On or off, dim down, dim up. Click, click, turn the knob. Get the room lit the way you like it. Is it the same levels as last night? Are you revisiting the switches and dimmers to lower the brightness in the room to watch TV or turning more lights on to do some work or reading? You know there are better options, you’ve heard about smart lights.
When it’s time to head up to bed, make your way around the house turning off all the lights, reaching behind furniture to turn off table lamps and peek through the blinds to see if the outside lights have been left on all day again. You’ve seen all the advertising for controlling lights from your phone or using a smart speaker.
After a late night at the big match or date night at your favourite restaurant, returning home to a pitch dark house isn’t very welcoming and it’s been obvious that no one is home. Friends with smart lighting rave about their lights being on schedules and making it look like someone is home when you’re all out.
An introduction to some of the all-time classic lighting scenes will make you think differently about how you control your home with a smart lighting system.
Everyone’s favourite is All Off, self explanatory really. When you’re heading out for the day, you’re the last one to leave the house and you know the kids always leave their bedroom lights on after getting ready for school. Hit the All Off button or tell your smart speaker to “Turn off all the lights” and all the lights in your home will turn off.
Another well loved lighting scene is Relax, this is a preset for lighting that can be applied to many rooms with just one button press. Dinner is over, the dishwasher is locked and loaded, your Kindle awaits your company in your favourite armchair. Press the relax button on your smart light switch and it will dial in your preferred lighting level. The downlights dim to 20%, the table lamps around the room dim to 30% except for the reading light at the armchair, that’s slightly brighter at 50% and finally the LED strips that light up the coffered ceiling glow at a lowly 10%, it was so worth adding that detail, everyone loves the design of these. Every time you hit the Relax button you get the exact brightness levels time and time again.
The final favourite gets things a lot brighter. Turn on the Cooking scene from the kitchen light switch and summon the right task lighting needed to aid your culinary masterpiece. Under cabinet lighting is bright and sharp, the three island pendants pool light onto the worktop where you’re plating up dinner and the downlights are lit in the right places around the kitchen so that things are bright above the sink, hob and appliances. No chopping veg in the shadows of this kitchen.
Every time you hit these presets on your smart light switch you get the same brightness levels again and again. Life lived with lighting scenes makes transforming the mood in your rooms and home a wonderful experience.
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