Sengled Smart Light Bulbs 100W, Zigbee Hub Required, Soft White Smart Bulbs Work with Alexa, Google, SmartThings, Echo 4th, Echo Show 10, Echo Plus, Dimmable A19 LED Light 2700K 1500LM, E26 1 Pack

Another Bright addition to the Smart Home
I recently purchased these Sengled Zigbee Smart Light Bulbs, and I’m thrilled that they connected seamlessly with Home Assistant.*Why I love it:*1. **Easy Installation**: The bulbs were easy to install and paired quickly with my existing Zigbee hub.2. **Smooth Integration**: The Home Assistant integration worked flawlessly, allowing me to controlmy lights remotely or automate them based on schedules and routines.3. **Color and Brightness Control**: These lights are white but you can adjust the warmth level of the light and you can also dim them as you may like to suit your mood or environment.4. **Energy Efficiency**: As a eco-conscious consumer, I’m pleased that these bulbs use significantly less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs.*Real-world applications:* + Smart home automation: with Home Assistant to create custom scenes, schedules, and routinesfor your lights. + Remote control: Access and control your lights using the Home Assistant’s + Energy efficiency: Replace traditional bulbs with energy-efficient options like the Sengled Smart Light Bulbs.I’m thoroughly impressed with the Sengled Zigbee Smart Light Bulbs. Their seamless integrationwith Home Assistant, ease of use, and energy efficiency make them a great addition to my smart home setup.

(Multi-colored) Easy to pair with some caveats, nice and bright and controllable
RUNS HOT AT FULL BRIGHTNESS, be aware of that if using in an enclosed fixture. It’s not as hot as a normal bulb but it has complex electronics, and heat + electronics = premature failure, so I’m hoping these last a long time (I just installed them in open fixtures, and plan on only running them at 80% level or less, even if using only a few colors).They pair really easily to HUBITAT, BUT you should reset the bulbs FIRST even right out of the package (turn them on/off rapidly at least 10 times at the light switch or a power strip — light will “blink” 5 times when turned on the last time and left on, then it will color cycle each color then white). After resetting, the pairing and control works just fine. They have variable white balance (RGB+CW+WW led), and really nice color control through the HUBITAT software, which recognized the devices immediately by brand. Setting the delay for color changes in the settings in the HUBITAT device page makes for a nice dimmer effect when turning on and off, less jarring in a dark room, and the effect is smoother than other ZWave dimmers I have.Overall, really pleased, but these are brand new, just installed, so I hope to post a follow up after several months of daily use (wake-up lights, mood lighting, etc.). Stay tuned…

I have to say this is just awesome. I love my new bulbs. Especially on those lazy days I just need to sit. It’s not to bright and on super hot days like today when it is +30 it doesn’t give off much heat. We also got a light for our daughters room and can shut off at bedtime, I love this invention.

Soon after receiving them, I had all 8 Sengled lamps deployed, replacing a non-uniform variety of older lamps. Setup was trivially easy thru an Amazon Echo _Plus_ (which apparently has a Zigbee hub built into it), and using the Amazon Alexa app on my iPhone to assign more convenient labels for each lamp. I very much like the ability to group multiple lamps and use a single voice command to set a uniform dimming level, e.g., “Alexa, Main Lights 5%.” It’s neat to see 8 lamps all respond together to one simple voice command. Now we leave the various light switches ON always, and use voice commands to control the lamps individually or in groups. Having coordinated dimming of multiple lamps is a pleasing new capability! And now, to stop an irritating reflection off the TV or computer screen, I can switch off a faraway lamp without having to get off the recliner.There is a bit of a learning curve for providing Alexa with clear comprehensible unambiguous voice commands. I think it helps to have multi-syllable labels for each device and group, so Alexa can more easily resolve uncertainties in the presence of ambient noise. There is probably a hint guide somewhere about effective communication with Alexa, but I haven’t stumbled upon it yet. Right now, with only a few days of Alexa experience, we are occasionally having to repeat or rephrase commands until we get the desired response.I chose the warm white 2700K lamps for my living space. Seven of the lamps are in one large living/dining room, and all look very uniform, no color nor brightness non-uniformities. I hope they all last a long time together. Operating them mostly at cooler dimmed settings ought to extend the life, I hope. (In my experience, LED lamps don’t last nearly as long as the manufacturers claim. Overheating is the main killer of LED lamps. Six of the old LED lamps that I replaced had cracked plastic shells after only a few years use, in upward-open sconces.)There is not much difference in lamp intensity between 90 and 100%, or between 1% and 2%. I find myself using only a few favorite dimming levels: 1%, 7%, 22%, 44%, and 99%.