Govee Outdoor Wall Light, 1500LM Smart RGBIC Porch

I ordered 6 of these (3x 2 packs) and they are great. the install was very easy where I was replacing existing fixtures on wood siding and masonry. They all paired pretty easily for the initial setup but I found the app a little clunky trying to setup custom light scenes or even getting them all to replicate as a group. I was able to get hooked up to homekit and work with my smart automations outside of the app. At full bright white these things really do the trick.

We replaced two large, old exterior wall lights with these wall lights from Govee. The installation was super easy and the result was amazing. The lights are super responsive, can be controlled as a group and very bright, illuminating most of our yard at night.
The colors and scenes make this an amazing light we can use for all our holiday lights in the future.
Brightness, color and scenes can be changed immediately or automated to be on a schedule. We had guests over and they said how the loved the look compared to our earlier lights, which were huge in size, but not brightness.
The lights itself do not have any motion sensors on them. Personally it wasn’t an inconvenience, since it makes the lights sleek. However you’ll have to look elsewhere if you need a light with motion sensors. I plan to automate these by including either Govee’s motion sensors or existing motion sensors from my Eufy cams to turn on the switch controlling these lights.
Overall, very happy with these lights from Govee.

If the ears on your electrical box that the mounting bracket attach to are aligned vertically or horizontally and not offset by 45 degrees the bracket will not screw on without modification. I had to spend about half an hour slotting out holes on the bracket to fit my box. I think it will work for most people with no issues.

Other than the poorly designed mounting bracket the light is great. Build quality is solid and colors look great.

If you own anything Govee, than you know the name brand speaks for itself! Great quality, easy installation, phenomenal product. I definitely recommend this product and this brand.

This is my initial entry into the Govee Home Lighting ecosystem. Build quality is top notch for these lights. Install was simple and straightforward even for electrical boxes that are over 20 years old. Fit and level was very easily achieved. Connections were pretty standard as well, which all of these are a plus when trying to install on an older home.

Software and adding the devices were simple as expected with the mature app and support this system already has. The base functions of the lights are strong. The white light option gets brighter as the light gets warmer definitely providing a safe viewing area for our security cams. The single zone colors are great.

Where I’m not impressed with the lights are the “lamp” color selection part of the app. The colors tend to wash out and are not truly the base colors you select. When the blue and orange are applied to the lights as lamp zones the colors nothing like the base preset color when all three lamp zones are the same selected color. In the pics attached I have all three lamp zones selected as blue or orange and they look great, but when you use the lamp zones to make each lamp have both blue and orange the colors are way off. Maybe that can be addressed in future updates or maybe it never will improve. It’s not a deal breaker but it’s an advertised feature that doesn’t actually work very well. I will test with the custom setup and try only have two zones instead of three, if that’s possible.

Next area to improve… automation tab has time sets to turn the lights on and off. What would be better since these are generally going to be used for front of home lighting would be a dusk til dawn preset that tracks and changes sunrise and sunset the adjusts the times daily/weekly. Our smart switch that has these lights has this feature already built in, but folks without a smart switch would have to change the on/off times as the daylight times change throughout the year.

Overall still a strong product and a great foundation to build a DIY home lighting system utilizing the features and product of Govee.

(Govee Outdoor Wall Light, 1500LM Smart RGBIC Porch Lights Outdoor with 45 Scene Modes, IP65 Waterproof for Outdoor Decor, DIY Lighting Effects, Works with Alexa, Google Assistant and Matter, 1 Pack / $90 at the time of ordering)

I use this as a porch light for my back patio. It has a nice, modern feel to it. If you’ve done any type of basic electrical work, this will be a breeze. Just your basic black, white and ground wires. The casing itself is mostly plastic. It’s moderately robust and the internal electronics of the light seem pretty well isolated from the elements. Once installed, you do need to caulk around the mounted frame for more protection/weatherproofing.

The different colors and scenes are a great change from just an ordinary 3000K/4000K light output. Can see this being useful around the holidays (Halloween, Christmas, etc). Light is defused nicely via the white plastic cover. But on full brightness, it does put out a good amount of light. It’s also fairly easy to control with Govee’s Home app. It didn’t come with a motion detector. But I’m going to experiment with different sensors and motion detectors that I have to see if I can incorporate it into my smart home setup. I’ll update if there are any major issues.