Black Friday Deals: Govee consistently offers massive sales on major shopping days, such as Black Friday, and this year is no exception. My favorite, the Floor Lamp 2, is on sale for just $100, the lowest price this year. The new Uplighter is also discounted to just $126, a 30% reduction from the standard price.
Black Friday deals are the perfect opportunity to upgrade your in-home lighting, and these stand-alone floor lamps add a lot of ambiance without the need for rewiring.
Govee has made a name for itself in the smart lighting business as an affordable alternative to other brands, like Philips Hue. So when I decided to upgrade my old traditional lighting to smart bulbs, panels and switches, the colorful Govee RGBIC Floor Lamp (recently replaced by the Floor Lamp 2) was an easy choice for my living room. Why? I wanted something vertical to fit nicely into the space and a look that’s different than a typical round smart bulb in your average lamp.
Since buying it, things have gotten even spicier in my living room with the addition of the Govee Uplighter. It’s another floor lamp, but instead of casting light on the wall, it spreads out across the ceiling in a beautiful rippling effect.
Like most smart lighting, the Govee floor lamp 2 uses RGB LEDs to offer just about any color you want. My family chose green to complement the green in our living room, but it also changes depending on the time of day. What I enjoy about this lamp is its low profile: You can barely see it — just a small base and a thin line of metal. The focus is on the light rather than the structure.
You can put a Govee floor lamp anywhere you need to spice up the lighting in your home.
The uplighter has a similar thin aesthetic with the addition of a bulbous head to cast light onto the ceiling. It’s a very different look to the Floor Lamp 2 as it is less subtle. It can cover 215 square feet of ceiling space if you angle it correctly, casting rippling lights across a vast area. It’s like sitting under the northern lights or, if you use the green and blue setting, sitting under the ocean, looking up at the sky. It’s soothing and now a large part of my restful time.
Another big selling point for both lamps is their connection to other Govee products. If you own the Govee Backlight for TVs, which CNET’s Russell Holly wrote about here, you can link all your Govee lights to work in tandem as you watch a movie. Having all your lights working in sync with a movie like Dune or Mad Max: Fury Road is a lot of fun. Even without the backlight, a single app or Alexa and Google Assistant easily control all your lights. I love The Martian, and watching it in 4K with a backlight and rippling orange light from the Uplighter makes the entire experience more immersive.
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Do Govee floor lamps make good gifts?
As a big fan of Govee products, I think its lighting makes an excellent gift for others and yourself. If you know someone’s decor style well, the floor lamp would be an excellent choice since it has such a slim profile that it would fit every room I can imagine. The Uplighter is a little different so make sure your giftee is into this kind of light display.
Otherwise, an ultraportable, color-changing Govee table lamp that has both in-person tap controls and on-device app controls is also a big winner since the person lucky enough to receive the lamp can bathe themselves in the glow of pretty much any color combination and pattern they can imagine. There are also these Govee color-changing light bulbs, which can spruce up virtually any compatible setting.
My buying recommendation
Without a discount, the tall and thin smart Floor Lamp 2 is a bit of an investment at $165, but it’s still considerably cheaper than a Philips Hue equivalent. All three colors are currently on sale on Amazon for $100. The Uplighter is also reduced in price to $126, and both of them use the Matter smart home protocol. This makes them both a great investment in your smart home future.
For other options, check out our roundup of the best smart home deals going on now.
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