Sengled Alexa Light Bulb, Candelabra Light Bulbs Color Changing, Candelabra LED Light Bulbs 450 LM 45W Equivalent RGBW, E12 LED Bulb, Smart Bulbs That Work with Alexa Only, No Hub Request, 2 Pack

Doesn't work with a hub - false advertising

As described by other reviewer’s, these bulbs do not work without the use of a hub. They are Bluetooth only! They are completely misleading people by stating they are Alexa only bulbs. They even clearly state no hub required in the title and that is completely untrue. They will not work without the use of a hub. Now I’m stuck with these bulbs that I cannot use. And they are not cheap

App is terrible

Can’t connect the lights to both Alexa and their app, which is sitting at a 1.4 rating. I mainly wanted to use this for my alexa, but I can’t dim the lights so part of the functionality is missing to me unless I want to reset the lights to the app. Would be awesome if alexa and their app worked together like the groove lights. Other than that the lights themselves work as intended.

It works perfectly with Alexa

I used this product on a lamp and it worked perfectly

Mesh is Unreliable

In our house, we have four Echo Dots, 3rd and 4th Gen. We have three sets of Sengled Bluetooth mesh lights in the same room (line of sight, less than ten feet) as one of the Dots. (Three different rooms). Despite this, I can’t get these lights to work reliably. When resetting and joining back to Alexa, these lights *consistently* connect to any Dot that isn’t the one in the same room.

When I got my first set of lights with one Dot in the same room, they were great. But as I’ve expanded with more bulbs and more Echo devices, they’ve become less and less reliable. At this point, they are virtually unusable with Alexa. They’re more reliable when I connect them directly to my phone, but that completely defeats the purpose of having smart lights for the whole family.

It probably doesn’t help that I’m in a town house with dozens of visible WiFi networks and six access points (separation of IoT devices from personal devices). This is why it’s all that much more important that these bulbs be able to connect intelligently to where they can get a signal.

If I had to start over again, I’d pick a dedicated IoT network standard (e.g. Zigbee). I thought the Bluetooth mesh would help me avoid the WiFi issues caused by a large number of slow devices on the network. Instead, it’s not smart enough to talk to devices right next to it.

Good bulbs

Love that they integrate with Alexa. Good brightness. Nice colors.

Great bulbs......when they are working correctly

I bought these bulbs because I had read good reviews of Sengled products in general. They were reliable and worked as advertised. I had other bulbs from knockoff companies that wouldn’t stay connected and generally just stopped working quickly. Add these bulbs to that list! WHEN they stay connected, they work great! Alexa integrations are excellent. I can set the lights for different holidays with no issue. The problem is they lose connection almost daily! I have had to do the ‘power them on and off 5 or 6 times’ repeatedly. When I get one bulb connected and move to the next, the first bulb loses connection! These are supposed to be bluetooth mesh bulbs, yet when they are less than an inch apart they can’t detect or maintain the connection with other bulbs. I do not recommend these AT ALL!! Stick with wifi smart bulbs!