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These are completely worthless. Go with Hue for bulbs.
I have 28 TP-Link Kasa devices in my home. And these KL bulbs are by bar WORST item on the entire market. I've owned them for 4 days and have spent 4 days power cycling them because they repeatedly disconnect from the wifi. You know they are offline because they'll stop following the schedule. Oh it's 10pm, why isn't the lamp on? Let check the app...ahh.. the stupid bulb is offline again.
There's not real a explanation why. I've searched the internet and it appears the bulbs disconnect more frequently from wifi networks have that have dual bands such as 2.4 GHz and 5ghz. But when you consider that Kasa/TPLink makes tons of other devices that work flawlessly, then you'll realize that these bulbs aren't worth headache they create. And honestly, who doesn't have a dual band network nowadays?
I'm truly disappointed, but I'm more disappointed with that fact that the only reason I bought these is because I wanted to put my lamps on a dimmer. TPLink/Kasa only makes dimming wall switches, and not dimmable plugs. Other brands of smart plugs offer dimming, but TP-Link...nope. So now I have to have multiple different brands of plugs to achieve something as simple simple as dimming.
I'm sorry I'm completely vested in Kasa now.
July 2021 · Tools and Home Improvement · verified purchase