LumenIZE 4+

The UI is incredibly basic - you can set a schedule or switch to “manual” and just control the light directly. Honestly it reeks of “My First IOS App”.

We set up a schedule yesterday, and had it in “Auto” mode, but it didn’t turn the light down then off like the schedule said. Is there something we need to do to “apply” the schedule? No idea. Do we need to have our phone always powered on and with this app open?

You can set five “custom” schedules, but can’t name them. The UI to do this is horrible (the time dials UX widget, always defaulting to “now” instead of maybe the last time dialed in), and we found it frequently would “forget” the settings if we close and reopen the app (0% reset to 100%). And the “Data Manager” screen just show a mislabeled graph (we are on Custom 1 but it shows Custom 5 with the data from Custom 1) that is just the main screen turned 90°. “My Animal Records” is just a big text entry field … why in the world would anyone use that?

Obvious features are missing:
- no seasonal adjustment to dial in
- no following local (or selected location) sunrise/sunset times
- no integration with HomeKit (Siri), Alexa, Google, etc

It makes me wonder why we spent so much money on this “smart” light strip, which has few aspirations aside from mimicking a simple timer function. This just seems like a gimmick that Lumenize itself doesn’t see any value in aside from a sales point on the side of the box.

I should have read the app reviews before purchasing these expensive lights. I have a 24w PRO T5 UVB light and the led bar for my bearded dragon. The website makes huge promises of being able to easily set dawn and dusk like lighting. No that is not the case. There are 2 built on programs, on is just on 100% and off 100% at 7am and 7pm. There other jumps to 50% at 5:30am, 75% at 6:30am and 100% at 7am. How is that mimicking a sunrise??!??
You can’t change these, so your only option is going through the cumbersome and tedious process of adding time intervals and light brightness. I created a custom schedule where it increases 10% every 10 minutes. So over an hour and a half it gradually gets brighter (like a real sunrise)! Great right? Wrong. Lose power or unplug the light and your custom settings go “poof” and you get to do it all over again.
My basking bulb is connected to a smart life plug in programmable dimmer. In that app, I set a wake up start time, how long I want it to take and at what brightness I want it to end. Takes 20 seconds to setup, it works, it’s easy, doesn’t delete settings when it looses power.
I probably should have just sent the fixtures back, but I have hope they will make the app better since it’s a new product. I’ll update my review if that ever happens.

I got this light for its ability to gradually turn on/off at specified times. After unpacking it and hooking it up, I downloaded the app and it connected to the light. I set the times and desired brightnesses, and it seemed like all was working as intended. Great.

But now, the app isn’t connected with the light, and re-scanning doesn’t find it. Nor does restarting the app. Nor does restarting my phone. Nor does turning my phone on airplane mode, then turning airplaneofe back off. Nor does physically unplugging the light and re-plugging it back into the wall. Nope, instead, it’s stuck at a constant 100% brightness — which is unusably bright for my tank — and won’t fade on/off. Overall, a tremendous waste of money.

For hardware as expensive as it is, I expect, and am, quite frankly, entitled to, a functional app, especially seeing as how I have no option for a physical controller to control the light directly. I will absolutely not be buying another LumenIZE. Do not bother with this light, or this app, unless you like burning money.