There is a great sale at LIDL! The smart home starter kit has dropped dramatically

If you want to start a smart home, you need basic building blocks
Typically, this is a gate and some lighting, such as light bulbs, to start with
Lidl is now offering just such a quick start kit at a discount

If you are planning to make your home smart, now is the right time to start. Right now, Lidl are offering a starter kit with three bulbs and a gate for a really nice price, and that’s it 799 CZK. By default, he charges more than double for it. You can find it under the title LIVARNO home Zigbee 3.0 Smart Home Starter Kit Gateway and product number 100348097.

Starter kit

The starter kit consists of two parts, namely the SILVERCREST Zigbee 3.0 Smart Home central unit SGWZ 1 A2 (100344759) and three light bulbs. The gate is universal and, of course, other smart elements supporting Zigbee technology can be connected to it, such as a light strip (100344705), a motion sensor (100335338) or smart sockets.

The bulbs have an input of 9 W, an adjustable light temperature of 2,000-6,500 K and a luminous flux of 806 lm. The bulbs are dimmable, have a lifetime of 25,000 hours and 100,000 switching cycles.

Zigbee

Zigbee 3.0 is a wireless communication technology that allows you to use a mobile application to control your smart home – for example, turn appliances and light bulbs on or off, or adjust the brightness and color of the light to make the atmosphere more pleasant. Zigbee 3.0 (similar to Bluetooth) connects low-power devices that are connected to a network and have the same technology, up to a distance of 75 m. Thanks to the compatibility of the technology, you can connect multiple devices at once, even from different manufacturers.