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Review on Dimmable Control Equivalent with Color Changing Capability by Michael Patilla

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Works for what I need as a subtle mood/accent light

Edit: Two years of use and still working! my master bedroom so we can have decorative lighting there. After a trip to Europe where a rented flat had a red lamp in the bedroom we found it flattering and a good amount of light to make it easy to see what we're doing at night but still be unobtrusive. No wonder the "Red Light District” illuminates people with this shade of red. No more throwing a scarf over a lamp to dim the light. In any case, these lamps are great. Screws in easily. The remote control is pretty intuitive. Even if the instructions are confusing. I had to experiment with consecutive button presses to correctly sync all three bulbs in one bulb to the same color. The colors on each of the remote control buttons do not match the lamp colors for purple and some other shades. There aren't many preset colors, so I mentally tagged my favorite colors and their locations as a workaround. The lamps appear to be of good quality. They don't flicker and don't get hot. Note the recommendation to use them for accent lighting rather than supplemental lighting such as for reading, as white light at maximum intensity is not bright enough for this use. children's favourites. The mode in which the colors rotate and flash is a fun setting that we use when playing fast music in one of the rooms that uses lamps. My kids are obsessed with the remote and its colors so I had to hide them both. I use bulbs in two rooms on two floors of my house (one in one bulb and three in another) and both remotes are interchangeable with all four bulbs. I couldn't stand more than 15-20 feet away or the remote wouldn't work. I've been talking about buying Wi-Fi lightbulbs that I could control with Alexa, but both lightbulbs are already plugged into their outlets, so it was overkill and I didn't want more Wi-Fi traffic on my network. They work exactly what I need.

Pros
  • Perfect for outdoor activities
Cons
  • Not sure