Law & Order theme starts::
To bad lights are going this way. I need a heat lamp light bulb for my mouse warming fixtures. I'm sure they'd love some music while warming up.
@jml326 Do I want to know why you are warming up mice? I usually try to snuff them out at my home, but to each his own, I suppose.
@Bravemaximus I work in science. Mice are the backbone of my work.
@jml326 That makes sense. A little Barry White would help get them to the next generation a little faster. Too bad you can't get these LED lights to work for you
@Bravemaximus the cost of progress and energy savings.
@jml326 I used to use 100 watt bulbs in my turtle tank- now I have to buy special $6 bulbs at the pet store.
Yeah, If you could, um... go ahead and offer the WIFI connected version that'd be great. And um, I'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow.
I could set up a dark room and use it to listen to music while developing film.
Bath?
Dude...I've got it. Place the light into my desk lamp at school. Then play The Imperial March everything I walk into the classroom. Now I just need a Darth Vader Mask as I already have the lightsaber.
That...or more lame reasons like playing soothing music while my students are testing.
hmmm... some co-workers of mine have desk lamps that they never actually use. seems like the perfect opportunity to play a high pitched beep at random intervals 😈
@Lotsofgoats http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ihvg/
My use for the speaker would be to connect with the alarm on my phone. To wake up in the morning, I would not only have a little sound on the phone, but now I have an 8 watt speaker blaring bad music at me as well. That will get me up in the morning. I just might buy one now.
@Bravemaximus GREAT IDEA!!!
hack my doorbell ringer to trigger tasker to play the shutter sound at the front door- ADT for the poor.
Didn't want to be the 6th "wake me or the kid up" or "prank xxx" so was coming up dry....
But then it came to me when letting our dog out this morning for business time...
It is cold as a witch's titty lately - like 15°. We let the dog out - then have to stand in the open doorway freezing our _ off whilst calling him back in. Not fun. Install this gadget in the outside light fixture and "call" Charlie to the back door from the comfort of inside!
@RedOak 15 above? Wuss. 15 below here two days ago.
The sad thing is, my fiancee and I have already hidden a speaker in my 5 year-old son's room and played a voice-modified recording of, "This is God, stop being naughty..."
by the way, I'm impressed that you guys managed to find a bluetooth speaker that may be even more out of place than the Banana Boat floating speaker. kudos.
I confess, I bought one. I'm addicted to Bluetooth speakers. I'm afraid to look at my orders page and see just how many I've bought.
I think this will go nice in the Party Shed.
How about in the laundry room? Music always makes me more productive so maybe it wouldn't take forever to fold the laundry.
@Dave, Is it too late for ideas?
What about using it a la Ferris Buehler? Use it as a porch light then set an IFTTT recipe for a recording to play from an old smartphone whenever someone rings the doorbell.
No more Mr. Rooney!!
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This MUST be better than the clapper.
Anyone at meh care to post a picture of these bulbs next to a regular incandescent bulb? @MEHcus or @Moose? I'm really tempted to buy one or two for the bathrooms but I'd prefer the larger bulb and it appears it may actually be too large to fit where I'd put them. I've had trouble with other LED bulbs not fitting in most of my lamps.
@cinoclav replace the light fixtures if they don't fit with Meh's merchandise! ;-)
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@Moose @cinoclav uh-oh. I hear Home Depot is having a sale on bathroom light fixtures.
@Moose Thank you! This should be rather helpful to a lot of prospective buyers. Though I get the feeling you may now have more of these left in the warehouse than you wanted.
@RedOak You're trying too hard.
@cinoclav ... to help you?
@RedOak To be humorous. Obviously replacing light fixtures for one oversized bulb is ridiculous.
I would use this tied to my weather-alert radio (via BT connect I got here :)) in the tornado/apocalypse/safe room, so I can listen/watch am/fm/tv simultaneously.
I just bought two of this things (one standard, one mini) now I need to hide my purchase from my wife. What should I say? Got them for free, or found them on my way home?
@abelgaxiola There are a thousand excuses. Are you newly married? :)
@abelgaxiola You poor uneducated man. There is one excuse that works every time with the wife: While saving an old woman from a burning house you grabbed her favorite lamps, which she said she could not live without. In her eternal gratitude she gave you said lights.
@dave How about this idea? Perfect to add to one of our bathroom lights. Since our kids live with us still, we "shower together" to save water. Installed in the bathroom, this could mask some of those errant shower noises...you know, that grunt when you bend over to pick up the soap.
Does that qualify or is it just TMI...anyone with kids? What do you do to mask the sounds?
On another note, how old do you think my kids will be when they realize why we always showered together?
@mydrivec This is actually a fantastic idea. The best I've heard. All the stars for you @mydrivec
This deal is boomin! It really sheads some light in the speaker industry.
@Dave I know I missed the "half hour" window but my girlfriend's cat could love a good scare and this remote and bluetooth capability would make the kitty's dream come true.
@coleslaw9 as VMP you have another 10 hours, if it doesn't sell out first...
Dave went to sleep pretty late last night and stopped offering sending free speaker lights. I was disappointed to write my idea about use as aquarium moon light and @Dave was already sharing thoughts with Morpheous. I have to admit that I'm in Mountain time, so not his problem.
I made my own that I suspect might be a better light and a better speaker haha
@stardate820926 - Brilliant!
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This sort of sucks as a light bulb. I tried swapping out my ceiling light, and it only lights up the area directly below it, like I tied a flashlight to a rope and hung it there.
If this product had an integrated microphone you could appear as if to be carrying on a conversation with a lamp.
I would put these in the fan I have on my screened in porch! Gotta pump out that heavy metal when entertaining the family bbq right?
I would tape both of them to a U shaped pipe and have them rest on my head for optimal listening strength.
Mine has been fun and entertaining for almost a year. Light and speaker have died and gone to Bluetooth heaven. Now I’m left with a totally useless remote.