A bedside lamp ? Again ? We can hear you from here. Well yes… and no dear reader. We have actually introduced you lately the HUGOAI bedside lamp which allows us to have a soft and warm atmosphere in our interior. This time, we have chosen to introduce you to the Tuya mood lamp / Smart Life sold under the brand Kesbin.
This almost small-dimension sphere: 14.5cm x 14.5cm for 13.0 cm high brings a plus compared to the connected night light ZEMISMART which it looks like in some ways. Indeed, just as compatible with Alexa via the app Smart Life on the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network, it is also mobile thanks to its rechargeable battery and can accompany you to the garden for long evenings in the open air. But there is one more… Shhh! We will see this later, once unpacking and installation is done ...
Kesbin mood lamp for indoor and outdoor
Unboxing
Delivered in a small cubic cardboard not very thick but resistant, the photo of our lamp is printed on two sides on a white background and in a very sober way. Only statements indicating the nature of the content: « Smart ambient light " meaning "Intelligent mood light" and a little slogan: "Make life colorful", in other words "Color life" accompany the photo. Beautiful program that we can't wait to see for ourselves.
The cardboard on the third side is slightly crumpled but not torn. We can only recognize it, but it is a product purchased via the section Amazon Warehouse with mention of used - like new and original packaging sold at the advantageous price of 20.34 € - instead of 29.66th to new. Some rudimentary technical information, such as its size, is printed on it as well as the CE and RoHS abbreviations indicating that it has obtained the European certificate of conformity for electrical equipment. Finally, on the last side are always printed in English, the functions of the night light. In the first line, the mention "Support Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant " reassures us about its compatibility with our voice assistant Alexa. The functions are also indicated: tactile, remote control via app, built-in rechargeable battery et waterproof. Benefiting from a hint IP67 it is totally protected from dust (6) and immersion effects up to 1M (7). No mention of the brand on any side of the packaging.
The owner's turn being over, let's move on to our night light.
Inside the box, we find the mood lamp bagged in plastic and secured by a thin cardboard band with a usb power cable but note that it is delivered without adapter plug. It will of course be possible to power it with any USB medium of your choice: PC, external battery, USB hub or with an adapter plug (that of its smartphone for example). Finally we have the traditional installation manual which, unfortunately, is only in Shakespeare's language ...
The overall quality is not exceptional but relatively good. The Alexians
Once out of its bag, we can hold the sphere in our hands. To the touch, the material is pleasant. Composed for the base of a smooth plastic, the spherical part with a matte appearance is made of food-grade polyethylene without Bisphenol (BPA) which makes it safe in the presence of young children if they ever put it in their mouths. Three small silicone pads transparent around the perimeter will ensure its stability. The only barely visible button molded into the material acts as ON / OFF. Just below we have a rubber cap (tape not supplied, it's just to show you the hole) behind which the power port where only a one meter long cord with a 5V / 1A plug is provided. The overall quality is not exceptional but relatively good.
The tour of our ball being done, let's see now its technical characteristics.
Information
KESBIN compatible mood lamp Tuya / Smart Life
Installation and use
Like many connected objects, this lamp works with the Swiss army knife of applications, that is to say with Smart Life of Tuya. Already having the application installed; we will only have to add the lamp. In the event that this is your first device working with this application, we refer you to our installation tutorial Smart Life. We have chosen, as for the installation of the HUGOAI bedside lamp, the pictogram "Strip lights" in order to proceed with pairing. Once the installation is complete, our mood lamp appears under the title: Smart Lamp. Name that it is of course possible to change for better recognition.
Let's take a look at the different menus available. Under the name of the lamp, we find four tabs corresponding for the first two to refined light settings: white (temperature and intensity) or colors (intensity and panel). Note that for white, via the application to go from hot to cold it is not necessary to go around the circle: continuing as if the circle were closed will move the cursor from one side to the other.
On the color side, our lamp a "touch" function, thus by slightly shocking the base on a surface we can change the displayed color passing on a loop in white, red, green and orange.
"By shocking the base very lightly on a surface we can change the color ..." The Alexians
The third tab takes us back to the possibility of choosing and editing Scenes, as we have described to you in the HUGOAI lamp test. We finally come to the fourth tab: Music. This one will allow us to flash the colors to the sound of our favorite piece of music in our AMU playlist as far as we are concerned. To use this function, il must remain positioned on this tab and do not change it because it interrupts the process. On the other hand, it is possible to put the application in the background without problem.
And the compatibility Alexa ?
Well, the time that Smart Life finishes pairing, Alexa detected our news mood lamp… The proof !
In the application Alexa, we find it well under the boom Smart Lamp. We can also act via the application for the choice of colors and it will be possible to do routines as with all lights.
Before use, Kesbin mood lamp needs to be charged for two hours for optimal use on the go. The plastic casing does not heat up even when remaining in service on the battery. 3 to 10 hours of use possible according to the chosen functions. The light output is soft, of course, but not very powerful it must be admitted. Despite everything, it will know how to be an auxiliary lighting for a dedicated place, and in the garden, it will be able to mark a passage to regain its interior. Unless you prefer to use the Music feature that it will be possible to activate even without a Wi-Fi network. smartphone to the mini (just enough to be sure that the lamp reacts), we have seen its responsiveness. Indeed, thanks to its sound sensor, a simple applause will make it react. It is also possible to launch your favorite music on your PC and the lamp will then flash with all its colors.
I also bought this lamp. Unfortunately impossible to pair it.
Obviously it must be made to flash slowly. I succeeded only once (I don't know how) but I did not manage to complete the operation.
If you want to help me by adding a help in your article I would be very grateful to you.
Thank you in advance.
Hello,
As this is a connected object operating on the Tuya cloud, we invite you to consult our tutorial Smart Life.
Make sure that your smartphone or tablet is properly connected to the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network. Do not hesitate to restart it, it may happen that this fixes the problem.
Good luck 🙂
Thank you for your response (ultra fast) but my problem is to change the pairing mode. Indeed as I understood it is necessary that the lamp flashes slowly. But impossible to switch to this mode. Indeed this must be achieved thanks to a succession of on-off-on-off-on. Unfortunately each time falls into the same one (and of course it's not the one I need…). As for the rest, I followed your tutorial (which by the way is very well done ... bravo). In addition, I am on a 2.4 GHz network and clearly visible.
Thank you! 🙂
Try with a long press for at least 5 seconds, this should completely reset the device. If it still does not work, restart the box and the router, especially if you have a Livebox (I have often had this rather inexplicable problem with it).
Last known issue: encryption. You must use a WPA / WPA2 key, WEP is no longer supported because it is not secure enough.
thank you very much for all this info i will try again. I'm not from a live box but I'm going to ask for everything all the same. The thing I still don't understand is how I got into the second sense mode (slow blink) which incidentally is the only one that found the equipment. But it did not work anyway (but it would tilt it more for an unstable connection), so I brought the equipment together in order to redo the test. Anyway, thank you again for everything. I hope to reach the end.
Often, this happens after a while, which is why many Tuya white labels recommend resetting the device before installation even if it is not necessarily necessary.
Indeed, you need to stay close to the lamp as well as to the box (not too much either, more than a meter is good, otherwise it can also be a problem although it is rarer…).
For my part, I am thinking of abandoning this equipment because I have been trying to connect this equipment for some time now. By following the procedure I correctly detect the equipment (visible on the wifi network). I connect to it and continue the procedure but I never manage to register my new equipment in the tuya cloud.
If you have a final idea to help me these would be welcome.
After 4 days of testing and configuring it doesn't work.
I tried several software and followed the manufacturer's recommendations to the letter. Each time during detection, the device is in pairing mode and goes into default after a very short time without ever having finished the device recording operation.
Hello, pairing shouldn't be a problem. I just redo the procedure:
To obtain the flashing, the reset is done by repeatedly pressing the molded white button (On / Off) below the sphere to obtain it.
On the new version of the application Smart Life it is even asked if the bulb flashes slowly or quickly after indicating the MDP corresponding to its wifi. Then you have to go to its wifi settings smartphone (leaving the application Smart Life in the background) to select the "temporary wifi" titled SmartLifeXXXX, return to the eponymous application. Logically, the search has started and the pairing is done. If this is not the case, perhaps you already have a lot of devices connected to Wi-Fi and the maximum number (around twenty) has already been reached.
Thanks a lot for your help.
In fact I don't have a lot of wifi max 10 equipment.
I used the latest version of smartlife and try in both modes (fast or slow flashing) the device is only visible in the second mode. I select the equipment as expected and the application continues its search. After a few seconds the lamp turns red and… .. nothing. No pairing.
For my last tests I disconnected as much wifi equipment as possible. I only have 3. Even with this minimal configuration the result is always the same. And yet I took into account all the manufacturer's recommendations. Nothing to do impossible to pair it. If the flashing is rapid the lamp turns red after 10% search and it has not worked. If the flashing is slow I find the lamp on the network and I can connect, then I continue the procedure and the same problem turns the lamp to red without being paired.
Even when you get closer to the box? I admit, I don't understand why it doesn't work.
Indeed I do not understand me either. For the last tests I was at a distance of 1-1,5m. And nothing to do. This is the first time that I have a problem of this type.
I don't know what else to suggest as a solution. There is a subtlety that escapes me and which means that the procedure does not end, but there like that, I do not see which one to help you further. I lean more for a config problem smartphone / wifi - but if you are on the password (Shift / lowercase / space not desired but which would be taken into account) and well be on the 2.4Ghz network I do not understand. Yes Smart Life looks good in the Wi-Fi settings, it is not the lamp that has a problem, but the connection of the smartphone. Sorry, there I have made the tour of the possibilities.
thank you to all those who took the time to answer me and help me to operate this equipment (unfortunately without success)
In any case, all I can still say is that I made the following configurations:
software: Tuya Smart et Smart Living (try on one then the other)
selected equipment: strip lights
network: 2.4G
Mdp: ok
encryption key: WPA / WPA2
type of wifi: b / g / n and also test in b / g
equipment used: smartandroid phone and android tablet (different software version)
distances: between 1m and 1.5m on different tests
network modification: disconnection of as many wifi devices as possible (there were 3 left during the last tests)
Cannot find the equipment if it flashes fast (or only visible for a fraction of a second ???)
If it flashes slowly: equipment found each time without problem, connection to it and further pairing. The operation ends in failure each time.
Hello,
I am looking for this lamp which looks great but apparently it is no longer for sale?
Do you know where to find it or if there is one that could do as well. That this one.
Thank you
Hello,
Unfortunately it no longer seems available or on Amazon nor on AliExpress. 🙁