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Product Name: | Philips 60-Watt Equivalent A19 WiZ Connected Dimmable Wi-Fi Enabled Smart LED Light Bulb Color and Tunable White (2-Pack) |
Product Description: | Smart Color and White Light Live life colorfully. Dynamic light modes make any room glow in your favorite color. Control your lights wherever you are using the WiZ app or your favorite compatible voice control device. Product requires a Wi-Fi connection to operate wirelessly. Compatible only with WiZ apps and products. |
Product SKU: | 310449196 |
UPC: | 046677555672 |
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So far, the Hue system is the best and I can see why it's the most expensive and why the hub is so great. The light bulbs, strips, and wall dimmer connected to the hub/Hue app seamlessly. I was shocked that the setup was so quick.
The Yeelight was generally an easy setup that required giving the app your WiFi password, go to WiFi settings and connect to one light at a time, then go back to the app for final pairing. This was required every time the lights just so happened to disconnect from the router or a power outage. That was annoying but acceptable. However, the Yeelight app was updated and my lights no longer connect at the final pairing step.
The Merkury set did not connect to my WiFi at all. Returned those in a heartbeat.
Hopefully I can test the other two brands soon. My conclusion so far is that the Hue system is worth the extra $$ for less frustration and headache.
That being said, their colors are far inferior. Not nearly as rich, another commenter said diluted, which is a great description. Wiz app is not as well developed from a UX standpoint either. I may pick up a few more for my recessed cans, because I just can't bring myself pay for the 6 hue BR30s I need. Price seems okay, not far off from the special value that Home Depot has had them at for a while now.
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I don't have any personal experience. But my friend who does home automation installs for a living likes these. He says the wiz app is nicer than the hue one. No issues with Alexa or Google Assist either. He compared them to Hue side by side and the colors are identical.
This was released mid of this year and came to HD stores in September. Doubtful if many people would have long term feedback (compared to hue) on these ones.
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Some people wouldn't want to go with another app or ecosystem if they already have hue or kasa bulbs. And some others would prefer a hub based system rather than bulbs which directly connect to wifi router, though I haven't seen any performance issues connecting 20+ of other wifi bulbs/switches on to my router (rather than going thru a hub).
This is not a price mistake, lol.
Do let me know if you find any other Color LED smart bulbs for less than 10$ each from a reputable manufacturer?
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I have experience with the Yeelights (Yi/Xiaomi), Philips Hue, Merkury (from Walmart), and yet to test this one (got it on BF from Home Depot) and the urlhasbeenblocked (from Best Buy).
So far, the Hue system is the best and I can see why it's the most expensive and why the hub is so great. The light bulbs, strips, and wall dimmer connected to the hub/Hue app seamlessly. I was shocked that the setup was so quick.
The Yeelight was generally an easy setup that required giving the app your WiFi password, go to WiFi settings and connect to one light at a time, then go back to the app for final pairing. This was required every time the lights just so happened to disconnect from the router or a power outage. That was annoying but acceptable. However, the Yeelight app was updated and my lights no longer connect at the final pairing step.
The Merkury set did not connect to my WiFi at all. Returned those in a heartbeat.
Hopefully I can test the other two brands soon. My conclusion so far is that the Hue system is worth the extra $$ for less frustration and headache.
Only downfall is that they are wifi, so if you power off the circuit you need 30-45 seconds to connect to wifi before they will accept changes from the app. That being said, you can set 2 presets that will work instantly from the switch (normal on, and flick the switch twice for the second). I'm not sure if hue is any faster.
I'm happy with them. Continuing to buy more.
edit: the best Wiz feature is what they call "rhythms", where the bulb will automatically adjust to different settings throughout the day. If I was going to go back to Wiz, I'd set this up on each bulb and then treat them like dumb lights and control them by wall switch. It'd be much harder to do something similar in the Hue app