Smart Lights reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 177 Reddit reviews across 13 subreddits and 38 posts to rank the best Smart Lights brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/HomeKit, r/homeautomation, r/smarthome, r/homeassistant, r/googlehome. Top-rated brands include Philips Hue (4.8/5), Philips (4.2/5), Lutron (4.8/5).

Stats

Reviews177

Subreddits13

Posts38

Brands51

Products78

Top communities

r/HomeKit49 r/homeautomation47 r/smarthome24 r/homeassistant20 r/googlehome11

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Philips Hue

4.8

(25)

"+1 to Hue. I’ve had a number in different fixtures for years and some I click on/off at the wall and as long as you don’t power cycle them quickly, they stick pretty well to color temps."

"The hue lights are probably the most stable and consistently good smart bulbs there are."

"We have around ~40 Philips Hue bulbs and they are all white tunable as well."

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

"I have ordered most of my hue 30 plus bulbs and other home kit items from eBay, open box or used. Wildly cheaper I have yet to have a bulb burn out in five years."

"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."

"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."

"My whole house uses hue bulbs and fixtures, I absolutely love them."

"I just filled my house with Phillips Hue bulbs and they work pretty flawlessly."

Philips

4.2

(19)

"I've finally switched over to Hue and plan on adding to the four bulbs I currently have."

"The sunrise automation significantly helps my husband with his winter depression."

"I just replaced about 50 with Philips Wiz. Full color changing, wifi (I have a very robust wifi solution)"

"I added a few hue bulbs too, so now the whole room is lit up nicely when the alarm goes off."

"Philips has a bunch of really good wake up lights, and the newer ones connect to your phone and simulate sunrise."

"Philips Hue lights have many features built into their app, including the ability to change colors."

"Hue is really the best, at least for color bulbs."

"They're pretty fun to Voice Control with Alexa and change the colors and brightness at will."

"Phillips smart lights is good also yung Hue"

"Have you checked out Philips Hue or Lutron Caseta?"

Lutron

4.8

(13)

"I would just use Lutron cassette of switches and be done with it."

"The dimmer works perfectly with the setup."

"Pricey but the most robust lighting system you can install today."

"Extraordinarily reliable."

"Lutron is still the leader here imho."

"Lutron is one of the best solutions and you can setup scenes and group sets of lights to a pico remote to solve maybe your issue with too many names to remember?"

"Lutron is still the best option."

"Lutron Caseta, if available."

"Lutron Caseta is a top choice for physical switches."

"Lutron RASelect/RadioRA2 makes the best physical switches."

IKEA

4.3

(11)

"Ikea bulbs (Zigbee) are also very reliable."

"They look fantastic with the Pax Oversidan lights."

"Both bulbs and spotlights have worked like a charm for me. They've exceeded all expectations."

"I never thought they'd be good but they are actually very very good!"

"I have about 15 IKEA Trådfri lightbulbs in my house, and I have no audible noise from any them."

"For price to quality I don't think you can beat the IKEA Tradfri bulbs."

"The IKEA Oversidan with the Tradfri LED driver is a great option for the Billy bookcase."

"From what I’ve heard, the ikea bulbs are comparable to hue (interoperable too)."

"The IKEA Tradfri lights can gradually brighten, which is a great feature."

"IKEA has a pretty cheap and decent smart home line-up. Also works together with the Philips Hue system."

LifX

4.3

(9)

"8 LIFX bulbs I bought from the Apple Store years ago….years ago. No Failures using eero 6 pro with 2 gig service. All still working and no fail automations."

"I have some LIFX bulbs as well, I’ve had them ~5 years and never had a single issue."

"I use LIFX bulbs & light switches. They work great for me using scenes to turn off downstairs and turn on bedroom lights etc."

"LifX bulbs allow for a wide range of color temperatures and customizable timers."

"Best brightest light and the most vivid saturated colors."

"LIFX is WiFi enabled. Or at least mine are. They’re about 7 years old I think?"

"I like the LIFx products but they are quite pricey and work well without any hub."

"LIFX are another good choice."

"I tried LIFX for a while, too --- not only did I have lots of connection issues, I also had a few of the bulbs just go bad."

Nanoleaf

4.7

(7)

"I have had both HomeKit specific Thread bulbs and Matter over Thread RGB bulbs from Nanoleaf going back many years and I have had zero issues."

"I use the Nanoleaf Matter over Thread bulbs. They have been reliable for me without any issues."

"Nano leaf, meross are the way to go tbh… Hue are great just more expensive"

"Go for the nanoleaf essentials bulbs. I've got it, and it's awesome for smart lighting with HomePod Mini."

"Go for Nanoleaf Essentials Bulbs for your smart lights in Europe with a HomePod Mini hub. It works great together and give cool lighting vibes."

"Nanoleaf from my experience. I’ve heard great things about Hue but can’t compare, too pricey for me"

"If you don’t want extra hubs, I’d recommend Nanoleaf Essentials, but there’re plenty of WiFi options too."

Home Assistant

4.8

(6)

"Using Home Assistant with NodeRed makes home automation easy and effective."

"The automation works perfectly to simulate a natural sunrise."

"Why not use Home Assistant as a starting point?"

"Agreeing with the responses above you basically want script for an automation controller such as home assistant."

"Home Assistant is what you want, but it all depends on what you actually want to do with them."

"Home Assistant runs well in LXC with modest resources and has a Docker install."

Sengled

4.1

(7)

"I have transitioned my whole house to the Sengled Zigbee bulbs."

"I have had Sengled bulbs in my house for 5 years and have had 0 issues. They work with my SmartThings setup but also work with Alexa and Google Assistant and are usually less expensive than other options."

"I've used a bunch of brands, Sengled, GE, Feit, Inovelli and others. All of them work fine."

"I use Sengled"

"The Sengled BR30 (ZigBee) bulbs work really well with the recessed light trim."

"Really inexpensive considering the others. I picked up a 2 pack with hub for 40 on Amazon."

"A cheaper alternative are Sengled BR30 bulbs with a trim collar, but they are still not perfect."

TP-Link

3.9

(7)

"They work very reliably with both SmartThings and Google Home."

"They are solid and drama-free. They don't work 'pretty' good or 'most' of the time. They're VERY good and work all of the time."

"Get some Tapo bulbs, the H100 hub, two S200 buttons."

"I'd recommend any supported by the SmartLife app."

"Good option but not as bright as LIFX."

"The TP-Link bulbs are quite good as well."

"Horrible quality lights with a 50% defect rate in under 3 years."

#10

Sylvania

4.3

(6)

"The lights worked perfectly for the Halloween party!"

"Great Wifi and rock solid Zigbee performance."

"The interface and pairing process with Zigbee2MQTT is much better!"

"Great Wifi and a rock solid Zigbee setup with 189 lights!"

"These look like my 5/6 style recessed lights in my new construction home."

"The Sylvania RGBW bulbs are known to be problematic because they are imperfect zigbee repeaters."

#11

WiZ

4.0

(6)

"WiZ bulbs... I now have color bulbs in nearly every room, and it actually WORKS."

"I was all Hue, but no color. After seeing Wirecutter's article I decided to give Wiz a try, bought three bulbs. They work perfectly fine."

"I’m using wiz bulbs with Siri, automatizations, HomeKit with my HomePod and run perfectly and I could install each one in 5 minutes without problem"

"Wiz+matter means no need for the wiz app post setup…. Control it all w the home app just like you will do for any light that you’d purchase for this."

"The only issue with Wiz is that it’s over WiFi . Eventually if you have a lot of wiz, it will impact the performance of your WiFi."

"Philips Wiz. Cheaper, but be aware of the matter protocol support."

#12

Meross

4.8

(4)

"I'm very happy with my Meross smart bulbs for HomeKit. They can get very bright if you want, are easy to set up, and inexpensive."

"I use meross bulbs and they work natively with apple home. Never had any issues and been using them for a year"

"As someone with both. Meross is now my go to for HomeKit."

"Meross is a good brand, but try to focus on bulbs with Thread, Zigbee or Z-wave protocols."

#13

Yeelight

4.3

(4)

"They are cheaper, high quality and effective. Strongly recommend."

"Yeelight bulbs are really cheap (10-15€ per bulb) and they don't need any hub."

"Or go the smary route, and use yeelights."

"Bought 4 of them when on offer on GearBest for around $11 each."

#14

Inovelli

4.3

(3)

"The Inovelli bulbs allowed me to set them to default to 'OFF' after a power outage, that alone was worth the higher price of the bulbs."

"I've had no issues whatsoever in the months I've been running this setup."

"I recently tried a new version of Inovelli's switches and I've been really liking it."

#15

Innr

3.7

3.5