Smart-home power users may require such features, but their absence shouldn't be a deal breaker for a first-timer. Sengled Multicolor smart bulbs are the easy way to add colorful, smart lighting to your home. 5. The Sengled Element Color Plus kit comes with 3 color tuneable bulbs and the Sengled Element Hub. Another nice feature in the app: It'll tell you exactly how much power the bulb is using at each setting. Sengled Element Color Plus Starter Kit review: That's a step in the right direction as far as the price is concerned, but it comes with a couple of compromises. Changing color temp worked with the Wink 2 ⦠Color Temperature Bar and Presets The arrow points at the circle on the color temperature bar; by holding the circle and moving it left or right, you can adjust the color temperature of Element Plus or Element Color Plus bulb(s). MORE: Every Smart Light That Works with Alexa (And How to Get Them). Some smart bulbs, such as the TP-Link's Casa smart bulbs and Lifxs Color A19, come with Wi-Fi built in, meaning you can set them up, turn them on, and connect them to your Alexa or Google Home account without any extra hardware. Philips Hue's White and Color Ambiance bulbs and Sengled's newer Element Color Plus bulbs are both rated for 800 lumens, and Lifx's A19 Wi-Fi Smart LED Bulb clocks in at 1,100 lumens. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. As one of the best Google Home compatible devices and best Alexa compatible devices, you can use Alexa or Google Assistant to control your Sengled bulbs with your voice. Starter Kits Tunable White A19 Kit. That's a good deal cheaper than a single Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance A19, which is $49.94 on Amazon, and Lifx's Color A19, which is a whopping $53.99. NY 10036. It took me way too long to figure out how to control an individual bulb, for instance, and lighting changes weren't always as responsive as they should have been, with an occasional few extra seconds after my tap before the bulb would actually change. Sengled's smart bulbs are rated for 800 lumens. With the app, you can adjust the brightness and color temperature (from a tan Edison to a bright white Daylight), select the light color, and schedule the bulbs to turn on and off at a certain time. Save electricity and make your whole home smarter with this Sengled Element Color Plus Smart LED Color-Changing light bulb starter kit . Thank you for signing up to Tom's Guide. Sengled's app lets you adjust each bulb's color and white light settings, or schedule them to turn on automatically at specific times. Discuss: Sengled Element Color Plus Starter Kit review: Sengled's new color-changing LEDs undercut Lifx and Hue Sign in to comment. PRODUCT FEATURES. Sengled's Smartsense ($9 for the A19) and Snap ($129) bulbs include motion sensors and security cameras, respectively, and the company offers a few other products that feature individual colors, gradual dimmers, surround sound and even Wi-Fi. 4. Smart Lighting: turn lights on and off, dim or brighten, and set schedules using Sengled Home app ; Trigger lights based on time of day, location, weather and more Tap on a scene to check the bulbs that belong to it. First, the app you'll use to control your lights is clunky to use, and less responsive than what you'll get with Lifx or Hue. If you can't get enough of the Element Color Plus, you might want to get additional single bulbs, which sell for $29.99. The Element hub is a Zigbee based hub used to connect and control the bulbs, as well as allow Google Home or Amazon Alexa control. For every Element bulb you buy, Sengled plants a tree. It's also stable; it never crashed or became unresponsive while I was using it. Cumplen con lo que se espera de ellos, compré 2 focos para remplazar en mi recámara a otros 2 (Sengled Element Plus A19) y mi idea era poner los 4, ahora me lo estoy pensando y creo que compraré en otra oferta los otros 2 de color. 9. @mike.maxwell Mike, I just paired the newly released Sengled Element Plus Color Bulb to Hubitat. If you stick with Sengled's hub, you'll control the bulbs using the Sengled app. The Multicolor A19 Starter Kit is a simple way to get started with customizable smart lighting. Starter Kits Multicolor A19 Kit. Use the app to turn your lights On/Off, dim, schedule and more. Any ideas? This may cause them to fall out of their three-minute pairing mode. Value. You can also control the lights by connecting them with the free online automation service IFTTT. 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