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Philips Hue Essential A19 Bulb vs LIFX Color Smart Candle LED Bulb

Reddit prefers Philips Hue Essential A19 Bulb — higher sentiment (100% vs 44% positive).

Philips Hue Essential A19 Bulb
#10 in Smart LightsReddit favorite

Hue Essentials

Philips Hue Essential A19 Bulb

$24.99

100

Pros

  • +Works well with hue products
  • +Interacts with hue bridge
  • +Provides updates

Cons

  • −Advanced features behind one-time payment
“It works quite well for hue products, interacts with the bridge, updates and all that”
Full reviewAmazon · $24.99
LIFX Color Smart Candle LED Bulb
#2 in Smart Lights

LIFX

LIFX Color Smart Candle LED Bulb

$24.98

44

Pros

  • +Good initially
  • +Collecting to google
  • +Brighter
  • +Matter support

Cons

  • −unreliable
  • −Constantly disconnected from mesh network
  • −Nightmare to solve problems
  • −Lack of innovation
“I love that copper bulbs lose brightness. It completely saved a creative project I was making on Bedrock where I needed lights of varying brightness that were also triggered by Redstone.”
r/Minecraft
Full reviewAmazon · $24.98
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