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Kasa Smart Light Bulbs [amazon.com], Full Color Changing Dimmable Smart WiFi Bulbs Compatible with Alexa and Google Home, A19, 9W 800 Lumens,2.4Ghz only, No Hub Required, 4 Count, Multicolor (KL125P4)
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interested in the same.. can someone please confirm if they can be used in porch lights
How does Tapo compare to Kasa, in your experience? Any decrease in quality in the newer bulb?
Tapo is a newer brand by TP-Link, but it is their budget brand (as in less features, not necessarily lower build quality). Kasa is not going anywhere.
Anyway, I was expecting more features: it would be fun for my kids to have an event trigger that puts them into 'party mode', where they cycle through colors or something, but all they do is change color to a static color, and I don't have much use for differently colored lights.
These lights also don't remember what state they were in if the power goes out, so when it comes back on they will always default to on. I don't think there was a configuration setting to change this behavior.
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I've found lowering their brightness level from 100% to 85-90% reduces the heat enough that I think it's probably ok. With that said, I'd avoid using those In something fully enclosed as I wouldn't be surprised if it degrades itself faster than normal, due to excessive heat levels.
I got some nice Philips Ultra HD bulbs for my enclosed fixtures, and they run much cooler. I'm very happy with them.
Also, Tapo is now the unified app for controlling both Tapo and Kasa devices. You can import your Kasa devices into the Tapo app, but you not the reverse. Seems to me like Tapo is the brand that's more likely to stick around: https://www.theverge.co
I have 3 of them running outside inside of weatherproof glass fixtures. Every now and then have to recover them.
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I got some nice Philips Ultra HD bulbs for my enclosed fixtures, and they run much cooler. I'm very happy with them.
Mine are outside in weatherproof glass fixtures. Zero problems going on 5 years.
Anyway, I was expecting more features: it would be fun for my kids to have an event trigger that puts them into 'party mode', where they cycle through colors or something, but all they do is change color to a static color, and I don't have much use for differently colored lights.
These lights also don't remember what state they were in if the power goes out, so when it comes back on they will always default to on. I don't think there was a configuration setting to change this behavior.
I noticed my kasa bulbs revert to "on" after a power outage or someone turning off the switch. I'm thinking this is deliberate so you aren't left in the dark after a power outage. Also, you know your bulb works right away whenever you screw it into a powered fixture or turn the power on. Probably saves people a lot of embarrassment when otherwise the company might get thousands of calls from frustrated customers who end up learning their "default off" bulbs are fine, but after the power glitches or their 5 y.o. turned off the switch, they just had to go in the app and turn it on, or wait for their modem and router to reboot from the outage...
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