Pretty decent lights with modification

These lights are much cheaper than other brands out there. The main reason being is that they do not require a special wifi hub to operate. That doesnt mean that they wont work better with a dedicated hub.

After messing with the lights for many days, I noticed that one or two of them would not show up in the app. Sometimes all of them showed and sometimes not. Since these lights are installed down a long hallway, I assumed that they were having a hard time connecting to my wifi router. It made sense as they are in recessed metal fixtures in the ceiling.

I resolved this by installing a cheap wall plug wifi extender/repeater. The trick was to rename the SSID or Network name that it broadcast to something other than my home network name (I chose Lightbulbs) and set the extender to bridge/repeater mode with my regular home network info. I chose to create a new network because I have several extenders throughout my house broadcasting the same network name. A new dedicated network name would make sure the bulbs always connected to that particular extender that I put in the hall with the lights. The final step is to reset the bulbs to connect to your new network and reconfigure the app with the new network info. The bulbs still get an IP address assigned by my main home router but connect to wifi via the extender. I havent had a problem with them since adding the extender.

I hope that made sense and helps.

djaqualight about Magic Home(for old device), v1.0.9