10 BEST Smart Bulbs: Yeelight, Wyze, etc - volume 2

[@kevink9365]

THIS is the kind of comparison I want to see. Most reviewers just do two or three brands, THANK YOU for including most all options out there! Sub'd!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks! Appreciate the support!

[@RafaelBelvederese]

you forgot to mention they do two or three brands in a 20 f*ing minutes video.

[@dstdg18]

Might I recommend putting time stamps for the start of each smart light bulb comparison in the description for easier cross reference please?

[@GalacticTommy]

I got the notification for this vid while looking at smart bulbs in a store

[@SmartHomeSolver]

That’s awesome! Perfect timing!

[@Randy2747]

Your being tracked and your camera is watching you at all times! Lol

[@rlwrgh]

Watching you always watching.

[@ryandewerff]

It popped into my recommended immediately AFTER I left Best Buy with 2 Lifx bulbs lmao

[@Randy2747]

@@ryandewerff lol that's scary!! 😉👍

[@BorgieMN]

I just started my smart home hobby. I picked up 4 of the 13w novostella on your recommendation. I have nothing to compare them to. Setup is super simple, works great with google, love the brightness, the color, and tunable white!!!! Thank you. Love your videos!!

[@azadvertised]

Watched this as a current Yeelight user and I wasn't disappointed. Glad to know I made a decent choice on them (currently have about 8 of them illuminating 3 different rooms around the house)

[@TitanMediaMarketing]

MidnightSun totally agree with you

[@jply87]

I have 18 Teckin bulbs in my Kitchen and living room. A mixture of BR30 and A19. They have preformed very well. Your last video reccomend Teckin and I went all in.

[@ballparkfactor3561]

Medium to High Brightness 1:04 Yeelight 2:08 Novostella 2:50 TECKIN 3:38 Sengled 4:16 Wyze Very Bright 5:18 Merkury 6:01 LIFX 6:32 Novostella 7:28 Sengled

[@fifen1846]

The hero we need

[@kbanghart]

Wow this is amazing, thank you so much! Question, do you know if all of these are able to be dimmed from not only the app, but also the regular dimmer switch on the wall?

[@TheHookUp]

Diggin the Oompa Loompa look Reed, dare you to do a whole video with it on.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Haha I don't know if I want to give my children nightmares. Maybe I would do it if you did it too.

[@DIYDad1]

As someone still just getting into the whole smart home thing I was overwhelmed looking at the sheer amount of bulbs available. And different connection methods too, hubs, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc. didn’t know where to begin to weed the bad from the good. I just want a decent cheap light. Hue is always recommended but I can’t stomach the cost for what it would cost just to outfit a single room. I think I might try those techkin bulbs. 4 pack for $40 is a great deal! Thanks for sharing all your info on this topic, great stuff and saves me a lot of time researching things!

[@Jesterium]

I was in the same boat as you for the longest time but when I saw that Teckin didn't require a hub and is multi-coloured, the price couldn't be beat. I have 14 now!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I'm glad it was helpful and I appreciate the support!

[@Soaringkiwi1]

Thanks for the great comparison! I'd love to see a quick video comparison of each light bulb side by side with the same colors, and lowest brightness vs highest.

[@yamlcase230]

You are my favorite LED reviewer! If you're taking ideas, I would love to see some side by sides of how DIM the bulbs will get. Thanks!

[@kbanghart]

Did you buy us some? I'm about to, but I also have a question about the ability to dim them, So of course you can control them from the app but also can you control them at the same time from the existing dimmer switch on the wall?

[@TitanMediaMarketing]

Such a great review! I own several YeeLights for a long time now as well as some other cheaper options. I wish I could afford to put all Yeelights as they look amazing. I really enjoyed seeing how well they did against all other options. Great job! 👍🏽👍🏽

[@jcreedy20]

I like how you kept the ISO etc on your camera the same to give as an accurate visual display of the bulbs brightness and colours as possible. I want vibrant, bright colours at a cheaper price than LIFX, I don't care about whites, so based off this video, I will get the "Yeelights". Thanks for this video!

[@mrwongus]

Thank you for this review, and the follow up to your Part 1 video. All the info we need and nothing we don't. Keep up the great work!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Paul!

[@grymmd]

Thanks for these types of videos! I ended up going with the TECKIN bulbs.

[@JoeErny]

How are they?

[@lbarke2]

This is a great video and it answers so many questions and brings up so many points that are helpful in the process. The only thing would be to have a section for non-multicolor.

[@Whitefero1]

You are a God my man, being able to show the difference (visually) in lumens, brightness and color reproduction is what I was looking for!

[@goodthings2life]

I've been using Teckin, but it's hard to resist how good those Yeelights are!

[@AznTonyHawk]

Great video overall, simple and clean comparisons, plus a summary at the end. Excited to buy some smart bulbs without the need to run through 1000 different reviews on Amazon.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thank you!

[@dominey]

Thanks for the helpful review. I bought some budget RGB bulbs through Amazon and luminosity was terrible in color mode. Very dim. After watching this I picked up some Yeelights through your affiliate link. Crossing fingers these work out!

[@lilmommamish1]

How did the yeelights turn out?

[@dominey]

@@lilmommamish1 Much better. RGB mode is much brighter. I now own 8 of them.

[@lilmommamish1]

Todd Dominey Thank you!! I wanna buy 6.. How long do they last?

[@DD-jq8my]

I've decided.. You're gonna be my smart home guy 😁👍🏼 Great videos, subscriiibed!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks that means a lot to hear!

[@m3rdpwr]

I bought a pair of PAR30 WIZ on sale at Costco for $15. Same with a 2-pack of FEIT $15, standard bulbs. Both Color changing, etc. Using them outside for holiday lighting so I can switch the colors as needed. I use them in conjunction with my ZWave switches, and they work great.

[@Dangrousdave20]

Been watching all your vids on smart lighting and ended up find a twin pack of Sengled color changing bulbs at Best Buy today for $40! That's $20 per bulb for complete color changing spectrum. Took a chance and got them and after connecting them (which took a whole 5 mins for BOTH *wink wink* Come on Wyze...) they are def the real deal. I don't have any other color bulbs to compare them to but in my dining room for instance, just two of them completely floods the room with colors. After connecting them to Alexa as well I noticed the response time is much much quicker than the Wyze bulbs as well. The Sengled seems to just turn on instantly, whereas the Wyze bulb somewhat "powers up slowly". I actually rewatched this video AT best buy to remember what you said about the Sengled, and then bought them when you said they were pretty good. I love your channel and all the time you put into these devices just so we can buy the best ones. Thankyou so much!!!

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

My studio is decked out with LIFX and I love them, but they are pricey

[@alejandramartin2014]

Thanks! Do you have a more current view on bulbs? I love how this review is done, but i feel there may be better/different options out now.

[@Browngeezer]

You’re reviews are always spot on.. you’re my main guy I go to

[@VdamMusic]

I use the Hue Hub with Ikea light bulbs :P It works fine for me!

[@jimave]

I was looking for other bulbs to use with my hue. Thanks for the tip.

[@sirkrumel3534]

Finally! Everything what i was searching for

[@HughD]

Great video! I watched it when you came out with it and again after buying a couple of Teckin lights just to test. Maybe I've missed it, but IFTTT capability would be a good thing to talk about. If you're going to use lights or other devices you need to now that "IFTTT Compatible" does not mean different brands will have the same actions available. As a test, create an IFTTT to trigger a light when an Alexa timer goes off. You'll see differences that might be significant depending on which bulbs you use. I looked at a Teckin bulb, a LIFX bulb, and a Hue bulb in my house. Hue has the most IFFTTT actions available of the three and Teckin the least. So if you'd like to have a light blink to get your attention, not all bulbs, including the Teckin will do it. Anyway, it could make an interesting video to show how IFTTT capability varies among similar devices with stated IFTT Support. Keep up the good work!

[@ModernDayTech]

Great video! I will have to get some Yeelights. For the money, it sounds awesome. I need them for Homekit.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks! Yeah Yeelights are pretty awesome.

[@rylankeen7395]

same

[@naomicameron1033]

Both of your comparison videos are SOOOO helpful! And the article, my GOSH! Thank you for posting such useful information!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks for your nice comment! I am happy the info was helpful.

[@julibirdturd]

OMG what is that cute cloud looking lamp on the shelf that cycles through colors ?

[@hjkaye]

Been using the Geeni prisma 1050 smart wrgb lately, they are very bright, they can run under the Tuya smartlife app. A little glitchy on the group feature, sometimes they don't operate in synch. A big Canadian retailer has them on right now for $14.99 cdn (abt $11.50 usd). They're a bit big, so not ideal for small fixtures, white is super bright, I think 1000 lumens, but not temperature adjustable, pretty nice warmish white. Color brightness is a bit dim, but not horrible. I like them a lot. Amazon does carry the brand.

[@raaah]

Nice comparison! It's amazing how hue bulbs have so much market share and cost so much more and are the crappiest...

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks! Yeah it seems like they would be able to keep up with some of these other companies since they have been around for so long.

[@TheBondsJamesBonds]

Hue does a handful of things really well for the average smart home user and for me the hub was a huge deal. One thing connected to my WiFi rather than 15? Yes please! Also sort of goes to show what in store availability will do for you.

[@tyngjim]

Would love to see smart Christmas lights!

[@milandzuris]

TOP 3 YeeLight LIFX PHILIPS HUE

[@newdrew2744]

I have 11 13 watt novostella bulbs because of this video!! 😫😍👌🏽

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Hopefully you are liking them!

[@StevenSSmith]

I think your leaving out an important spec. How are the CRI ratings? Especially on the cheaper end? And I saw some flicker on some while you where dimming or changing white balance. I know most people wouldn't be able to put there finger on why you might like one over another, but a low CRI led bulb can make a room seem dull or almost have a dingy feel and you wouldn't know why.

[@mikebakers2163]

I just visited some of these products on Amazon and ran a fake spot analysis and some were pretty bad ,fake reviews ,theis stuff boggles my mind I don’t know what to get the reviews are bad your reviews are good who do you believe these days

[@mousem7071]

Glad I saw this changed my mind, and got the Yeelight. its my first smart light so I didn't want to invest heavily if I didn't wind up using all the features.

[@alicexu5471]

Hey did you get them on Amazon? They are so expensive on Amazon!! I looked up their Chinese store and it’s half of the price😂😂

[@hurricaneunlimited]

Alice Xu what’s the store name? Is it on amazon?

[@david.kalbermatten]

yea, Yeelight seems like the best out of the bunch but as a home assistant user that just recently bought one I can say with confidence that Yeelight sucks, unfortunately... The firmware that came installed dropped out of my wifi all the time, after upgrading it, it stopped disconnecting but you couldn't use scenes for setting white anymore. You can use LAN Control BUT it still reports to the cloud and has a rate limit of 60 updates per minute, which is used up very quickly when fiddling around with the color wheel. Yeelight is great as long as you only use it with Google, Alexa and HomeKit...

[@MattGrover]

A comparison of GU10 smart bulbs would be very handy :)

[@WAAB101]

Maaaan... you deserve a trillion likes for this video!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Haha thanks, I appreciate it!

[@JoseSantos-uc8cl]

Kudos! Thanks for sharing. For what I need (Photo and Video shoot). LIFX is the way to go (on a budget). For now can't afford the "pro" gear. Thank you.

[@eladbari]

How has shooting with lifx as lighting been going, man? Any sample images? :)

[@amprg]

I bought Feit Electric and I'm happy with them. They cost me 9 bucks each when I bought them from Home Depot on sales. I bought a pack of 12.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I bought those, but haven't tried them out yet. Glad you like them!

[@markschommer7407]

Had a little trouble getting Yeelight to work with Alexa. But I did eventually get it. One did go offline and needed to get redone. But the colors are WAY better than the Feit and Merkury both of which I have.

[@milandzuris]

for me is best YeeLight

[@AdamH7]

Great comparison and real use insight here, thanks a lot.

[@MichaelWRosa]

Nice comparison but I'm missing a few options. 4 years ago I started with Philips Hue and in my search for an alternative I ran into Ikea lights but you needed their hub to update the firmware for them to work with Hue. Then I found Gledopto. They rock. And they now have a whole lineup of bulbs, LED controllers, outdoor and floodlights. A wider selection of bulb sockets and compatible with Hue, Alexa, IFTTT etc. Missing both Ikea and Gledopto in your comparison. Ok, I get it, you don't get commission on Ikea sales (they do have a affiliate program) but Amazon sells Gledopto also, so extra option to get income ;-) Gledopto also has a good Reddit community and they have excellent customer support. I get them direct from Gledopto which is a bit cheaper then Amazon. Keep the vids coming, always great to get some inspiration.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks for the suggestion about Gledopto, I haven't heard of those before and I'll check them out. I thought about including IKEA but I was mainly looking at price and brightness for this video. I will probably include IKEA next time though. Thanks for the support!

[@AngryOscar]

Still waiting for the complete smart light recommendation. I want a system that integrates well with Alexa, Google, smart things. An easy to use app

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Question for a future video: How are you using smart lights around your house? Comment your ideas because I would love to include them in an upcoming video!

[@iggman18]

EVSE showing car charge status inside the house: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn6wq4yloaiebLs

[@TheMonkey0763]

If you could do br30 smart bulb next, that would be awesome!!!!

[@tidason]

Thanks for the comparison video. I've been using yeelight gen1 bulb, lifx a19 and lifx mini color. Lifx mini is my favorite

[@David_Palka]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm just looking for some smart bulbs as an upgrade for my home. This video helped a lot :)

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I'm glad to hear it was helpful!

[@DimitrisDimopoulos.]

If a light supports smart life app , and you can’t see it on ifttt , you can create 2 tap to run automations on the smart life , one for on and one for off. Or even more for colors etc. So the ifttt can see the automation as a scene . So you chose to turn on a scene , not a device . I did this with Vtac smart lights RGB 1300LUMEN smart lights .. they are cost 9€ each and the colors are very good for the money .

[@bhushangadiya]

Oh freak.i never noticed I was in this Video!!! thank you so much!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks for suggesting Yeelight in the other video!

[@bhushangadiya]

@@SmartHomeSolver I am no one to suggest you. You are the one whose suggestion make our life easy. But I need one more help from you. will you please?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

What's up?

[@bhushangadiya]

@@SmartHomeSolver I am from India. And my new house is under construction. Taking inspiration from you I want to automate it completely. I require a lot of switches, sockets, cameras, sensors and a hub. Can you suggest me some budget things I can buy. We don't get a lot of things in India and importing is my only option and the duty cost would add up so I need some budget suggestions. Also can u do a comparison of smart switches?

[@bhushangadiya]

@@SmartHomeSolver can you? 🙈

[@DisembodiedScreams]

No EUFY bulb. I would say look into it. And if you have an Echo Plus or an Amazon device with the Zigbee hub you can use Sengled. Just added two of them using Echo Plus. Nice bulbs so far. Might get a couple more to replace TP-Link which gives me issues all the time.

[@djtigon]

This is awesome thank you! However, are there any newcomers, updates or changes that would make a 2020 update/version of this video relevant?

[@kbanghart]

Have you bought any yet? I'm about to buy some myself, but mainly have a question right now about the ability to dim... Mainly, will they also work from the dimmer switch on the wall plus the app. It would suck if the ability to dim them normally was taken away.

[@djtigon]

@@kbanghart I'm not sure about the dimmer from the switch, but I did find this brand: NiteBird which came in at $36 + tax for 4 bulbs in Amazon and the color depth is way way more accurate than the Teckin and brightness are about equal.

[@atvking535]

Please test GLEDOPTO next. They're compatible with the Hue bridge, much cheaper than Hue bulbs, and has multiple color/brightness options! Also led strips that work with Hue too!

[@alexgieder9107]

Thank you for making such a good comparison, I killed a lifx bulb so now I am trying yeelight

[@eladbari]

How is it possible to kill this light?

[@pandaengine]

I just can't get out of Hue ecosystem. I got my bulbs for really cheap tho ($30, I have 4 colors) I hope they'll get that cheap again. And maybe make a better lightstrip. Cuz I love their dimmer switch, and the app. I wish they did multicolor lights like the upcoming LIFX color candle tho

[@jagman2962]

Great review on the different types of bulbs!!👍

[@wextraz3110]

What do you think of ikea tradfri

[@danielvellek7516]

Z-Wave Bulb suggestion: Inovelli ilumin Wifi suggestion: C by GE

[@Shuffler703]

I'll be checking out Yeelight. Lifx products fail to much. Lifx electronics fail in their lights fairly often. My direct experience.

[@SureIBelieveyou]

The easier you make the content for me to compare all things on my end, the happier I get =)

[@pjmnica]

I received a lot of the Wyze bulbs free during covid. I would not buy Wyze bulbs or switches. Their ecosystems don't play well with others. Anything that can be run with Tuya smart life is the way to go for me. I believe you'll end up saving money and frustration in the long run.

[@stevenranc]

You reviews are amazing, really useful thanks!

[@alexandercorbitt134]

Have you checked out Lohas bulbs? Warm white is pretty important for me and I thought they might be another budget option. Love the channel!

[@jhorn1992]

Another comparison I would like to see is the Merkury Color Smart Bulbwith the Geeni Prisma Plus Color Smart Bulb, and also compare them Geeni Prisma Plus to other bulbs on this list.

[@joanmolina1684]

As a user of Gosund smart bulb. It is the best smart bulb as it has high quality and features are great!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I'll have to check those out!

[@joanmolina1684]

Yes, try this Gosund smart bulb, it will never disappoint you. Its so easy to set up and connect to mobile apps. Works perfectly, so awesome. Try it now!

[@kalanikaau1]

The bulb which you did not test, and for good reason are those manufactured by Cree. It constantly loses WiFi connection and the app is best described as crude. By comparison I have a Feit smart light bulb in the same room and located about 4 feet away from the woeful Cree, it has never lost connection to my WiFi...

[@krankenheim13]

You still didn’t do the Vocolinc bulbs!! They’re great! Works perfectly with Apple HomeKit and they have multiple products and strips much better and brighter than Hue.

[@SmartHomeButler]

Smart Home Solver is one of the best content creators for smart home tech. I actually created my own channel Wright Near Home for more videos on smart home technology.

[@TheShamwwow]

Great videos, thank you for posting and sharing your experience. Videos have helped me TONS!!

[@lukemorris7132]

Check out the LOHAS smart bulbs. I love them!

[@danieltrejo2588]

Great comparisons. Have you tried out the Wixann bulbs?

[@sifux]

Great and informative Video!!👍👍 I only have one question left: at what colour temperature did you keep the camera settings in the test footage?

[@aldenmedina]

I think this video made yeeligjt go up in value. It’s 35$ at its lowest on amazon now

[@kylebacon9696]

Love this website. Love the fact you are informative but keep it interesting at the same time

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks! I appreciate it!

[@debadityachaudhury7292]

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[@rileyjohnson8702]

My question is what’s the different between lifx a19 vs mini

[@speckdratz]

Judging the quality of a bulb by its weight? How often do you unscrew the bulb from its fixture, juggle it with your hands and think: “This light is good, because it's heavy!” 😏 Apart from that: thanks for including almost every brand out there 👌

[@Vbitvk]

The best review of RBG bulbs ever done. Great job, you rock :) Thanks for clearing it up for me, I'd like to see the IKEA ones in comparison too, though :D

[@DavidGel]

I got this recommended looking at bulbs on amazon.

[@mcdull9413]

Looking for review of Sylvania Smart+ (Lightify) and found this. Was surprised it wasn't included in previous and this video. Anyway, do have a suggestion rather than just comparing the brightness. Some people and I want to see how dimmest the bulb can be. Some LED bulb can only be dimmed to 50% and some better to like 5%, that make a huge difference for people who want to change the brightness like for watching TV and changing mood. The brightest bulb that cannot be dimmed low for different purpose is useless.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks for this suggestion. I just started adding this to my most recent comparisons and showed how dim each of the light strips can go. It's surprising to see for sure.

[@harowil3]

Thank you, Sir, for your videos, however, you haven’t mentioned Peteme yet - they have 300+ ratings and are at 4+ stars in general.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I'll check those out and thanks!

[@harowil3]

Smart Home Solver : their maker won’t get back to me about the safety of using these bulbs outdoors in really cold weather. What do you think about outdoors for any of these “smarts”s?

[@jacobbio]

I like novestella the best. It comes with 2, good price and I need it bright for my room

[@ebuybestinc6039]

Very professional testing

[@Ebeoji]

I didn't have knowledge about lights but after realizing why my room is very dark and I checked one of my light bulb only has 200 lumens and after watching this vid man I've been living under a rock xD

[@Skilow]

you've been living under a chinese 15w halogen bulb actually.

[@ef6671]

Just got the cheap sengled in my gaming setup they are great and the app is amazing

[@armandosalamanca4347]

thanks for these extremely helpful & very detailed videos; love your channel! may you pls give my your recommendation on which bulbs to go with, TECKIN or LEGALITE? i’m planning on using 4 in one room which end up being the same price @ $40ish... thanks man!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Those are both really good bulbs. I compare them in my other light bulb video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4uzoGp5aLV3ipY

[@myc0p]

Great review - can you use a scale next time to weigh in on these options?

[@Roadbikerguy]

What about Meross bulbs? Less expensive than any reviewed so far, and very functional including color range and white range.

[@ericanderson3962]

Glad I found your videos. Will you be including Wixann bulbs next time.? I have a few of those. Not too bad. But I think for outdoors I may use that yeelight. Looks good.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks! I haven't tried those, but I appreciate the suggestion and I'll look into them.

[@alexv305]

This is what I was looking for! Great video. The Mercury bulbs are very bright for white but the colors are bad. Other than Lifx, which one has the brightest colors? I was thinking Yeelight or Novostella?

[@dennismosman9169]

So now that you've gone to all this work with part 1/part 2 - How does the Philips WIZ bulb stack up? They were originally a Home Depot exclusive, but with the new package design I notice you can get a 4 pack of color bulbs at Costco for under $40. These are wifi only, box says 800 lumens.

[@shaunwhiteley3544]

Cheers for sharing, would have been good to add the wattage information for each bulb 😀. Cheers

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I'll be sure to add that next time. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@jimave]

What about doing a review on some of the smart light bulbs sold at Costco, Lowe’s, etc. I’m thinking about brands like feit, globe, GE, etc.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I have Feit and plan on testing it in a similar comparison video soon. I'll have to look into those other brands. Thanks!

[@jimave]

@@SmartHomeSolver I look forward to watching this video. I just bought my first "smart" lightbulbs. I bought a Phillips hue starter kit. Now I have to decide if I want to go broke buying Hue lightbulbs throughout my house.

[@Billi_crow]

thanks for the video! you explain things really well and i love your channel :) i was gonna get LIFX from your last video but now i’m considering Yeelight, can’t wait to move in and try it out. could you maybe compare apps for bulbs too? because I want to use colours like lilac or have it change and i’d like options- that might be a good video :) but in the meantime- which app is better in your opinion?

[@MadFlavorz]

Which one is the best choice for compatibility/control with SmartThings app?

[@juggalove420910]

Check out the feit electric bulbs. Awsome brightness and color temp range. The RGB spectrum is rich and vibrant and the app ain't terrible. Sells at costco for 20$ doll hairs for 2 bulbs. Also works with google / alexa/ and I think iOS 😉