WiFi Lightbulbs or Wifi light switches?

[mr2mike]

Looking into this for some select room applications. As in, not a whole house Wifi enabled lighting.

Should I look at switches or the bulbs themselves?
It would be for multiple bulbs in a single room. I feel more comfortable with the switch but would like opinions and what brand people are using.
Android compatible.

[jwslam]

I haven't used any myself but I would go with TP-Link just because I wouldn't plan on getting many and these ones wouldn't require a hub.

Also depends whether you are trying to go fancy with colour changes and "moods" throughout the day.

[realazy]

I've been looking into this as well.

I'm leaning towards the Leviton switches as they don't require a hub. The shitty part is that they have a different product for iOS/Homekit vs. everything else so you can't use both.

[rage2]

Wifi switches. Every single time. The wiring changes to keep always on power for bulbs and replacing standard switches with switches to control bulbs is annoying.

[88CRX]

We have a couple wifi bulbs in lamps and if they get shut off then the wifi controls does nothing.

Like Rage said the switched are 100x better then the bulbs.

[mzdspd]

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I would go with TP-Link just because I wouldn't plan on getting many and these ones wouldn't require a hub.

To add to this.. I had Insignia (best buy) Wifi smart switches and had lots of issues with wifi disconnecting. Switched to TP Link and no issues whatsoever.

[HiTempguy1]

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To add to this.. I had Insignia (best buy) Wifi smart switches and had lots of issues with wifi disconnecting. Switched to TP Link and no issues whatsoever.

I just got a couple of TP-Link wifi mini socket switches. A+, would absolutely buy again, zero problems. And if you watch Amazon with camelcamelcamel, you can usually get them quite cheap.

[AzNxHyDrA]

I live in a condo and switched most of my lights to Phillips Hue.

They're connected to my google home so I just leave the switch on and tell google to turn on/off the lights. Otherwise I can also use my phone to control them.

I also have a motion sensor at my front door so it turns on/off the hallway lights automatically.

[mr2mike]

Thanks. I'll look into the TP-Link switches. I don't want to go with a hub.
Didn't know about camelcamelcamel either so that's a plus too!

Not looking for color changing or going all fancy.

[Thaco]

what are you looking to do? i just got a few of these... they're awesome for running a strip light for accent or "nighlight" because you can cntrol the colour and brightness... works with android app, google home and alexa, and cheep

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Magi...311.0.0.QO5RfS

[Kavy]

I use a combination of both. I use smart plug minis for lamps around the house. I use switches for everything else. I also went TP-Link on everything except led strips. Went LIFX on those as the hue strip would not keep the last state when turning on and that was a major bummer for me in the kitchen and ambient light behind the TVs.

If you watch the switches they go for $24 often last time they did I bought 10 haha.

[lilmira]

I just installed a few Leviton smart dimmers recently, no hub required, so far so good. They work for 2 way switch as well and they are decora style. Mine are for IOS and you can get different model that works for android.