Tapo TP-Link Smart Light Bulbs, 1100 Lumens High Brightness(75W Equivalent), Matter-Certified, 16M Colors RGBW LED Bulb, Dimmable, CRI>90, Voice Control w/Siri, Alexa & Google Home, A19 E26 L535E

I picked these bulbs because they seemed like a good deal, and I needed some new ones for my room. The light is pretty bright (almost too bright sometimes), but it works well as a cheap sun lamp to help me wake up in the morning (who needs coffee?). They're also easy enough to set up and work with all the major voice assistants like Alexa and Google Assistant, which is nice. I don't have many smart home devices, but these were simple to add into my existing setup. My favorite part is probably the ability to change the colors though, it adds some variety to my room (I even got a couple of those fake neon signs from Wish to go along with it).The Matter thing seems like overkill for me since I don't have many other smart home devices but hey, at least they work offline if needed. My internet has been pretty stable though, so haven't had to test that out yet (maybe one day when I get around to buying more smart stuff for my apartment). All in all, these bulbs are a solid choice if you need some new lighting and want the convenience of voice control and app support. The price is right too, can't complain there.

These work perfectly with Siri. The Matter compatible setup makes it so easy. I didn’t need to download the Tpo app or the Matter app. Just used my home pod through my Apple Home app to set them up. They react quickly when I want to change the colors and the brightness is twice as good as it was before with just regular lights. Amazing value for the money. I’ve got my two night stands set together and then the 3 lights in my ceiling fan set together. It’s amazing to just say Siri turn off the ceiling lights or turn off the bed lights OR just say turn off the lights and they all turn off! Just scan the QR codes in the box to connect with your hub and wallah. They react quickly when adjusting colors as well. Amazing buy. The power went out the other night and all I had to do to get them to reconnect was unplug the electric source and plug them back in.

I use Apple Home for automation and have a home hub. These Matter-certified bulbs work well with Apple Home and paired instantly in the Home app just by scanning the QR code. So far, on the first day of use, they appear to be totally reliable with Apple Home and work well. The setup was ultra smooth and easy, like all other Matter-certified devices I've added to Apple Home.There are a few cons, though:1. The brightness of the bulbs is pretty weak for a 75W-equivalent bulb. At ~2700K, they are at their brightest and somewhere between 60W and 75W. However, when switching to a daylight temperature like 4000K-5000K they are a good bit dimmer… definitely not over 60W-equivalent, possibly less. And for raw colors, they are drastically dimmer, but colors are just a nighttime gimmick anyways and I don't care about that; I only want to adjust color temperature throughout the day. My big issue is that the daylight temperatures feel dim.2. Some white-range colors are way off with the Apple Home app. Certain near-daylight colors are rendered by the bulb as bright orange, while other smart lights I have render them correctly. It's not a total dealbreaker as I just adjusted the color swatch to something the bulb can handle, but I was surprised by this.3. For some reason, the Matter QR code is not printed directly on the bulb base, just the ID number. There are QR code stickers included in the box, but this really should have been printed on the bulb itself. I will probably lose track of these stickers in the future, and it will be more complicated trying to re-pair them then, since the Apple Home app wants to scan a QR code.Seems like a good budget bulb that's reliable, but I'm still on the fence about returning these and just paying up for the Hue bulbs. Overall, my main complaint is the brightness level at daylight temperatures.

After reading reviews, I was pretty nervous about ordering these seems how some people made it seem like a lottery order with quite a few different complaints. That could still be the case. Several people mentioned black or white bottom bulbs, but I'm still not sure what that means, since I didn't see anyone who mentioned them post a picture of the different kinds they were talking about.But in any case, when I ordered the 4 pack they were all the same, as pictured with box, and they all work. The exact model is KL130 for anyone who's curious. I got the 4 pack because I was worried about getting mismatched versions, so I guess at least in my case that worked. I just ordered a second 4 pack to do the rest of my apartment, so if they wind up being different, I'll come back and say so.I also read one review that said the bulbs were off and wouldn't go in their sockets which gave me doubts as well, but they do, in fact, fit into a standard socket. I got 3 of my 4 pack into my overhead fan light (the standard kind with gold metal, ridged glass and brown wood blades you see in apartments everywhere), then tested the remainder out in my bathroom mirror 4-light strip (again, the cheap medicine cabinet kind you see in low rent apartments everywhere) and then again into my old-timey touch lamp and it worked in all of them, so unless you have exotic fixtures of some kind, you're good to go. Also slightly surprised that they worked in my touch lamp, so if you were wondering about that, just touch to the highest light setting and you're good to go.I was also kind of worried about how the setup would go since a few people said it was wonky, but not how and I didn't see the actual process pop right up in the first few pages of reviews, so I'll just include it here:1. Download the "Kasa Smart" app, create a login and verify your email.2. Put a light into your target fixture, turn it on to make sure it works, then turn it back off again.3. Hit the plus sign in the upper right hand corner of the app.4. Tap on the "Device" option5. Tap on the "Smart light" option6. Tap on the "Smart bulb KL100 series" option7. The first prompt says "First, make sure the power is off on the light you're replacing. Swap the current bulb with the smart bulb", you've already done this, so tap "Next".8. The next prompt says "Power on the light, wait about 5 seconds until the smart bulb blinks 3 times". Do that and then hit next.9. It'll connect and then ask you to sign into your wifi.10. You'll get a prompt for your bulb to update, do that.11. Give the bulb a name.12. DoneOptional #1: If you want to put a cluster of bulbs into a group so they all change colors/dim simultaneously like I wanted to with my 3 fan lights, make sure you've set each bulb up separately, then hit the + sign in the upper right hand corner and tap "group". Then select the bulbs you want to put in a group and give it a name. The main interface page will show groups on top as well as each individual bulb below.Optional #2: Set up with your Alexa/Google/whatever. I jumped the gun on connecting Alexa before I added the bulbs and she announced each time one was installed that I could now control "TP underscore ... blah blah blah" by talking to her. Kind of highlights the importance of the names if you're going to be doing this because no way are you saying its given device name to control it. I mean, unless you're into that kind of thing, no judgement, but not for me.Even though *I think* I got the model everyone was a bit displeased with, aside from putting in the wrong wifi password on the first attempt and having to delete and reinstall the app to fix it, setup was surprisingly easy and quick. Zero wonkiness actually wound up happening, so another win.In terms of brightness and color versatility, when it's at it's brightest in white, I can't tell the difference between it and the intense spiral LED's it replaced...which is to say they're capable of being blinding if that's what you need.For color versatility you legitimately get a whole color wheel to choose a color with and then the hardest part is really just picking one since all the colors look pretty cool. In an entirely dark room at night, the colors at full brightness somehow give a dimmed feel while still providing all the light you could want to look around with. As a dark mode everything person, it's a strange surprise best of both worlds scenario I keep double checking when I think it's actually dimmed by reading the book titles in perfect clarity across the room.The dimming feature is on a percentage wheel similar to a speedometer and is also pretty nice.Overall, I'm really happy with my purchase and that the reviews freaked me out for zero reason. If you get the 4 pack and/or the same version bulbs as I did, you should be all good :).