Home CasaVerdeSmart ,,,,,For Italian consumers, perhaps it is not the most appropriate solution of the moment, but the product is still valid: Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb is in fact an LED bulb that can be controlled directly from the smartphone thanks to the connection to the home WiFi network and as soon as Amazon Alexa will be available in our country it will be possible to manage the lighting even with the voice.
It offers very powerful lighting (60W equivalent) with warm white light (2700K) and the intensity can be adjusted in one click, adapting it to the atmosphere you want to create on the spot.
How is it made
The bulb has the common E27 socket for the lamp holder and is slightly larger and heavier than a common one due to the integrated technology that requires more space for the components. The body is made entirely of good quality sturdy plastic and the portion that covers the spherical head is satin and opaque: in this way, when switched on, the light does not dazzle.
First pairing
To make it work, just screw it to any lamp holder connected to the mains and turn on any switch to release the current. The lamp turns on instantly and at maximum brightness, but first flashes three times. This signal shows that the lamp has not yet been paired with the home network.
To do this, you need to download the Eufy Home app (iOS and Android) and follow the steps indicated by the app at the first start. Connecting it to the network is a matter of a few minutes and is a process that must be carried out only once: even in the event of a power failure, as soon as the light bulb is restored it will only take a few tens of seconds to automatically recognize the network and reconnect to it.
The app
The application has a very clean and easy to understand user interface. It provides an On / Off button for remote switching on and off, which occurs with about 1 second delay from the click. There is also a slider to adjust the light intensity and two panels that allow you to program time slots for automated switching on and off and to create virtual “rooms” to control multiple bulbs of the same series with a single stroke, so although not integration with HomeKit is supported for control via Siri, however, there are the main functions offered by Apple with the Home app.
Amazon Alexa
For voice control, in fact, the light bulb relies on Amazon Alexa, a function that we have not been able to try as not only do we not have a speaker with this technology available, but in Italy support for the Italian language is not yet available so who it was in possession of the speaker of Amazon will be able to benefit from this possibility by interacting with the light bulb only through English.
Conclusions
A pity not to be able to fully enjoy the voice functions, but overall the bulb is still a great product, both from a construction point of view and from that of the lighting offered. In fact, it consumes 9W but lights up like a 60W bulb and is of energy class A +. The light is warm (2700K) and is ideal if used on a bedside lamp or in a room where you prefer sleep-inducing lighting.
Retail price
Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb is on sale on Amazon for 40.99 euros. At this price there are solutions compatible with HomeKit and also able to offer more colors for lighting, so the purchase is mainly recommended for those who are developing a home system that will soon be controlled via Amazon's Alexa technology.
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