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3.0 out of 5 starsHassle Setup; Took Hours!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021
OK, first of all is this.
I have smart bulbs already, but decided to be more attentive to electrical devices purchased on Amazon.
Reason, a lot of electrical devices (smart plugs, smart bulbs, lights, cooking appliances, and so on) on here is not UL rated. This is a safety and fire hazard being sold potentially.
With that, if you do catch your house on fire using these devices, your at fault along with liability with insurance and such.
So with that mind I changed smart bulbs to be UL rated because they are left on and also when not at home using settings for schedules.
Now these bulbs....Three Stars.
They have a nice range of colors and easily integrate with Alexa. Pretty much if already have Kasa installed on Alexa, these just sync in with her.
As far as bulbs, they have a good range of color and tuneable. The Kasa Smart app easy to use. However they are not very bright, dimmer than I wanted.
Set Up. What a hassle.
I have Kasa smart plugs and my Mesh Network is a Deco 4 network. Both are TP Link. The plugs were easy set up. These bulbs weren't so easy. Once I figured out issue it is easy. The app used to install these bulbs is confusing. I would connect to bulb but it then would terminate the process.
If anyone has this issue it is an easy fix. I figured it out. The app is misleading.
Connecting to bulb, on your phone settings manually connect to the bulb. Then go back to app and input your wifi password. Then you have to manually again on your phone WiFi and reconnect back to your network. Once you do this it then will let you finish set up.
A hassle but easy when you manually switch your phone's WiFi connection. You have to connect your phone WiFi to bulb manually. The app is misleading in this.
Anyways for the hassle of about two hours messing with set up trying to figure this out along with the lights being dim I give Three Stars.
Once set up figured out, it is easy. The Kasa smart plugs you don't have to manually switch WiFi on phone.