Hi there guys.
Using smart lights can be one of the easiest ways to turn your house into a smart house.
But some of these popular, smart light bulbs can be really expensive to buy.
This Lifx light bulb retails for $89AUD. I managed to find a TP-Link bulb for about half that price.
In this video I'm going to give you a detailed product overview of the TP-Link KL130 light bulb.
I'm going to show you a direct comparison between this TP-Link light and the Lifx bulb to see if this light compares with its more expensive counterpart.
This channel is all about helping you as a consumer to make a more informed purchase decision.
Let's get started!
This smart light from TP-Link is a very efficient light bulb when compared with a non-smart light bulb.
It runs at about 10 watts of power which is 6 times less than a typical halogen light bulb.
It's very comparable with the Lifx bulb which draws 9 watts of power.
You don't need a special light socket to use this smart light. This is the B22 socket.
It fits easily into a light socket that has pins.
You can get this same type of light with a screw socket as well if that's the type of light socket that you have in your house.
You can also get this little adapter here; this was just a few dollars off eBay.
And even if you have the wrong socket type, you'll still easily be able to have this light work in your house.
To set this light up for the first time, you'll need to download TP-Link's Kasa App.
This app is available for Android or Apple and once you've downloaded the app,
you'll need to log into your TP-Link account or set one up if you don't have one.
After you've downloaded the app, you just need to plug your light into a light socket and then follow the prompts in the app to set up the light.
The set up for this light was super quick and easy.
You know, unlike some other smart light bulbs, you don't have to have a hub to make this light work.
As long as where you're setting up the light is in range of your home's WiFi.
Even with zero technical expertise, you should have no issues in setting up this smart light bulb from TP-Link.
If you have other TP-Link smart devices, like smart plugs or indoor or outdoor cameras, you can access them all using the same Kasa app.
You can control this smart light from anywhere. As long as both your phone and the light is connected to the internet.
So you can easily switch on and off the light even when you're not at home using the Kasa app through your mobile.
You probably already know this, but when you're using a smart light like this,
you do have to have the light switched on all the time.
You can easily turn the light on or off in the app.
And you can quickly and easily change between the primary colours of blue, green, red and white.
There is also an auto feature. This auto feature is for white light only and it'll adjust the white light colour temperature to match its environment.
You can use the app to easily activate pre-determined presets of your choice.
And this app also has a section where you can track the usage of your light and see exactly when your light was on and how long it was on for.
I'm actually not sure what this feature is for; who it's targeted at.
But just in case you want to track your light usage, you can do that in this app.
You can track it for the past day, the past 7 days and the past 30 days.
Using the Kasa app, you can quickly and easily set up schedules for your lights to switch on and off or change colours at specific times.
You can also set the bulb to fade in and out for a set period of time.
This smart light bulb is compatible with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa,
which means you can control this light bulb using voice commands.
"Turn on the lamp".
"Turn off the lamp".
When I was using the app or Google Assistant, I found this light to be very responsive.
As soon as I click on the button in the App or make a command with Google Assistant, the light responds almost instantly.
I was really impressed with how quickly this light responded.
When comparing the features of the TP-Link light bulb with the more expensive Lifx,
I didn't really find much difference.
Both of these bulbs can be controlled in the app or using Google Assistant.
Both bulbs have the option to schedule the light to switch on or off at specific times.
I didn't find any features of value in the Lifx app that wasn't included also in the TP-Link app.
Now let's have a look at a direct comparison between the TP-Link light bulb and the more expensive Lifx light bulb.
Both of these bulbs have a brightness of 800 lumens, so they should be comparable.
I hope that watching that direct comparison has helped you to make a more informed purchase decision.
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