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TP-Link Wi-Fi LED Smart Globe $19 (Was $49) @ Big W

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Also available from JB HIFI

On sale from tomorrow (30/5).

$18.05 after 5% WISH card.

Product details
Using Wi-Fi, you can control the TP-Link Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb without a hub or additional hardware. Just open the Kasa app on your smartphone to manage the smart bulb remotely, anytime and anywhere

Product Features:
No Extra Hardware Required – Convenient smart Wi-Fi bulb with no extra hardware required
Anywhere and Anytime – Easy setup and control from anywhere with the free Kasa app
Save Energy – Save energy without sacri­ficing brightness or quality
Dimmable Light – Dimming flexible white light for customized lighting
Compatibility – Compatible with Android and iOS

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closed Comments

  • +11

    Xiaomi the colour led is the same price

      • +11

        Lmao I've had it for three years and no fault with my Xiaomi globes.

        • +11

          Also have 6 of the Xiaomi's in my house for couple years now with no fault. Absolutely love them.

          • +65

            @stumbows: But beware, I've got a friend who had one xiaomi bulb sitting in a box in the back shed, not even plugged in, and their house has burnt down 3 times.

        • +13

          Except you miss out the point that TP-Link is also from China. It's not a Western company, they are based in Shenzhen.

          And don't get me wrong, I'm using TP Link PoE switch and power line in my house.

          • +3

            @Bigboomboom: That's why Chinese companies pick up English sounding names, so they can sell to people like Mr. Codebased at 3 times the price.

            At least he gets to live his great life style.

            • @ChubbyMastiff: Don't think he is ALL western as well and still racist to Chinese, yet Chinese company charged him premium for the life style. karma is a bitch XD

          • @Bigboomboom: Yup they started with routers & switch offerings at dirt cheap rates, yet very stable, clones of D-Link products.

            Their products were very good and slowly people forgot their products were originally meant to be cheap alternatives and they developed into a reputed brand.

      • -1

        Ignorant in 2019 is precious. Even Bill Nye says grow the F up.

    • +3

      Link please

    • Thank-you

  • +7

    of course E27 screw fitting…..

    • I'm new to the smart globe scene. Where is the best place to buy E14 smart globes?

      • Just buy an adapter

        • +7

          sticks out too much … not aesthetically pleasant.

          • +1

            @tempura: Don't you mean A E S T H E T I C A L L Y ?

            • +2

              @sickburn: you meant to say 'didn't you mean …' ?

              • +5

                @tempura: Didn't you mean to say 'didn't you mean to say 'didn't you mean …'?'?

      • +1

        There are E14 candle globes in the Hue line, but…they aren't cheap.

        • +3

          IKEA have e14 candle globes compatible with the Hue line, and they are cheap - $10 warm white 400 lumen

          They also have 1000 lumen E27 globes from $13. All the other brands top out at 800-ish - apart from expensive LIFX.

          • +1

            @KentT: I've purchased an Ikea bulb yesterday and have it connected to Xiaomi gateway (Mainland server). However I can't add the bulb to Google HA.

    • +2

      For those who are ignant like me and don't know what it means:

      E27 are standard sized light bulbs (e26 are usually interchangeable) that are most commonly found in ceiling lights.

      E14 are a smaller (so lamps?).

      • ign or ant …

        They use E40/GES (Giant Edison Screw) bulbs, which are 40mm in diameter, but they aren't normally used in the home. The other most common screw-in bulb for the home is the E14 or SES (Small Edison Screw). This, as you will have correctly guessed has a 14mm diameter screw cap.

        Quoted from UK.

        • I am not black, brown, red, yellow, green or transparent, nor from Egyptian Royalty, so cannot be an ant. There are white ants but they are not ants. As such ign.

          The standard size of screw fitting is the E27 (27mm diameter).

          However there are other common sizes used on mains fittings in Australia such as the E14 also known as the Small Edison Screw (SES) often found in candle light bulbs in chandeliers and decorative table lamps.

          The standard diameter of mains powered bayonet caps is 22mm and the reference number for this cap is B22 (Bayonet, 22mm). Another common bayonet cap is the 15mm (B15).

      • +1

        Your leaving out the most important b part. The 'E' stands for Edison range which is a screw type fitting founded in the US in the very early 20 century and then them the 'B' type fittings are a bayonet used by the UK and countries it occupied in the day.

        • you lost me …

  • Hi can this be linked to google home ?

    • Yes looks like it (if you look at the second picture https://www.bigw.com.au/product/tp-link-smart-wi-fi-led-bulb…)… the box states "works with the Google Assistant" (as well as Alexa)

      • +4

        I have a set controlled by Google home.

        Actually, recently Google home has lost one of them and it looks like it's a common issue online. But it works within the Kasa app.
        You can always refund it though. I am happy with the rest of them. The app is not very user-friendly, recently they made it hard to change the lights settings directly but after it's done, you should be fine until something goes wrong.

  • +1

    Is there such thing as converter from e27 to b15 that I can buy in the market to use this bulb?

    • Doesn’t it come with adapter?

      • I don’t know. Does it?

        • No

        • Maybe

    • +2

      IKEA sell those… If you mean b22

      E27 to b15 converter
      https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/B15-to-E27-LED-Light-Base-Lamp-B…?

      • I think they stopped selling them in Australia.

      • IKEA sell those…

        IKEA sold bayonet to Edison converters however they stopped selling them because they are not legal/compliant.

        • hence if house caught fire, insurance will scapegoat it on the ?

          • +3

            @tempura: You meant to say …?
            Actually, I don't know what you meant to say, but I don't think that's not right…

          • -1

            @tempura: No.
            There is no insurance issue because you have not done something you are not supposed to.

            IKEA cannot legally sell non compliant electrical items however you are allowed to use (and import) non compliant devices. This does not impact you insurance.

    • +2

      Ikea used to sell them, but stopped because they're illegal to sell here - they potentially open up the risk of electrocution, as the screw threads must always be connected to neutral to reduce the risk of shock (after all, you're much more likely to contact the screw than the bottom pin if you jam your finger in the socket for whatever reason). It's a 50/50 chance that you'll get the screw active with these adapters, which is why they're illegal.

      You can, of course, still find people on eBay who'll sell you one.

      • +3

        Put the adapter on the globe, not in the socket.

        All adapter safety concern are now gone.

        • +6

          Electrical safety standards are there to protect the stupid, not the smart.

          • +1

            @mubd1234: Protect those stupid enough to put their fingers halfway into the socket, but not so stupid as to put their finger all the way into the socket.

            I suppose the cut-off has to be somewhere.

            • @KentT: I'd imagine it'd be a lot harder to get a full body shock with the bottom pin connected to active versus the other way around. The current would most likely travel only through your finger if you jammed your finger into the socket and contacted the bottom pin (as you'd likely have your finger contacting part of the screw if you were able to touch the bottom pin).

        • -1

          Then you risk over tightening the Edison screw as you twist the bayonet fitting.

          And then how do you remove it?

          The safest thing to do it make sure the light switch is turned off.

      • +2

        Those are not B15, also I wouldn't use cheap soft plastic where there is a risk of meltdown. It might burn the place down.

        The link above is a better option

  • +1

    Purchased this yesterday from Officeworks for $18.05 after price beat with JB ($19)

  • -1

    Are these capable of syncing with google home devices?
    Thanks

    • Yes
      Read the comments

  • Anyone know of any smart globe options for halogen bulbs? Mine are 12 volt with a GU5.3 (bi-pin) plug.

    • +1

      Like these?
      Edit: Not i think those are GU10…

      • Getting close with the 2 pins but still not the right one unfortunately

    • -1

      I think you need a smart transformer, not smart globes.

      The globes are probably small to fit the electronics.

  • +1

    Some specifications from the TP website https://www.tp-link.com/au/home-networking/smart-bulb/lb100/

    Typical Lumen Output
    - 600lm
    Input Power (Actual power draw in Watts)
    - 7W
    Stand-by (Light off) power
    - 0.5W Max
    Color Temperature
    - 2700K 7SDCM
    Rated input Voltage
    - HV 220-240V 50/60Hz
    Beam Angle
    - 180 Degree typical
    Dimmable
    - Yes (via app and cloud only)

    Please update the ad op

  • +1

    is 600 lumens enough to light a medium sized bedroom?

    • Depends on preference, I am currently using a 1050lm warm white and I think it's perfect

    • yes but not for reading.

      • Side lamps are used for that imaDOOFUS is taking about the main room light

        • i use a 11w LED as main room lamp and no side lamp for my kids room and sometime i need to read story before bed so that is what i mean.

          If I use this it wont let me see the word on the story book.

    • +3

      Go minimum 800 i'd say. I recently used 400 and 600 and they were not as bright as needed for similar room, especially warm white ones.

      • The kmart smart LED's are able to output 800 lumens, are they any good for google home? They retail for $20

        • I have around 5 of those and they're actually pretty bright. I use them with Google home.

    • +1

      I use double 800lm and I think it's not bright enough. I guess 1000lm is the minimum to settle.

    • For a typical 3.5m x 3.5m bedroom 800 is the absolute minimum, with 1000 being preferable.

  • +4

    Beware that this is the most basic model LB100, there are brighter (day light) models like the LB110 and LB120. Yes, they are easy to set up and compatible with Google home. I find the LB100 not bright enough for my bedroom, I am using the LB120 now.

  • Are these bulbs less likely to fail than a regular led bulb?

    • +2

      Well if you compare Tp-Link with Tp-Link, no!

      If the regular bulbs do the job for you, you don't need these. Though, these are packed with functions, depending on the model, apart from being smart and accessible remotely and compatible with Google home, Amazon's Alexa,… they are programmable to run your favourite schedule. Also tell you the electricity consumption and predict your usage over the next year. This one is apparently only monochrome but dimmable and looks only 600lm which is not that bright. Also, surely more expensive than regular bulbs.

    • -2

      They have more electronics in them so they are probably more likey to fail

  • -3

    Just what I want. More WiFi interference in my house, slowing my LAN, courtesy of a device that has absolutely zero need to be WiFi connected.

    • +1

      I don't think these use more than a couple of bytes per hour. If you have a multi channel router you wouldn't even notice it but I have a few repeaters as separate hotspots to keep the wireless devices in order. Total of 5 access points. Also Tp-Link uses a technology that only the first device connects to your LAN and act as an access point for the rest of their devices.

      How does it have zero need to be Wi-Fi connected?

      • +1

        It’s wired in. These devices should use X10 power-line signalling and avoid the need for wireless radios.

        • That would mean an extra device. People hate hubs

    • +7

      If connecting this to your WiFi is slowing your LAN then your LAN has other issues…

      • +1

        It’s just general 2.4GHz pollution I’m worried about.

        Run a spectrum analyser on the ISM bands, and you’ll see they’re getting increasingly over-crowded by “Internet connected toasters” and “wifi enabled toilets”.

        Every product seems to want a wireless connection these days.

        It’s insane we’re using the ISM band for wired devices when we’d be much better to use X10 power-line signalling. I mean, light bulbs are wired in already.

        • +1

          Where can we get WiFi connected toilets? That would be so cool!

          • +2

            @Darron65: I must admit.. wifi-triggering a full flush whilst the wife's only half way done does have a magnificent appeal about it.

    • +4

      Just chuck all the low-bandwidth 'just needs a connection' stuff on the 2.4GHz, and operate all demanding stuff on 5GHz. Problem solved. I have 2 5GHz bands, and put mobile devices on one, and static devices on another. And operate a guest network on another 2.4GHz band. So my neighbours love me, as I'm consuming the whole spectrum :)

      • I don't think you realize just how wide the spectrum is :P

        • Actually, I do. On the 2.4GHz spectrum, there are only 3 non-overlapping channels. I am occupying the first and last, which means my neighbours have one channel left that does not overlap with one of my 2.4GHz channels. On the 5GHz, not all channels have the same width, and if you use wide channels then there is still overlap. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels

          • @Make it so: seems like you have a really good setup there. It's still not "the whole spectrum", but it certainly sounds cool.

            • @LinkMonkey: Yeah okay, I overstated it slightly :)
              If only my internet bandwidth matched that of my WiFi….

  • +1

    There is a $15 one of these (as in similar function - on/off light with Google Assistant) at Kmart Atm.

  • How is the connection issues, compare to LIFX/Hue?

    • One issue I have with LifX - It resets every 5th time I switch it off. gets annoying. I have now taped by switch.

  • +2

    I think our local Kmart has one or more of these left at this price. I haven't really been interested as I don't really have use case for it. I would buy the variable color one for this price.

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