Tapo L535B B22 Smart Bulb, Alexa Light Bulb, Extra Bright Smart Light Bulb, Matter-Certified, Multicolour, Dimmable, 8.6W (75W), Schedule & Timer,Energy Monitoring, Works with Alexa & Google

I decided to dip my toes into home automation after getting a HomePod mini. Since I’m already in the Apple ecosystem, I wanted something HomeKit-compatible to start with—but I quickly realized most HomeKit-compatible products are priced much higher than their Alexa or Google Home counterparts. After a lot of research, I came across this Tapo smart bulb, and it’s been a fantastic find!Pros:Easy setup: Thanks to Matter compatibility, connecting this bulb to HomeKit was a breeze. Just screw it in, switch it on, and it blinks three times. Then, scan the Matter QR code in the Home app, and within seconds, it’s paired. Assign it to a room, and you’re good to go. Super simple!Bright and responsive: The bulb is very bright, especially on the warm yellow setting. Other colors are slightly dimmer, which might be due to the nature of colored lights compared to white. Still, they’re perfectly usable and look great.Affordable: At £9.49 per bulb, this is an incredible value for a HomeKit-compatible smart bulb. You don’t have to spend a fortune to get started with home automation.Reliable: After a month of use, I’ve had no issues with connectivity or performance. The bulb responds quickly to voice commands via Siri and works seamlessly in the Home app.Cons (minor):As mentioned, the brightest setting is on the warm yellow light. Colors like red, green, or blue are noticeably dimmer, but I guess that’s pretty common with smart bulbs.Overall experience:I was so impressed that I ended up buying three more of these bulbs for other rooms in my house. They’ve been running smoothly for a month now, and I’m already planning my next steps in expanding my home automation setup with more Tapo devices and sensors as soon as they release Matter compatible versions.If you’re looking for a budget-friendly way to get started with smart lighting and HomeKit, this bulb is a no-brainer. Highly recommended!I have added some automation with Door Sensor from Aqara and now the bulb turns on as soon as I open the door. No delay.

I was already using the Tapo App for multiple other smart plugs and devices, so they were the obvious choice for my first venture into smart lighting. The Tapo App is very easy to use, the devices normally easy to set up, and the customisable options offer a great deal of convenience, (though some of the automation takes a deeper dive into settings to set up).I was NOT disappointed by this Tapo smart bulb!The customisation options are virtually endless. You can pick from millions of colours and adjust the brightness until it suits your tastes, then save it as a Preset for instant recall.Where it really shines (pun intended) for me is the white light features available. You can change the 'colour temperature' of the white light from 2500K (very warm light - close to that of a candle flame) right up to 6500K (very cool, bright white, clinical light), then adjust the brightness from 100% right down to just 1%, and save the settings as one of your presets.I liked this so much in my Lounge that I bought more tapo Smart bulbs for other rooms and have set automations for arriving home, (which turns on the lights in the hall area), and leaving home, (which turns off all lights).There are also security options which allow you to set an 'away' mode which turns the light on & off at random, (to save energy you can set this to only happen between chosen times of day or night, or it can be set to start at sunset & stop at sunrise.There are so many excellent and very usable features of this bulb & the Tapo App which makes it an excellent buy. WHen used with other Tapo lights, devices and smart plugs you can create complex automations that make life easier.I highly recommend this tapo Smart Bulb for rooms you want colour options, and for ones you only want white light they do those too!

Occasional connectivity issues aside these are good cost effective bulbs. Usually the connection problems are easily solvable by reconnecting to the network. Nice and simple bit of kit

The media could not be loaded. It integrates easily with my Alexa 5th generation. Easy installation - just screw in the bulb and use the Alexa app to detect and connect via a qr code given with it.No need for a separate hub, it was recognised immediately.I can turn the lights off dim or to any Kelvin with in the range. Easy to get day light coolness, white or warm , as it suits you.I have left it to a setting where it will automatically turn off after half hour of inactivity in the room.Saves electricity with gives good luminosity.

Well built, incredibly customisable, easy to change settings via the app.Great bulb 💡

These are great devices and for the price you'd think there'd be a compromise somewhere but after ~2yrs of owning a total of 10 of these bulbs I have had zero issues.Surprisingly straight forward. Turn the device on and the app automatically recognises it. Total set up time <2mins. I have yet to have a single device fail to connect or go offline.I don't think the colours are as saturated or as diverse as something that costs much more (e.g. Hue) but no complaints from me. After a while you settle on a handful of colours anyway.

Smart light, turns on and off from your phone, can change colours, can change the percentage of light 0-100%, and other “smart” features.The main drawback, unless I’m doing something wrong?, is when switching on from the wall it does not turn the light on…