LEDVANCE Smart Home E27 ZigBee Light Bulb, Rgbw Colour Changing

Impressed with this bulb so far. Cheaper than than innr, MUCH cheaper than Philips. Paired instantly (where I’ve had trouble before with those other brands) and is a really fast and responsive light to colour change. Good value

Let me preface this review by saying that at the moment I do not have any smart home hub that supports Zigbee technology so I am unable to test that side of this product which is its main selling point. Once I do get it I will update the review. At first, I was unsure how to get this lightbulb working, it seemed as if I would be able to control it via my phone, but only by reading thoroughly, I realized that this requires a special separate hub that supports Zigbee technology. Why yet another technology, why couldn't it have been WiFi since it is present everywhere. Well upon research I found out that Zigbee is a better communication protocol for smart home appliances as the devices have to use extremely low power to send data which increases battery life drastically, and the devices are doubling as communication mesh where the signal can piggyback over 64,000 devices before reaching the target device. Thankfully this is not the only product that supports Zigbee, actually, there are a lot of products that support Zigbee technology which is good to know as I usually do not like niche technologies and products as it locks you to a particular ecosystem and is not very modular. From the perspective of normal use case without Zigbee technology, I am not very happy with the way this bulb works. If you do not have any other way of controlling the bulb but the basic switch, this bulb does not behave normally, rather it cycles through the 4 colours every time you turn it on to notify you that it has not been linked with any remote or smart hub which is very annoying if you do not have these devices. They should have thought of a different way of letting the user know that the bulb is in factory mode other than cycling through colours, which is also a health risk for epileptic. Once linked it starts behaving like a normal bulb if turned off/on using a switch. Their remote gives you some smart control as you can control the bulb from a distance, and given this is an RGB light bulb you are able to cycle through 16 million colours as well as turn it on/off or dim it. This bulb is quite bright at 800 lumens which is within the 60 Watt halogen range as they claim, all good there. It produces warm white light so it is suitable for the bedrooms, living rooms and any comfortable areas as the 2700 K feels warm and comforting so I would avoid putting them in general areas such as kitchens and bathrooms where more sterile light is better suited. The dimming feature is very nice, however, I would have liked if it could be dimmed further, the lowest setting for the white colour is still too strong in my opinion so it is not suitable to be used for a bedside table lamp but rather for the ceiling lamp, however, the lowest setting for other colours is dim enough. The way they set up the remote makes it very annoying to dim the lights as you have to hold the up or down button until the desired level of brightness is reached which takes some time, the same applies for changing colours, you have to press the middle button until the desired colour is reached. It is very easy to register new bulbs to the remote, however, they could have handled the confirmation of connection differently, flashing bulb is a health risk for epileptic. The remote supports up to 10 bulbs which should be plenty, however, do note that if the devices are too close it is almost impossible to turn one without the other as the signal travels to all devices in range (30 m in the open), this is where Zigbee technology becomes very useful. The good thing about the remote is the fact you are able to replace the battery without the remote forgetting the bulbs. Overall, I would say that this is an interesting product comparable to Philips Hue but it is not worth buying without smart home hub as it gives you the ability to fine-tune each individual or group of bulbs and other smart home devices from your phone.

Works as advertised, I was using this with Hone Assistant. It wasn’t too easy to get to connect up but since then it’s been very reliable and a relief that it’s zigbee and not WiFi. Edit: a month later the bulb has died. Won’t work turning it on and off at the switch. Amazon aren’t giving the option to return either. Disappointing. Maybe stick to the slightly more expensive bulbs. Ikea’s work well.

This bulb is great when it works, but somehow it just stops working on a regular basis and stops responding to ZigBee commands and has to be reset. Not worth buying.

Useless. Wouldn't link to Alexa no matter what we did.

Nothing much to add. I paired it with Phillips Hue with no trouble at all and now I'm controlling it perfectly with Alexa.

I bought two of these bulbs (E27 ZigBee RGBW). Both connected on the first try to my 4th Gen Echo. At 806 lumens (in white mode) it's not the brightest but i didn't need it to be. As with every smart light I've tried so far the RGB colours are dimmer than the white modes.

Tried to connect this to 4th gen Echo and Philips Hue hub and neither can find it. Returned and won't be buying anything from this brand again.

Einfache Einbindung über ZigBee in Home Assistant. Ist schon über ein Jahr in Benutzung und funktioniert die ganze Zeit problemlos. Es gibt eine große Auswahl an Farben und die Helligkeit lässt sich in Prozent einstellen.

Uzun kullanım performansı nasıl olur bilmiyorum ancak ZigBee USB dongle ile sorunsuz home asistant'a tanıttım. Tüm özellikleri kontrol edebiliyorum. sonoff snzb-01 buton ile 3 farklı senaryo oluşturdum. 1-Butona tek bastığımda aç/kapa 2-Butona 2 kere bastığımda %100 parlaklıkta sıcak sarı 3- Butona uzun bastığımda %15 parlaklıkta kırmızı ışık (gece lambası) Bir süre bu şekilde kullanacağım. Daha sonra belki, haraket sensörü gece haraket algıladığında gece lambası açılıp hareket algılanmadığında kapanacak şekilde ayarlayabilirim.

Title You need a remote with it first!

.... som var hyfsat lätta att ansluta till mitt Philips hue system. Första lampan var inga problem, andra lampan var lite mer knixig. Men efter en fabriksåterställning av lampan så gick anslutningen som en dans! 👌 Prisvärt alternativ till Philips egna och dyra lampor!!

Se integra fácilmente con mi Echo Plus sin necesidad de hub adicional.