Outstanding tech review. Kudos for repeating the product names and brands, makes following so much easier.
Fantastic rundown! We definitely need more Thread lighting products. I refuse to use Wi-Fi for lights unless it's a novelty lamp that has something extraordinary going for it.
I love that you have Hide Yo Kids Hide Yo WiFi as your WiFi network name! I've had that name on one of my networks for years. Funny net names make the world a better place 🙂
Best smart bulb comparison I've ever seen. This is what I wanted! Simple and clear. I always wanted that someone trys to compare about power loss and fade in/out. I hope There's a way to buy L535E here in South Korea. Thank you for review anyway.
So glad to hear my video was helpful! I love hearing that. And yeah, i don't often see people comparing power loss and fade on/off when it's something that should be considered. Since Tapo is new, it may take a while to become available in SK. Thanks for watching! 😊 ❤️
Nano leaf for me works fine. Only had connectivity issue once so far which I was able to fix just by turning power off/on. But I do have issues using it with Homekit automation.
My HomeKit only Nanoleaf bulbs are rock solid and very fast to respond. Must be a Matter issue
The thread network gets stronger with more devices
When nano leaf was only in my room plus my office.
Now we have the bulbs all over the house response is instant
If your going to install do multiple
i have multiple homepods and apple tvs that support thread, one within feet of the bulb. multiple isn't the answer lol
Great comparison! Try the nanoleaf smart bulbs. It has cool colors and energy-saving features. Perfect for setting the mood in any room.
Nice comparison. I still feel like most of the prices are too high to be practical. Have you had any problems with certain brands not working after a time?
tbh, anything by nanoleaf. everything else i've tested long term has generally had no excessive amount of issues compared to any light by nanoleaf.
With Tapo can you schedule different color light based on time of the day? If I wanted to get two of them and simulate sunrise and sunset colors - would it be possible?
I don’t use Tapo bulbs anymore but yes I’m almost certain this is possible, at least in the Tapo app.
Phillips Wiz offers brighter bulbs. They offer a brighter 100w equivalent A21 bulb which is only a few dollars more expensive than the 60W. I personally got the 150W equivalent A23 bulbs from them. I think they do around 2550 lumens.
Do they have less of a red tint in Tungsten setting, too?
My new E27 Wiz lights are super red as shown here at 1:30 :(
@@DennisSchmitz Mine don't have that issue. The ones that I got have different packaging from the video and are made by Phillips.
I also have some older ones with the Phillips branding and these are indeed looking great. The newer Wiz matter branded ones have quite awful tungsten light though @@jumpierwolf
Is they are matter compatibility does that mean that I don’t need a hub? For the lightbulbs?
Not a hub from a manufacture. Matter controller is required to use in smart home ecosystems.
Sooo, how do you reconnect Matter over wifi bulbs when they get disconnected from power??? I got a mujoy that takes forever to reconnect to thread...
So I bought a Tapo bulb just to try. Well it connected to HomeKit and Alexa just fine. After that it stopped responding and now it will only work with the Tapo app.
Apparently Nanoleaf is compatible with Google Home. I’ve tried in the Google Home app, on the Google Nest Hub Max and the new Google Pixel tablet but haven’t been successful in pairing it. Has anyone else been successful? I am trying to find a bulb that will work with both ecosystems.
Nanoleaf worked for me in apple home and google. philips hue works with google and apple home too
I would like to buy some smart bulbs for my home, I was thinking to buy bulbs Zigbee protocol, but Matter is good to have multi admin, I don’t like the idea goes trough WIFI..
Wiz really messed up the tungsten color on their latest E26/E27 offers. Mine are also red when set to anything below 3500K.
The Tapo and Nanoleaf look great though in your comparison. Will consider getting some of these instead.
Anything else I have from Wiz has perfect 2700K-3200K without any red tint.
Thanks for sharing the additional details about the Wiz bulb, that's good to know. Thanks for watching! 😊
Yup nano leaf and eve will not stay connected. It’s about time someone said it
How can you say what colour is "accurate" without actually measuring it in anyway? You deciding which one is accurate is not an objective basis for anything, that's your opinion.
All tech reviews are opinion based keep that in mind ;) accuracy is personal opinion. i show you the differences and tell you my thoughts. you decide for yourself what's accurate and what's not. i'm just comparing them for you.
I’m sad to see adaptive light go :(
It was my favourite feature 😢
@@AdamsTechLife Adaptive Lighting on Home Assistant is fantastic if anyone is looking for an alternative, and works with any kind of lighting that supports white adjustments.
Nanoleaf has adaptive lighting.
The non matter version does, that’s correct. Matter itself doesn’t support adaptive lighting so any device that uses the matter protocol won’t support adaptive lighting
Didn’t mention Wiz is part owned by Philips
i originally had that in there but ended up taking it out. it is a cool interesting fact. Thanks for watching! 😊
Please do your own research.
Philips Hue and WiZ are both owned by Signify.
The Philips brand is licensed to Signify.
Your thread/matter problems are strange … 🤔. I’ve a lot of Nanoleaf light strips and HomePod mini and I never has any connection problems …
But, that’s true it’s the initial « Thread for HomeKit only » and not the « Thread for matter » version. Maybe a problem of maturity …
I've heard other people have thread/matter problems so i'm not sure what the issue is exactly
So the answer is Hue. sigh. I've been struggling STRUGGLING with Meross for years and am just SICK of it, i've been slowly converting to HUE, and they are 99.9999% perfect all the time. my Meross fail about 20% of the time in some way. All of these other brands seem like more of the same. thank you for helping me see the bambulzlement of this garbage. i'm dropping another fortune on more hue bulbs. these other brands are worthless on resale too just FYI. you can recoup a pretty hefty portion of your buying price selling used HUE bulbs, try selling any other brand with the exception of some nanoleaf items, and you'll see they're garbage.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience :) hue has been rock solid for me too.
You keep saying... cant be used in apple home... cant be used in apple home.... ever top to think apple is the problem? F apple
Which “Matter” smart bulb would you buy?
I have Philips Hue. Might cost more but great across all smart protocols and good for routines and reliability. I’ve tried others but sent them back.
I got a 2-pack of the Philips Smart LED Matter Bulbs which are controlled in the Wiz app and Apple Home. Love ‘em! Got em’ on rollback at Walmart haha 😆 I wanna get more. I loved the fact that they are Philips bulbs and you don’t need the hub like you do with the Hue series.
What are the brand names of the lights displayed on your shelf in the background? I see two types of lights. Thanks
Hi Adam I watched the video and bought the Tapo bulbs but can’t get them into either the Tapo App or Home app even after resetting them. How did you get the Tapo bulbs into your system? Thank you