Kasa Smart Light Bulbs, Full Color Changing Dimmable Smart WiFi Bulbs Compatible with Alexa and Google Home, A19, 60 W 800 Lumens,2.4Ghz only, No Hub Required, 2-Pack (KL125P2), Multicolor

I installed this Kasa bulb in a lamp and it worked almost instantly — setup was easy, no hub needed, and it connected fine to my 2.4 GHz WiFi. The color-changing + dimmable features are great: I can pick from a wide range of hues or set cozy warm-white light, and brightness control is smooth. It plays nicely with voice assistants (Alexa / Google), which makes it convenient if you prefer hands-free control. The light output is bright enough for a medium-sized room (roughly equivalent to a 60W bulb), but when on colored modes it feels more ambient than ideal for focused tasks.

Easy to set up! There are multiple colors available in the app to choose from. I just got mine a couple of days ago so I'll update if needed after I've used it for a little bit. My main reason for buying it was so that I can have a small light at night when I'm out. I have a cat and I'd perfer she not be in the dark when I go out at night (don't judge me🤭). The price was nice and it works as described. Love the fact that I can set a schedule and it works with Alexa!

I picked up these smart light bulbs a few weeks ago, and they’ve already become a go-to in our home. I love how easy they are to set up — no hub needed; they just connect straight to our Wi-Fi and start working right away. What really sold me is how flexible they are. I can change the colors to match my mood, dim the lights for movie time, or brighten things up when I’m trying to focus or get work done. Switching between “cozy evening” warm light and “bright morning” daylight is surprisingly satisfying. They work perfectly with voice control (I use Alexa), which means I don’t have to fumble for a light switch. It’s super handy when my hands are full or I’m already in bed and don’t want to get up. For me, these bulbs are great for everyday living — whether I’m working from home, winding down in the evening, or just relaxing in the living room. They make it easy to create the right atmosphere without any fuss. If you’re thinking about upgrading your lighting and want something flexible, easy to control, and fun to use — these bulbs are a home run.

I have over a dozen of these Kasa smart bulbs in my house, and I've used them for over a year now. Overall, these are a solid and affordable entry-level smart bulb. Installation is a piece of cake. Simply unscrew the old (standard) bulb, and screw the Kasa bulb in its place. Then follow the instructions in the app to configure the bulb with your wi-fi. To be clear about how these work: DO NOT flip the wall switch on and off. Turning the switch off will kill power to the bulb. The wi-fi chip inside the bulb always needs a small amount of power in order to receive the command to turn the light on. When you want to turn the light on from your phone app, or Alexa device, these devices will send a command to the bulb over wi-fi. If the bulb has no power, it cannot receive this command. So LEAVE THE WALL SWITCH ON ALWAYS, and simply use your app or Alexa to control the lights. Of course, you COULD continue to use the wall switch as normal, and the lights will go on and off properly. This is actually quite convenient when guests are unfamiliar with how the bulbs work. However, if you plan to use the wall switch routinely, you lose any smart functionality, and there's no point to buying these bubs. Unfortunately, the bulbs seem to have a flaky wi-fi connection, and the app occasionally loses the ability to communicate with the bulb. Every day or two, I have to flip the wall switch off and then back on to "reboot" the bulb's wi-fi chip. Then you're good for another couple days. In terms of brightness, these are advertised at 800 lumens. I have 5 of them in my dining room chandelier, and it certainly provides more than enough light for eating, and for craft projects on the table. In the living room, the ceiling fan has 4 of these bulbs, and it does seem a little dim at times when reading. I wish the bulbs went up to 1,000 lumens or more. Of the 12+ of these bulbs I own, one went bad within a few months and I had to replace it. The rest continue to work. Overall I give these a B+.

Came ready to use for my alexa but still had to download the tp-link app. Great light and a need for bust family who forgets we dont need to pay Ga power anymore than we already do! Works with a reg lamp.

I initially was a Hue bulb user but I had multiple quirks so I completely dumped them and switched over to the Kasa Bulbs. Reason I picked the Kasa Bulbs over others was because I already had some Kasa Switches and Kasa Plugs so I didn't want another App and another eco system to worry about. Also, my existing Kasa stuff works perfectly. With that said, here's my review Pros App is simple and straight forward (see negative) They work with Google, Alexa, IFTTT, and Smart Things (no Apple Homekit) so I'm not tied to a single smart system Brightness is great. Brighter than my Hues (1000 lumen bulb) No Hub needed Fast response. When I turn on or off the lights, or even change brightness/color, it's pretty much immediate - my friend has Feint Electric bulbs, and there is like a 3-5 second delay I can control lights remotely - when I'm away from home I can see status of the lights Price - 2 pack of Hue is $100 (not including hub). 2 pack of Kasa, about $30 Setup is super easy (see negative) Negatives The app being simple is a negative. Coming from the Hue app, Kasa app is super basic. While you can get it to do pretty much everything you could do in the Hue app, it's a lot of manual setup. Example: Hue has a ton of pre-setup scenes like night 'Misty Morning', etc. Whereas Kasa has 3 basic scenes to start. You can definitely 'recreate' any Hue scene in the app, but it's a lot of work. (small gripe) Continuing with, app, the home screen should be quick access to things (more grouping of icons). Example: Hue has all the scenes at the top and lights below that. So once you go in to the app, it's one click to change scenes or to turn off/on a light. In Kasa, it's extra click or additional scrolling to accomplish the same thing And then there are no add-ons like Hue to make the lights more fun and dynamic. Like on New Year, I could set Hue lights to 'Firework' and that was cool. There is zero dynamic modes with Kasa To go along with the 'fun' topic. You can link your Hue up media device and have it changes colors while it plays (music, tv). There is nothing in the Kasa ecosystem right now that does that. Setup can be annoying because the app can be confusing during setup. (see below for easy headache free setup) No Apple Homekit support IFTTT - does not support triggers, only actions. While I'm going to miss some things about the Hue lights, I'm not going to miss the headaches. Hue lights are more 'fun' (just don't expect no issues), but if you want lights that just work, have great brightness, color selection and are a fraction of the price of Hue, I highly suggest the Kasa bulbs Pre-setup notes If you are connected to a vpn on your phone or using AdGuard, disable it before you start Require 2.4Ghz WiFi. Will not connect to 5Ghz. On your phone connect to your 2.4Ghz WiFi before you start If you have more than 1 bulb to install, do 1 at a time. Don't install any of the other bulbs until you finish the previous. Setup works best when you wait about 20-30 seconds after you plug in the bulb before trying to it up. Setting up bulb 1 - in the Kasa app, press the + in the top right corner 2 - select Device 3 - select smart lights 4 - select Smart Bulb KL100 series 5 - click next on install screen 6 - click next on power screen 7 - app will try to connect to bulb, if it connects to bulb, skip to step 11 8 - if it fails to connect, wait like 5-10 seconds and hit 'try again' 9 - if it still fails to connect, open your WiFi settings on your phone and manually connect to the Bulb (bulb should be TP_Link....) 10- now go back to the app and hit 'try again' 11- pick the WiFi and enter your WiFi password 12- when you get to the 'Connect to your WiFi' screen, if the app switches you back your initial WiFi (takes about 20 seconds), click 'already connected'. If it doesn't auto switch you back, manually switch back to your initial WiFi and then click 'already connected' 13- Now name your Bulb 13- you're done. - repeat for each bulb you need to setup Now you can add a group (+ in top right corner of app) if you want group multiple bulbs together or create a scene, etc. NOTE: A group in Kasa won't show in Alexa. If you want a group in Alexa, in Alexa app go to Devices, scroll down to Groups and create a Group

I needed wifi bulbs that I could control from my phone for our porch lights. These were easy to set up with the Kasa app. You can schedule times to come on and go off in the app. Or you can set it to come on at sunset and off at sunrise, then you dont have to keep adjusting the time as the days get longer and shorter. No hub needed, but you do need a 2.4G internet connection.

Ok so mixed bag here. Overall these lightbulbs have been good. They look just like a normal LED light bulb too, so they fit well in everything for us. They are plenty bright in white and warm settings, and the colors are nice. They are not a vibrant as other bulbs, but better than cheaper options I have used in the past. I have have had no issues with connectivity to wifi, the app, it Google home. They have been flawless since setup, though I have had very few issues with multiple TP-Link Kasa products, they are all made well and work with very few complaints or issues. These lightbulbs are just good basic lightbulbs! So why two less stars? All of my current multicolor lightbulbs have the smooth transition-fade from color to color, creating a nice smooth rainbow sort of effect when they are going, and I have them through the whole house. Unfortunately this one does not. In fact, It's missing all the basic multi color light modes. As far as I have been able to find, there is none of the sort that I have found. You can pick one color and that's it. No transition, party, fade, smooth etc... nada. I think they just need to push a software update to add these features and I'll add the two stars back. These lightbulbs are well built that I can see, so I don't mind paying a little more, especially to stay in one ecosystem rather than needing to have multiple. But still, these are the very basic modes that even a dollar store multicolor bulb has, so for that reason it's value isn't very strong. In a nutshell, if you want a good basic bulb that you can chose one color and leave it, they are very good! If you are like me and you want multi-color, look elsewhere for now.