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Review on πŸ”† Multi-White Dimmable Assistant: Upgrade from 2500K to 6500K for Adjustable Light Temperature by Ray Gist

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Reliable, efficient, easy to set up; just expect the unexpected with the color change!

We have used these lamps in a variety of ways: recessed ceiling lights, bedside lights and closets. They're easy to set up (we use dedicated 2.4GHz WiFi for all our home automation) and integrate with Google Home (which we use instead of Alexa). As with all Wi-Fi based home automation (lights, speakers, thermostats, fans), you first set up the device with the provider's app and then integrate the service with Google Home or Alexa. So when setting up and naming devices in the provider app, be sure to choose the name you use in Google Home so you don't get confused. problems? Only two. First, there's some delay between saying "OK Google, lights up" and the lightbulb turning on. This is inevitable as your request from your home speaker to google cloud needs to be relayed and transmitted to the provider cloud on the device. . And it depends on whether everything works. We only had a brief service interruption (5 minutes) but you should be prepared for that. (One approach we take is to use bulbs wisely, since different brands may be using the same back-end service.) The second issue we've found with several vendors, including this one, is that the colors do do not match. When I set the lamp color to yellow using the vendor's application, I mostly get pure yellow. However, the command "OK Google, set the table lamp color to yellow" produces a green tint. The color is consistently wrong for all lamps from the same supplier, so this is not a quality issue. this looks like a bug in the provider software interpreting commands from google. My recommendation: experiment, find colors that really work for you, and then build them into some standard routines.

Pros
  • Great for a small home
Cons
  • A dubious purchase for the elderly