Smart Bulb E27

These were bought to replace bulbs that I bought last year that suddenly died!!. The bulbs were very problematic to connect to the WiFi and I was about to return them when one did connect and the other connected the next day. Since then they have worked well. I have a house full of smart bulbs and these were the most difficult to set up.

I ordered two packs of these bulbs and everything arrived quickly and in perfect condition.I would recommend these, but there's two issues that prevented me from giving them a 5-star review:(1) COMPLICATED SETUPIn order to install the first bulb - which just wouldn't connect to my router - I had to download my router's app and then change the advanced settings so that only a 2.4Ghz signal would be broadcast. Turns out this is the only way for these bulbs to initially connect.Once that was done it was simple, but I had to do that for all of them and once I decided to try unsplitting my WiFi signal again after they were all working, my Internet speed and coverage dropped for a few days to a crawl.This wasn't too much of a bother, but I'm guessing someone older or not as aware of how our routers work would need some assistance.(2) UNRECOGNISABLE COLOURSAsk Alexa to set them to 'Pink' for example and some, if not all, will just be a duller shade of white. These are budget bulbs though, so manually toggling the colours with the Smart Life app does the trick.So yeah, they're good bulbs and bright too. With an easier setup and better colour integration with Alexa, they'd be 5-stars. Nonetheless I really do recommend them.

Used this in an uplighter in my living room that I wanted to be able to run on a schedule when away from home and also adjust the brightness, having the ability to adjust the warmth and colour were nice to haves. The smart life app makes this easy, it comes with some preset modes and let's you pick a colour or warmth for the white light intuitively. Schedules were also simple to set up, though I've not actually used them in anger yet.Setting it up was harder than I expected. After installing the smart life app you have to turn the light on and off 3 times to put it into pairing mode. This failed to detect the bulb on auto so i tried the manual pairing, which also failed. After many attempts it just worked, no idea why, I'd done nothing I hadn't tried before. But at that point figured it wasn't so bad, at least it was working and I could control the light from the smart life app on my phone.2 days later I turned the light on and the smart life app said the device was offline. I tried turning it off and on again, restarting my phone, unplugging the lamp, restarting my router. In the end I swapped the bulb for the other one in the pack and... had to go through similar pain to when I set up the first, but eventually got it working too...A few more days and... smart life app reports the device is offline again. Again I've tried turning things off and on but have had no joy. The light is on at a nice warm colour and that's fine... for now, I don't actually want to change it. But am really frustrated that I can't change it, which means I've lost the ability to change the brightness and its really too dim for reading. At which point I've decided to write this review...

Once you set up 1 you are good to go, the rest are a piece of cake.I personally had to go through AP mode. Flick switch on, flick off, flick on , flick off, flick on.... Wait for the slow blink... It then asks you to select the smart bulb on the wifi list and then press that you would like to keep your wifi connection set up. It returns you to the app, does the leg work and you visually see the steps it's taking to verify and then you are good to go.I connected it to my Google Home mini and go between Google assistant routines and "Smart Life" app. The two work well together and even set up NFC tag stickers that are dotted around my house so that I can open the apps with a touch of my phone and start to adjust the lights. First step to automating routines too.Great buy! I felt like my flat was pretty intelligent anyways but this definitely made it smarter!Do note though if someone comes into the house and switches on your light using the switch it takes the device offline. So I put NFC tags near each so that it reminds me to use the app if I'm not able to use my voice in that moment. The light still works of course, it just means you need to manually flick the switch again to reconnect the app.

The first time I bought these it took me some time to work out the installation (a me problem not a design problem). Once I’d figured it out and installed them I knew I’d be getting more if I ever needed them. I love these bulbs, easy to connect extra bulbs, Alexa picks them up easily and controls are great through phone or voice. Highly recommend these to anyone 😁

Perfect for when you are out

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got to d/l smart home on your phone (not hard) works fine with echo dot (any) for a pack of 4 its well worth the money. The only reason I didnt give it 5 stars is because the colours are not like WTF RED!!!!! (costs more for that) more like "hay the room looks pritty red! but value wise its 6 stars. (well worth the money though!) and tbh ithe room still looks pritty red lol it is just what it is. Personally im very happy, tons colours, tons options via phone app to change brightness and hue, tis really amazing for the price for 4 bulbs. I tell my echo dot to turn on the bedroom light, change it too blue and lower the brigtness to 5% works sweet and same for hall, livingroom bulbs etc, not to hard to pair. Defently worth the money.