GE LED+ Color Changing LED Light Bulbs with Remote, 9.5W, No App or Wi-Fi Required, A19 (3 Pack)

Because sometimes “dumb” is necessary.
As a software engineer who spends 40 hours a week glued to a computer screen, I’m prone to eye strain and tension headaches that not even blue light-blocking glasses can mitigate. Color-changing LED smart bulbs tuned to red/orange hues help immensely when I’m home, with the added bonus of being able to automate them on a schedule. But my office is a different story. The wifi there is enterprise-grade, with single-sign-on and 2FA, and the only way around that — Internet sharing from my desktop — doesn’t always work. Neither does setting the bulbs’ color temperature at home and relying on their memory feature at the office, because I can’t change the color back to white for Zoom calls and in-person meetings. So I went on what I assumed would be a fruitless quest: finding a light-bulb equivalent to the cheap LED strip lights that were all the rage 10 years ago. Sure, the remotes are janky, and sometimes you press the orange button, only to get green. But the lights themselves last forever, and you don’t have to worry about some billionaire using them to aggregate data about when you wake up, leave the house, or turn the mood lighting on in the bedroom.Thankfully, I found what I was looking for, and from a quality manufacturer, at that.Using these lights is as plug-and-play as it gets, and the remotes are easy to use. There are 8 color buttons with two alternating settings apiece, a white button that alternates between daylight and soft-white temperatures, dimmer, timer, and mode buttons, and an on-off button. That’s it. If you’re a stickler for exact RGB/hex color values or fine-tuned white temperatures, these are not the droids you’re looking for, but for me, they’re everything I need and nothing I don’t.The light quality is fully on par with the solid-color GE LEDs I own. No flickering, and none of the color weirdness sometimes seen with “in-between between” settings (i.e., not pure red, green, or blue).The *only* issue I have with these lights is that the remote is a little too omnidirectional at times. My office has a desk light and double-bulb floor lamp in opposite corners, but no matter where I aim the remote or how close I am to the light i’m trying to change, I usually end up changing all three. Since these also retain their last setting when powered off, my workaround is to manually switch off whatever light I don’t want to change, then use the remote to change the other one. And really, these lights have enough going for them that I’m fine with that.

Worth every penny
So I bought these to due to some idiotic electrical work in the new house we bought and eliminate the need for me to go up in the attic, change wiring and possibly fall through the ceiling of the house.I was a little unsure of the responsiveness of the lights and the remote but they work great. I bought a 3 pack and each bulb came with a remote but it does not matter. Each bulb (I tried 3 together) can be controlled by just one remote. I will try and see if a different remote can control different lights which I assume it will. Great quality, pretty cheap (cough chough Philips Hue) giving the fact that it lets you control any light without the need of electrical surgery and work right out of the box and easy to install. They dim, change colors and connect instantly after you insert the bulbs. Will buy again.