Any good connected home installation begins with smart bulbs. That everyone knows. And tests, we did some: white, gray, good, average… But, sometimes, we want a connected bulb just because it is pretty, because it is out of the ordinary. And we managed to find you one, by giving of our person. We took our little cart and went to Action to stock up on provisions. The stores of this chain had offered the Flamingo connected plug which we tested almost a year ago. We will say thatshe will not be remembered. But what about this new, fairly extensive range?
Indeed, Action currently offers a full range of E14 and E27 bulbs, a strip light, a socket, an opening detector, an alarm.… This gives us a lot of ideas and the temptation is great to have all these products at hand, in self-service. This is a big strong point, not to mention the prices… They are very competitive. But what do we actually have for that amount? We'll see that with our pick (yes, yes, we're a bit scattered): the E27 filament smart bulb.
It is a bulb of 5,5 W for 470 lm with an very successful vintage design. There are several in the filament range going from the small E14 to the huge E27, but always in 470 lumens and with a price between € 8,95 and € 9,95.
LSC Smart Filament: unboxing of the vintage bulb but connected
This private label of Action can only be found in some of its stores and unfortunately cannot be ordered on the web. However, there are no delivery times worthy of childbirth. As said in the preamble, the test of this reference is valid for the range LSC Smart Filament prayer.
Our E27 bulb (Edison 27 mm) is presented in a very colorful, glossy, colorful cardboard… It is very modern. It is in fact made up of two parts: a cover that can be removed quite easily because it is held with two adhesive pads and a bottom serving as a container. The information provided is clear: power, operation with the LSC App home application, compatible Alexa and various data. It is quite flexible but inside, the bulb is well wedged between two boxes. No risk of breakage. The first impression is very good.
We find our bulb well wedged and basically a notice in 10 languages on the connection mode. The first impression is “Wow !!! ". And yet, the wolf, we saw it, and several times, so to make us release this type of blissful interjection, it is necessary. It is frankly successful: its bulb has a nice golden color, the base is also in the same range of shades and its 4 filaments are quite successful. So yes, be careful, we are talking about filaments but they are not incandescent bulbs. These are filaments made up of very small LED chips. Its retro aspect is linked to this filament aspect, this bronze color and this incandescent bulb shape with a small prominence on the top.
In terms of materials, we are on a bulb "as before": glass bulb and metal base. No apparent Wi-Fi system, no big filthy cover that makes half the bulb as on standard LEDs… It is very well finished and very light (less than 50 g). We all remember those incandescent bulbs that burned us to the 3rd degree if we had the misfortune to touch them after having extinguished them. Well, it doesn't, it doesn't heat up at all. This is a very good point. The warmth of his whites will vary 1800 to 6500 K.
At the level of characteristics, she does 6,5 cm in diameter at the widest point et 11,5 cm long once in place. She is from class A + (6 kWh / 1000 h) and is advertised for 15000 hours of operation (1,7 years on permanently and more than 20 years if used 2 hours per day). It works in 2,4 GHz Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11 b / g / n. At the electrical level, 220 250-V et 50 / 60 Hz. Only the light intensity can disappoint: 470 lm. It is therefore necessary to reserve for it the use of an auxiliary lamp, bedside lamp or decoration.
LSC Smart Filament: operation with the application mai… Smart Life!
Brand products are entitled to their home application, LSC. But this application is based on Tuya, we decided not to use it but to go directly through Smart Life in order to avoid having yet another application to manage. Which is good, because there is currently no LSC skill. If you are not used to using Smart Life, go see our different tutorials for installing a light bulb, But it's very simple.
Once in the application, press the "+" at the top right and select " lighting " et "Lighting devices". To put the socket in pairing mode, turn it on and off 3 times in a row until it flashes (but in our case, it went into pairing mode as soon as it was switched on)… Then follow the normal procedure: select the Wi-Fi network, let the detection take place and rename it. It takes 30 seconds maximum.
To use it in a simple way, rename your bulb and wait for the update to take place. It is also very fast. Here, your E27 connected bulb is ready to be used. If you have activated the Skill Smart Life, Alexa automatically discovers it.
Now that the bulb is installed on the app, let's take a closer look at what we can do with it. The interface is identical to all other bulbs. You can turn it on and off by clicking on the bulb logo. By going to "Schematic", you will have access to a schedule for switching on or off. By going to "White", you can vary light intensity from 1 to 100% (unlike the 10 to 100% announced by the house application) and the warmth of whites from 1800 to 6500 K or extra warm in the light of day. And of course, there is the possibility of scenario, routines via Alexa... Via the skill Alexa, you are limited to the colors of the application (about fifteen) that will be easy to call up by voice.
You can see our Action Bulb in action via this video test. She is very responsive, the colors are very clear and the heat is very marked. The low light intensity is counterbalanced by a deep, radiant luminosity. It is a very good product… and very pretty. There is no flickering of the bulb when it is filmed, proof of the quality of the product… We are really on a very good product at an unbeatable price.
The great sadness is that the application Smart Life does not manage state memorization! conclusion, after a loss of power, the lamp comes on automatically.
Not great in the middle of the night, but it is true that the product is a success.
Hope Tuya fixes this problem.
Indeed, it can be annoying ... Unfortunately, as we have seen at Philips, which allows you to choose a default state on its most recent Hue models, this is not just an application problem, some bulbs do not. just not allowing.
It was this question that kept me from buying the lamp.
I tell myself how do you do when there is no more wifi? Do you stay in the dark? so this answer reassures me and I am thinking of going to buy some.
On the video we do not see the finesse of the intensity regulation with the auto adjustment.
This is what bothers me about the classic action dimmers which are very valid that when I turn on my lamp at low intensity in the middle of the night that it first goes through a blinding flash before regulating, I think this is harmful also for the bulb. I was curious that lsc did not offer a switch connected the same way.
I thank you in any case for this very interesting test, Have a nice day. F2k
Effectively no memorization of the state, in addition on a long cut of more than 15 minutes the LSC lamps lose the wifi connection.
Correction, in reality the loss of wifi is due to a burst of micro cuts 3 or more which triggers a reset of all the lamps! thank you EDF.
Are the bulbs compatible with the Hue Bridge?
No, not at all, they are Wi-Fi bulbs and the Philips Hue uses the ZigBee protocol.
Hello,
I bought a bulb like this to try and I would like to put it in fixed and not used with wifi. that is possible ? simply with the house switch?
it works very well in wifi but if someone has not put this application on his phone how does it work if we are not there and my son wants to turn on the light lol? its flashing but it never stays fixed
help me 🙂
It is a Wi-Fi bulb, so no, it can be used without a switch and with the help of an application, or even in voice with Alexa.
Bulbs generally work quite well with Tuya /Smart Life and Alexa.
Good points :
- Beautiful color, beautiful rendering
- Possibility to change the color temperature and light intensity (but not via the groups on Alexa)
- Works well with the LSC remote control (disappointment on this remote control because it cannot be added in Smartlife, it can only be used to control these lamps)
Negative points
- They emit a horrible ultrasonic whistle even if they are off (audible at 50cm without problem as long as we hear these frequencies)
Other unknown:
What is their consumption at rest?
We did not notice any particular sound, but it can indeed happen on certain electrical installations or when the equipment is defective.
Regarding consumption, we invite you to read our article on the subject: https://www.lesalexiens.com/actualites/test-etre-au-courant-de-la-consommation-electrique-de-ses-appareils-connectes/
Note that we have not been able to find out how much a Wi-Fi bulb consumes in standby, it depends on the chips, but while it can be considered negligible, it is not zero. The most economical, in the end, seems to be the ZigBee.
It makes a noise, on the other hand, a very unpleasant noise: a slight hissing sound that hurts the head.
Is this the case with other smart bulbs?
The only time I have had this problem is with first prizes. No problem with the middle and high end. 😉
However, this is the second comment in this regard. Maybe a lot is a problem? The standard LED bulbs seemed to be of fairly basic quality ...
Hello, I bought 3 bulbs smart filament, then as indicated I download the lsc application smart connect, I knew how to connect the first one but now cannot add the last two, when I start a search for new devices the app cannot find them
Are the bulbs defective? Or something else that escapes me
thank you in advance for your help
Hello, they are probably no longer in pairing mode, so you have to put them back by turning them off and on several times, often three, until they flash. In addition, make sure you are on the 5 GHz network, and restart your smartphone if it still doesn't work.
Hello, I have the same noise problem, very sharp and continuous like ultrasound, whether the lamp is on or off, it's the same ... I'm sorry because it is really beautiful and not expensive ... is there a solution please ? The electricity of the house is new
Hello Clar,
Several of you have this problem which seems to have appeared after the tests we did. Maybe this is linked to a defective batch because all are started more or less the same time… The best would be to request an exchange in store because no problem was found during our tests.
I'm on the 4th bulb and I find it great as a product better than the famous Philips lamp which costs an arm
They might be great, but there is a world with Philips Hue. A huge price difference too, that's true, but the quality has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Hello precisely these bulbs refuse anything other than 2,4ghz
Personally impossible to install on my side (my wifi is in 2,4ghz) I turn on the switch it flashes directly (and I can tell you that when you are already having photosensitive epilepsy, it's not great)
the device is detected on the app but each time it arrives at 100% installation failure (the router, the bulb and such are in the same room however)
and still messages that it only supports 2,4ghz as if the problem came from) while the wifi is on this frequency, after having tried everything their solutions, diagnostics, reconfigured my wifi, restarted the box (checked if bluetooth devices would not be connected etc so as not to conflict as suggested) none of the proposed solutions work which is a shame.
I would have thought it easier to use but it's a real mess in fact, so for ease of use it's really worth reviewing, more on the application we suggest you choose your bulb while no reference on the box is noted so it is based on the visual of the bulb to choose it, there was not even a user manual either. I'm disappointed because suddenly it's a purchase that will not be useful as much as I could have used it as a normal bulb history of not having bought it for nothing, but since it flashes a lot from the start I'm going to take it out and put it away and hop in the cupboard 🙁
The vast majority of small connected products do not see 5 GHz, often for practical reasons because the range of 5 GHz is far too low.
Your smartphone must be on the same Wi-Fi band, but they tend to hook up to 5 GHz, you have to connect it to 2.4 GHz and that shouldn't be a problem. You can try AP mode too.
Now, indeed, we have seen better in terms of quality and obviously in terms of reliability as well.
Good luck!
Hello,
I did some tests and here are my conclusions:
When the power to the lamp is cut off, it loses pairing.
Indeed, the boxing or any other wifi router has a DHCP service which provides an IP address; by default, the router does not reserve an IP address for specific hardware.
To solve this problem, all you have to do is:
- Pair your lamp as described in the manual.
- Your box or other wifi router has a web server that allows you to configure it:
- Connect to this web server (very often: 192.168.1.1) the access rights are linked to your equipment
- There is a section in which you can see the list of connected equipment with the allocated IP address and the MAC address.
- There is another DHCP section in which you can associate a MAC address and an IP address; Add the couple Ad MAC and ad IP that you have noted for your lamp.
Since I did this, I am no longer bothered.
Hello,
You must have used AP (access point) mode during installation, which is not recommended with a DHCP router, because in this case the bulb is recognized by its IP and not its MAC address. Obviously, if you turn off the power (which is not recommended for a bulb of this type), it risks being assigned another local IP and therefore no longer being identified. Your solution is good, but the easiest way would have been to install it with the right mode, especially since a fixed IP on this type of equipment is not recommended in terms of security.
Good Sunday !
Hello,
I am using the LSC app Smart Connect recommended on the lamp packaging.
I haven't seen an AP mode or other mode, I'm just launching an automatic search as described when the lamp flashes quickly.
In terms of security, the fact of using wifi is already a flaw in itself, for the fixed address side or not, it does not change anything. The risk of having a lamp hacked is not a big deal :).
the interest of this lamp for me is to be able to simply modulate the intensity of the lighting and its color.
Yours truly !!
Hello,
I use a lamp of this type and it must be connected, however once configured I normally use it with a remote switch; The only thing I had to do was assign a fixed IP to the lamp, which is not recommended a priori for security reasons (not even scared 🙂).
It is better to use Smart Life or Tuya Smart, LSC is just an old disguised version of it. 😉
Certainly, having a light bulb hacked may seem risk-free, but it is a gateway to the home network. Connected objects are extremely vulnerable, which is logical and understandable when you see the price of a light bulb… 🙂
Did you find a way to give them a default light? That is to say that they reignite at 80% when we switch it on manually? This is the case for the Yeelight for example.
Do you mean a default state? No, it's not possible on Tuya / Smart Life.
Hello, is the bulb compatible with Google home thank you cordially
A priori yes, if you use the Tuya applications or Smart Life.
Hello
I would like to know if the led bulb still consumes electricity when it is turned off from the application but not from the switch
Thank you
Hello,
Yes, you obviously have to power the Wi-Fi chip, but this consumption is very low, count around 1.20 € / year.
cordially
I completely agree, they emit unbearable ultrasound ... a shame.
Hello,
I already have an LSC bulb to which I had to assign a fixed IP and which now works correctly.
I just bought a second one and I have a problem: during / just after detection by LSC Smart Connect I got a message saying I needed to update the firmware, which I did.
Then several tens of seconds where nothing happened ... and finally an error message (I don't remember exactly, basically it said that there was no more response and that the app had to be stopped .
Immediately after the bulb disappeared from the app list.
Since then, it has been impossible to make her "see" by the telephone.
I tried at least 10 times, by resetting it, short flashing, long flashing, automatically, manually, by connecting to the access point directly, by letting the box assign it an IP, by assigning it a fixed one , by restarting the box, by switching off / on the wifi… NADA!
I even tried with another phone and another app (Smart Life, recommended in the article)… No way.
I'm assuming there must have been a bug when flashing the firmware. But how to fix it ?????
Hello,
Unfortunately, a bug like this during an OTA update can crash a device forever. In other words, it is likely that the bulb is "dead" and impossible to flash yourself.
The only solution: return to Action. They apparently don't make any difficulties.
Good luck!
Not surprised it's low end.
This is also what I suspect, but I still had a little hope ... Okay, come on, let's go back to Action: /
Hi
Can we use several smartdifferent phone for one or more bulbs.
Is on the same account where everyone has their own account.
Goods.
Hello,
Yes, no worries, everything is actually happening in the cloud. Just download the app Smart Life (or LSC) on each smartphone and use the same credentials. You can also share access with another account.
Have a good day !
Hello,
I already have bulbs and sockets from LSC action, I currently use the LSC application smartconnect or by Alexa (echo dot). Can i use Smart Life or Tuya to manage my equipment?
The goal is to have more settings if possible see even a possibility of using IFTTT for recipes.
Thank you in advance for your info
Hello,
As explained in the test, we even recommend it because Smart Life is updated regularly, which is not the case with its LSC fork. 😉
Have a good day
Hello,
Yes, you have to install the LSC app and then link your LSC account in Google home
Hello, I just took the bulb out because it makes a really unpleasant (ultrasonic) noise that really hurts my head. That's a shame
Hello,
There seem to have been problems with a few lots indeed.