LIFX smart bulb disassembling
I decided to dissect my broken LIFX LED bulb before throwing it away. Just in case someone is interested to know what’s inside.
20 June 2015 at 22:11 CEST
My LIFX smart bulb has given up the ghost. Before bringing it to my local recycling center I decided to disassemble the bulb. Perhaps someone would find it useful to have a look inside this smart bulb.
Despite the bulb’s short life, I still believe in the LIFX team. Probably my unit suffered some youth defects. I proudly backed their Kickstarter campaign and this bulb belonged to the first production batch. Surely I’m a little disappointed – I’m not blaming them, though. Stuff happens. I’ve already replaced the bulb with another one. So far so good. Hope this one will last over 22 years as they claim. 🙂
Here’re steps to disassemble the smart bulb.

Unscrew two Phillips screws to remove the LED board. Between the board and the body of the bulb it’s a layer of thermal paste. The bulb, in fact, act as a heatsink.

Unscrew another two smaller Phillips screws near the plastic side panel containing the reset switch to separate it from the bulb.

Unlock the semi-transparent plastic cover to access the multipin connector. Remove the little cap covering the connector as well.