LIFX
LIFX Colour A60 E27 (1200 lm)
- Native integration
- Local control
- Wi-Fi
Prices verified October 2026
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The brightest and most saturated hub-free colour bulb you can buy in the UK, and the native LIFX integration is fully local over the LAN protocol — no cloud account required. At around £30 it undercuts Philips Hue White & Colour Ambiance (~£45), pushes more lumens (1200 vs 1100), and skips the Bridge — simpler for a first colour bulb or two. Hue still wins on colour accuracy and ecosystem depth. The bigger catch is Wi-Fi-only: no mesh, so every bulb is a separate router client, and large installs (10+) can start dropping off cheaper routers — Zigbee bulbs like Hue don't hit that ceiling.
What can Home Assistant control on the LIFX Colour A60 E27 (1200 lm)?
| Control | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Light | Light | Brightness, colour temperature and RGB/HSB control, plus the two effects available to single-zone bulbs: Color Loop and Pulse. |
| Identify | Button | Flashes the bulb three times at maximum brightness then restores its prior state — confirms which physical fitting an entity maps to. |
| Restart | Button | Power-cycles the bulb's firmware, forcing a fresh DHCP request — the documented fix when the bulb drops off HA's multicast discovery after a router/DHCP change. |
| Signal strength | Sensor (dBm) | Wi-Fi RSSI; disabled by default and refreshes roughly every 30 seconds, so it lags real-time changes made outside HA. |
HA polls the bulb locally every few seconds rather than pushing state (IoT class: local polling), and since the 2022.8 integration overhaul each LIFX device gets its own config entry with automatic IP-change retry, which fixed a lot of the discovery drop-outs common on VLAN'd IoT networks. As a single-zone A60 it only gets the software Color Loop and Pulse effects — the Move/Flame/Morph effects and multi-theme dropdown in HA are multizone/matrix-only and won't show up for this bulb. There's no firmware-update entity in HA; OTA updates still have to go through the LIFX app.
Specs
| cri | 80 |
|---|---|
| fitting | E27 |
| wattage | 11.5 W |
| lifespan | ~25,000 hours (approx. 22.8 years at typical use) |
| brightness | 1200 lm |
| dimmable range | Software dimming, 1%-100% |
| colour temperature | 1500-9000K, plus full RGB colour (16 million colours) |
How does the LIFX Colour A60 E27 (1200 lm) compare?
| Product | From | Protocol | Local control | Integration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIFX Colour A60 E27 (1200 lm) (this product) | £33.9 | Wi-Fi | Yes | Native |
| Athom WLED WS2812B LED strip controller (pre-flashed) | £6.5 | Wi-Fi | Yes | Native |
| Govee Flow Plus RGBICWW light bars H6056 (twin pack) | £69.99 | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth | Yes | Native |
| Govee RGBIC LED Strip Light H619A (5 m, protective coating) | £39.99 | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth | Yes | Native |
Frequently asked questions
- Does the LIFX Colour A60 E27 (1200 lm) work with Home Assistant locally?
- Yes. The LIFX Colour A60 E27 (1200 lm) is controlled locally in Home Assistant through a built-in Home Assistant core integration (lifx), so it keeps working if your internet connection or the LIFX cloud goes down. Control and state updates stay on your own network.
- Which protocol does the LIFX Colour A60 E27 (1200 lm) use, and do I need a hub?
- The LIFX Colour A60 E27 (1200 lm) uses Wi-Fi. To pair it with Home Assistant you need no hub — it joins your Wi-Fi network directly. LIFX's own hub is not required when you integrate through a built-in Home Assistant core integration (lifx).
- How much does the LIFX Colour A60 E27 (1200 lm) cost in the UK?
- The lowest price we have listed for the LIFX Colour A60 E27 (1200 lm) is £33.90 at Amazon UK. Prices were last checked in October 2026 and change often, so confirm on the retailer's page before buying.