WeMo F5Z0598 Osram Lightify Gardenspot Mini RGB Starter Set, Wi-Fi Enabled (No Longer Sold by Manufacturer) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

First, the good news ... it took less than 10 minutes to download the WeMo app, set up the WeMo Link, connect it to my home network and set up the lighting. It works great!Now for the bad news ... my outdoor lighting needs to be about 60 feet away from the nearest outlet. This will be typical for a lot of people. The simple solution would be to use a low voltage RGB extension cable between the round, waterproof 4 pin female connector on the lighting strand and the round, waterproof 4 pin male connector on thee nd of the OSRAM controller. But the manuals list no parts or accessories.The components in this "kit" are made by several different companies, so I checked the Belkin, OSRAM, Sylvania, and RICO (Chinese manufacturer) websites. No spare parts, accessories, or references. So far I've spent a couple of hours "researching" without success. I've sent an email to Belkin support and I'm waiting for a response.This is supposed to be an easy and "off the shelf" lighting solution. WHY IS IS SO DIFFICULT TO OFFER A SIMPLE EXTENTION CORD OR SPARE PART NUMBERS ? WHY DO I HAVE TO GO TO 4 DIFFERENT WEBSITES AND TRANSLATE CHINESE AND STILL NOT FIND A SIMPLE SOLUTION?I will upgrade my review to 5 stars if Belkin directs me to an off the shel extension cable or parts that I can assemble myself. I'm keeping the 2 stars if I have to start cutting wires and spicing and soldering connections myself. That will not be that difficult for me but t's a crappy solution and might be for some other consumers on Amazon.

The brightness on these are very faint, and in my opinion most suitable for edge lighting on a pathway than for selective lighting of plants among the landscaping.I only got as far as this, because the low light level was not suitable for our needs, so I was unable to test the Wemo integration.

This product is a huge disappointment. The supplied wireless hub frequently begs to be reset, which is a real pain - it is the weak link in this kit. Belkin would do well to scrap the Z hub and use WiFi as they do with their other switches. Setup is also a pain. If the connection is lost, which happens often, the lights turn on and default to bright violet. The lamps themselves have a garish rainbow effect when looking directly at them. As garden lighting they are a complete fail, unless used as indirect lighting (which I didn't try.) I ripped out the installation and it is now somewhere in the garage.The positive is that they're bright, tunable, and inexpensive.

Stupid product. Hurt my fingers and scratched them trying to screw the ends into the transformer. The edges are sharp. Feels really cheaply made. My lawn guy ran mine over destroyed it. Good thing too because this product sucks. The app doesn't even work right. I wanted it set at a certain time and a certain color.. I gave up.

I have to say that I am confused by some of the reviews for this product, they seem to be for other Osam lighting sets or products and not the Osram Lightify Gardenspot Mini RGB starter set, which is what I am reviewing.First of fall, I really like these lights and I am stunned by how bright they are--they are intensely bright and while that brightness might be lost outside if they are used as garden or pathway lights, I have them set up indoors and they are fantastic as indoor accent lights. I have them on a screened porch (I'll photograph them once I mount them correctly and post the photos) and they look so cool at night with all the other lights shut off.Getting the lights set up (just the lights, not the app) was simple. Easy. Two minutes. All that you have to do is hook up the power cord, attach the strip of lights and you're done.It's the app part that is killing me. I thought I could use my Mac computer to run the app so that I could just control the lights from my main computer, since I am more likely to be there when I'm thinking of the lighting than using a cellphone--I work at home, so I'm at the computer all day/night. I was able to download the app from the iTunes app store--even though the instructions don't mention a thing about where you are supposed to find the app. Can you believe that? Nowhere in the simple instructions does it say where to go to find the app. Seems like that would be an integral thing to include, but whatever. Live and learn. But while the app seemed to download perfectly, it won't open or run. No idea why. I live in a world of apps, this is the first one I've ever had an issue with--but I am not yet blaming them, it could be me.Next I downloaded the app to my Kindle Fire (it supposed to be compatible) and it downloaded fine and opens, etc., but there is some sequence I am missing or messing up that establishes contact with the lights. I'm curious if anyone one else reviewing these lights has gotten them functional from a Kindle Fire HDX? I'd love to hear about it if you did. I really don't care about the timer functions, etc., but I really want to experiment with color. But after playing with the app for several hours and playing with the sequence of plugging and unplugging, still no go. I am *not* blaming Osram or the WeMo app, I think this is strictly a Kindle-related issue that can be resolved.Oh, one other thing: the lights come attached to the little stakes that are used to plant them in the ground, which is nice--but those stakes are really tiny and I'm not sure that a dog walking past wouldn't catch the cord and pull them out. But more importantly, getting the lights detached from those stakes (if you want to wall-mount them, for example) is tricky and you have to be ultra careful that you don't damage the lights. It takes a screwdriver and some patience. Tread slowly.In any event, I will get this working, and will probably end up with the app on my iPhone. But the lights seem of superb quality, they are very bright, they recognize the app enough to flicker (as they are supposed to), but it's at that point that I hit a roadblock. I will work on this and solve it and then I will upgrade my rating. I almost always figure out a way to resolve these issues. For now while I can't adjust brightness or hue, I love the lights and their nice glow quality. Can't wait to buy an extension set, too. Love to hear from anyone that got the app working well and if the sequencing/locating was tricky for you. (I've had a similar issue with blue tooth speakers, but was able to resolve it with some experimenting--which is why I am cutting Osram/WeMo so much slack.)