colour can be so inspiring as a content creator; having the right background lighting can help
so much. In today's video, I will be unboxing, setting up and sharing my review of the nano leaf
shapes focusing on their hexagon shape starter kit; hey, everyone,
ricky here from Ricky's tech talk. Let's begin by seeing what's in the box so lifting the lid up
on top, you're going to see our paperwork so let's take a look so you've got nano leaf
and that's the starter kit there then it shows you some design shapes that you can choose
this is above a bed frame so you can have it in the bedroom, you can have it in an office
a den a gaming cave your battle station and you can see here all the different designs
you can choose and you can scan the QR code to download the application so there is a Nanoleaf
an application that is from the google play store or the iTunes app store and we just have the warranty
and other information there as well so moving on to our hexagonal shapes so these come in different
options so you can either get five-nine or fifteen we've been sent nine so a massive thank you
to Nanoleaf and all of them are the same and on the back here you can see that it hatches
to the wall and there are some sticky pads so you've got nine of these in my box here you may have
different ones depending on which ones you chose but yeah really interesting to look at these I think
it's a really intuitive idea and it's very clever what they can do as well so i can't wait to share
With all of the different features and options you can change to add a little bit of colour into your life
might be an office that you're working in full the time you could also have it in the living room
as well because it can sync up with content or it can sync up some music it can be so much fun even
for children as well as a sensory need option so all of these have the same connection on the back
and there are some other accessories in here as well and then we're going to go through these
so these are just the last few panels now to get out of the box and they all have connection pins
on the back as well so where they can connect into and is very easy to install but don't worry
i will show you how to do this underneath our hexagonal shapes we do have our power supply
so this is 42 watts and you do have some adapters in here so you have an EU one or a UK one
so we're going to use the UK three-pin plug and this just simply slides on a little bit fiddly
and a little bit tricky but it just slides on and very easy to use also in the box you will find
your smart control panel so this will link onto your panel and you can set it wherever you want to
that has some simple controls on it then you'll have your linkers connect in your panels so
these will connect to the different panels and this is where you can arrange it in different
shapes because on each edge of the hexagonal you have different options as the linking connection
then you have another link there to link onto your smart control that I've just shown
previously then also in the box, you'll find your double-sided adhesive tapes you'll get 10 of these
and there are some little nano leaf stickers there as well we all like some stickers involved with
products so you get 10 of these and what you do are you stick one side onto the hexagonal panel
and then one side on the wall and they come off really clean and easy leaving
no marks and it's really good especially when you're in a rented property like us
so switching over now to the white wall as you can see I've put an adhesive tape on the back
and we've connected the power strip as well we've also added in the connections and all
you do is you line up and you simply press in the middle and you do a circular motion as i show here
and by doing that it makes the adhesive stick to the wall and stick to the pad the power supply
is on i thought i'd put it on so you can see the lights as they grow and all i do is repeat this
overtime for the rest of the nine panels and we chose one of the shapes that came on card i
showed previously and just like that it's complete and it's set up and ready to go and it looks
really nice going through the RGB colors here and it makes the wall look like a feature wall which
is really nice it's something different instead of just having a plain wall as i mentioned there is
an app available from the google play store or the ios app store so this is the google play store it just
shows you the app and the basic functionalities but i'm going to go into it in greater detail
there is a desktop app that you will need to download to get your content to pair up
this is where it can match the colours that you're seeing on your display the lights will reflect it
so it's really interesting in the options you have available here and one of the other big positives
that i really like about the Nanoleaf products is the compatibility so you can use it with apple
home kits you can use it with google assistant you can use it with Amazon Alexa you've got Samsung
smart things and other options also which i think is amazing this product is really open and able to
connect to multiple different devices and Nanoleaf have chosen this way of doing it which means it
opens it up to a much wider audience because when you lock it down such as apple does with some of
their products or such as Samsung do with theirs even Amazon Alexa with their devices and google
it locks it down and that means that people have to make that decision but when a company like
nanoleaf with their products and the hexagonal shapes that we have here open it up to everyone
i think that's really nice to see and such a good option to have so a question i want to ask you
is when you choose a device whose service sort of do you use it for your smart home is it based around
amazon is it based around apple Samsung google or do you do it over the internet i know some people
use a raspberry pi and control it through an the internet option me personally we have a mixture so
i'm in the Apple ecosystem i have been for many years i use an android device though very happy
to do that i want to know what you use so we've got a mixture of apple and amazon here at home
so you have the ability to mix shapes and designs to create your perfect RGB flow for your office
or gaming area it depends wherever you want to put these and you can have the light subtly change as
well so if you had a very relaxing place a very calm place you'd choose the warmer colours that
could slowly move through if you had a gaming area you'd have your bright RGB colors that can really
entice you in if it's at night time you can have a the light that slowly changes throughout the night you
can set schedules you can set different options as well so as i'm talking about this i'm going
to show different things about the application and there's so much you can change and adjust
and obviously with that connection to your smart home devices and also the smart home technologies
such as Siri such as Alexa such as google assistant, you can just give a simple command
and that option will be great you can even set up a morning schedule it works in the apple home kit
itself which is going to be updated quite a lot with ios 16 so make sure to stay subscribed for
that's because we're going to have a dedicated look at ios 16. so looking at the Nanoleaf application
in greater detail as i said I'm looking at this on the ios device but it is available on android but
with every smart home, accessory comes a separate application and it can be quite confusing so
for this application it's really good it's clear it's obvious what you need to do simple controls
but enough to change and adjust to make these lights you're own really involved in the way you
go through the setup process as well ever so easy very simple so on android the best option was the
NFC on the back of your device tap the light and then it works for you instantly with an
ios devise i found through the home kit work so either you scan the qr code or you enter a simple
code which is on your smart control device that i showed you which is plugged into the
the hexagonal shape and the application is simple it works and it syncs very easily so this is a real
positive as well because of the applications i've seen in the past for some smart home technology
devices can be clunky they can be a little a bit boring very fiddly as well the setup process
isn't easy but it's really nice to see this it's quick it's clean it's easy to use but also you've
got enough settings to make it enjoyable as well so if you want to go in and tinker
change the way things look you can check for updates it's all there as i mentioned there
is also a desktop application as well so if you want to stream and share what's on your display
to add extra colour to your room you can do you do need to download the desktop application i
will leave a link in the video description there is an option for mac and windows which is great
so you've got multiple different platforms again so big tick their nano leaf well done
and it gives you the option to stream so as I'm talking about this you'll see the colours
mirroring what is on my display and i think that's really important and then just sharing some of the
other options so you can deck out your sort of gaming area entertainment area with your tv room
it could be in your bedroom it can be an ultra modular light panels as well because you can mix
and match these ones so the shapes you can get the triangles small triangles hexagonal
and you could just let this grow you could have an arch over your tv you could have a nice shape
design going up left and right of your tv in the the bedroom you can have a nice subtle flow across
the headboards and you could use that light for reading with the touch controls as well it just
makes it so easy and enjoyable so you can upgrade your battle area or your gaming area so the colour
changing system lighting is set up and easy to use with mirroring as i mentioned you can add shapes
panels so you can have this set behind you you can have it set to the side and as i mentioned you can
mirror and custom the RGB scenes to your games and again that pulls you into your game it makes you
more immersed into your game and it gives that sense of 4d as well so obviously you haven't got
wind rain or movement you might have movement in your chair when you're moving getting around
and excited with your game but with the light it just adds an extra effect which is really nice it
draws you in and for me, i've used this with movies I've used it with content creation I've used it
with reading in the evening I've just used it to have a subtle light in the room if i wanted to
and with the touch options it's just so easy just want to say the touch options you do have to set
up in the application so with this nano leaf panels and different shapes you can get creative
with endless design possibilities, you can let your imagination runs wild you can upgrade as well so i
can take one of my panels off because they easily pop off so when you take a panel off they pop
off the connection, it pops off the connection backing of the panel and then if you want to
remove it completely you pull the strip down the the adhesive strip you pull it down and it comes off
the wall is clean and easy leaving no marks but with this you can set your space however you want to
and you can have unique layouts you can add custom RGB colours you can add different options so there
are triangles there are different options there's big small triangles you've got your hexagonal
we can use other elements from Nanoleaf and you can use the layout assistant in the Nanoleaf app
to help you see your design before you create it you can change and adjust it
it will let you know the power supply you need as well because there are two different options
so we've got the smaller side of the power option at the moment but if i had more panels
it would let me know that i need to get a higher power supply and you can get design inspiration
as well in the application, they've got other members sharing their designs and what they've
created and it's great to see this and you can see it before you actually create it so you can
create your design in the application you can use your camera show it at the wall and it will
augment reality put it on the wall for you straight away which is really good with your
smart control that's connected to the hexagonal shapes you have some touch controls so you have
your power you have your ability to change the the brightness that up or down you have the ability
to go through colours and there are different options there's a shuffle button that will shuffle a mode
and randomly choose one for you also there is the music option and this is where it will react
to music and that can be so enjoyable because that can transform your favourite songs into a
a music festival like a scene for you it brings that music home to you makes you feel immersed again in
your music and that will subtly change depending on the song, you're listening to so if it's fast
paced bt music so for me quite like club land or the old soul 90 songs i quite like showing
my age that's very fast-paced music very quick movement of light but really enjoyed my partner
on the other hand, likes soft relaxing music and the lights will subtly change depending on
what is playing and as i mentioned the big one for me is it's just enjoyable to touch something being
visually impaired i don't want to go to those little controls being visually impaired it's nice
that it's connected to so many smart assistants and so much smart home technology that's great
i can use my voice and ask if you don't have the ability to use your voice you can see the controls
you'd be able to touch and control your lights with a swipe tap and you can do whatever you
want to them to turn them on and off you can go through the brightness, you can change the scenes
without ever pulling out the application and it's just fun and interactive there are also touch games
available as well like whack-a-mole which is quite interesting and quite fun to do so just to wrap
up here is entertainment beyond the scene it gives you the ability to enhance your viewing experience
you see this with monitors with RGB around monitors you see it on your gaming setups
and it just enhances your environment so I've got mine linked with hue lighting as well works again
smart time but this just makes a wall a feature the wall you can change you can move it it's reusable
you can get extras for it you can touch control it you can use your voice you can use the application
to change and adjust it so much that you can see inspiration from other members of the community
and for me, it's been a real viewing pleasure they've worked ever since I've put them up I've
had them for a few months now and had no issues I've removed one panel and put a panel back on
it's great i think I'm going to get some triangles add some triangles to it if you want to see me try
a different design please let me know and leave a comment underneath that like button and i will
be happy to help if you have any questions or If any queries also leave a comment below and I'm
always very happy to help I will leave a link in the video description to Nanoleaf websites
with the links to their application and also their inspirational designs from me ricky thank you so
much for watching i hope you've enjoyed this video i hope it's made you think out of the box it can let
your mind runs wild and choose your own design as well and if you do have some let me know what your
design is given a picture as well let me see and i might change mine around as well thanks so much
for watching i really do appreciate it and as i mentioned if there is anything i can help with
make sure to leave a comment below for me ricky thanks for watching i will see you in my next
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