Smart Bulbs reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 338 Reddit reviews across 17 subreddits and 55 posts to rank the best Smart Bulbs brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/HomeKit, r/smarthome, r/homeautomation, r/homeassistant, r/googlehome. Top-rated brands include Philips Hue (4.6/5), Nanoleaf (4.2/5), LIFX (4.4/5).

Stats

Reviews338

Subreddits17

Posts55

Brands42

Products73

Top communities

r/HomeKit157 r/smarthome64 r/homeautomation43 r/homeassistant24 r/googlehome20

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Philips Hue

4.6

(107)

"You'll get the most bang for your buck with Hue smart light bulbs from Philips."

"All of my bulbs are Philips Hue and I'm using Inovelli switches. The main driving factor was the adaptive lighting capability through Home Assistant."

"120 downlights in GU10 form, 40 LED strips, 30 different lamp fixtures - all from Philips Hue + 30 garden lights from Miboxer.. Works very well..."

"Philips Hue. We use smart switches, with Philips Hue, in every room. We wanted white tunable for adaptive lightning, so now we have 70+ Philips hue bulbs."

"My wife really loves the selection of scenes in the Hue app. The dynamic scenes where the lights change their colors is very cool."

"All of my 70+ can lights are Hue. The cost of the Hue lights are absolutely worth the cost."

"I have IKEA, Philips Hue and Wiz light bulbs and sensors. The Philips ones so far are the best."

"Love hue. I have 97 bulbs in my house yes they cost a bit more but there so much more reliable using a bridge."

"Have been using Hue bulbs and accessories since 2017 and have not had major problems with them."

"I would say any other smart bulb is basically a waste of time. Anything you could possibly want is supported on hue and they always support new standards as they come. Plus not to mention they are rock solid."

Nanoleaf

4.2

(37)

"For the Nanoleaf bulbs, install using the Nanoleaf app. Update the bulb to the latest version, and then connect to Matter in the Nanoleaf app."

"Buy a HomePod and Matter-over-Thread bulbs, the Nanoleaf you mentioned can be those."

"I’ve got Nanoleaf and LIFX and zero issues with both."

"Nanoleaf is the better choice"

"I 2nd Nanoleaf …100%"

"The Nanoleaf ones are great! Have had them for about 10 months and they are perfect."

"My experience with nanoleaf has been the exact oposite. I have 3 bulbs on exterior lights and a lightstrip. All have thread and the connection is rock solid."

"Seriously, it’s life changing illumination."

"Nanoleaf user 3 years, perfect!"

"I switched to Nanoleaf bulbs, and it's been fantastic. Easy setup, great colors, and it responds quickly."

LIFX

4.4

(26)

"I have 2 dozen LIFX bulbs in my dwelling. Have packed it up and moved across the country several times and the LIFX bulbs worked fine each and every setup."

"LIFX has been terrific for me"

"LIFX. I have 10 LIFX bulbs in my HomeKit. As well as 23 Hue’s."

"I’m happy with my 9 LIFX bulbs of various types."

"But at the end of the day, my LifX are my favs."

"Lifx are on sale right now."

"Hands down for color vibrancy and overall brightness."

"Lifx hands down.. brighter and don't need a central Hub like Philips Hue."

"They have been rock solid."

"They work really well and don't require a hub."

Wiz

3.9

(18)

"I have 2 of those wiz smart lights with matter and they have worked perfectly since i got them."

"I swapped out all my Hue for Wiz. They are brighter and more reliable for me and do t require a hub."

"Wiz smart bulb, as it supports Matter, so it works with Apple Home without a hub."

"The Wiz bulbs are wicked. I just replaced most of my SmartLife/HomeBridge situation with 3 of them. Really bright. Accurate colours."

"I have had no issues with my phillips wiz bulbs."

"Can second wiz."

"I have had good luck so far with these WIZ Smart bulbs."

"I’d say that Wiz bulbs would be your best bet. They’re fairly inexpensive and made by Signify (same as Phillips Hues), but do not require a bridge."

"I’m using wiz bulbs with Siri, automatizations, HomeKit with my HomePod and run perfectly."

"Wiz+matter means no need for the wiz app post setup."

Philips

4.7

(14)

"Hue with hub, hands down."

"Definitely HUE."

"Now I only have Hue."

"Hue. Avoid Nanoleaf."

"Hue. It’s the only answer."

"Hue if you want the best overall, IKEA if you want the best bang for your buck."

"Hue is what you want"

"Hue is the gold standard"

"Hue are the best bulbs I have, because they are reliable."

"They dim smoothly from 2700K to 2200K, which looks like sunset."

Meross

4.3

(15)

"I’ve got several Meross bulbs and they work great. Never had a problem."

"Meross. I use them. Haven’t had any issues"

"I have about a dozen Meross RGB smart bulbs and they’re connected directly to HK. No issues"

"Have 12ish Meross bulbs added directly to HomeKit and haven’t had a single issue with them in nearly a year."

"Best value: Meross."

"Been really happy with Meross bulbs."

"I’ve had really good luck with Meross in general and their adaptive lighting works well in my experience."

"I've had good luck with Meross but I'm afraid to say that as some innocent little Meross bulbs might end up in the trash lol."

"Another vote for meross here!"

"Meross work well for me. I have a bunch of their stuff and I'm happy with it."

IKEA

4.0

(14)

"We have IKEA Tradfri bulbs all over the house. They are great."

"Can recommend IKEA’s. Reliable for me so far, and far far cheaper than Hue, and most others too. Works well with HomeKit."

"IKEA if you want the best bang for your buck."

"Good bulbs, generally stable accessories."

"IKEA Tradfri works great for me last 5 years."

"I use ikea tradfri, but you need the gateway as well."

"I have both Hue and Tradfri. Both use zigbee and require their respective hubs."

"I went with IKEA as my first 'toe in the water'; cheap and have not had any issues."

"Ikea tradfri bulbs are cheap and the bridge is like £20 or something."

"Take a look at Ikea's Tradfri or Xiaomi Yeelights"

Kasa

4.1

(12)

"Seconding Kasa (switches, bulbs, and outlets). They are my go-to for WiFi devices. Cheap, reliable, instant response, and the integration works locally."

"I've had good luck with Kasa ( TPlink) switches but there are plenty of other options."

"I went with Kasa HS200 (now KS200) dimmers and haven't had any issues."

"I just bought my first Kasa lights a few weeks ago and they have been great."

"Have used Kasa bulbs and switches for years! Not perfect but overall fantastic especially for the price."

"Kasa bulbs. They work locally, have a good CRI for accurate colors and very cheap."

"I'm using a couple TP-Link Kasa RGB bulbs for my porch lights. The Kasa integration has been solid for those bulbs."

"I currently use kasa switches. They work locally without Internet."

"I wish I did all switches originally and not smart bulbs."

"Kasa"

TP-Link

4.1

(10)

"I live in philly and have had three tplink bulbs outside for three years with zero problems."

"I have TP-Link products (light bulbs and smart outlets) and have had ZERO problems with them."

"I got some tp link bulbs as well, they also work fine."

"Good value."

"Tp Link has not let me down yet."

"I have 3 tp links that I use in my lamps. Not had any problems with them."

"I got four wifi bulbs $64 with shipping, that no hub required, works with alexa great."

"I like the tp-link lights."

"No hub and Alexa Control and Cheap."

"Sometimes they are offline and you can only get them working on the kasa app."

#10

Sengled

3.5

(11)

"I run more than 80 Sengled lighta in our house."

"I have only purchased one smart bulb, a Sengled RGBWW, and it works well."

"Sengled is the only brand of Zigbee bulbs that dont act as repeaters. This is a huge bonus for them."

"I've used indoor colored sengled bulbs on my front porch for 2-3 year now."

"I use Sengled. Reasonably priced and easy to set up and control."

"On a budget I recommend Sengled."

"I've had good luck with Sengled bulbs from Amazon."

"Zigbee light bulbs (Ikea, Sengled, and Phillips Hue)."

"So far it seems to be between Sengled and Philips Hue, unfortunately."

"I am a person who bought 60 cheap Sengled bulbs. I would rather have twenty Phillips Hue at this point."

#11

Govee

4.0

(7)

"I have the Govee bulbs, very reliable, very adjustable."

"I had 4 Govee lights that worked perfectly fine for several years."

"Govee is a good brand- def my second choice behind hue."

"Govee work great for me"

"Govee or any matter bulb can work well."

"Govee WiFi bulbs are UL listed for wet areas."

"I have some Govee via HA / Homekit bridge, they are ok, a little glitchy. But I like the govee app, bulbs and colors better."

#12

Lutron Caseta

4.8

(5)

"I had very good luck with Lutron Caseta and HALO brand flush in-ceiling LED cans (tho I think HALO is a Home Depot sub brand). they've run for 7y without a single failure."

"I should add that Lutron Caseta dimmers with dumb bulb is the way to go."

"Smart switches dumb bulbs. Lutron Caseta is widely regarded as rock solid for stuff like this."

"Is the bomb."

"I second that, use Lutron Caseta, I do regret I bought Hue but next time I'll do Caseta dimmers."

#13

Ikea

4.0

(6)

"They work great."

"Zigbee light bulbs (Ikea, Sengled, and Phillips Hue)."

"Yes, they don't advertise it on their website, but every box in the store has the Zigbee logo on it."

"Third for Ikea."

"Was gonna say, my ikea ones work great."

"IKEA? Toilets, Laundry, Hall, Outside Etc."

#14

Linkind

4.4

(5)

"Linkind. They work really well."

"I’ve used linkind and nano leaf. Both work great."

"Even better yet cheaper are Linkind Bulbs."

"I’m using Linkind tunable white smart bulbs."

"OREiN or Govee."

#15

Yeelight

4.2

(5)

"Yeelight"

"Yeelight works for me."

"A little bit outside your budget, but for the rgb bulbs yeelight are supported well by home assistant."

"I have used Yeelight, have one since 2 years."

"I have been using Yeelights for 6 months now and love them, they are very cheap and integrate well with Home Assistant."

#16

Sylvania

4.0

(4)

"I went with Sylvania RGB bulbs also. They’re wifi and do not require a hub."

"I use SYLVANIA RGB WiFi bulbs. Allows me to decide on the color temp I want."

"My Sylvanias were affordable and haven't given me any trouble."

"Sylvania lights are great and works with smartthings."

#17

Lutron

4.3

(3)

"Lutron’s have been rock solid for my entire house for 4+ years."

"The two premium options to consider are Lutron or Inovelli. The latter is 1/3 the price but requires much more tinkering to get right."

"This also works well if you live with others."

#18

Wyze

3.3

3.0

(1)

"Works really well but tbh I would not waste the money on buying colour changer."

#42

FEIT

1.0

(1)

"I wouldn't get FEIT smart bulbs again for ANY reason."

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