Smart Light Bulbs, 100W Equivalent WiFi Bulb, 1050 Lumens LED Color Changing A21 Smart Bul(Dimmable 2700K-6500K RGBCW) Tunable White Works with Alexa, Google Home RGB Bulb

These bulbs have out lasted most other smart and non-smart LED bulbs in our home. The crazy part is these are outside in 4 sconces. While somewhat protected by an enclosed fixture, these are still exposed to direct morning & noon sun, Texas extreme temperatures & weather, and at the mercy of our area's power grid. A routine from Alexa turns them on from dusk to midnight at 25% warm light. From the street you wouldn't know these are RGBW LED. Most often I change the colors during holidays. A combo red and green look great for Christmas. Purple looks awesome for Halloween. A couple times a year I might have to reset one and by that I mean just turning off power and back on. I have never needed to re-link to Smart Life nor to Alexa. These do very well on the original SmartThings (Plume) WiFi Mesh system . Absolutely great bulbs!

I purchased two sets of 4 bulbs and I am super impressed with them. The colors on these are absolutely gorgeous, especially when turned up to 100% brightness, and the white light is EXTREMELY bright at 100% and a pleasant color that's mid-spectrum, somewhere between a warm incandescent and that super blueish "daylight" color that so many LED bulbs have. The color options do not get anywhere near as bright as the white does, but that's to be expected. If the white color is too cold for you, you can use the color mode and turn down the saturation to get any tint of white light you like, it just won't be 100W brightness - I'd guess closer to 40W. I actually use that in my bedroom to get a very dim, warm amber light for first thing in the morning.They were very easy to install - I followed the advice of another comment somewhere on here and made sure to only install one bulb at a time, I just pulled a table lamp from another room and used it to connect each bulb to the wifi and name it. The Smart Life app is extremely simple to use; the only thing you need to know is that you can't just "auto scan" to find these, you have to click on the plus sign in the upper-right corner and then go to Add Manually > Lighting > Lighting (Wi-Fi) (see screenshot). Make sure your phone and the light bulb are both pretty close to your wifi access point (mine were about 10ft away) and that the light bulb is blinking, and then follow the directions. Easy peasy.Smart Life works beautifully with Google Assistant/Google Home, too. Google understands commands like "Set the dining room to cyan" or "Set the reading lamps to purple," assuming you have named/grouped everything correctly within Smart Life and Google. To get Google to recognize your setup, all you have to do is search for Smart Life from within the Google Home app and add it. (If you can't find it, make sure you're searching for "Smart Life" with a space, not SmartLife.) The only thing to note is that Google does not always import changes you make in Smart Life automatically, so if you add a new light or re-name something, you may have to disconnect your Smart Life account and then re-connect it in order to force the changes to come through.Considering that only a year ago I purchased two smart bulbs from a different company for the same price as EIGHT of these, I am so far extremely happy with my purchase. I've already recommended them to like five people. Assuming they don't burn out too quickly, 10/10 would buy again.

I bought these bulbs because they were advertised as being brighter than most other color smart bulbs and, the good news is, indeed they are... at least with the white spectrum. The white cool and warm lighting modes are fantastic! Very bright and very beautiful. The warm-to-cool ratio is easily controlled and very prominent, so whatever your liking, this can do it beautifully! We love the bright warm white color, which is usually lacking (especially in brightness) on multi-color bulbs like this. Very happy with this detail!The color is slightly less spectacular BUT not disappointing. The spectrum is decent but could be more saturated and yet the color is very nice for a budget WiFi bulb. In fact, I dare say impressive. The dimming and transition smoothness is also very good, which was a pleasant surprise. The color is NOT as bright as the white levels are, so be advised if you're looking for a brighter color option. This is just average as color brightness is concerned, but it is still very good and beautiful to look at with some great color-transitioning themes available in the app, which make this fun to play around with.My only other complaint is more about the Tuya/Smart Life app than it is the bulb... While the app has some nice scene options (such as "Gorgeous", which transitions colors smoothly in a continual sequence), I haven't been able to effectively set up a routine with Alexa that could engage these enjoyable scenes, As of the time of writing this review, the Smart Life app does not seem to allow setting the lighting scenes in automations, which is disappointing. The best you can do is select color and brightness (as well as schedules, switch on/off, and timers). It's adequate I suppose but strange that these scenes are included in the app, but not able to be triggered from automations or tap-to-run routines (i.e. in the Tuya/Smart Life app itself). Of course, the other disappointment/blame is with the Alexa app, which also can only select color and brightness, NOT the Smart Life scenes. Bummer!Another thing buyer should be reminded of is that these are WiFi bulbs and NOT Zigbee or Z-Wave. That means they are not compatible with hubs like SmartThings. They are also NOT compatible with IFTTT as of the time of this review. IFTTT seems to have disabled control of Smart Life devices, which is disappointing (though I am hopeful that integration will return soon... The item is still in IFTTT but does not currently work at all for any Tuya/Smart Life compatible devices). One work-around option is to create a virtual sensor switch in SmartThings (you will need an appropriate Alexa-compatible device handler to accomplish this), and then you should be able to search for the virtual device in Alexa app, create a routine to trigger on/off the bulb from the virtual device... that way you can control the device from SmartThings... I tried it... The good news is that it does work... The bad news is that it's terribly slow. Took nearly 40 seconds for the trigger to respond most times. Unacceptable and inefficient, so I won't be using this setup. Be advised, SmartThings appears to support Smart Life, until you actually try to use it and then all you get is a network error. Others have complained about this same thing... I suspect this is a work in progress and will eventually be supported by SmartThings, so let's hope. If that eventually happens, this will make these bulbs a whole lot more useful.The bulbs are very light-weight and feels cheap, but it does work and setup was simple and painless. Over all, great looking bulb, if you can get it to work the way you intend. If you have an older router with a lot of devices already taking up WiFi, you could potentially have connection issues at times with WiFi bulbs, which is one reason using a hub is superior. All of my Zigbee and Z-Wave devices work flawlessly all the time compared with my few WiFi devices, which are unreliable... I have a decent Asus gaming router but it's a few years old now and not the best option for a lot of IoT devices, so I frequently have issues wit WiFi devices (randomly disconnecting) since I've pretty much over-extended my device allowance. If you have a newer router, you may not run into this issue, but just be aware and save yourself some frustration. Hub-compatible devices are usually a little more expensive, but worth it in my opinion. Just also remember (word to the novice), hub-compatible devices don't work without a hub, so you'll need to also buy a hub (like SmartThings) in order to utilize them. You cannot simply connect them to WiFi as you can with WiFi bulbs like these.Until I get myself a latest-greatest router, I will stick with hub-compatible devices from now on (I love my SmartThings hub). They run faster and far more efficiently. Still though, if you're on a budget and just want to have some fun and do smart home on the cheap, this is a pretty great little bulb that will provide a lot of enjoyment for many folks. Have fun!

The media could not be loaded. These Lights arrived well packed and quickly. They pair very (VERY) easily and quickly via Smart Life App. The colors are spot on and the white is great. The video shows one of the scenes (dazzle) pre-built, but I did edit it to change colors faster so the video could be shorter/smaller.I love these lights, noticeably brighter than the standard LEDs I'd been using. And they don't break the bank either. I ordered mine in Nov 2022 and only installed two. One of my (different brand) bulbs started to flicker on me so I grabbed one of these and now I've got even better light. So, I have some that have been running well for two years and one that sat for two years and is still good and running now. Great Lights. I will buy these again when I need more.