Xiaomi Yeelight AC220V RGBW E27 Smart LED Bulb - €11.78 delivered

oinkely · 03-10-2017 4:12pm

Useful.Idiot wrote: »

could you get an adapter in most hardware/diy shops or are they more of a rarity?

I couldn't find one in woodies or chadwicks so I ordered a few from amazon. They were about a quid or less each.

FWIW almost all lights in IKEA are right fitting for these bulbs.

Yamanoto · 03-10-2017 4:16pm

oinkely wrote: »

They can be controlled remotely without the hub using the yeelight app. Very easy to use.

Does it need to be enabled somewhere in settings?

Tried to do it using 4G but no dice.

ted1 · 03-10-2017 7:58pm

Works for me no problem, 4g and using a virgin media hub

Yamanoto · 03-10-2017 8:27pm

Yep, got it going, think it was just lag at the server end.

A bit disappointed you can't assign a scene to a group of lights, so that individual lights each adopt a different colour to create mood lighting (which is possible with Philips Hue).

dodzy · 04-10-2017 12:48am

oinkely wrote: »

I couldn't find one in woodies or chadwicks so I ordered a few from amazon. They were about a quid or less each.

FWIW almost all lights in IKEA are right fitting for these bulbs.

If you were in ikea, they sell the adapters.

gomara · 04-10-2017 10:10am

Hi I'm having the same problem with slow response using either Yeelight or Mi Home app. Bulb connects ok but trying to connect later takes several retries. Alexa discovers the bulb ok but says 'ummmm light is not responding' when trying to turn it on. I'm using Singapore servers as recommended. Probably some protocol issue through router. Don't know why they are so worried about remote access to these bulbs when 95% of the time you'll be in the house controlling them.

zefer · 04-10-2017 2:55pm

gomara wrote: »

Hi I'm having the same problem with slow response using either Yeelight or Mi Home app. Bulb connects ok but trying to connect later takes several retries. Alexa discovers the bulb ok but says 'ummmm light is not responding' when trying to turn it on. I'm using Singapore servers as recommended. Probably some protocol issue through router. Don't know why they are so worried about remote access to these bulbs when 95% of the time you'll be in the house controlling them.

You should try mainland china. I had issues using singapore server (especially when using the hub). Works perfectly with China to set them up.
I use home assistant to control everything now

superflyninja · 04-10-2017 4:11pm

zefer wrote: »

You should try mainland china. I had issues using singapore server (especially when using the hub). Works perfectly with China to set them up.
I use home assistant to control everything now

Yeah reconnecting for me is very hit or miss. I installed the Alexa app on my phone and it cant detect the bulbs at all.

evlgmaojr27ypu · 04-10-2017 4:56pm

Anybody still waiting to get theirs from gearbest ?
Ordered on the 9th of Sept and for some reason I went with the registered post option that is redirected via Belgium and it still hasn't reached there per tracking code. Anyone else in the same boat ?

Stevek101 · 04-10-2017 5:15pm

Got mine of Banggood today after being advised it wouldn't ship till mid October. No issues nice and bright too. Thanks OP & Tweaky for Banggood link.

ted1 · 04-10-2017 7:15pm

Marjorie Massive Trauma wrote: »

Anybody still waiting to get theirs from gearbest ?
Ordered on the 9th of Sept and for some reason I went with the registered post option that is redirected via Belgium and it still hasn't reached there per tracking code. Anyone else in the same boat ?

Got one still waiting on the second one

Yamanoto · 05-10-2017 10:44am

Marjorie Massive Trauma wrote: »

Anybody still waiting to get theirs from gearbest ?
Ordered on the 9th of Sept and for some reason I went with the registered post option that is redirected via Belgium and it still hasn't reached there per tracking code. Anyone else in the same boat ?

Ordered one from Gearbest same date as you & arrived today.

Belgian post tracking still showing as en route to Belgium. Chinese tracking options seem beyond useless.

Alanstrainor · 05-10-2017 10:46am

I've received this bulb from gearbest, and a battery pack from banggod in the last week or so. And both have been stopped and opened by customs in Portlaoise. I suspect this held up both for some time. This might explain why some are still waiting...

Tinder Surprise · 05-10-2017 10:55am

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I've received this bulb from gearbest, and a battery pack from banggod in the last week or so. And both have been stopped and opened by customs in Portlaoise. I suspect this held up both for some time. This might explain why some are still waiting...

In line with recent reports of a lot more activity from customs when it comes to packages from China

dodzy · 05-10-2017 11:33am

Tinder Surprise wrote: »

In line with recent reports of a lot more activity from customs when it comes to packages from China

I've a friend that works there. There are literally container loads coming in on a daily basis. They are only holding an insignificant amount for screening as they could not possibly hold large quantities. Those that are caught are in a tiny minority.

Geezy · 05-10-2017 9:27pm

Do ye need alexa or google home to control these when you're out? Or is the app enough?

DANNY2014 · 05-10-2017 9:35pm

Geezy wrote: »

Do ye need alexa or google home to control these when you're out? Or is the app enough?

Got mine today... App seems to turn bulb on with all functions working while out... Good lil light thanks op...

Kintarō Hattori · 06-10-2017 11:11am

I ordered 2 of these from Banggood on the 8th of last month, the order is still showing up as 'processing'. Are they normally that slow?

south · 06-10-2017 2:02pm

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

I ordered 2 of these from Banggood on the 8th of last month, the order is still showing up as 'processing'. Are they normally that slow?

Sending them out in batches I believe.

Dear customers, thank you very much for participating in our 11th Anniversary.

This Xiao Mi smart light had an exclusive price during our anniversary and quickly sold out.

Xiaomi will ship us stock in 4 batches, the priority of stock will go to those who ordered first.

The First 1-2000 orders have already been shipped out.
Orders 2001-4000 have already been shipped out.
Orders 4001-8000 have already been shipped out.
For 8001-12000 orders, will ship out before 5th October. The delivery date will be delayed for 6-10 days because of China's National Day.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Discodog · 08-10-2017 4:33pm

Has anyone seen these in E14 ?

09-10-2017 11:37am

Discodog wrote: »

Has anyone seen these in E14 ?

just buy an adaptor?

Discodog · 09-10-2017 5:07pm

glasso wrote: »

just buy an adaptor?

Makes them quite a lot taller.

Stevek101 · 09-10-2017 5:13pm

Ikea have cords from €3.75

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/lighting/shades-bases/hemma-cord-set-white-art-80306742/

positron · 13-10-2017 12:22pm

Stevek101 wrote: »

Got mine of Banggood today after being advised it wouldn't ship till mid October. No issues nice and bright too. Thanks OP & Tweaky for Banggood link.

Yep, I too want to say Thanks guys for the link, love these bulbs.

I bought two and have them on this floor standing reading light that takes two bulbs, and light is nice and bright, app is okay, works with Alexa but the main fun for kids is the 'flow' and 'Music Flow' modes. It's a like a disco for them.

Lord Spence · 13-10-2017 1:25pm

positron wrote: »

Yep, I too want to say Thanks guys for the link, love these bulbs.

I bought two and have them on this floor standing reading light that takes two bulbs, and light is nice and bright, app is okay, works with Alexa but the main fun for kids is the 'flow' and 'Music Flow' modes. It's a like a disco for them.

How do you do Music Flow?

positron · 13-10-2017 1:30pm

In the app, it's one of the options. Go into 'Music Flow' and then in the next screen select the 'Play'. I think the app listens to phones's microphone and keeps changing colours randomly to any noise - works if you open YouTube etc and play a song, you will have Yeelights dancing to it (doesn't always sync precisely, but works as a general fun setup).

Not my video:

Lord Spence · 13-10-2017 2:06pm

positron wrote: »

In the app, it's one of the options. Go into 'Music Flow' and then in the next screen select the 'Play'. I think the app listens to phones's microphone and keeps changing colours randomly to any noise - works if you open YouTube etc and play a song, you will have Yeelights dancing to it (doesn't always sync precisely, but works as a general fun setup).

Not my video:

Very cool

Im probably not seeing it as I am using the MI home app and not the yeelight app, I'll take a look later on. Be pretty sweet for a house party

Tweaky · 23-10-2017 9:14am

Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing delays with their bulbs coming from Banggood. Order placed on the 7th September and shipped on the 21st. I have been tracking it on the BPostChina site and it has been sitting at a status of
"Departure to Country of Destination" for a full week. Previous packages would have arrived to me with 48 hours of that status been posted.

maximoose · 23-10-2017 9:27am

Tweaky wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing delays with their bulbs coming from Banggood.

I ordered on 07/09, shipped on 14/09 and has been stuck at "Parcel is in clearance" after reaching London since 12/10.

robyntmorton · 23-10-2017 9:34am

Weirdly I ordered via Gearbest on 04/10, was shipped on 10/10, and delivered 19/10 via Bpost, so parcels are moving. Is it possible Banggood are fudging the tracking, or something has had it held up?

Tweaky · 23-10-2017 9:45am

robyntmorton wrote: »

Weirdly I ordered via Gearbest on 04/10, was shipped on 10/10, and delivered 19/10 via Bpost, so parcels are moving. Is it possible Banggood are fudging the tracking, or something has had it held up?

Similar to yourself I ordered something from gearbest on the 4th Oct and it was delivered on the 13th Oct. Also came through bpost. That's why I'm confused about the extremely slow progress of this package.

robyntmorton · 23-10-2017 9:56am

Just to add to this, I made an order on Banggood on 11/10 (all piddly nonessential items, so I am not worried about how long it takes). Order split into three, and the website tells me it is untracked shipping.

The app on the other hand tells me:
1. Flight dispatched - Hong Kong - 20/10
2. Item Dispatched - Flyt Express Guangzhou - 14/10
3. Item Dispatched - Flyt Express Guangzhou - 11/10

1 was also from Flyt Express Guangzhou on 14/10 - so I really have no idea where any of these are, or if the tracking info is accurate.

All that can be done is sit on it, wait a (reasonable) time, and complain through Paypal if nothing received.

south · 24-10-2017 9:33pm

Still no sign of the bulbs I ordered from banggood . The last update is

Oct 16, 2017
Departure to country of destinationBpost international
Belgium

According to the tracking they sat in Belgium for 12 days..

24-10-2017 9:51pm

south wrote: »

Still no sign of the bulbs I ordered from banggood . The last update is

Oct 16, 2017
Departure to country of destinationBpost international
Belgium

According to the tracking they sat in Belgium for 12 days..

My experience of stuff going through Belgium was sitting in Belgium for over a week, then over a week from leaving Belgium to arriving in Ireland.

Tweaky · 24-10-2017 10:06pm

south wrote: »

Still no sign of the bulbs I ordered from banggood . The last update is

Oct 16, 2017
Departure to country of destinationBpost international
Belgium

According to the tracking they sat in Belgium for 12 days..

Exact same as me - at least I'm not the only one.

Ush1 · 04-11-2017 12:06pm

Tweaky wrote: »

Exact same as me - at least I'm not the only one.

Anybody get there's? Still no sign with mine.

wolfyboy555 · 04-11-2017 12:49pm

Ush1 wrote: »

Anybody get there's? Still no sign with mine.

Got mine delivered last week. Ordered from banggood. I am very impressed with it actually. Would like to order more but they have gone back up in price.

DANNY2014 · 04-11-2017 1:01pm

wolfyboy555 wrote: »

Would like to order more but they have gone back up in price.

Every few days they've a new code on hduk or the same one but it works again for gearbest just search yeelight on it and ya can get again... I bought one for 10.30 from op post and have bought two more since for 11.30 each think I paid an extra couple a cent for postage...

wolfyboy555 · 04-11-2017 1:15pm

DANNY2014 wrote: »

Every few days they've a new code on hduk or the same one but it works again for gearbest just search yeelight on it and ya can get again... I bought one for 10.30 from op post and have bought two more since for 11.30 each think I paid an extra couple a cent for postage...

Nice one thanks. I found a code which brings it to $10.99. Code is GBFORUK43. Ordered two more for myself!

Tweaky · 04-11-2017 5:11pm

Ush1 wrote: »

Anybody get there's? Still no sign with mine.

Mine arrived on Wednesday.

south · 04-11-2017 7:24pm

Mine arrived Tuesday.. need to buy more lamps now &#55357;&#56834;

givecredit · 04-11-2017 11:27pm

Bought 6 for the price of one hue. 10.22 euro each. Thanks for the code. It's limited to 2 per account. But you can have as many accounts as you like.

Kintarō Hattori · 06-11-2017 2:28pm

Well I have to say Banggood are taking their time with these. Bought and paid for on September 08, shipped October 11th and I'm still waiting.

Tweaky · 06-11-2017 2:43pm

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Well I have to say Banggood are taking their time with these. Bought and paid for on September 08, shipped October 11th and I'm still waiting.

They are incredibly slow - mine shipped on September 21st and received them on November 1st - over 5 weeks. They seemed to sit at the same stages in tracking for weeks at a time even after reaching europe.

autumnalcore · 08-11-2017 12:22am

Tweaky wrote: »

They are incredibly slow - mine shipped on September 21st and received them on November 1st - over 5 weeks. They seemed to sit at the same stages in tracking for weeks at a time even after reaching europe.

My order is in Ireland since 26/10 apparently. Presumably rotting on the customs parcel mountain in Portlaoise.

Prunty · 10-11-2017 5:32pm

These are available for €12.45 delivered on banggood.com as part of their 11/11 sale. Just bought two

huddlejonny · 10-11-2017 10:10pm

Prunty wrote: »

These are available for €12.45 delivered on banggood.com as part of their 11/11 sale. Just bought two

Are these the coloured ones?

Prunty · 11-11-2017 12:06am

huddlejonny wrote: »

Are these the coloured ones?

Yes

https://m.banggood.com/Original-Xiaomi-Mi-Yeelight-9W-RGB-E27-LED-Wireless-WIFI-Control-Smart-Light-Lamp-Bulb-AC220V-p-1054192.html

Kintarō Hattori · 15-11-2017 9:34am

Finally arrived today- that's the longest wait!

maximoose · 15-11-2017 9:38am

Got mine last week, quite impressed with it might get a few more now

Xiaomi Yeelight AC220V RGBW E27 Smart LED Bulb - €11.78 delivered

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