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Review on 🌈 Vibrant Multicolor LED Light: Google Required Equivalent Changing for Ultimate Convenience by Dean Wildfang

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Worked one day, then lost connection

First of all, a light bulb. Only one light bulb worked for me, which was a bad sign from the start. The one that worked DID does not connect in "automatic mode" but reluctantly connects after a few tries in the alternative "access point (AP mode)" that the app suggests. Give credit now when credit is due; When 1 bulb actually worked (albeit for a short time) it worked perfectly - colors were great, brightness was quite nice although I still got it to dim my bathroom I didn't see this as a problem let alone the application fit good to my google home device. I placed both a Google Home hub and a lightbulb in the bathroom (I needed a way to control the brightness/color of the light - especially for those early morning ones - and it worked great in that regard), while my router, It connects right outside of my living room (no more than 15-20 feet) - now the app says your lightbulb, phone and router are within 10ft of each other, but that wasn't possible since the lightbulb has to be plugged in to get power and after unplugging the lightbulb goes out and disconnects from wifi - and I had no intention of unplugging and moving my router for just one lightbulb which is at 50% brightness in light blue becomes morning when you understand oh than me. Now it wasn't so bad until I discovered that when the lightbulb goes out it doesn't automatically reconnect because it doesn't have an auto reconnect feature and when it does it doesn't work. With that in mind, if the bulb somehow loses power (even if, out of habit, you accidentally flick a switch along the way, which is more common than you think), you'll have to sit and try multiple times to reconnect. tried until it works again. By the end of Day 2 I told myself that I wasn't going to sit there for about 30 minutes every time the lightbulb went out just to get it back on wifi. Now for the app - the app used is pretty basic and is only used to pair the device, after that I just connected it to Google Home (pairing went great). Commands like "set bathroom light to green" or "set bathroom light to 50% brightness" worked well, but combinations of commands like "set bathroom light to 50%" or "change bathroom light 10% to red" worked. does not work - the bulb itself is not to blame, I just wanted to note. I'd also like to point out that this is most certainly a Chinese product, which was quickly translated into English for use, as some of the settings were still in Chinese (e.g. Chinese characters) - not a big deal, but that's where the problem lies for me personally only exacerbated. All in all I have requested a refund for the product and will be looking for competitors, this product has just turned out to be too much of a hassle for what it is. A product that was supposed to make my life easier has actually made it ten times harder. Therefore I cannot recommend this product to anyone. For what it's worth, the sellers seem very friendly and offered to solve the problem - I just didn't want to deal with the solution personally - The application isn't fully translated - Only a 2.4- GHz frequency used - No Bluetooth connection

Pros
  • Price
Cons
  • Little things