The one caviat at this point is that I have only had these running for about 72 hours and so cannot comment on long term performance. However, at this point, I am very pleased with my purchase with no issues since installation.
I was in two minds, having read the few reviews on here, most of which are quite negative, but I decided to take the plunge and buy 2 packs of 4 as I like smart bulbs, these were a good price and I have been happy previously with the conventional Lepro LED bulbs I have bought.
To set out my requirements, we have an Amazon Echo and 7 spotlights in our Kitchen - all, annoyingly, running off one switch. There are 6 in the ceiling and one recessed over the hob. As the reviews suggested they might not work, I decided to just do the one in the hob first to see how it would go.
A couple of things to make clear at this stage:
1) These will ONLY install on 2.4ghz wifi, so if you have a dual band router (most modern-ish routers will be dual band these days) you either need to separate out the 2.4 and 5ghz bands or disable the 5ghz in order to connect them and set them up. This is usually straight forwardly done in your router's wireless settings. Once everything is set up, you can revert to how things were.
2) For any type of tech like this, the stronger the wifi signal, the easier things will be to set them up. Distance or interference affecting the signal will create a stronger likelihood of failure. My kitchen has a very good wifi signal. When I connected to the app and selected to connect over wifi, the app picked up my wifi instantly and once I entered the password, I connected without issue.
After registering with my email address and following the instructions in the Lepro LampUX app, I set the first bulb up quickly and once I had enabled the Alexa skill I was able to control the bulb easily with my Echo. People have commented here and in Google Play that the Alexa integration with the app is poor, but I have not found that. I am able to easily switch on and off, set colour temperature (cool white, daylight white, white, soft white, warm white) and dim between 1 and 100%. When grouped, this applies to as many bulbs at once as are in the group. I can also set routines easily again for the precise specifications desired.
Once I was confident that I was happy with the first bulb, I proceeded to set up the other 6 all at once. I have seen it mentioned that in a single switch set up like mine, all lights must be paired simultaneously, but this is not strictly true. I simply disconnected the bulb over the hob while I paired the 6 ceiling bulbs and then reconnected it afterwards and all 7 were connected. Of course that means that to replace a single bulb I would have to remove the other 6 but at least that means there is a choice between pairing them all again or just the new one, whichever I decide is easier.
The bulbs had to be initially switched into pairing mode using the on-off-on-off-on method in the instructions but I instantly had them all blinking and they then quickly paired one by one and were showing in the app and the Alexa app also found them immediately after. I renamed them in the Lepro app and Alexa immediately updated their names as well - something I haven't always found happens with alternative brands.
My one criticism of the app, as mentioned in another review, is the tedious way I have to go through a "how to use" guide every time I selected a bulb to rename. However, since the 7 have been set up and renamed, I haven't had to use the Lepro app again so it is a minor annoyance if using Alexa like me, so not worthy of removing a star.
Brightness wise, I am very pleased. My previous Lepro LEDs were 4W 350lm Daylight White and the equivalent setting on these bulbs is as you'd expect from 4.5W 385lm - ever so slightly brighter. The added benefit of these of course is the dimming as well as having a range of additional temperatures, which is ideal for a desired ambience.
All in all, since first set up I have not so far had any drop outs or lack of response, even when having tested by turning them off at the wall for a period of time. Time will tell obviously but I'm very happy I went with these at the moment.
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