Luke Roberts Creador May 23

@Thomas Schmidt – The lamp shades add-ons we announced in our last update are a concept for which we like to get feedback from the backer community. As they are only in a concept stage so far, the development and production team is not involved and so there is no impact on the lamp production timeline. The shades will only be available several months after delivery of the lamps. Sure we are also planning a little special regarding the lamp shades for our Kickstarter backer community :)

Luke Roberts Creador April 25

@Koen Vingerhoets – That's a good question :) Yes, a regular lamp (incandescent, halogen) works differently. They directly transform electrical current into heat and light and there are no electronics inside. Our lamps are more like a smartphone (processor, memory, wireless connection) and use modern switching power supply electronics to transform electrical voltage from the mains into a multitude of different voltages required by the different parts of the electronics inside our lamps. The processor controls digitally the power supply parts which allows adjusting the required voltages and currents as needed for a specific light setting. The current drawn from the mains will therefore vary depending on these settings. There is basically a static standby power consumption for keeping the control electronics "alive" and then on top the variable power consumption based on the amount of light that is produced.

Please note one thing: Our lamps (like basically all smart LED lamps) cannot be dimmed using a wall dimmer switch. The dimming is done by the electronics inside the lamp itself.

Luke Roberts Creador April 24

@Koen Vingerhoets – Yes, absolutely! Our electronics use high efficiency converters to adjust the power supply to the currently selected light scene. The more light you paint, the brighter it gets and hence the more energy is consumed. A light scene with only dimmed light or a little light spot in one direction only will consume significantly less energy than a brighter setting.

Luke Roberts Creador March 9

@Honest Supporter – Thank you for your feedback! We have communicated the progress and the expected production dates in our Indiegogo updates the same way we do it in the Kickstarter updates. They are published on the same day on both sites. On Indiegogo, all updates are public, even for non-backers.

The Indiegogo InDemand campaign tool has currently one major drawback: you cannot update any information about a perk (reward) once the first supporter backs it. The only way to change the date is to close the rewards, hide them and reopen new ones. As the rewards are hidden, they loose all public support history, basically hiding what happened on the campaign before. So, we didn't "forget to update" our reward information, it simply isn't possible to do that on Indiegogo.

So we are undergoing the required changes on the Indiegogo campaign. We also encourage all recent Indiegogo backers to reach out to us, in case the current delivery date was misleading!

Luke Roberts Creador February 16

@Patrick Williams – Thank you for your support!! The new update is out now! We prepare the next update in a few weeks already. So we want to catch up and maintain now a shorter period for the updates, to make sure all backers are fully up to date during this final project phase.

Luke Roberts Creador February 15

@Mimosa – The instruction manual is not yet ready. We have first samples of the full ceiling mount with all parts. We can take some pictures and post them in the next update or send them to you with a few instructions. The installation is very easy and there are no special installation requirements.

@Andreas – Hallo Andreas! Wir haben Aluminium Teile aus der Produktion bekommen, die bereits sehr gut aussehen. Bei der Elektronik warten wir gerade noch auf weitere Samples der fertigen Hauptplatine. Bei den Optik Teilen gab es leider eine unerwartete Verzögerung wegen dem Ausfall eines Herstellers. Wir schicken in ein paar Tagen ein KS Update mit mehr Details dazu und neuen Fotos. Wir sind bereits dabei eine Lösung dafür mit einer Partnerfirma auszuarbeiten.

Luke Roberts Creador February 6

@Alfred – Thanks, was a pleasure meeting you at the CES! Let's stay in touch!

@Bart – Address change within the EU is not a problem at all! We've sent you a message today as well.

@Rene – Thanks, got your email! We have been very busy with getting the production ready in our supply chain. Will get back to you soon regarding the cable length and mounting question.

Luke Roberts Creador January 12

@Ralf Kleimann – Hi! We are getting pre-series samples from our manufacturing partners in the first week of February. We will test them and provide a detailed update based on the results. By then, we should also get detailed planning estimates from our suppliers.

Luke Roberts Creador January 6

@Rene: Sure, you can reach us on support@luke-roberts.com

Luke Roberts Creador January 5

@Sajid Shaikh: Yes we are at CES2017! You will find us at Sands Exhibition Center, Hall G, booth 51452.

Luke Roberts Creador January 3

@Rene – The cable will be fixed inside the lamp and the other end is loose. This means that you can take the longer cable and then cut it to adjust to a shorter length. Changing the cable inside the lamp is unfortunately not so easy, because it is fixed inside during production to be able to hold the lamps weight securely. What you could do, if you have some space in the ceiling, to roll up the remaining cable somewhere behind the ceiling mount. However, this solution depends on your type of ceiling. You can send us a private message with more info about your ceiling and installation type and maybe we can find a solution.

@Matthias Rockstuhl – We are currently planning the delivery start in March. We are publishing detailed progress updates and delivery estimates in our periodic Kickstarter updates. Please find more in our last update from November. We will keep you up-to-date with the upcoming updates.

Luke Roberts Creador en December 5, 2016

@Cédric – Hi! It's a cool fellow Kickstarter project! We will put this on our list and see if it's technically feasible.

Luke Roberts Creador en November 29, 2016

@Karim – Thanks, that's a very good point! Indeed, we haven't covered this so far. We will put this into our next KS Update. There we can provide details and some pictures as well.

Luke Roberts Creador en October 31, 2016

@Andiry – Thanks for the question! We are planning to get NEEO integration, so that should work as soon as we have resources to develop it. Amazon Echo does not offer BLE connection, so a direct connection to it won't work without an additonal hub or bridge such as NEEO. We have not yet looked at Harmony / Innogy / Google Home yet, but will put it on our backlog.

@zajiczech, @David – Our whole team is still working hard on getting the lamps produced. Indeed, we are already planning the next Kickstarter Update message, with details on all the progress and timing estimate as well. Please stay tuned for the upcoming update!

Luke Roberts Creador en October 3, 2016

@Sisyphus – Thanks for the suggestion! Actually, we already received a similar suggestion a while ago and decided that a ceiling fan won't be part of our own roadmap. Nevertheless, we might cooperate with other manufacturers in the future to integrate our technology into their products.

Luke Roberts Creador en October 1, 2016

@Christof Hi! We habe given a full update on the progress as well as a new estimation of the timeline including production start in our previous update. Please have a look here, the timeline and production estimate is at the end of the update: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2128753402/fluxo-the-worlds-first-truly-smart-lamp/posts/1653139

Luke Roberts Creador en September 30, 2016

@Marco – Danke! Ja, die Einbindung in andere Systeme ist geplant. Wie in einem früheren Update angekündigt, sind wir bereits mit ersten 3rd party Smart Home Hubs in der Umsetzung. Es ist jedoch so, dass der Smart Home Hub Bluetooth unterstützen muss, was Amazon Echo derzeit nicht kann. Es müsste in dem Fall also ein zusätzlicher Gateway eingesetzt werden.
Viele Grüße!

Luke Roberts Creador en September 27, 2016

@A-H-S – Hallo, wir haben im Kickstarter Update vom 11.8. den aktuellen Stand sowie die noch bevorstehenden Schritte zusammengefasst und auch eine aktualisierte Timeline veröffentlicht. Im letzten Update haben wir in Bezug darauf den Fortschritt und die Abweichungen berichtet. Wir hoffen somit sowohl Unterstützern mit technischem Hintergrund als auch allen anderen einen guten Überblick über die Planung und den aktuellen Stand gegeben zu haben.