Amazon has
4-Pack Kasa Smart Full Color 9W A19 800 Lumen Light Bulbs (KL125P4) on sale for
$29.99 when you apply promotion code
5BULBS during checkout.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
greenjelly01 for finding this deal.
Deal Instructions:
- Visit the page for 4-Pack Kasa Smart Full Color 9W A19 800 Lumen Light Bulbs (KL125P4)
- Add to your cart and proceed to checkout
- Apply promotion code 5BULBS
- Your total will be $29.99 with free shipping.
Also available,
Amazon has
Kasa Outdoor Smart Dimmer Plug (KP405) for $17.99 ->
Now $19.99 when you apply promotion code
3KASAOUTDOOR at checkout.
Shipping is free with Prime or on orders $25+.
Light Bulb Features:
- Multicolor & Auto White: Dimmable 16 million colors and warm to cool whites(2500K-6500K).
- Voice Control with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.
- Remote Control with the Kasa smart app (iOS, Android)
- Monitor real-time energy usage.
- Require 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network connection.
- 2-year warranty
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If you live in a small apartment and don't plan on adding too many bulbs, then these will work.
Zigbee and Z-wave create their own mesh network which makes it more reliable and they use a different protocol so all you wifi devices will be OK.
For Zigbee devices I think Philips Hue are the best/more reliable but of course way too expensive. Ikea TRÅDFRI are recommended and not too expensive. Seng led are cheap but I do not recommend them since they won't act as router/repeater for the Zigbee network, compared to TRÅDFRI or Hue (unless this was changed recently).
The downside of Zigbee or Z-wave is that you also need a hub/gateway to control your devices but since you are asking about automation, I think at some point you will have to deal with some sort or hub (RF, Z-Wave, Zigbee). I think some Amazon Echo devices can act as a Zigbee hub but I'd recommend using something like a Zigbee USB stick and running zigbee2mqtt and then you can do all your automations in Home Assistant and/or Node-RED.
Good luck!
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If you install smart bulbs instead is, if you turn off the switch, they don't work because no power going to them. So you'll have to cover up the switch for non techy people in your household.
Also, this is the cheaper of the Kasa bulbs at only 800 lumens so it wont' be so bright.
Thanks in advance for any insight!
Thanks in advance for any insight!
I can't post a screenshot but just replying to let you know: I was able to go into my Kasa smart bulbs and set a scheduled on time (or sunset) and select a Scene where you can have your bulb color presets. So yes you can.
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dimmed color is an interesting novelty, but I never use it because I swear I can detect a flicker, doesn't feel right.
These are mostly good for automated timing.
https://store.google.co
My AP can handle up to 200 devices and I have around 60 connected to it right now.
The 200 devices number comes from the default DHCP range (192.168.86.20-250=230 IPs available with some room for devices coming in/out).
The 100 per point is because they're assuming any given devices is never taking more than 1Mbit/s (1.2Gbit/s max speed, they're reserving 200Mbit/s for overhead in their marketing, 1Gbit/s / 100 devices = 1Mbit/s per device). If one device is streaming video at 50Mbit/s you've "lost" 49 possible devices on that point until it is done streaming.
https://alerts.home-assistant.io/...k.markdown
"Thank you for your continuous support of the Kasa brand." lol
Downside to IoT devices... manufacturer stops supporting them, you're screwed and end up with a paperweight. Or worse, they want to start charging a subscription.
The 200 devices number comes from the default DHCP range (192.168.86.20-250=230 IPs available with some room for devices coming in/out).
The 100 per point is because they're assuming any given devices is never taking more than 1Mbit/s (1.2Gbit/s max speed, they're reserving 200Mbit/s for overhead in their marketing, 1Gbit/s / 100 devices = 1Mbit/s per device). If one device is streaming video at 50Mbit/s you've "lost" 49 possible devices on that point until it is done streaming.
I also see you can update the IP range in settings too (I've never used google wifi by the way) to whatever range you'd like as long as it is a class c network. Just because the default is 20-254 doesn't mean you can't change that to be 6-254 or whatever your needs are. That "overhead" you speak of is so you can have hardwired DHCP assignments that don't affect connected/disconnected devices.
The number of clients allowed by a device is dictated by the radios/hardware and then software. This isn't "marketing" hype and it's not unheard of to hear of devices allowing 100 clients to connect to them. My old Linksys for 15 years ago allowed up to 50 and that was questionable. My current AP can support up to 200 alone.
https://alerts.home-assistant.io/...k.markdown
I'm sorry to hear you lost faith in the Kasa product line because of that misunderstanding, but no sense steering others away based on incorrect information.
I also see you can update the IP range in settings too (I've never used google wifi by the way) to whatever range you'd like as long as it is a class c network. Just because the default is 20-254 doesn't mean you can't change that to be 6-254 or whatever your needs are. That "overhead" you speak of is so you can have hardwired DHCP assignments that don't affect connected/disconnected devices.
The number of clients allowed by a device is dictated by the radios/hardware and then software. This isn't "marketing" hype and it's not unheard of to hear of devices allowing 100 clients to connect to them. My old Linksys for 15 years ago allowed up to 50 and that was questionable. My current AP can support up to 200 alone.
The overhead I am speaking of is not for "hardwired assignments", they use DHCP just the same as WiFi clients. It's because when you are using DHCP to run a network there will be devices who have gotten a DHCP lease but are not currently powered on. e.g. If you have a desktop PC, turn it on, let it get a DHCP lease, and then turn it off you have "used" 1 of your DHCP assignments until that lease expires. If you have a guest over their phone will get a lease. When they leave, that lease still exists until it expires.
BUT... actually digging into this more. When they say "200 devices" they are actually talking about 100 devices per device, but the pack comes with two devices!
Are these big problems? No. I never said they were.
But when Google says "Up to 200 devices!" what they are doing is giving a marketing spin to things to try and spin something to make people think one thing when it means another. A couple of kids streaming, playing games, etc can really knock into that 100 devices number.
What you are doing right now is akin throwing a fit when someone explains that a 1GBit/s cable internet connection will not actually be 1Gbit because of node congestion and line quality.
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