TP-Link Tapo Smart Light Bulbs, 16M Colors RGBW, Dimmable, Compatible with Alexa and Google Home, A19, 60W Equivalent, 800LM CRI>90, 2.4GHz WiFi only, No Hub Required, Tapo L530E(4-Pack)

Better than Kasa
These are similar to the old Kasa KL-130 bulb, but add several cool new features. For instance, there is now a “party mode” that can use your phone’s microphone to make a light show with your bulbs, or the bulbs can just cycle between several colors on their own.They also updated the sunset and sunrise times to allow up to 5 hours before or after instead of only 59 minutes. You can set your lights to turn on or off up to 5 hours and 59 minutes before or after sunrise or sunset, so you have lot’s of flexibility.The old KL-130 bulbs had an “away” mode, but they took it away when they made the switch to the Tapo app. The away mode is available from the main screen on these Tapo lights. When set to Away Mode, these lights will randomly turn on and off making it appear like you are home when you are away.The fade feature has also changed. The Kasa KL-130 can be set to fade up to 60 minutes. This Tapo light can only be set to fade up to 30 minutes. That being said, the ‘fade’ on the original light was stepped, so around every few seconds it would get brighter or dimmer and you would noticeably see it ‘step’. The Tapo light does this much more smoothly.The pairing feature also seemed different to me although it’s been a long time since I’ve set up the KL-130. I’m pretty sure those used Bluetooth for setup, and these use Wi-Fi instead, and that’s where people are probably going to have the most trouble. During the pairing process, it will ask you to pair your phone with the light. If you have a phone like my Pixel 7, you will need to turn off your cellular network connection while doing this, or the phone won’t pair to the light and setup will fail. They are also only 2.4Ghz, which can also cause people issues if they have newer phones. This is kind of a bad setup experience, but for me it was no big deal. That being said, I wouldn’t buy these for someone else unless I was prepared to help them set them up.Overall, the light color and brightness is indistinguishable from the older KL-130 bulb to my eyes regardless of the color setting, so I’m not replacing all of my old bulbs just yet.

Setup was not complicated.
These are really nice. the taper on the bottom of the bulb is small enough to fit in my 1950’s vintage sconces (not all bulbs fit). I had some older Linkind bulbs I replaced with these. The TP Link bulbs have great color and brightness. The documentation’s English is pretty good. Setup was easy, although I have a lot of experience with Wi-Fi bulbs. I recommend (in your router settings) giving your 24GHz network its own name so your bulbs and gizmos can live there and not interrupt your normal surfing.I am thinking those who had trouble setting up are having problems with the bulbs hooking on to the wrong type of network and then failing (or the phone is not on the same Wi-Fi and you can’t tell because the network names are the same by default.) You also need your phone to be on the 24GHz network for setup (the phone will favor the better 5GHz network so you may have to manually put it on your 24GHz).Hope the tips help. I have tried a bunch of these bulbs from different brands, and the tech is steadily improving.

Don’t Count on the 2 Year Warranty
1 of the 4 bulbs I purchased blew after just 9 months. At first I thought, “at least they have a 2 year warranty,” but nope….TP-Link wanted me to jump through hoops to get a replacement bulb. Pictured is just one of the emails they sent me after I filed my claim online (which included a picture of the visibly burnt out light bulb). They wanted me to send me a 2 pack of bulbs and then for me to send them back one of my working bulbs….apparently so I wouldn’t end up with an extra bulb. They were also going to place a $15 hold on my cc, to ensure that they received the working bulb back. I found this utterly ridiculous (what were they going to do with my working bulb???) and told the agents that they could honor the warranty and send me 1 bulb (or more if they were incapable of sending me just 1) or forget it. I’d rather buy new bulbs from another company then deal with such a cheap business like TP-Link. Most companies jump at the chance to send you a replacement part/item, but not TP-Link. They can’t afford to give a customer a bonus light bulb after their product failed 15 months before the warranty expired. I’ll never be buying from TP-Link again. Shameful business practices.

Muy buen producto y de fácil instalación

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