- Interest in smart home products is growing
- IKEA offers a bunch of smart devices
- Among them we can find an air purifier, LED strip or blinds
OF smart homes has become an increasingly important topic over the years. You can find a lot of products that you might not even think can be controlled with a mobile phone across e-shops. IKEA also penetrated the smart home segment a long time ago, which sells over a hundred smart devices. So let’s take a look together the most interesting of them.
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Before we even begin… (conductor hub)
If you plan to buy more than one smart home product at IKEA, it is a good idea to consider purchasing at the same time control units (mouth) CONDUCTOR. As the manufacturer himself notes, the device essentially functions as the heart of your smart home system. With the help of the DIRIGER hub, you can connect all intelligent toys to each other and control them via the IKEA Home smart mobile app.
In this way, you can get to much more complex ways of interacting with individual appliances – for example, you would not be able to do without a central unit create scenes with multiple actions (starting music, closing blinds, turning on lights, etc.) in one momenteither at the push of a button or based on a pre-set schedule.
Price: CZK 1,490
Smart blinds
Imagine a world where you can schedule the blinds in your living room to open or close at a specific time… But why just imagine that when there are smart blinds?
PRAKTLYSING smart blind
PRAKTLYSING is the only roller blind model from the current IKEA range, which partially lets in daylight and allows the room to does not darken completely. It is available in five different versions, differing in size (the smallest has dimensions of 60 x 195 cm, the largest 140 x 195 cm). Although it can also be controlled with a smartphone, if you have a control unit available, a remote control is included in the package.
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Price: from 2,490 CZK
FYRTUR smart blind
Unlike the PRAKTLYSING variant, FYRTUR is directly promoted as a roller blind, the main purpose of which is block out all light from the outside and completely darken the room. Again, it is available in five different versions, but the price has increased significantly.
Price: from 3,690 CZK
TREDANSEN smart blind
Kind of the golden mean presents the TREDANSEN blind, which is also described as blackout this time. Variants of different sizes are again available, with the price of the cheapest being just under CZK 3,000. If you want to make your room dark from time to time, but you don’t want to pay extra, then TREDANSEN seems to be the ideal model for you.
Price: from 2,990 CZK
Smart lighting
Smart LED bulb TRÅDFRI
It is sold relatively recently in the Czech Republic with a very nice price TRÅDFRI smart bulb, which is available in a version with 806 lumens and an E14 socket for just over two hundred. In addition to being able to shine white, while you can change the temperature, it can also work with RGB colors. However, the spectrum is limited to only a few specific shades, among which you can find e.g blue, pink or orange.
Price: 249 CZK
JETSTRÖM smart LED panel
It is not so long ago that IKEA brought wall and ceiling to the Czech Republic JETSTRÖM LED panel. The first mentioned is offered in a 30×30 cm version and can change colors, the second one can be purchased in two different variants (60×60 cm, 100×40 cm), but with both of them you can only set the shade of white. In connection with the lifetime of LED bulbs, the manufacturer talks about approximately 25,000 hours.
Price: CZK 799 (wall), from CZK 1,790 (ceiling)
Smart LED floor lamp PILSKOTT
An intelligent design lamp that you can place next to the sofa and let it illuminate the perimeter. The lamp has modern graphic shape with black exterior and lights up thanks to a bent LED strip that can be dimmed with a remote control (sold separately for 169 crowns).
Price: CZK 2,490
MITTLED smart kitchen lighting
Are you preparing a delicious dish in the dark in the kitchen? Then it is definitely convenient to have available light above the kitchen counter. IKEA sells one of these and it has a length of 40 cm, 60 cm or 80 cm. Light cannot change colors and neither can the temperature of white color – it is basically 2,700 K and is therefore a warmer shade.
Price: from 449 CZK
Smart LED strip ORMANÄS
One of the many novelties this year is smart ORMANÄS LED strip, which is four meters long and can change colors depending on how you set it. It can be mounted above cupboards, a TV or perhaps under a sofa, but there are basically no limits to imagination. The remote control is sold separately, but again, if you have a hub, you can control the band through the app.
Price: 599 CZK
Wi-Fi speakers
Of course, a smart household can also include speakers, if they are intelligent enough to do so. IKEA sells some interesting pieces, but we have to scold them for the incredibly confusing labeling – naming all the products in the category “SYMPHONISK” is not twice as wise in our opinion…
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Bookshelf speaker with Wi-Fi
You can place this toy both horizontally and vertically, and as its name suggests, it will be the best take out on the shelves (of course, no one forbids you to place it anywhere else). The device is the result collaboration between IKEA and Sonos and supports all major streaming platforms. Transferring music from the Spotify app to the speaker is made easy by Spotify Connect technology. The speaker itself is equipped with control buttons, but if you were wondering about the possibility of mobile control, we have to warn you in advance: The speaker is not part of the IKEA Home smart ecosystem and is controlled via the Sonos S2 app.
Price: 2,690 CZK
Lamp with Wi-Fi speaker
If you like to fall asleep to the accompaniment of music, then it will be lamp with Wi-Fi speaker from IKEA, a great addition to your bedside table. The device provides 180° sound and this time it can be integrated into the IKEA Home smart system (probably only for the lighting though, the speaker should again be controlled via the Sonos app). The lamp is available in four different versions that combine white and black.
Price: CZK 4,790
Floor lamp with Wi-Fi speaker
If you like the concept of a lamp with a speaker, but it seems more meaningful to you place the device, for example, in the living room next to the couch, IKEA also offers a standing version, equipped with a bamboo shade. However, you have to buy the bulb yourself.
Price: CZK 5,490
Bonuses
Air quality sensor VINDSTYRKA
Air quality sensor, which is basically such a smart block with a display, you probably wouldn’t expect it in the IKEA range based on the previous tips. We ourselves once tested this interesting product and appreciated its quality workmanship and accurate temperature and humidity measurement with the Sensirion brand sensor. Furthermore, VINDSTYRKA can record the concentration of PM2.5 (particles in the air with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers) or the value of tVOC.
Price: 999 CZK
Air purifier STARKVIND
Air purifiers are generally popular among smart home products, such as those from Xiaomi. IKEA has on offer the STARKVIND cleaner, which has an interesting round design and the ability to improve air quality in a space of up to 20 square meters. The particulate filter is said to be optimized to filter out captured approximately 99.5% of smaller particles in the airsuch as PM2.5 particles, dust and pollen.
Price: CZK 3,489
TRÅDFRI smart socket
A very popular product in the IKEA offer is the TRÅDFRI wireless socket, thanks to which you can turn some common appliances into a smart device. Since it can be controlled with a smartphone when connected to the gate, you can remotely turn on the lights or check that you have turned off the coffee machine before leaving the house.
