{"id":57,"date":"2015-07-22T01:40:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T00:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clodo.it\/blog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2024-04-09T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T15:02:11","slug":"rgb-bulb-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clodo.it\/blog\/rgb-bulb-review\/","title":{"rendered":"RGB Bulb Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m testing different RGB bulb in my home automation environment, to research the best bulb in the market.<br \/>\nI will update this post with my other research and with people comments.<\/p>\n<p>Short review, current winner: <a href=\"http:\/\/aeotec.com\/z-wave-led-lightbulb\">Aeon Labs Bulb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Philips Hue<\/h2>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meethue.com\">http:\/\/www.meethue.com<\/a><br \/>\nProtocol : ZigBee<\/p>\n<p>Pros:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:green\">\n-A lot of app for it\n<\/p>\n<p>Cons:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:red\">\n&#8211; Only HSB colors, difficult to set a precise RGB color.<br \/>\n&#8211; Only 3 values for colors: Hue, Saturation and Brightness.<br \/>\n&#8211; Poor colors quality. Read the BravoRomeo review <a href=\"http:\/\/www.everyhue.com\/vanilla\/discussion\/1011\/does-your-hue-do-green-very-well\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n  I can&#8217;t understand the difference between yellow and green with my Philips Hue.<br \/>\n&#8211; Slower, slower reaction when changing colors. For example if i set a sequence of 9 colors (without fade), it took around 3 seconds to do all.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<h2>Aeon Labs Bulb Gen5<\/h2>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/aeotec.com\/z-wave-led-lightbulb\">http:\/\/aeotec.com\/z-wave-led-lightbulb<\/a><br \/>\nProtocol: ZWave<br \/>\nZWave SwitchColor CC version: 1<\/p>\n<p>Pros:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:green\">\n&#8211; A lot of led<br \/>\n&#8211; 5 values for colors: RGB + Warm White + Cold White<br \/>\n&#8211; True, exact RGB colors<br \/>\n&#8211; Faster reaction to colors. For example if i set a sequence of 9 colors (without fade), it took around a fraction of second to do all.\n<\/p>\n<p>Cons:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:red\">\n&#8211; It seems that don&#8217;t support fade between two arbitrary RGB color. It&#8217;s limited to simply preset of effects like rainbow.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<h2>Zipato RGBW bulb &#8211; rgbwe27zw.eu<\/h2>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zipato.com\/default.aspx?id=24&#038;pid=81&#038;page=1&#038;grupe=\">http:\/\/www.zipato.com\/default.aspx?id=24&#038;pid=81&#038;page=1&#038;grupe=<\/a><br \/>\nProtocol: ZWave<br \/>\nZWave SwitchColor CC version: 1<\/p>\n<p>Pros:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:green\">\n&#8211; 5 values for colors: RGB + Warm White + Cold White<br \/>\n&#8211; True, exact RGB colors<br \/>\n&#8211; Faster reaction to colors. For example if i set a sequence of 9 colors (without fade), it took around a fraction of second to do all.\n<\/p>\n<p>Cons:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:red\">\n&#8211; Don&#8217;t support any kind of fade or effects. Confirmed by their support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m testing different RGB bulb in my home automation environment, to research the best bulb in the market. I will update this post with my other research and with people comments. Short review, current winner: Aeon Labs Bulb. Philips Hue Website: http:\/\/www.meethue.com Protocol : ZigBee Pros: -A lot of app for it Cons: &#8211; Only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clodo.it\/blog\/rgb-bulb-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RGB Bulb Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Clodo","author_link":"https:\/\/www.clodo.it\/blog\/author\/clodo\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"I&#8217;m testing different RGB bulb in my home automation environment, to research the best bulb in the market. I will update this post with my other research and with people comments. 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