Posted on 04/14/2015 8:22:42 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
The least expensive LED light of the bunch at $14.97 per bulb, Cree’s Wi-Fi enabled, soft white 60 watt-replacements cast a good glow over my kitchen table. In fact, when I installed the new web-connected Edison bulbs, they replaced older (by a year), non-Wi-Fi-enabled, 60 watt Cree LED bulbs — and these newer bulbs seemed even brighter, though they boasted the same 815 lumens.
Luckily, I could dial back the Cree’s brightness through the Philips Hue app I used to control them, which is another feature worth mentioning. The Connected Cree bulbs are marketed as being Wink App compatible, which means they require a Wink Hub (a small piece of hardware that starts at $49 and works as a go-between from the bulbs to your Internet router). But that specific piece of hardware isn’t the only bridge that will do the trick, and since I don’t have a Wink Hub, I was able to connect the Cree bulbs to my Philips Hue hardware using these instructions. (Full disclosure: Only two of the three Connected Cree bulbs I tested could be detected by my Philips Hue bridge, but I feel that’s what I get for not going with the recommended Wink hardware.)
Otherwise, the Connected Cree LEDs work great. They are responsive to the inputs I make in the Philips Hue app and never miss a beat on my very regimented IFTTT triggers. I imagine they would only work better with a Wink Hub, so if you’re starting your smart home lighting efforts from scrap, be sure to pick one up.
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Amen, brother! Don't need a frickin' light bulb that requires a degree in electrical engineering to operate................
11 months ago I switched to the twisty CFL bulbs from GE. I have ones that are 5000k which is bright white on a sunny day. The lower the number the more yellow it is.
I got ones equivalent to 100 watt that only use 26 watts. I replaced 7 and had not had to replace one since, unlike the incandescent bulbs that burned out every few months. Plus the home is much cooler in the summer. The A/C can keep up now.
Color temp
https://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/lighting/cfls/images/ColorTemperature.jpg
How to change a light bulb
https://www.yahoo.com/makers/light-bulbs-101-the-new-rules-115247050885.html
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