Philips Color and Tunable White A21 LED High Lumen 100W Equivalent Dimmable Smart Wi-Fi Wiz Connected Light Bulb, Compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri Shortcuts (2-Pack) (9290024493)

I was worried about purchasing due to the other reviews I read. However I am glad I bought it despite them. I have had little to no disconnections and the ones I have experiences were due to my WiFi. It has great color accuracy and it really lights up the room. It is easy to use and set up.

I have been using some Philips bulbs in the house, and then some others. These are way better and we are slowly replacing any others to make it easier. They set up on the Philips app easily (already have a hub) and then adding in Alexas was a breeze. It is easy to control a schedule and change colors for seasons which is the reason we ordered these. Now our lights on the front of the house can be changed as the mood suits, and work bases upon the sunrise and sunset! If you have a light sensor, they may have issues and we changed our fixtures on the driveway because of this (malfunctioning and didn't always come on.) Once we figured out why they kept going into sync mode, it was super easy!

So easy to setup and use. Not Apple Home app compatible. Uses the Wiz app you can set up Siri scripts where you type in phrases. Sometimes they drop off the network. Then you just power cycle them. Make a great living room light. Whether you you want a subdued color to watch movies, a white light in the day, or a more relaxed warmer light in the evening. Can even do colored themes. My wife put on in a docorative lamp to go with a an Asian themed wall art and it’s rather cool. Uses it for zoom background.

Great product. Good app. Easy to set up. Also like the color presets as well as the color and brightness controls. I have also used TP Link before, and recently ordered Cree. What sets it apart is, the set up is super simple. Just follow the instructions. Best part is, it tells you up front that you need to use the 2.4 Ghz network. Not like Cree's app which didn't mention anything. This product also works well with Google Home and Samsung Smart Things. Highly recommended!

UPDATE: After using these for a month, they've started to lose network connectivity at an alarming rate. While I expected wifi bulbs to have flaky connections, I did not expect the bulbs sitting within 7 feet of my router to lose connection once a day. Nor did I expect them to require hard resets in order to reconnect. At this point it's hard to say if they're dropping from the network, or if a bug is causing them to freeze. Until Wiz/Philips can fix these, STAY AWAY. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Look these up on energy star and you'll see the have the highest cri/ra values out of any lightbulb on the market right now (model number 9290024493A with cri: 94 ra:93 - supposedly there is an even better model without the "A" at the end, but I've been unable to locate any seller). These are slightly ahead of Feit's best, and nothing else comes close at this brightness. They warm to 2200k, beaten only by lifx's 1500 and ikea's 1780 -- but most white tunable smart lights only warm to 2700k. You can see all that on the spec sheet. What you CAN'T see on the spec sheet, is that the rgb colors are also BRIGHT. They're nearly as bright as the whites. I'm thoroughly impressed by that. Cons: My pet peeve: they're wifi bulbs. You'll be sacrificing your home network security to Wiz. Better trust this random company to not expose new vulnerabilities (I'm looking at you Wyze). This also means they can drop off the network. It hasn't happened to me yet, but I'm sure it will. It happens to all wifi bulbs. There's nothing more fun than showing your friends how awesome you new smart bulbs are and only being able to turn on 4/5 bulbs all right next to each other. Speaking of, thread is coming just around the corner with mesh network healing, it's a real question if you want buy a ton of these or wait for thread. They're not hue, and they don't work with the hue app. The app works, and it's relatively well laid out, but it's not winning any design rewards. Let's hope that these become matter compatible and we'll never need to use another random manufacturer's app again. They only dim to 10%, aka 160 lumens, which is a bit bright. I'd prefer a dimmer night light. But I guess that's the trade off you need to make if you want a 1600 lumen bulb. Side Note: Before you read the inevitable review complaining that these only connect to the 2.4ghz and not 5ghz, you DO NOT WANT your smart bulb on your 5ghz band. 5ghz only has room for a few high speed devices on the network, whereas 2.4ghz can handle many devices at lower speeds.

Ask Alexa to turn light on and off and it works. The App helps to control the brightness and times to work. Best idea ever!

1 quit working after about a week, and the other never fully shuts off from the app. It just dims and turns green. I have about 15 of these so I'm very familiar with their connectivity, and yes they are decent. It's just a heads up to get them up and running soon after because who knows how many times the box was kicked around.

If you like creating ambiance and decor. This does the trick.