Oooh… looks like the answer to the ‘switch-off’ issue. A little expensive but I think I’ll try one at least when launched:
Completely agree about smart bulbs. They can be useful in a few places, but smart switches are a far more interesting prospect for me.
Just a shame no one has brought a complete product to the UK market yet. Den were pretty close, but they’ve gone bust and re-opened once already, and apparently their products weren’t functional without a connection to Den’s servers.
What’s privacy like with Tapo? Can you use the app on WiFi without an Internet connection? Ideally, I’d block traffic from a bulb at the router…
I’ve ordered 4
This is entirely your fault
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I’m afraid I’ve not been in a position where I’ve had WiFi but no internet to test this case. If I get the chance to disconnect the internet and test this, I’ll come back and let you know.
I never had the slightest inkling that my little post could wield so much power. I hope they work as well for you as mine has for me (he says, typing in the light of his bulb).
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I was actually looking at those in November but they were out of stock 
Supposed to be delivered tomorrow so 
How did you get on with them?
The kids love them. Linked to Alexa for the youngest so when you say “goodnight Alexa” it turns off the light and starts his audiobook
I keep forgetting and turning them off at the wall switch. I’m old and forgetful. But it’s nice when I remember
Great thankyou!
I’m really interested in the match daylight feature and these seem much more affordable than LIFX so might have to give it a go.
That tends to be the mode I use in the living room when I’m reading in the evening.
They’re really easy to set up
Party mode is fun when I want to get the kid’s attention
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All my lights now dim over the course of the evening, dropping to about 20% by 10pm which is when we go to bed. I find it really helps us to wind down.
1am - 5am, they are at 10% and come on with movement sensors, so you don’t have to search for a lightswitch in the hall and they don’t blind you when you go to the bathroom at night.
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That sounds like a good idea… Shame I don’t have dimmers otherwise I’d do the same.
As for lighting the hallway at night, the Nest Protect (smoke alarm) does this when you walk near it and that works really well.
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My lightbulbs flash throughout the entire house when it’s time for me to go to bed 
doesn’t always make me go though. Sometimes I sit cursing them until they eventually stop.
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Hahahaha 
Another good idea because I often lose track of time and before I know it it’s 2am and I have to go to bed “wired” so it’s even later when I actually wind down and fall asleep.
Not sure about the flashing lights though. That might annoy my partner and the kids who would be sound asleep 
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Does the bulb itself not have an ability to dim? My bulb goes down to 5% at bedtime even though the switch is a normal one. It’s very useful.
And just to point out that, if you do have smart bulbs you definitely don’t want dimmer switches! Not a great combination
No I don’t use smart bulbs. I have a lot of spotlights in some rooms, for example my living room has 10 - so it got really pricey to replace them all.
Instead I opted for smart light switches and then my lamps use smart plugs.
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15 in my living room/kitchen took the plunge with IKEA tradfri lights.
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Ahh, being the lightbulb topic I did jump to a conclusion, slightly
I have smart plugs on all my lamps, not going to change all of those to bulbs. As you say, would be awful expensive. Currently have just the one smart bulb in the bedroom, but will soon have two (light fitting in bedroom is being replaced, new fitting is Edison not Bayonet, so can’t carry old bulb over).
I don’t have the big lights on late, and the lamps have about the dimmest bulbs I could get in them.
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