Here’s the comparison article with how I ranked everything: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/30-smart-light-bulbs-compared/ Also go subscribe to Paul Hibbert if you somehow haven’t already: czcams.com/users/PaulHibbert
Thanks for the cameo Reed. This video is amazing by the way. Bizarrely I had already planned to do exactly this with all my smart bulbs, but now I've seen how well you did it I'm not sure I should bother... Except of course to prove that Hue is the worst bulb on the market! 🤣
Great video, and Hibbert cameo was priceless! Two of the most informative and amusing home automation CZcamsrs in one video! One note though - you said this kind of comparison hasn't been done, but digiblur did a great (albeit older) video along the same lines. They're always fun to watch though!
As someone who's now justs starting to go the smart bulb route, this was an amazing breakdown. Would you consider doing something similar but with LED strips?
WOW. it's rare to stubled across high-quality content in your first search. This video is nit only super well reserached, but so prfessional too, in every way (content, thoroughness, delivery, editing, even humour)! Now I might just stick around to check out your other videos, thanks for the top-notch video!
Reliability, entertainment features and wide variety of lamps and accessories brought me back to Hue. I love how I can put Play bars behind my monitor, light strip behind my desk, a Bloom above my cabinets and control them easily from the Hue app. I used to have bulbs of many different brands, and I hated the fqct that the same color don't match on each other. And also, I loooove the Hue scene creator. I love that you can select an image and it uses the image palette to paint your entire room. Beautiful!
The hue filament bulb is the first led I have found to dim almost as low as my incandescents. Of course the cost difference is $30 vs 60 cents per bulb!
@@dnoland77 I got the Hue and I'm glad I did. Yes they don't have the brightest color but when I use color I never want to be at the brightest setting. When I'm watching a movie I don't want aggressive red or green light in my eyes, just a light dim red/blue/green or what ever. As for the white, cold white is good enough when you need a bright light to search for something, the warm white is good when you want white but not aggressive one like cold white.
Well done comparison. I also enjoy Paul’s channel. You are spot on with Philips Hue. I started with LIFX because of their brightness and no hub needed. Reliability became a huge problem. Bulbs went offline. Resetting bulbs was a monthly occurrence and then trying to connect to them required multiple chicken sacrifices and chants. I just gave up after awhile and took the plunge. Now only have 1 LIFX bulb in my house. I previously had 7... well, I still do. But they are sitting in a closet. Philips hue works. I have yet to have a bulb drop off. I have over a dozen lights including sync and they all work. Every day. Yes, they are expensive but they work. I change smart home devices primarily for this reason: it has to work reliably. Keep up the posts and Ohhhhhhhhh the Zigbee!
Would definitely love to see an updated light strip video using this same rating system! New offerings from Nanoleaf, Vocolinc, Meross, Govee, and others mean it’s a great time for such a comparison!
Hibbert has a bug up his butt about the completely legitimate Hue Bridge changeover. Hue were one of the first options available, so it always made perfect sense that they would have to have a bridge update at some point - and since then, their new bridge has had a very long life. Hibbert needs to chill on the Hue hate :)
Thank you so much for going though the effort to do all this testing, you've helped me so much to make an informed purchasing decision! EDIT: Just got around to reading your comparison article and I love it. Seriously you really went the extra mile here and I love how comprehensive you were with everything, can't thank you enough!
One thing of note regarding the wiz bulb you can group and ungroup bulbs by dragging them onto each other and when they are in griups the selectable mood light animations like campfire are awesome and can be bound to the remote for easy switching or night mode and or red light mode.
Have you reviewed the new Nanoleaf A19 Essentials bulb yet? We just put up a review of it on our channel this week, but would love to see/hear your thoughts in the future. Also, great work on all the comparison here, very in-depth!
Thanks, appreciate that! I mentioned it briefly in this video at 6:18. I like that it uses Thread, and the white colors/brightness. The RGB is definitely dim though.
Haven’t used their bulbs but their switches and plugs are great. Super responsive and makes controlling existing lamps and ceiling fixtures extremely easy.
Good joke at the end with Paul :) And nice review, was ,missing the Ikea Tradfri lamps, since they are cheap and work also with a lot of platforms, have them connected to my Hue bridge!
but the colors of Tradfri E27 bulbs are terrible. I'm pretty sure they use Yellow-Green instead of green LEDs, so they can emulate warm whites with RYB leds, but the result is a bulb incapable of doing green, cyan, ocean blue and so on.
Thanks! Yes there's a lot to like about Tradfri, but I ultimately didn't include them because of the white temperature/accuracy. I did mention them in the article though: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/30-smart-light-bulbs-compared/#Ikea_Tradfri_1000lm
Thanks for putting so much time into this to compare the available options! I wondered if you might have a suggestion for the best bulbs to use as wake up lights? The metric being, how well do they light up a room slowly, going from dim to bright within a set time? I've been having issues with my wake up clock waking me up quickly rather than gradually because it pops on with a fairly bright light when it first turns on. I thought maybe using smart bulbs to gradually brighten up my room would be a good alternative.
I like Hue for waking me up in the morning. You want ideally the White Ambiance and Colour, or White Ambiance bulbs, since they slowly change colour temperature, with the Colour ones doing this the best since they can start with deeper reds. And since the bridge saves the wake up automations to it’s onboard storage, even if the internet fails, you will be woken up.
Frankly why would ANY company ever release any smart bulb without power on state? IMHO that feature is 110% required and any bulb is useless without it.
Nice video and writeup Reed! I've already made my choice for bulbs, but your videos have helped me, and I'm sure other people just getting into the Smart Home game too, find exactly what they need.
I absolutely adore you and @paul hibbert! I am subscribed to several smart home channels, but y’all’s are the only two I actually look for every week. Thank so much for the smart bulb comparison. I still agree with Paul about Phillips....corporate greed! 🤣🙃
Is the WiZ A19 the same as the Philips WiZ Connected A19? It looks like it might have just been rebranded but I want to make sure it still has all the same features
Great video! Love it! Thank you very much! You didn't include Shelly bulbs because they are not accessible in USA or because you don't like them? I bought them because of Paul's video and love them. Their "dimminess" is great (I needed that) , high compatibility and power on configuration. Also, in your 10 categories I miss the "dimminess", it is important for me and many people in the bedrooms for the gentle wake up. Maybe you can include it in the future. Again many thanks for your videos!
I have 10 LIFX bulbs in my house because I love the colors! The only thing I can complain about is the App. It’s just terrible! I’ve got all my bulbs on sale and I don’t regret it at all! Adds a calming feeling and atmosphere to my home I would miss terribly if I didn’t have it. Great reviews on all the bulbs!!
What an ending! That was the best bulb review I've seen. My house is filled with Wyze bulbs. All other bulbs here are dumb. I already ordered some Wyze color bulbs. These bulbs work with my Wyze sense, Wyze plugs and Wyze cam. One happy family. Their app is pretty nice too. I used to have Sengled here but I wanted the tunable white bulbs.
Haha I just pre-ordered my Wyze Color bulbs too, and when I saw the video at 2:05 I panicked because the colors look awful, but then I realized that Reed used a regular Wyze bulb not a Color one.
I'm looking for a tiny E14 bulb myself. Only thing I've found is a Hue that's 7.7cm, but it's pretty expensive and it doesn't even have colour temperature settings.
I use Hue and LIFX. The power on state is very important as at least three times per year I awaken to the LIFX powered lamps in our master bedroom turned to full brightness. It's very annoying and disconcerting when it happens in the middle of the night. I've settled on hue solely because of their variety of both indoor and outdoor products.
Hey, first great video! Thanks! I disagree with the power on state. I want that because I use smartthings switch to turn them all off and on, I like powering them completely off so they are not crapping up the network unless I am using them, among other reasons...
4:04 I would imagine last “ON” state would be more handy than simply stay off once power comes back on. Especially if you’re in an area prone to brown outs.
I think the category should've been about the light going to the last state when power goes out, either on or off. If you needed to turn on/off the light again everytime it losses power, it'll be a hassle . So it would be more handy if it remembers the last state rather than turning on immediately or even having a setting where you can set what each bulbs does.
As one with 41 smart wifi bulbs all over the house, I would hate for them all to come on at 1:45am following a brief power outage. I think that was the point of the category.
@@ZNotFound thanks for the info. I was trying to wrap my head around Power On State, for example, on the Cree lights. We experience blackouts a bit often where we live. Good to know my lights will go back to whatever setting was on prior to the blackout. Would be really bad if all the lights came on after the blackout. Much appreciated
In his comparison he states that LIFX might be preferred over Hue because it doesn't need a bridge. Philips Hue doesn't require a bridge either, its only needed if you want to connect like 10 bulbs.
Great video! One thing I’d like to see though is what bulbs act as Zigbee repeaters. I was just about sold on Sengled, but their bulbs are all dead ends for Zigbee meshes. I’d also be interested to know if you tested Gledopto Pro series or the regular line.
Can someone explain to me why Philips Hue can’t offer an A21 color bulb? Wiz has one. It’s probably my #1 complaint about Philips Hue. How hard can it be?
Another awesome comparison video. I wish the Wiz bulb by Philips was Zigbee & worked with Hue App. The less apps on my phone to control my house the better, unfortunately expensive Hue is winning.
For those looking into getting some smart bulbs, I personally recommend getting ones that are controlled by a remote and do not need WiFi so you can avoid the inevitable frustrating troubleshooting that will come with WiFi connected smart bulbs.
I got shouted at by Paul for loving Hue lights but my setup is Hue for white, TP-link for colour mainly because yes Hue colour bulbs are more expensive and TP-Link is half the price yet very, very acceptable. Hue is very reliable and is constantly being updated. I’m glad my choices prove themselves in your tests. I’m in the UK so a number of the brands simply aren’t on sale here. My next category of bulb, like you us extra bright (100W) bulbs and I’m choosing Hue for those too as they are a good price and do what I need.
OK so, I’m not a bulb expert at all. But, my favorite bulb, for my somewhat simple needs is the original Cree Connected. I had tried the GE WIFI bulbs a few years ago, but they were such an incredible pain to connect, I returned them. I still actually use Wink, which is not great and, sometimes, a PITA. But, aside from having one Cree go bad, they’ve worked great, I have no need for 16 million colors in bulbs as, that’s not the style of my house. But, here’s where the original Cree Connected shines for me. First, I like a full bulb, instead of a half bulb, with the solid opaque base. I just don’t feel those bulbs will shine light in all the directions they should. Second, I’ve been able to adapt the Cree bulbs. For one fixture, where the bulb was being installed to shine a pattern through the fixture and across the ceiling, at that time, I don’t think there were any clear WIFI bulbs on the market. So, I removed the frosted casing and it works like a clear bulb, shining that pattern. Third, I wanted to install the Cree in the range hood over the stove. For this application, I wanted a brighter bulb. As the Cree comes in soft white and daylight, I chose daylight for this application. But, the space was also narrow and, typically, requires an appliance bulb. So, again, I removed the bulb casing. But, this time, I also trimmed down that plastic/cardboard to give the bulb a more tubular shape. I’ve installed 2 in the range hood and, although the stove was made in the year 1, I have working WIFI bulbs there, which are 5K kelvin and I can put them on schedule, like all of my other Cree Connected and operate them remotely. It’s no great feat, although I’m no electrician, but out of the Cree Connected, I’ve been able to get more use than Cree originally intended, by essentially making 1 clear and making 2 others both clear and smaller to fit the space. I have no idea whether I can do that, with the other bulbs on the market.
I preordered the Wyze Color bulbs a few days ago. Definitely excited for those! You mentioned the wyze bulb didn’t work with smartthings but I’ve had no issues getting it to show up in home assistant.
I know I’m a bit late but… you should review the tunable white Sengled bulb. I’ve heard really good things about it, it would be awesome to see how it compares to these. I would even settle for an update on your review page.
I just picked up a Sengled non-tunable, soft white starter kit for $15. It included a hub (bridge) and two A19 bulbs. Hopefully their product line expands so that I can get more stuff. Right now the selection of available products is less than stellar.
All I'm trying to find is a zigbee bulb compatible with home assistant that has auto changing presents (like fading through colors, twinkling, blinking etc)
I know that I'm late but when I go to the amazing link for the lifx bulb, it shows up as not available and can only be bought from other sellers for like $150+ which is crazy, the only lifx bulb I can see on Amazon Is the a19 mini bulb, does that bulb have the same features as the regular lifx bulb, for example the "breathe" feature
I love this video, and have used it a lot, but I wonder how Govee would rank now. I know they've improved their lights, and obviously they would no longer be getting 0 in the accessories category that's for sure. I have a bunch of govee products now, but my actual bulbs are still Phillips for now...
Here’s the comparison article with how I ranked everything: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/30-smart-light-bulbs-compared/
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Thanks for the cameo Reed. This video is amazing by the way. Bizarrely I had already planned to do exactly this with all my smart bulbs, but now I've seen how well you did it I'm not sure I should bother... Except of course to prove that Hue is the worst bulb on the market! 🤣
Great video, and Hibbert cameo was priceless! Two of the most informative and amusing home automation CZcamsrs in one video! One note though - you said this kind of comparison hasn't been done, but digiblur did a great (albeit older) video along the same lines. They're always fun to watch though!
@@paulhibbert in the words of Palpatine "Do it"
Be sure to let us know how the new Wyze bulb stacks up! Really curious about the RGB saturation.
Great work!
As someone who's now justs starting to go the smart bulb route, this was an amazing breakdown. Would you consider doing something similar but with LED strips?
I also just started on this journey. But I really enjoy the WiZ light strips.Although I don’t enjoy their light bulbs.
WOW. it's rare to stubled across high-quality content in your first search. This video is nit only super well reserached, but so prfessional too, in every way (content, thoroughness, delivery, editing, even humour)! Now I might just stick around to check out your other videos, thanks for the top-notch video!
This is libelous! You will be hearing from my lawyer... Mr Socky!
Lol 1st
Lol
Does Mr Socky have a decent law degree?
"Philips Hue is great" - Paul Hibbert on Feb 19, 2021
@@SmartHomeSolver lol
Reliability, entertainment features and wide variety of lamps and accessories brought me back to Hue. I love how I can put Play bars behind my monitor, light strip behind my desk, a Bloom above my cabinets and control them easily from the Hue app. I used to have bulbs of many different brands, and I hated the fqct that the same color don't match on each other.
And also, I loooove the Hue scene creator. I love that you can select an image and it uses the image palette to paint your entire room. Beautiful!
Awesome comparison. Best in the business Reid! That ending 😭
Thanks Danny! That means a lot coming from you. Your camera comparisons are top notch!
@@SmartHomeSolver On which app can you set up the Cree lighting? I don’t have their app on the iPhone App Store. You said you’ve used Smart Life?
I think you should always include minimum brightness to bulb reviews. I always want to ensure that bulbs go as dim as possible when needed.
The hue filament bulb is the first led I have found to dim almost as low as my incandescents. Of course the cost difference is $30 vs 60 cents per bulb!
@@dnoland77 I got the Hue and I'm glad I did. Yes they don't have the brightest color but when I use color I never want to be at the brightest setting. When I'm watching a movie I don't want aggressive red or green light in my eyes, just a light dim red/blue/green or what ever. As for the white, cold white is good enough when you need a bright light to search for something, the warm white is good when you want white but not aggressive one like cold white.
I liked this video as soon as he said he didn't have a life, we gotta stick together haha
I just learned about smart bulbs and looked them up. I now know way more about smart bulbs than I ever cared to. Great break down
So much work gone in to this vid. Much appreciated 🙏
Great Video!
And now LED-Lightstrips? :D
Agreed, we need the lightstrip review..
@@bobsmith1841 and edison bulbs smart bulbs
Well done comparison. I also enjoy Paul’s channel.
You are spot on with Philips Hue. I started with LIFX because of their brightness and no hub needed. Reliability became a huge problem. Bulbs went offline. Resetting bulbs was a monthly occurrence and then trying to connect to them required multiple chicken sacrifices and chants. I just gave up after awhile and took the plunge. Now only have 1 LIFX bulb in my house. I previously had 7... well, I still do. But they are sitting in a closet.
Philips hue works. I have yet to have a bulb drop off. I have over a dozen lights including sync and they all work. Every day. Yes, they are expensive but they work. I change smart home devices primarily for this reason: it has to work reliably.
Keep up the posts and Ohhhhhhhhh the Zigbee!
how about selling them. I am intrested
Would definitely love to see an updated light strip video using this same rating system! New offerings from Nanoleaf, Vocolinc, Meross, Govee, and others mean it’s a great time for such a comparison!
Thanks for taking Cree bulbs into consideration. I am using them and they are really good 1600 lumens bright and color bulbs in cheap price. 👍🏻
I agree, there are quite a few new light strips so that could be a good comparison!
Hibbert has a bug up his butt about the completely legitimate Hue Bridge changeover. Hue were one of the first options available, so it always made perfect sense that they would have to have a bridge update at some point - and since then, their new bridge has had a very long life. Hibbert needs to chill on the Hue hate :)
Thank you so much for going though the effort to do all this testing, you've helped me so much to make an informed purchasing decision!
EDIT: Just got around to reading your comparison article and I love it. Seriously you really went the extra mile here and I love how comprehensive you were with everything, can't thank you enough!
One thing of note regarding the wiz bulb you can group and ungroup bulbs by dragging them onto each other and when they are in griups the selectable mood light animations like campfire are awesome and can be bound to the remote for easy switching or night mode and or red light mode.
Have you reviewed the new Nanoleaf A19 Essentials bulb yet? We just put up a review of it on our channel this week, but would love to see/hear your thoughts in the future.
Also, great work on all the comparison here, very in-depth!
Thanks, appreciate that! I mentioned it briefly in this video at 6:18. I like that it uses Thread, and the white colors/brightness. The RGB is definitely dim though.
Most thorough light bulb comparison I've seen so far. Great work!
Wow, thanks!
The test is super great!!! A lot of useful info included!! Thanks for helping me choose the right lighting for home!!
Wearing pauls t-shirt.... a touch of class! Good video too :)
The truly best thing about this video is the Mr. Robot wallpaper and the end. ♥
I’ve had a Kasa bulb and it’s really nice. I’ve been using it at my desk and its really nice.
Haven’t used their bulbs but their switches and plugs are great. Super responsive and makes controlling existing lamps and ceiling fixtures extremely easy.
Are the wiz 100w or yeelight Zwave?
thanks for taking the time for doing this in-depth reviews. not all heroes wear capes.
I think standby power consumption is also crucial and a must to consider if you are going to change all your lights to smart ones.
Good joke at the end with Paul :) And nice review, was ,missing the Ikea Tradfri lamps, since they are cheap and work also with a lot of platforms, have them connected to my Hue bridge!
but the colors of Tradfri E27 bulbs are terrible. I'm pretty sure they use Yellow-Green instead of green LEDs, so they can emulate warm whites with RYB leds, but the result is a bulb incapable of doing green, cyan, ocean blue and so on.
Thanks! Yes there's a lot to like about Tradfri, but I ultimately didn't include them because of the white temperature/accuracy. I did mention them in the article though: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/30-smart-light-bulbs-compared/#Ikea_Tradfri_1000lm
Dope video, I used this info for replacing my front and rear porch light lights
Not sure how I missed this video but I'm glad it exists. Thank you, Reid! And Hat Tip to Paul.
Thanks for putting so much time into this to compare the available options! I wondered if you might have a suggestion for the best bulbs to use as wake up lights? The metric being, how well do they light up a room slowly, going from dim to bright within a set time? I've been having issues with my wake up clock waking me up quickly rather than gradually because it pops on with a fairly bright light when it first turns on. I thought maybe using smart bulbs to gradually brighten up my room would be a good alternative.
I like Hue for waking me up in the morning. You want ideally the White Ambiance and Colour, or White Ambiance bulbs, since they slowly change colour temperature, with the Colour ones doing this the best since they can start with deeper reds. And since the bridge saves the wake up automations to it’s onboard storage, even if the internet fails, you will be woken up.
@@GreeniusGenius Thank you for the helpful response :)
Love the banter between you and paul it’s so wholesome lol
It's all wholesome until one of us brings up Hue... 😂
Frankly why would ANY company ever release any smart bulb without power on state? IMHO that feature is 110% required and any bulb is useless without it.
Nice video and writeup Reed! I've already made my choice for bulbs, but your videos have helped me, and I'm sure other people just getting into the Smart Home game too, find exactly what they need.
Thanks Zachary!
Hey! I’m one of those!
I absolutely adore you and @paul hibbert! I am subscribed to several smart home channels, but y’all’s are the only two I actually look for every week. Thank so much for the smart bulb comparison. I still agree with Paul about Phillips....corporate greed! 🤣🙃
Is the WiZ A19 the same as the Philips WiZ Connected A19? It looks like it might have just been rebranded but I want to make sure it still has all the same features
Want to know the same thing. He list the Philips version tho...
You are a great man for doing this!
I was so overwhelmed with the options
Love the both of ya. Great review!
🔥🔥🔥🔥 review Reid. l always wondered what bulb really comes on top!! Great work.
Thank you, I appreciate that William!
That t-shirt is the best
That power outage thing really highlights, one of the shortcomings of amart
Great video. I never thought I could watch a whole video on lights but here I am!
I am amazed about the quality of this video. Perfect compariaon and informations. Thats how its done! Thanks man!
Thanks, I appreciate that!
Great video! Love it! Thank you very much!
You didn't include Shelly bulbs because they are not accessible in USA or because you don't like them? I bought them because of Paul's video and love them. Their "dimminess" is great (I needed that) , high compatibility and power on configuration.
Also, in your 10 categories I miss the "dimminess", it is important for me and many people in the bedrooms for the gentle wake up. Maybe you can include it in the future.
Again many thanks for your videos!
Ok, never mind, I saw that you comment the dimm levels in your comments in your website. Very detailed work! Many thanks!
Ooh the zigbee
I have 10 LIFX bulbs in my house because I love the colors! The only thing I can complain about is the App. It’s just terrible! I’ve got all my bulbs on sale and I don’t regret it at all! Adds a calming feeling and atmosphere to my home I would miss terribly if I didn’t have it. Great reviews on all the bulbs!!
First channel I actually subscribed and hit the bell on. Thank you for the great content!
Incredible video man! Great job! Great shots!
My only thing is what are the benefits and drawbacks of having a hub. I wanted to go with lifx but having each bulb individually connected put me off
What an ending!
That was the best bulb review I've seen.
My house is filled with Wyze bulbs. All other bulbs here are dumb.
I already ordered some Wyze color bulbs. These bulbs work with my Wyze sense, Wyze plugs and Wyze cam. One happy family. Their app is pretty nice too.
I used to have Sengled here but I wanted the tunable white bulbs.
Haha I just pre-ordered my Wyze Color bulbs too, and when I saw the video at 2:05 I panicked because the colors look awful, but then I realized that Reed used a regular Wyze bulb not a Color one.
@@LazySpartan I think you'll like them. I could use the higher brightness in a couple of places. I hope it fits in my outdoor fixture too.
Do you have any experience with the C by GE line of bulbs? I would like to know what you think of them. Keep the great content coming.
What kind of graph is being used at 1:08? How were these graphs generated?
I wonder if the Ecosmart is available somewhere outside US... Any tips?
Honestly might be the best review video I've ever seen.
I definitely needed this video! Thanks for your hard work!
I’ve been very happy with my Nanoleaf bulbs and light strips. Affordable and they work great!
I'm looking for a tiny E14 bulb myself. Only thing I've found is a Hue that's 7.7cm, but it's pretty expensive and it doesn't even have colour temperature settings.
I use Hue and LIFX. The power on state is very important as at least three times per year I awaken to the LIFX powered lamps in our master bedroom turned to full brightness. It's very annoying and disconcerting when it happens in the middle of the night. I've settled on hue solely because of their variety of both indoor and outdoor products.
Great video although I think minimum brightness should also be taken into account.
Hey, first great video! Thanks! I disagree with the power on state. I want that because I use smartthings switch to turn them all off and on, I like powering them completely off so they are not crapping up the network unless I am using them, among other reasons...
4:04 I would imagine last “ON” state would be more handy than simply stay off once power comes back on. Especially if you’re in an area prone to brown outs.
I think the category should've been about the light going to the last state when power goes out, either on or off.
If you needed to turn on/off the light again everytime it losses power, it'll be a hassle . So it would be more handy if it remembers the last state rather than turning on immediately or even having a setting where you can set what each bulbs does.
As one with 41 smart wifi bulbs all over the house, I would hate for them all to come on at 1:45am following a brief power outage. I think that was the point of the category.
@@ZNotFound thanks for the info. I was trying to wrap my head around Power On State, for example, on the Cree lights. We experience blackouts a bit often where we live. Good to know my lights will go back to whatever setting was on prior to the blackout. Would be really bad if all the lights came on after the blackout. Much appreciated
How about the Sylvania Smart+ Wi-Fi Full Color?
Great comparison and the ending was the best! That got a thumbs up award from my mouse!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Thanks for putting in the hard work.
Excellent informative video. Well done
Thanks Simon!
In his comparison he states that LIFX might be preferred over Hue because it doesn't need a bridge. Philips Hue doesn't require a bridge either, its only needed if you want to connect like 10 bulbs.
10:38 Philips is Dutch btw
I want to get into smart bulbs. I really want to set the appropriate mood in my new apt. thank you.
Great video! One thing I’d like to see though is what bulbs act as Zigbee repeaters. I was just about sold on Sengled, but their bulbs are all dead ends for Zigbee meshes. I’d also be interested to know if you tested Gledopto Pro series or the regular line.
Amazing T-shirt!!
Amazing video, got my first home and looking to spice up my main room.
Can someone explain to me why Philips Hue can’t offer an A21 color bulb? Wiz has one. It’s probably my #1 complaint about Philips Hue. How hard can it be?
🤣🤣🤣 the ending was priceless
Another awesome comparison video. I wish the Wiz bulb by Philips was Zigbee & worked with Hue App. The less apps on my phone to control my house the better, unfortunately expensive Hue is winning.
For those looking into getting some smart bulbs, I personally recommend getting ones that are controlled by a remote and do not need WiFi so you can avoid the inevitable frustrating troubleshooting that will come with WiFi connected smart bulbs.
I got shouted at by Paul for loving Hue lights but my setup is Hue for white, TP-link for colour mainly because yes Hue colour bulbs are more expensive and TP-Link is half the price yet very, very acceptable. Hue is very reliable and is constantly being updated. I’m glad my choices prove themselves in your tests. I’m in the UK so a number of the brands simply aren’t on sale here. My next category of bulb, like you us extra bright (100W) bulbs and I’m choosing Hue for those too as they are a good price and do what I need.
OK so, I’m not a bulb expert at all. But, my favorite bulb, for my somewhat simple needs is the original Cree Connected.
I had tried the GE WIFI bulbs a few years ago, but they were such an incredible pain to connect, I returned them.
I still actually use Wink, which is not great and, sometimes, a PITA. But, aside from having one Cree go bad, they’ve worked great, I have no need for 16 million colors in bulbs as, that’s not the style of my house.
But, here’s where the original Cree Connected shines for me.
First, I like a full bulb, instead of a half bulb, with the solid opaque base. I just don’t feel those bulbs will shine light in all the directions they should.
Second, I’ve been able to adapt the Cree bulbs. For one fixture, where the bulb was being installed to shine a pattern through the fixture and across the ceiling, at that time, I don’t think there were any clear WIFI bulbs on the market. So, I removed the frosted casing and it works like a clear bulb, shining that pattern.
Third, I wanted to install the Cree in the range hood over the stove. For this application, I wanted a brighter bulb. As the Cree comes in soft white and daylight, I chose daylight for this application. But, the space was also narrow and, typically, requires an appliance bulb. So, again, I removed the bulb casing. But, this time, I also trimmed down that plastic/cardboard to give the bulb a more tubular shape. I’ve installed 2 in the range hood and, although the stove was made in the year 1, I have working WIFI bulbs there, which are 5K kelvin and I can put them on schedule, like all of my other Cree Connected and operate them remotely.
It’s no great feat, although I’m no electrician, but out of the Cree Connected, I’ve been able to get more use than Cree originally intended, by essentially making 1 clear and making 2 others both clear and smaller to fit the space. I have no idea whether I can do that, with the other bulbs on the market.
I preordered the Wyze Color bulbs a few days ago. Definitely excited for those! You mentioned the wyze bulb didn’t work with smartthings but I’ve had no issues getting it to show up in home assistant.
Amazing video and super-helpful. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. Job well done (y)
Glad to know I was right about going with hue. Thanks for confirming
I know I’m a bit late but… you should review the tunable white Sengled bulb. I’ve heard really good things about it, it would be awesome to see how it compares to these. I would even settle for an update on your review page.
NO Singled bulb suck ass
Hue does not return to previous state if connected to an Echo hub.
Would love to see more filament bulb reviews.
Good sir. Because, "you don't have a life"
I became rapidly informed in a money spending move I was fixing to do. So thanks
loved that poll with Hibbert... that was funny!!
lol
Well needed and in depth breakdown video
great comparison. saving me tons of time. ur work deserves the 'Like' button to be clicked!
Can you review all the new Wyze products, their V1 sensors were garbage and they’ve rolled out a lot of new stuff at the same time
I just picked up a Sengled non-tunable, soft white starter kit for $15. It included a hub (bridge) and two A19 bulbs. Hopefully their product line expands so that I can get more stuff. Right now the selection of available products is less than stellar.
Thanks for the shoutout and great video as always! We're planning on restocking our bulbs this spring! -Brianna | Marketing Manager
Thumbs up simply for the Ooh the Zigbee shirt.
Haha thanks! My new favorite shirt.
All I'm trying to find is a zigbee bulb compatible with home assistant that has auto changing presents (like fading through colors, twinkling, blinking etc)
Outstanding effort put into this video
When I consider Paul Hibbert, the thing that comes to mind is "that guy who hates Hue".
I know that I'm late but when I go to the amazing link for the lifx bulb, it shows up as not available and can only be bought from other sellers for like $150+ which is crazy, the only lifx bulb I can see on Amazon Is the a19 mini bulb, does that bulb have the same features as the regular lifx bulb, for example the "breathe" feature
Have you ever tried Shelly bulbs? Paul Hibbert loves Shelly devices, maybe more than philips... :-D
I actually haven't yet and I need to. I did see Paul's video on the Shelly bulbs. His intro to that haha oh man that was something else.
Brilliant roundup and hilarious finish with jibbering Hibbert (Hibbert is great!)
Glad you liked it! I agree, Paul is awesome.
I love this video, and have used it a lot, but I wonder how Govee would rank now. I know they've improved their lights, and obviously they would no longer be getting 0 in the accessories category that's for sure. I have a bunch of govee products now, but my actual bulbs are still Phillips for now...
I love the Paul Hibbert oh the zigbee shirt
Thanks Reed. Oh.............the Zigbee.
Great comparison I will probably end up filling up my house with smart bulbs
Been waiting for this video to OH so long! FINALLY!!!
The Trilogy is finally COMPLETE!