I've seen a lot of 'smart' bulbs on here, and they mostly get slated. However, I shall be undeterred because it's cheap, I bought one to test and it's nae bad.
You can control this via an app on your Android phone with the supplied app. It has the following features:
* Set RGB
* Default warm setting, which is nice and bright
* Colour fade mode with selectable palettes
* Pulse in time to stored mp3 music
* Pulse in time to mic input
* Change colour to what colour is being highlighted on your camera.
Sure, it's not going to be as bright as a Philips bulb - or then again it might be, as I'm too poor to fork out £25 per bulb. It may be more difficult to orchestrate multiple bulbs via bluetooth due to the nature of it.
However, it's a lot of fun for £6.57 and the brightness when you have it in 'warm' mode is comparative to the CFL that it replaced.
It would make an idea stocking-filler for the teenager who spends all their time in their room chilling; my son wants one for his room anyway.
Took 10 days to arrive.
Link to the app - http://www.ledmagical.com/Apps/MagicBlue/AppDown.aspx (best to access the link via your device)
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edward2910 to morpheus
13 Nov 1567#25
I remember 1914. The war had just begun, and mam said goodbye to dad. "I will return," he said in his magnificent voice, filling the single room in which we all lived, ate, slept and played. We, nine children and mother, said, "Haste ye back."
He came back in 1918, a changed man. Mother was pregnant again within weeks. She consulted her friends for advice. They advised that father needed a hobby to keep his mind off intimacy, and so mother asked father if he would like to take up knitting.
"I have lived all of my life without learning to knit and I can't think of any reason to start now," he boomed, forgetting that he was no longer in the trenches, struggling to be heard. Ah, shell shock affected people in different ways.
Mother saved her money until she had enough to go to the Doctor's one day. She told the doctor about father's refusal to countenance knitting as a hobby. The doctor offered to have father sectioned, and two days later he was carried off forcibly to the nearby asylum.
"I've lived all of my life without ever being sectioned and I can't think of any reason to start now."
A charge-hand raised a syringe and thrust it deep into father's left buttock.
He never was released from hospital. He died in a fire in the hospital, caused by an overweight nurse walking quickly and generating enough friction where he chafed to create a small fire. And all because he wasn't prepared to try something new.
definition
13 Nov 1514#36
Sheesh I can't believe you tried to make out my post was racist. Talk about reading into things. Anyway It hasn't been tested here, it doesn't meet EU standards. That's all I was pointing to, which is a fair comment because it doesn't, This is a potentially dangerous product, it should be properly tested. We are talking about products which could, potentially, kill people in several ways. That may sound alarmist but that's one of the main reasons we have the regulations there in the first place.
Hazzsta to morpheus
13 Nov 1511#47
If you had lived your whole life, you would be dead :-P
suduck68 to morpheus
12 Nov 1510#13
i guess we could say that about a lot of things except food water and air!
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hr08
12 Nov 153#1
I think they sound like a vg alternative to extortionate overpriced colour bulbs; excellent find and good on you for posting. Thank you:)
liana_y2kuk
12 Nov 156#2
I bought one of these. it was useless
thekanester to liana_y2kuk
12 Nov 152#3
That's a shame. I quite like mine. I've got it in a side-lamp, so I'm not using it for illumination, but for mood. I find the bluetooth connection to be pretty reliable too, as I can control it from a different floor of the house that the bulb is in.
simonprr to liana_y2kuk
12 Nov 151#5
why?
umirza85
12 Nov 152#4
Hopefully fun as a stocking stuffer for a kid.
NEtech
12 Nov 15#6
Any chance these work on IOS?
thekanester to NEtech
12 Nov 151#7
Apparently so, but I've not tested it. It says this on the description on the product page:
"Operating System: iOS 7.0 or above and Android 4.3 or above "
anthony212 to NEtech
12 Nov 15#11
it's Bluetooth controlled, it'll definitely work
FinderOfDeals
12 Nov 15#8
It's a screw mount, here in the UK we use bayonet (B22) for ceiling lights. So big price difference.
Zampone to FinderOfDeals
12 Nov 152#10
I have plenty of converters.
All combinations of B22<>E27<>E14
(My uplights, table lamps and ceiling lights all have different fittings)
Very cheap to buy packs of them online
happpychappy
12 Nov 15#9
B22 is £6.05, only 58 in stock though.
morpheus
12 Nov 158#12
I've lived the whole of my life without ever realising I need a wifi/bluetooth multi-coloured bulb.... still can't see any reason to buy one now to be honest....
suduck68 to morpheus
12 Nov 1510#13
i guess we could say that about a lot of things except food water and air!
MrWani to morpheus
12 Nov 153#14
You don't need one and nor do I. And yet... we are both for some unknown reason here on this thread. Once upon a time I didn't think I needed a microserver or a solid state drive. Thanks HUKD.
edward2910 to morpheus
13 Nov 1567#25
I remember 1914. The war had just begun, and mam said goodbye to dad. "I will return," he said in his magnificent voice, filling the single room in which we all lived, ate, slept and played. We, nine children and mother, said, "Haste ye back."
He came back in 1918, a changed man. Mother was pregnant again within weeks. She consulted her friends for advice. They advised that father needed a hobby to keep his mind off intimacy, and so mother asked father if he would like to take up knitting.
"I have lived all of my life without learning to knit and I can't think of any reason to start now," he boomed, forgetting that he was no longer in the trenches, struggling to be heard. Ah, shell shock affected people in different ways.
Mother saved her money until she had enough to go to the Doctor's one day. She told the doctor about father's refusal to countenance knitting as a hobby. The doctor offered to have father sectioned, and two days later he was carried off forcibly to the nearby asylum.
"I've lived all of my life without ever being sectioned and I can't think of any reason to start now."
A charge-hand raised a syringe and thrust it deep into father's left buttock.
He never was released from hospital. He died in a fire in the hospital, caused by an overweight nurse walking quickly and generating enough friction where he chafed to create a small fire. And all because he wasn't prepared to try something new.
no_Sunshine to morpheus
13 Nov 15#38
What a waste :P
Hazzsta to morpheus
13 Nov 1511#47
If you had lived your whole life, you would be dead :-P
geriatrix
12 Nov 151#15
Does anyone know if this bulb remembers its last setting? That is, if when you switch it off the light is white, when you switch it back on is it still white, or does it reset to some other setting?
thekanester to geriatrix
12 Nov 152#16
It does remember the colour, yeah. It also keeps programs running like colour cycling, which is good.
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Opening post
You can control this via an app on your Android phone with the supplied app. It has the following features:
* Set RGB
* Default warm setting, which is nice and bright
* Colour fade mode with selectable palettes
* Pulse in time to stored mp3 music
* Pulse in time to mic input
* Change colour to what colour is being highlighted on your camera.
Sure, it's not going to be as bright as a Philips bulb - or then again it might be, as I'm too poor to fork out £25 per bulb. It may be more difficult to orchestrate multiple bulbs via bluetooth due to the nature of it.
However, it's a lot of fun for £6.57 and the brightness when you have it in 'warm' mode is comparative to the CFL that it replaced.
It would make an idea stocking-filler for the teenager who spends all their time in their room chilling; my son wants one for his room anyway.
Took 10 days to arrive.
Link to the app - http://www.ledmagical.com/Apps/MagicBlue/AppDown.aspx (best to access the link via your device)
- solid
Top comments
He came back in 1918, a changed man. Mother was pregnant again within weeks. She consulted her friends for advice. They advised that father needed a hobby to keep his mind off intimacy, and so mother asked father if he would like to take up knitting.
"I have lived all of my life without learning to knit and I can't think of any reason to start now," he boomed, forgetting that he was no longer in the trenches, struggling to be heard. Ah, shell shock affected people in different ways.
Mother saved her money until she had enough to go to the Doctor's one day. She told the doctor about father's refusal to countenance knitting as a hobby. The doctor offered to have father sectioned, and two days later he was carried off forcibly to the nearby asylum.
"I've lived all of my life without ever being sectioned and I can't think of any reason to start now."
A charge-hand raised a syringe and thrust it deep into father's left buttock.
He never was released from hospital. He died in a fire in the hospital, caused by an overweight nurse walking quickly and generating enough friction where he chafed to create a small fire. And all because he wasn't prepared to try something new.
All comments (96)
"Operating System: iOS 7.0 or above and Android 4.3 or above "
All combinations of B22<>E27<>E14
(My uplights, table lamps and ceiling lights all have different fittings)
Very cheap to buy packs of them online
He came back in 1918, a changed man. Mother was pregnant again within weeks. She consulted her friends for advice. They advised that father needed a hobby to keep his mind off intimacy, and so mother asked father if he would like to take up knitting.
"I have lived all of my life without learning to knit and I can't think of any reason to start now," he boomed, forgetting that he was no longer in the trenches, struggling to be heard. Ah, shell shock affected people in different ways.
Mother saved her money until she had enough to go to the Doctor's one day. She told the doctor about father's refusal to countenance knitting as a hobby. The doctor offered to have father sectioned, and two days later he was carried off forcibly to the nearby asylum.
"I've lived all of my life without ever being sectioned and I can't think of any reason to start now."
A charge-hand raised a syringe and thrust it deep into father's left buttock.
He never was released from hospital. He died in a fire in the hospital, caused by an overweight nurse walking quickly and generating enough friction where he chafed to create a small fire. And all because he wasn't prepared to try something new.