LEDVANCE LED lamp, Base: B22d, RGBW, 2000?6500 K, 10 W, for 60 W Incandescent Bulb, Smart+ Classic Multicolour [Energy Efficiency Class [AGGR] A+]

Bright light bulb but not happy with the control
Let me preface this review by saying that at the moment I do not have any smart home hub that supports Zigbee technology so I am unable to test that side of this product which is its main selling point. Once I do get it I will update the review.At first, I was unsure how to get this lightbulb working, it seemed as if I would be able to control it via my phone, but only by reading thoroughly, I realized that this requires a special separate hub that supports Zigbee technology.Why yet another technology, why couldn’t it have been WiFi since it is present everywhere. Well upon research I found out that Zigbee is a better communication protocol for smart home appliances as the devices have to use extremely low power to send data which increases battery life drastically, and the devices are doubling as communication mesh where the signal can piggyback over 64,000 devices before reaching the target device.Thankfully this is not the only product that supports Zigbee, actually, there are a lot of products that support Zigbee technology which is good to know as I usually do not like niche technologies and products as it locks you to a particular ecosystem and is not very modular.From the perspective of normal use case without Zigbee technology, I am not very happy with the way this bulb works. If you do not have any other way of controlling the bulb but the basic switch, this bulb does not behave normally, rather it cycles through the 4 colours every time you turn it on to notify you that it has not been linked with any remote or smart hub which is very annoying if you do not have these devices. They should have thought of a different way of letting the user know that the bulb is in factory mode other than cycling through colours, which is also a health risk for epileptic. Once linked it starts behaving like a normal bulb if turned off/on using a switch.Their remote gives you some smart control as you can control the bulb from a distance, and given this is an RGB light bulb you are able to cycle through 16 million colours as well as turn it on/off or dim it.This bulb is quite bright at 800 lumens which is within the 60 Watt halogen range as they claim, all good there. It produces warm white light so it is suitable for the bedrooms, living rooms and any comfortable areas as the 2700 K feels warm and comforting so I would avoid putting them in general areas such as kitchens and bathrooms where more sterile light is better suited. The dimming feature is very nice, however, I would have liked if it could be dimmed further, the lowest setting for the white colour is still too strong in my opinion so it is not suitable to be used for a bedside table lamp but rather for the ceiling lamp, however, the lowest setting for other colours is dim enough. The way they set up the remote makes it very annoying to dim the lights as you have to hold the up or down button until the desired level of brightness is reached which takes some time, the same applies for changing colours, you have to press the middle button until the desired colour is reached. It is very easy to register new bulbs to the remote, however, they could have handled the confirmation of connection differently, flashing bulb is a health risk for epileptic. The remote supports up to 10 bulbs which should be plenty, however, do note that if the devices are too close it is almost impossible to turn one without the other as the signal travels to all devices in range (30 m in the open), this is where Zigbee technology becomes very useful. The good thing about the remote is the fact you are able to replace the battery without the remote forgetting the bulbs.Overall, I would say that this is an interesting product comparable to Philips Hue but it is not worth buying without smart home hub as it gives you the ability to fine-tune each individual or group of bulbs and other smart home devices from your phone.

Works with Home Assistant and ZHA.
it paired no problem, easy to control/programme from ZHA. All looking good.

Just doesn’t play well with Hue
I purchased these to use with our HUE setup and have been disappointed. I have found the colour control to be insufficient and would randomly switch different colours when turning on. I had it setup as cool white and they’d frequently come up purple rather than cool white.The colours themselves weren’t particularly well rendered either.The lights are supposedly 806Lm but were much dimmer than the Hue white bulbs I had in previously.Disappointed and sent back for a refund

Did not work with SmartThings
Sadly, failed to pair with Samsung SmartThings hub.

Appairage assez facile avec pont HUE ..Bonne qualité générale..

Ho preso queste dopo aver comperato delle Philips hue per una lampada e devo dire che rispetto a quest’ultime funzionano molto meglio con il mio echo plus… consiglio