Luxafor Flag LED USB Busy Light Indicator (59 inch Cable)

I bought two of these. One for my office and one while I travel to my various remote offices. People in my offices continually walked up behind me and asked if I was on a call since they could not see my Bluetooth ear peice in my ear. Most of the time the answer was YES. That's no longer an issue. I use the included software to connect the light to my Skype at work. It automatically changes color based on my calendar which is integrated with Skype (RED Busy, GREEN Available, etc.). I can also change the color manually if necessary when I need time to focus on some work. Now no one asks if I am on a call or busy. I used velcro stickers to attach the one to my office wall and the other to the top of my laptop while I am traveling.What a great product! I highly recommend it.

This thing is amazing! Great for use in the office especially if you use Bluetooth headphones that are hard for people to see when you're on calls etc. I primarily purchased this for my home office, so when my kids come home from school while I'm at work, they know at a glance from the doorway whether I'm approachable or in a meeting or otherwise unavailable. I love how customizable it is and easy to use. The only gripe is that the mobile app cannot connect to it AT ALL. Good thing it works just fine from the desktop application. I love it and have already been complimented on it since owning it less than 2 days.

The hardware itself is pretty great. However, I purchased this to display my presence info for Skype For Business (which the description notes as being supported). But, I have a Mac and the description does not mention the fact that this product doesn't integrate with SFB on a Mac. You have to go to their website to gleam that little bit of important info and even then you have a 50/50 shot of not seeing it there either (see pics). Also, there are several items listed in the 'Integrates with' section in the description that there isn't actually support for (at least not on the mac app). It lists the item in the software as 'This feature will be available in the Luxafor Plus version', but there is NO mention of what the hell this is anywhere on their site, when it will come out, if it will cost anything, etc.Two BIG things that ARE NOT SUPPORTED ON MAC out of the box (without this elusive 'plus' version) are Outlook and IFTTT!

The light works on the Mac through the app but can't do patterns, such as strobing, or multicolor, etc. 3 stars because the code appears to be there to improve its capability but the developer seems to treat this like abandonware.

I use Luxafor to show my team how concentrated I am. Red does not mean they can't talk to me - but they should think twice before interrupting me. Green means they can interrupt me at any time. I like that Luxafor is simple and functional. You install it with a magnet where ever you want it to be seen and connect it via USB. The downloadable software is easy to use. You change the color using presets or a slider for free color selection. You can adjust the brightness also. If you want to connect the product to third party software or an API, you can do that.

I know the primary selling point for this is to notify your co-workers of your status in the workplace, it does that fine. However, I purchased the flag with the primary intent to have it notify me when I receive an email in my business email. (that's run through Gmail) It's a listed feature, the day I get it, I plug it into my computer and when I attempt to sync my Gmail in the free software and sign in through Google; it denies access to my account due to Google considering it a security issue. I contact the help email of Luxafor, to their credit, the email response was fast. Their feedback was that they were attempting to sort things out with Google, and so they provided a list. Among the items they suggested, they suggested going through the "email process" (which is simply a more in depth process of locating your email ID and changing settings on your Google account) after that process, Google still denied it. I also could disable security functions for my Google account to allow it, which would allow any software (malware or not) to install itself onto my account, they recommended not do that. The last option would be to download more third party softwares on top of the Luxafor software to enable it. At this point it's become too frustrating to enable something that has a basic and simple function. Once that's stripped away, you're left with little more than a 30 dollar LED light that you mount to your monitor. I sent it back with the return label in packaging 8 days ago and my refund has yet to be deposited into my account. If it doesn't soon, this review is changing to one star.

Now that I'm working physically in the office, I needed to have a visible way to signal my co-workers when I was needing to work uninterrupted. This does the trick 😀

The only really usable integration for me was in Skype, which in turn taps into my Outlook calendar. Many people use this light to notify coworkers that they're currently busy (stay away flag). I use it as a visual reminder I'm supposed to be in a meeting. Works for that, but only in Skype. Wish it had more modes, like a blinking reminder mode synced to Outlook alerts/reminders. It has no direct Outlook integration. As it stands, it only visually reflects your available/busy/away Skype status, but doesn't do say "15 minutes before" alarms or reminders. Has other SDK integrations, but none are very useful to me beyond Skype. Does integrate with Zapier, Webhook, Jabber, Pomodoro, though. Very useful for me, though, to have a visual red light signifying I'm supposed to be "busy" in a meeting, so this product is a successful purchase, overall.