I’ve been using these bulbs for over a year... They worked fine initially. I was completely satisfied with my purchase; but recently, I’ve been waking up to my lights unexpectedly being turned on during the night. The bulbs themselves work fine; my true complaint is with the software within the app. I CONSTANTLY have to reset my bulbs and the majority of the time I have the “no mesh was found” alert when trying to simply turn on/off the lights. I have to “retry” to connect to the “mesh” a few times before I get a successful outcome. Overall... for the price of the bulbs and the free app; I got what I paid for BUT as soon as these kick the bucket I’m definitely going with the pricer system if it means consistency in operation. I usually get frustrated with the process and end up just flipping the switch manually.
Love the idea. At first it wouldn’t “mesh” with my internet but after calling tech support, I’d get it to work for a day and then everything would just disappear from the app and once again, it wouldn’t mesh. They were very nice to talk to and I’m glad it works for some but I have high speed Comcast internet, live in the middle of the city, and the light switch is in the next room to where the router is. I also had the split internet addresses (it requires 2.4). I wish it would have worked. It’s awesome when it does.
Have two outside lights. System works but reliability suffers because the bulbs lose their memory and stay on as soon as there is a power failure or power surge. Then you need to go into the app and make a small change to the schedule to get them to work. That means going on vacation, you can’t rely on them keeping their schedule.
I just upgraded from iPhone 5s to 10r and the new phone can not connect to the bulbs. I waited on the phone with customer service for 30 minutes and did not get help. I emailed customer service and they did not respond. I give this system a C grade at best. I may upgrade to philips system soon.
This was actually a very worthy purchase, although there are a couple app bugs, but overall very satisfied!
Perks:
• Turn on and off your light from your bed
• Dim and adjust from afar
• Set a timer if you tend to fall asleep while reading like me.
• Schedule on/off intervals through days/weeks
• Add additional bulbs around the house and name/label them all with photos
Bugs:
• Sometimes finding the connection between your phone and bulb can take a minute.
• If I leave the house for a week (I do for work) I’ll come back and the lights are on, even when I have them off or programmed for different times. I think this has to do with the Bluetooth being completely cut for long periods — something tells me having an in house iPod with the app would fix that. Haven’t tested this, but it seems a bit inconvenient.
But I feel like these issues are fixable! And If so it would make this a flawless, excellent purchase.
I bought my 1st bulb last January and fell in love with the features. I’m a techie guy so I love anything that I can do from my phone. I’ve since bought 3 more bulbs, 1 for the dining room, 1 for our bedroom and another for our daughters bedroom. The best part is that you can leave the light off and when you’re outside your door you can turn them all on before entering as long as your WIFI signal reaches that far.
I just get it today on clearance at my local Home Depot . Didn’t read the reviews before ( maybe was better like that ) because I’m so please about those light bulbs! I bought 2 for my bedroom and took me 3 min to set them. It was hard to download the app since didn’t download directly from the app and I have to go throw the web page. After I install it works better and is easier that the ones I have downstairs that I’m spent 5 times more! At least works great to me now and also I can put a timer! Great deal.
This was super simple and within 30 min I had 5 bulbs set up, 3 groups made, dimmer settings completed for all, and set schedules for each group in my two story. No WiFi needed but you do need at least 2 bulbs to “mesh” and be recognized. I can control everything from my phone and it even works with my Alexa!! Found these marked down to >$7 each at Home improvement store and bought all 6 left!! Best deal so far!
I’ve had these bulbs and app for a little over a year. Originally, they worked well - the bulbs and mesh were easily discovered and the schedules worked well. That all ended every time I wanted to adjust the schedule, the time changed (daylight savings), or the switch was shut off or a power outage occurred. In the past it was just annoying as I could delete everything and start over and eventually get everything to work properly. I have been messing around with trying to get this app and bulbs to work properly for over 2 weeks and it still isn’t working! I have followed the directions, deleted the app, went through the ridiculous reset of the bulbs, and created a new account. Thought it was fixed, and then there was a power outage. Have not been able to get it to work since. One bulb is never recognized (out of 2) and the schedule will not work at all. Now I just have very expensive light bulbs I can use by turning on a switch. Totally useless and a waste of money.
I was frustrated after 15 minutes of trying to get them to connect but reset my phone and Bluetooth and then it found all 5 of them. Have 2 in and 3 in kitchen that I always forgot to shutoff. Now I just hit the button on my phone. I wish they had a daylight option id replace 10 more bulbs if they did.
Yes, the update in late November bricked the app on my rather old iPhone. But with the help of a wonderful customer service rep, got everything working on my newer iPad. The key is deleting the app and turning off the iPad, reinstalling the app, then a hard reset of the bulbs: 5 cycles of 18 seconds on and one second off before having the app rediscover the bulb. Thank you Cisco!
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