"Matter" Smart Bulb Comparison! (Nanoleaf, Tapo, Sengled, Wiz)

[@AdamsTechLife]

Which “Matter” smart bulb would you buy?

[@Not_now_dave]

I have Philips Hue. Might cost more but great across all smart protocols and good for routines and reliability. I’ve tried others but sent them back.

[@tikmetal1982]

I got a 2-pack of the Philips Smart LED Matter Bulbs which are controlled in the Wiz app and Apple Home. Love ‘em! Got em’ on rollback at Walmart haha 😆 I wanna get more. I loved the fact that they are Philips bulbs and you don’t need the hub like you do with the Hue series.

[@wilty5]

What are the brand names of the lights displayed on your shelf in the background? I see two types of lights. Thanks

[@nickpanzeca7640]

Hi Adam I watched the video and bought the Tapo bulbs but can’t get them into either the Tapo App or Home app even after resetting them. How did you get the Tapo bulbs into your system? Thank you

[@edwinschaap5532]

Nanoleaf Matter over Thread. I'm phasing out Hue because Philips sticks to their old zigbee hub.

[@myHomeKithome]

Fantastic rundown! We definitely need more Thread lighting products. I refuse to use Wi-Fi for lights unless it's a novelty lamp that has something extraordinary going for it.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Thanks for watching and commenting your thoughts :)

[@Candyanthrax]

The thread network gets stronger with more devices When nano leaf was only in my room plus my office. Now we have the bulbs all over the house response is instant If your going to install do multiple

[@AdamsTechLife]

i have multiple homepods and apple tvs that support thread, one within feet of the bulb. multiple isn't the answer lol

[@DennisSchmitz]

@@AdamsTechLife The tungsten setting looks so nice though. 😥

[@zunfren]

Just a head up, firmware updates have greatly improved Nanoleaf matter over thread bulbs. I have 11 throughout my house and all are running with out issues now.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Great to hear!

[@PersonXes]

Very good to know. Thanks! Do they act as a thread border router? How do you deal with the wall switch (did you stop using the wall switch?)

[@zunfren]

@PersonXes I control them with smart buttons, scene controllers, or light switch w/smart bulb mode. I can't say for sure but I would imagine them being thread mesh repeaters.

[@PersonXes]

@@zunfren thanks!!! I guess smart bulb mode means that they don't turn off the power to the light bulb but instead send an 'off' event to your home automation system, and you have programmed your home automation system to subsequently tell the light bulb to turn itself off?

[@ChristopherLamke]

I love that you have Hide Yo Kids Hide Yo WiFi as your WiFi network name! I've had that name on one of my networks for years. Funny net names make the world a better place 🙂

[@AdamsTechLife]

Haha yes!

[@volcolby]

Nice comparison. I still feel like most of the prices are too high to be practical. Have you had any problems with certain brands not working after a time?

[@AdamsTechLife]

tbh, anything by nanoleaf. everything else i've tested long term has generally had no excessive amount of issues compared to any light by nanoleaf.

[@Breastident]

@@AdamsTechLife I’ve used 4 nano leaf bulbs in 3 years, I’m looking to find a different brand which is why I’m watching your video, I can confirm that this comment is true 👍

[@김준형-b4u]

Best smart bulb comparison I've ever seen. This is what I wanted! Simple and clear. I always wanted that someone trys to compare about power loss and fade in/out. I hope There's a way to buy L535E here in South Korea. Thank you for review anyway.

[@AdamsTechLife]

So glad to hear my video was helpful! I love hearing that. And yeah, i don't often see people comparing power loss and fade on/off when it's something that should be considered. Since Tapo is new, it may take a while to become available in SK. Thanks for watching! 😊 ❤️

[@jumpierwolf]

Phillips Wiz offers brighter bulbs. They offer a brighter 100w equivalent A21 bulb which is only a few dollars more expensive than the 60W. I personally got the 150W equivalent A23 bulbs from them. I think they do around 2550 lumens.

[@AdamsTechLife]

That's great!

[@DennisSchmitz]

Do they have less of a red tint in Tungsten setting, too? My new E27 Wiz lights are super red as shown here at 1:30 :(

[@jumpierwolf]

​@@DennisSchmitz Mine don't have that issue. The ones that I got have different packaging from the video and are made by Phillips.

[@DennisSchmitz]

I also have some older ones with the Phillips branding and these are indeed looking great. The newer Wiz matter branded ones have quite awful tungsten light though ​@@jumpierwolf

[@CodeXND]

Nano leaf for me works fine. Only had connectivity issue once so far which I was able to fix just by turning power off/on. But I do have issues using it with Homekit automation.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Thanks for sharing your experience! That's good to hear.

[@rehafer]

My HomeKit only Nanoleaf bulbs are rock solid and very fast to respond. Must be a Matter issue

[@nvdss4454]

Outstanding tech review. Kudos for repeating the product names and brands, makes following so much easier.

[@AdamsTechLife]

glad i could help! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@RS-handle]

Can I use Google Home App or any other app without a physical controller to manage these bulbs?

[@AdamsTechLife]

no, a matter controller is required to use matter enabled devices

[@citrushora]

super helpful and thorough review video!! thankyou :) I am leaning to Wiz (between Wiz and Tapo) mainly because I don't really want to buy from a chinese company... the apps seem sus

[@AdamsTechLife]

You can’t go wrong with either choice - thanks for the kind words!

[@josephewing3738]

So I bought a Tapo bulb just to try. Well it connected to HomeKit and Alexa just fine. After that it stopped responding and now it will only work with the Tapo app.

[@AdamsTechLife]

try resetting the bulb and see if that works?

[@sebas_7594]

I bought tapo and I love it

[@AdamsTechLife]

tapo is great!

[@DennisSchmitz]

Wiz really messed up the tungsten color on their latest E26/E27 offers. Mine are also red when set to anything below 3500K. The Tapo and Nanoleaf look great though in your comparison. Will consider getting some of these instead. Anything else I have from Wiz has perfect 2700K-3200K without any red tint.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Thanks for sharing the additional details about the Wiz bulb, that's good to know. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@andreayaquil9094]

Hi! Does the Tapo one connect to HomeKit flawlessly? Thank you!

[@AdamsTechLife]

works great!

[@andreayaquil9094]

@@AdamsTechLife thank you so much for the quick response! 😊

[@yigalrap]

Can I determine color scenes, and store them for future use, without using the manufacturer app, i.e., by using the ecosystem's app only?

[@AdamsTechLife]

You can create a scene for the light strip to be a certain color and brightness in the home app and use whenever, yes.

[@yigalrap]

I'm sorry to bother you again. However I've got the impression that in your demos you always use the vandors' apps to control the light hue and saturation (color and brightness). Is this because the ecosystems' generic Matter apps are not sufficiently muture yet to actually obviate the vendor's apps? If this is the case, do you have any estimation when they will be.

[@isaaczetino3399]

Good thing he said these devices connect at 2.4GHz I needed to know that 😅

[@AdamsTechLife]

Glad I could help! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@kwkarol]

With Tapo can you schedule different color light based on time of the day? If I wanted to get two of them and simulate sunrise and sunset colors - would it be possible?

[@AdamsTechLife]

I don’t use Tapo bulbs anymore but yes I’m almost certain this is possible, at least in the Tapo app.

[@lizguevarab]

@@AdamsTechLife Why don't you use the Tapo bulbs anymore? Do you no longer recommend them?

[@Not_now_dave]

Didn’t mention Wiz is part owned by Philips

[@AdamsTechLife]

i originally had that in there but ended up taking it out. it is a cool interesting fact. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@anonyfamous42]

Please do your own research. Philips Hue and WiZ are both owned by Signify. The Philips brand is licensed to Signify.

[@1uP-v2]

Where can I get the base for the light bulb?

[@AdamsTechLife]

I've added the link to the video description :)

[@Mr.C0ffee]

Is they are matter compatibility does that mean that I don’t need a hub? For the lightbulbs?

[@AdamsTechLife]

Not a hub from a manufacture. Matter controller is required to use in smart home ecosystems.

[@diego-0]

I would like to buy some smart bulbs for my home, I was thinking to buy bulbs Zigbee protocol, but Matter is good to have multi admin, I don’t like the idea goes trough WIFI..

[@AdamsTechLife]

Philips hue are great and support matter plus zigbee

[@atrium12]

Only two devices support adaptive lighting?

[@AdamsTechLife]

i answer this in the video :)

[@CharlotteAvaBrown]

Great comparison! Try the nanoleaf smart bulbs. It has cool colors and energy-saving features. Perfect for setting the mood in any room.

[@AdamsTechLife]

i mentioned nanoleaf in the video ;)

[@SolarizeYourLife]

Sooo, how do you reconnect Matter over wifi bulbs when they get disconnected from power??? I got a mujoy that takes forever to reconnect to thread...

[@AdamsTechLife]

Try resetting the bulb

[@SolarizeYourLife]

@@AdamsTechLife actually i had to unplug Google max hub...

[@Patrick76399]

Apparently Nanoleaf is compatible with Google Home. I’ve tried in the Google Home app, on the Google Nest Hub Max and the new Google Pixel tablet but haven’t been successful in pairing it. Has anyone else been successful? I am trying to find a bulb that will work with both ecosystems.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Nanoleaf worked for me in apple home and google. philips hue works with google and apple home too

[@S20-100]

I also struggled with the same apps/devices. Had to contact their support, but they did help me out and was able to make it work in the end with google assistant, Hub Max, app, etc.

[@Someguynearbysayshi]

At 2:19, you say Tapo was 1100 lumens for whites and colors. It may be that you had a different set of Tapo, but I picked up some Tapo 1100 lumen Matter bulbs and could not get them up to 800 lumens. In order to install the Tapo bulbs, I removed some 800 lumen dumb bulbs from my wall and added the Tapo, but the Tapo was CONSIDERABLY dimmer in all colors except citrus-fruit orange. Just a guess, but the color white was only hitting around 600 lumens, no matter the shade of white. This is the same for two of the same Tapo bulbs, in the Tapo app and in Apple Homekit.

[@dezaku6612]

I think there's only one Tapo matter-compatible bulb right now and thats the L535E, the same as in the video

[@AdamsTechLife]

Hmm that’s interesting. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@Candyanthrax]

I’m sad to see adaptive light go :( It was my favourite feature 😢

[@AdamsTechLife]

it's still available on smart bulbs/lighting that don't support matter

[@DennisSchmitz]

@@AdamsTechLife Adaptive Lighting on Home Assistant is fantastic if anyone is looking for an alternative, and works with any kind of lighting that supports white adjustments.

[@headerahelix]

How can you say what colour is "accurate" without actually measuring it in anyway? You deciding which one is accurate is not an objective basis for anything, that's your opinion.

[@AdamsTechLife]

All tech reviews are opinion based keep that in mind ;) accuracy is personal opinion. i show you the differences and tell you my thoughts. you decide for yourself what's accurate and what's not. i'm just comparing them for you.

[@cartanfan-youtube]

@@AdamsTechLifethose are a lot of words to say nothing. No one can get a proper tell on how accurate colors are by eye (maybe except for some highly trained professionals). If you’re gonna rank stuff based on objective measures like color accuracy, you have to measure it right. You’d be better off not including color accuracy if you can’t properly measure it

[@MaximusTheChosenOne]

@@AdamsTechLifelmao you have no concept of the word accurate… there objective measure for things. You could learn a thing or two

[@Direkarenz]

Hey there! Your camera automatically adjusts the exposure to light, including other light sources, as long as it captures the middle gray exposure. This automatic adjustment is similar to how our eyes measure the right exposure and our pupils (aperture) adapt to the correct exposure, making it difficult to determine which light is brighter. Next time you're evaluating lights, consider using a light meter for a more accurate assessment.

[@kingsleymichel]

Yup nano leaf and eve will not stay connected. It’s about time someone said it

[@AdamsTechLife]

Haha. They're definitely overhyped imo 🤣

[@Slimhaven1]

Tapo all the way!

[@AdamsTechLife]

Great choice!

[@Visionist]

Nanoleaf has adaptive lighting.

[@AdamsTechLife]

The non matter version does, that’s correct. Matter itself doesn’t support adaptive lighting so any device that uses the matter protocol won’t support adaptive lighting

[@Hemond1]

0:41 It is a new word for most but should not be that difficult to pronounce, especially for a tech nerd. "dodecahedron" is fairly common in the sciences as is the "rhomb" part and 'cosi" part.

[@AdamsTechLife]

🤣

[@microsnook3]

So these Tapo can be used in apple home or not? I want to get everything into apple home and be done. Thanks

[@AdamsTechLife]

Yes, with only features supported by Apple. You won't get all the features you'd get from Tapo unless you use the Tapo app like software updates, settings of the bulb, etc, if those matter to you.

[@microsnook3]

@@AdamsTechLife Alright I got these Tapo lights. I am wanting to automate them, so they turn red at night and white during the day. But I do not see this as an option. Do you know if this is possible? Thank you! (Could not get HomeKit to work worth a damn, so am using the native app)

[@Thierry.g38]

Your thread/matter problems are strange … 🤔. I’ve a lot of Nanoleaf light strips and HomePod mini and I never has any connection problems … But, that’s true it’s the initial « Thread for HomeKit only » and not the « Thread for matter » version. Maybe a problem of maturity …

[@AdamsTechLife]

I've heard other people have thread/matter problems so i'm not sure what the issue is exactly

[@thomastevis8655]

Awesome videos sorry I’m sooo late

[@AdamsTechLife]

❤️

[@sarabradley919]

Great cideo❤

[@AdamsTechLife]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@marksdarrell]

I like aidot

[@AdamsTechLife]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@garygonzalez2657]

Wiz

[@AdamsTechLife]

Great! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@Candyanthrax]

Nonoleaf breaks to fast

[@AdamsTechLife]

That's what i've heard. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@aeonjoey3d]

So the answer is Hue. sigh. I've been struggling STRUGGLING with Meross for years and am just SICK of it, i've been slowly converting to HUE, and they are 99.9999% perfect all the time. my Meross fail about 20% of the time in some way. All of these other brands seem like more of the same. thank you for helping me see the bambulzlement of this garbage. i'm dropping another fortune on more hue bulbs. these other brands are worthless on resale too just FYI. you can recoup a pretty hefty portion of your buying price selling used HUE bulbs, try selling any other brand with the exception of some nanoleaf items, and you'll see they're garbage.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience :) hue has been rock solid for me too.

[@CapitanGreenhat]

You keep saying... cant be used in apple home... cant be used in apple home.... ever top to think apple is the problem? F apple

[@AdamsTechLife]

not all manufacture features are supported in all ecosystems :)