I have a couple of the "indoor" version. I say "indoor" because it's still suitable for use outdoors in an enclosure but it's not useful in my particular case as it's installed facing upwards rather than being aimed outwards. Therefore most of the light is directed upwards unlike a regular globe bulb.
I had intended that it would supplement the
IR light from my the camera at the front of my house but you can't tell whether it's on or off when used alongside the camera's own IR light. Instead I leave the visible light on from sunset until I go to sleep (controlled by SmartThings).
The default setting is the the IR light switches on gradually as the bulbs brightness is below 10%. ie at 10% visible light the IR LED starts to come on and by 0% visible the IR is at full brightness. This is useful as you might have the light on at a low level but your cameras will already have switched to night vision.
What's also notable is that by default the IR is on whenever the visible light is off, and therefore the bulb is always using power. You can change this in the app but you'd need to do so every night unless they've implemented some sort of change. There is some sort of scheduling option in the app now but I've not looked at it in detail.
When I was initially playing with the IR portion I used HTTP post commands both directly and through IFTTT maker (although IFTTT was less reliable).
What's nice about LIFX is that you can set parameters such as brightness and colour while they're switched off.
I use commands similar to those below in a script to switch the bulbs on at the same time as my cameras are switched to night mode, all triggered by
BlueIris 
I use IFTTT as a backup so the lights still come on if BI wasn't working for some reason - ie if I've been messing around
Front Door Light
Code:
#switch light off and disable infrared.
curl -X PUT "https://api.lifx.com/v1/lights/label:Front%20Door%20Light/state" -H "Authorization: Bearer <LIFX API Code>" -d "power=off" -d "infrared=0"
#switch light on to 100% warmish white, enable infrared.
curl -X PUT "https://api.lifx.com/v1/lights/label:Front%20Door%20Light/state" -H "Authorization: Bearer <LIFX API Code>" -d "power=on" -d "kelvin=3500" -d "infrared=1" -d "brightness=1"
#Switch light on as above but with ir disabled.
curl -X PUT "https://api.lifx.com/v1/lights/label:Front%20Door%20Light/state" -H "Authorization: Bearer <LIFX API Code>" -d "power=on" -d "kelvin=3500" -d "infrared=0" -d "brightness=1"
Edit:
I should also add that these lights produce 950nm IR which is not visible to the human eye. AFAIK most cameras are more sensitive to 840nm so although they can 'see' the 950nm light it won't be as effective.
