Smart Light Bulb and Smart Socket, smart lighting with Koogeek [ANALYSIS]

More and more users are beginning to consider the smart alternatives available in the market to make their home environment as comfortable as possible. That is why the team of Koogeek, Chinese company with extensive experience in IoT products, is offering a good range of products compatible with the system homekit, the demotics adapted by Apple.

Today we bring you its two cheapest and most functional alternatives to make your lighting smart at home, we talk about the Smart Light Bulb and the Smart Socket by Koogeek. Stay with us and discover how it works and what these intelligent systems are capable of doing for you.

We are going to analyze the characteristics of each of these devices separately, although being from the same firm they will logically have more than one point in common, therefore, do not miss a detail of their characteristics, only then will you be able to compare with other alternatives, although we already anticipate that it is difficult to find other devices with the same characteristics that include similar characteristics at prices as low as it does. Koogeek, specialist in this and that well has given the brand a fame that places it at the same level as others of Chinese origin such as Aukey, who have known how to manufacture quality products and democratize them.

Smart Light Bulb

Let's go first with the smart bulb, this is the product that usually faster enter through the eyes, since it is a simple light bulb that hides inside the necessary technology so that it can become a whole smart lighting system and at the same time facilitate all the household chores through the Siri and HomeKit features.

General characteristics

• Type Smart device: Standard E27 socket size LED bulb.
• Devices compatible: Both Android (through its application), and iOS through HomeKit or its own application, although its integration with HomeKit makes it more attractive in the Apple environment.
• Weight : total bulb: 299 grams.
• Power and energy consumption: 8W.
• Lumens: 500.
• Classic light tonality: Between 2.700K and 6.000K.
• Alternative colors: By configuration up to 16 million in total with its RGB type of LED light.
• Connection: Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi.

It stands out how easy it is to install, if we consider installation to screw the bulb into any compatible lamp holder, the reality is that they cannot put it easier. Then at the time of configuration we will follow the path we prefer, through its own application or through HomeKit, taking advantage of the device codes offered by the stickers included in the box, we will simply have to enter the Home application Apple and scanning those numbers the rest is literally "a piece of cake."

Daily use and first sensations

What is most striking as soon as you start is that it weighs much more than any other LED bulb (famous for being light), but of course, it is that inside the cap has all its technology. But of course, we must bear in mind that it is totally independent, it is not necessary to purchase drivers separately beyond our mobile phone, what more can we ask for?

Once we have started using it, we can proceed to say "Hey Siri, turn off the light", or opt for the use through the switches of the Home application (Home if you have iOS in Spanish). None of this prevents us from using the bulb in the traditional way, that is, using the buttons on the wall. Of course, the bulb will emit the color and intensity that we have previously configured through its application or Home.

However, due to its characteristics and brightness, the ideal is to install it in secondary lamp holders, as floor or secondary lamps, since although the lighting is not too powerful, the possibility of changing the color and setting your home is much more attractive if it is not emitted directly from above.

Smart Socket

We now turn to the smaller alternative, less functional but also attractive depending on what situations. This time we are going to have a socket in front of us, that is, a base with a standard E27 female thread, and with the male of the same size. The intention is that in this base we can include any light bulb that we want and thus quickly convert it into an intelligent lighting system. This has its cons in relation to the Smart Light Bulb version, as is logical, since we will not be able to regulate the intensity or color of the bulb, the passive system (the bulb) will be the one who determines these characteristics.

General characteristics

• Type smart device: smart cap size E27 both male and female.
• Devices compatible: Both Android (through its application), and iOS through HomeKit or its own application, although its integration with HomeKit makes it more attractive in the Apple environment.
• Weight : total device: 130 grams.
• Connection: Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi.

Once again, what stands out is the installation, we simply have to screw in the bulb that we want to make "smart" and screw the set into the standard socket. We will not need more time. Then at the time of configuration we will follow the path we prefer, through its own application or through homekit, taking advantage of the device codes offered by the stickers included in the box.

Daily use and the first sensations

In this case we will only be able to turn the bulb on or off through HomeKit or the own application of Koogeek, that is, we will not be able to control more parameters. It is a perfect complement if for example we have more smart bulbs at home but we simply want to manage the on and off. It is built in white plastic and also has its own ON / OFF button.

Editor's opinion

These are the two cheapest alternatives that we are going to find in the market to have independent intelligent lighting systems, especially if we want to take advantage of the features of HomeKit. Perhaps the Smart Light Bulb is more attractive due to its characteristics, but if you want to get started in something like this, Koogeek is undoubtedly going to be a great alternative.

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