[havnagiggle]

Is Govee the down-cone style? Or are there also others doing that? There's been a couple of houses that have this and I wasn't sure what they are using, but it's the only one that I would consider doing whole house exterior. Many others look too sharp.

[jason_pomerleau]

Yes, though they have other types too. We’ve been thrilled with ours. I’ve never done Christmas lights because I don’t do ladders, so having a permanent fixture is attractive. Plus we can use them on big holidays too.

I have big reservations about ‘smart home’ stuff, and it’s only the second such device in our house. But I’m clearly losing that battle, and will be looking into some ways to mitigate the privacy concerns. But gosh, it sure is nice to pick from a gazillion light patterns.

[tannedNerd]

I have them on a separate vlan that my iPhone can see. They can only see other govee devices and my iPhone so not super worried.

[F7F7F7]

Govee has a plug and play solution. You can accomplish that he same thing with WLED and programmable strips, however.

Half the price but four times the headache.