Wyze Smart Home Starter Bundle Kit

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11-29-2020 at 07:58 AM #61

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Yup. Good deal for someone just started to get into smart homes. What I actually hate is that these bulb are the 60w equivalent version of a regular bulbs.

I can't find a smart bulb that's 100W equivalent for some reason.

Philips makes them, and they are available in stores at Home Depot. Home Depot SKU #1005546582. Feit electric also makes 100W equivalent WiFi bulbs, I have a couple. There are other brands out there as well

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12-06-2020 at 11:31 AM #62

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No longer available.please remove and not disappoint shoppers

Still available for store pick up

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12-08-2020 at 09:13 PM #63

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If you're a home automation enthusiast like myself then you will want to stay away from wyze products. There is no proper API for hooking the products into a proper home automation system.

The window/door sensors will completely stop working when the battery dies.

The motion sensors will fall off and stop being detected by the wyze bridge.

The cameras will stop working from time to time and the RTSP firmware works like crap and stops broadcasting all the time.

I just recently got the wyze scale as a birthday present from a friend and the weight varies wildly. The scale shows a 20-30 lbs difference every time you step on it. 1 minute your 170lbs then 5 seconds later you're up to 200lbs.

If you look in the wyze forums for feature requests API access has been voted up through the roof for years with no attention.

I've heard multiple people in the home assistant subreddit complain about how horrible their customer service is.

Wyze is trying to be the (apple) of home automation by locking customers into their horrible software and cloud systems.

If you want an alternative look to zigbee stuff like aqara for your motion detectors and window/door sensors.

If you want cameras for home automation uses check out eufy cams.

The aqara sensors are at most $2 more than the wyze sensors but far more reliable And can be used across many different systems without the cloud BS involved.

Their plugs and bulbs are okay though.