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.

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.

If you had lived your whole life, you would be dead :-P

​i guess we could say that about a lot of things except food water and air!

I think they sound like a vg alternative to extortionate overpriced colour bulbs; excellent find and good on you for posting. Thank you:)

I bought one of these. it was useless

Hopefully fun as a stocking stuffer for a kid.

Any chance these work on IOS?

It's a screw mount, here in the UK we use bayonet (B22) for ceiling lights. So big price difference.

B22 is £6.05, only 58 in stock though.

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....

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?

You can get two E27 to bayonet converters in Ikea for about £1.

If I put two of these bulbs in one room could I control them both from the App?

i hope this has been properly safety tested
it`s rather irritating when cheap electrics burn your house down with your family still inside

could someone post a video of it please?

It's worth a shot I guess.

Light bulb moment...

Is there an app on iPhone to control this?

A Bluetooth controlled lighting *system* makes sense; a single Bluetooth controlled lightbulb..... not so much.

Be good for behind the telly.

Make sure you buy a smoke detector.

When you go to checkout the price goes up $2?

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.

I think it's called projection in psychology: humans protect themselves from their own internal thoughts by attributing them to others. There's no other reason I can come up with for your conclusion that Definition's comment was in any way intended for the 'casual masses/casual racists'. S/he was using humour to make a serious point. Nothing more.

UK b22 fitting £7.36 http://www.gearbest.com/smart-light-bulb/pp_230350.html

Yep, seeing as it's main cited use is for "romantic places", be sure to tell him when he has a girl in his room to take precautions : lock the door first.

Voted hot for the persistent help and humour of the OP throughout the deal thread.

Wow. That was... weird.

These are good if you are half way through sex and need to turn the light off.
I prefer to use my phone to play candy crush.

I think it looks wicked. thx op!

Woah there fella with the amateur psychology. My opinion was based actually based on his previous post here.

let me guess: first year uni student?

looks like it is £9.99 now :disappointed:

I have one of the cheapy Argos floor lamps, will this fit?

I was hoping that the Philips mood lights drop in price for Black Friday again so I can get a second one, but this will do nicely if it works

That seems like a bit of a reach. It's dangerous to throw terms like "racist" around as what it actually achieves is to diminish the gravity of the term. It may well be that people who think chinese manufacturers are bad are more likely to be racist but applying that generality to an individual (which, admittedly, you fell just short of doing) would in itself be prejudiced.

I concede it may have been harsh, but I had just read his other post that had the theme of "why is it when you type carp & gearbest or banggood into a browser you don't get any hits? Chinese Censorship?". So that suggested to me that he already had some form of prejudice to begin with and when someone on his post pointed out his browser safety was switched on so it wouldn't return words like carp then it further compounded my low opinion there.

Kneejerk maybe, but sometimes you gotta just slap dumb down before the stoopid they spout becomes commonly accepted.

There is not compelling evidence that shows Chinese made smart bulbs are any more dangerous than any other. In fact by replacing a mercury-laced CFL with one of these, I think my nett safety has increased.

thanks, what shipping method do you select please ? auto ?

ok thanks for that

Well, seems like we have all learned a valuable lesson today about not labelling individuals, like dumb Americans do.

Ordered 2x, free shipping. Hopefully it'll be here before strokey beard man...

bagged one, b22 version for £7.06

Thanks, ordered one

They sell these in home bs they are 6.99 they look good but not yet tried them. But think I might for christmas x

​Like the idea of changing luminosity from a different room. what's he point in that. lol lol

God knows why, but I've bought one. Cheers OP.

hotdeal

Ordered three. Two gifts sorted. Thanks op.

A little bit of safety information for anyone talking about using light fitting socket converters: don't do it.

If you are going to buy ES bulbs, get your fittings changed over to ES by a professional electrician, or buy BC bulbs.

The ES socket is polarised for safety reasons to ensure that the base of the socket is the live contact and the side of the socket (the screw thread) is the neutral. This means that there is no chance of electric shock if you touch the screw thread of the bulb whilst inserting or removing it while the power is switched on.

The BC socket is not polarised, but both of the contacts are in the base of the socket so it is impossible to make any contact with them whilst inserting or removing a bulb. The side of the bulb base is not used as the current return unlike with ES bulbs.

The problem arises with the BC to ES "converters", because they are not polarised, there is a 50% chance that when you insert it, the screw thread side will be connected to live (there is no way to tell without using a voltmeter). The light will still work regardless, but it is dangerous as the screw thread on the bulb will carry the full mains voltage whilst it is in contact with the socket and the power is on. If you are touching this while inserting or removing the bulb, it will be extremely unpleasant for you, and if your lighting circuits are not protected by an RCD you'll almost certainly be killed.

Smart bulbs were a total rip off to start with, this si the price they should have always been.

Bayonet b22 version :
http://m.gearbest.com/smart-light-bulb/pp_230350.html

Sadly not. Grumpy 50-something, disillusioned, and defender of the down-trodden. Fair guess though.

Just like file transfer.

Save yourself money.

Switch on your light when needed when you walk into a room... & guess what .... switch it off when you walk out.

This can all be achieved by using the already supplied wall switch that is fixed by the door you walk in and out of.

COLD - Gimmick

This is perfect, probably well tested and will definitely not burn your house down.

Quick Question: Items are sent from China, any one know what the TAX rules are for receiving goods from China?

Bought a mood changing light from Maplin. it was too strong like a car headlight.

Returned it, but one of these for £7 I can't say no. Will see what it's like. if weak I'll use it in a lamp for the desk.

I bought a cheap set of LED bulbs from china a year or so ago to replace the expensive to run Halogen bulbs in my kitchen (screw fitting not Gu10). After 2-3 weeks one of them must have heated up so much due to crappy wiring inside that the domed lid literally blew off so ferociously that it hit the other side of the kitchen and tripped the house.
A week later another one did it but this time was smoking when I reset the trip switch. The other 4 then got removed sharpish. I won't risk that again with cheap bulbs. :disappointed:

Erm.. That post isn't racist either.

For some reason I think that having these in a lamp would be way more dangerous than in the ceiling. Tempted to get one, but my side lamp has a black shade on it.

Well put

Anyone know how long shipping time is? Mine hasn't even been despatched yet! :smiley:

Order still at 'processing' after 15 days. Ominous.

Ordered mine on the 27 Nov
Arrived today on the 12 Dec.

Amazing little thing - the app is available from HERE

I am using an ANdroid phone, and the connection was instant, and amazingly responsive. As I slid my finger over the rainbow on my screen, the bulb changed instantly.
The music and voice controlled is a bit weird, and the colours change too suddenly for my liking. But the camera feature is great - just use the app to take a shot of any colour available to you, and the bulb will match it (very easy!)

I will be ordering a few more, and will try and link them up. They are weaker than what I was expecting (I would guess that they are around 40w or so, as they seem to be quite a bit less bright than the 60w I replaced tham with while testing). As a result, I have put my one into a floor lamp, and it's perfect for me there.

Thanks for pointing it out, OP.

Oh, and it looks like Gearbest have reduced the price - around £6 for either the ES or BC fitting :smiley:

Bought one and it works a treat - great toy! Only problem I've had is that I can't get it working via my Android phone? It works fine via my daughters Iphone but when I try to load the Android app onto my Andriod phone it says that my device is incompatible - anyone else had this issue/found a way to fix it? I'm assuming that the version of Android that's on my phone isn't supported by the App?

Solid - thanks I was beginning to think it was me that was doing something stupid (not for the first time!!!)

How does the alarm function work? Is there a kind of sunrise alarm?

Few questions: Does this have a sunrise alarm function (where the light slowly gets brighter)? Does the bulb save its schedule so that the lamp goes on without the phone being close by?

Mine arrived recently, and plug and play and it works a treat. Good going for £6+

I bought four of these, and one of them has stopped responding to the app - the other three are still working fine. I've restarted the phone and the bulb, but still no luck. Any advice?

​Anthony apple has very limited Bluetooth functionality it isn't full Bluetooth so it won't necessarily work. I believe this one does. ut don't just say it's Bluetooth of course it will work because apple don't have full Bluetooth functions