lighteu®, Milight Miboxer Zigbee3.0 RGBW LED Strip Controller 12V/24V Compatible with Zigbee Amazon Echo Plus APP/Voice Control, FUT038Z

Great little driver, perfectly sized to go through down lighter holes. Only fly in the ointment was the delivery - no delay from customs but local Amazon delivery was appalling

Firstly, when you buy all the bits necessary to use this product, it is great, really bright which makes all the difference from the £20-£30 complete LED kits and far more control. This controller specifically has 2 voltage out, so (as in my case) you can use it to run 2 separate LED cables with equal power, instead of daisy chaining LEDs, which may lose brightness over distance. When using all individual RGBW LEDs, this maxes out the wattage, so anything beyond 5m may affect brightness. Search for this product BTF-LIGHTING 5050 RGBW for an LED description of power explained. I ordered this individual controller as Amazon kept sending the wrong packaged/combined product (FUT038SA). After spending hours trying to connect, I spent hours online trying to dig out information - there's not a lot out there! Eventually I sent support emails to the manufacturers in China and the Amazon reseller, after a few days I got a blunt response from the manufacturer which helped guide me back on the correct path and hopefully this might help someone else too... The product descriptions and references for this whole range are really unhelpful, this product stated you needed a MiBoxer Gateway, which I also purchased via Amazon (WL-Box2). This didn't work as I should have purchased a ZB-Box1 or possibly ZB-Box2. (they look identical to their WL counterparts) The reference for this product is FUT038Z - the Z is important as there is another product exactly the same with the reference FUT038S, but they are totally different functions. The Z works with Zigbee, the S works with Wifi. This product will only connect to the Zigbee v3 interface - this is a unique (limited) network for connecting lights. So to use this controller, you will need Zigbee 3 Gateway (ZB-Box1) - again check the reference as WL-Box1 looks identical but is incorrect. Such a shame that there is no good guide out there that explains how to connect all these bits together!

This is a nice controller and is compatible with all main features of Philips Hue. I don't think it works with some of the fancier features though. This unit is quiet (not like other versions which hum), and just works. Why can't everything in life be this simple. I have had these for a few months now and can say I have not had any issues with them. So would I recommend or buy again, yes without hesitation.

Avoid this utter sack of steaming rubbish, it cuts out when dimming up. Bought 4 of these units, and all have the same issue on the latest firmware. Does this even on a 20A bench power supply with only 1A of LED strip on the output. All of these are going to go in the bin!