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2.0 out of 5 starsThese are extremely unstable
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2020
The base concept of what these do is very appealing and pretty cool. But the ability to control them and set them up as to how you want them to look is extremely frustrating. Setting them up took several days of planning to ensure they would go where I wanted them to be at. Once I went through all that "engineering", I got them paired to the Nano app on my Galaxy S9+. They seemed to pair just fine, but the interface on the app leaves a lot to be desired. It is completely unintuitive as to what the settings do or how to use them. So they didn't quite flash the way I wanted them to or go to the colors I want in the pattern I want.
But the real kicker comes later down the road. So for whatever random reason, the app on my phone can't find the Nano light panels. So I try to reconnect them but the app can't find them. I ensure I'm on the same 2.4GHz network, I try soft resetting it, installing the app on my PC (which only turned on once, couldn't find them either, after that, clicking the program does nothing), hard resetting them to no avail. Now all they do is slowly rotate the same colors (appears to be default setting out of the box).
The app on the PC doesn't work, phone app can't detect them, so this device has 0 customization right now and just serves as a basic light with no ability to control the patterns or colors. There is no support for these other than the simpleton suggestions like resetting your phone, or the app, or the lights. When I move, these will probably be getting dumped into the trash in favor of another background light solution. I do not recommend these, especially at this price point. Unless you just want to place them on the wall and be happy with whatever the default programming for the colors and pattern.
