Smart Light Bulb E26

These bulbs, unlike others I’ve purchased, go off line a lot.

So on a whim after reading about a lot of the smart bulbs coming out of the same area with the same software I figured I would give it a try. I am happy to report that these at the time of writing can be converted to ESPHome using Tuya Convert. It was a little bit of a pain to figure out that the convert program is having pains and only works for one run and then doesn't want to work again. Simple enough to just unpack the zip again and start it running again.Why is this important. Well I prefer to have LOCAL control over things vs web control. I can do the same functions all in one place over multiple different devices and brands and don't have to worry about them not working the way I want them to when the web is down and I am at home. My server runs 24/7 anyway and I don't have to worry about a DDOS attack on the web anywhere. I can still integrate with the smart speakers if I want and I can still control my devices from outside my home when I want but I can setup 1000's of different configuration options and make them do what I want when I want without limitation. I can also do this based on my location, based on sunrise or sunset, based on random triggers, etc. I can turn it on in the morning and have it light blue if it's raining, green if its sunny and nice, red if there is bad weather, orange if it is sunny and hot, etc. Literally the sky is the limit. I am pretty sure that I can set the system to receive an email from the NWS if there are bad storms and flash the bulb a couple times.As far as the available software from the seller, can't help there I never even installed it. The bulb did screw into the socket easily and it was simple enough to take and turn it on and off 3 times to put it into the mode needed to flash it.I am SUPER happy I found them and that they are working perfectly like the other Tuya based bulbs.

I bought a two pack of these for one room. Within ten months, one was flickering so badly that I discarded it. The other I moved to a closet in hopes that it will last longer by being used less.

Works with my phone and also Google Nest and Google Mini. I do recommend downloading the app and falling the directions supplied in the box, then connecting to your smart device threw that ap(much faster and easier). It has every color and can be dimmed. I originally bought it to turn off my light on my bedroom but keep my fan going(since t h e pully string broke). For that it works great but the colors are awesome and very white not yellow(sun), but you can choose sun if you'd prefer.I just bought another set for my other bedroom and you can see so much more now. I ended up taking thmy old LED bulbs and putting them in other places around the house that went LED yet or burned out.WARNING:in order to setup the light it needs to flash on and off rapidly.

The cost of these bulbs make it an attractive alternative to Hue or LifeX bulbs but vs a standard LED light bulb, these definitely sacrifice overall brightness to get the different colors.Setup is pretty easy but I had to turn off/on each bulb about 4 times to get it to go into the rapid flashing setup mode. The instructions led me to believe that this would happen automatically upon first power on. The app is fairly straight forward and easy to use and I already had a smart LED strip that uses the Smart Life app so that was the main reason I got these as well as the Alexa integration.The app itself appears to have pretty good automation/schedule/etc functions but I setup all of this in the Alexa app mainly for the voice control. Being able to tell Alexa to turn on a light by name or a room by name or change colors is pretty slick and also allows me to integrate other smart device that are not Smart Home controlled into routines or automated tasks.The main 2 things I don't like about these bulbs (and I don't know if it's a limitation of the bulb or the LED tech in general) but I can't get the bulb to turn on and gradually increase brightness while simultaneously transitioning from one color to another (ex: simulate sunrise by turning on orange and over 15 or 20 minutes increase brightness while transitioning to a pale yellow color)And the other big gripe is no quick basic warm white color option. It's that cold 6000K daylight color by default and the app NEEDS a quick warm white option. There really is no easy way to dial that in other than to fiddle with the color wheel and color intensity and even then, I can't get it to match my non RGB LED bulbs. They need a white mode white balance slider like Phillips Hue have.Other than that, they're good bulbs. You sacrifice some ease of setup and slightly clunkier controls but get into the RGB smart ecosystem for a lot lower cost and not requiring a hub to control them.

The media could not be loaded.  first off setup was very easy, but it took my a few tries. I had to turn the bulb on and off at least 4-5 times before I saw it blinking. so keep trying if you don't see it blinking. once the app was downloaded and bulbs connected it was simple. there are a lot of colors to choose from and even blinking modes. bulbs were responsive to the app. the only CON I would say is that they are not the brightest bulbs. I would say they're about as bright as my 8W 800 Lumens LED Philips bulbs.I think for a bedroom or small room they are perfect. I wouldn't use 1 bulb to light a living room with it. overall I'm happy with it. great value. easy app. it works flawlessly. you can also adjust brightness on the app but even the brightest settings were not that bright. you can also set saturation to make the color deep or lighter.