[6 Pack] CLOUDY BAY 4inch Smart WiFi LED Recessed Lights,RGBCW Color Changing Recessed Lighting,Compatible with Alexa and Google Home Assistant,10W 2700K-6500K,CRI90+ Wet Location,White Finish

So I bought 12 of these lights for a new home office I was building and it took over 6 months for me to get around to getting them installed so I was counting on them to work as I had no way to return them.Installation was easy. Mine came with wire clips and the spring clips are very strong. I do wish the wire plug for each light that comes out of the box was a little longer as I had a tough time reaching through the drywall holes (4” is harder to work through than 6”). But after everything was wired up and connected to power I really liked the way lights looked and how bright they get!I couldn’t get mine to connect to the Smart Life app so I used the CloudyBay app and linked it Alexa as a ‘skill’. At first they seemed to work great with most lights responding immediately to Alexa commands for brightness or color changes. Then after a few days all but one would respond quickly and the last one would take 20 seconds longer or I would repeat the command and it would work then. Not perfect but ok.That was 6 months ago. Now usually only a few of the dozen lights come on no matter how many times I say the Alexa command. So when I open the Alexa app, the ones that don’t respond aren’t connected to WiFi according to the app. So I bring in a 3rd mesh router into the new room to improve the signal. This router is hard wired with my main router and all other smart devices in the room (over 20) all have excellent signal and maintain their connections. Still can’t seem to improve the lights response to Alexa commands. When I go to the cloudy bay app now it usually only shows a couple of the lights connected but if I refresh the app page they all start to “come online”. If I set the phone down for a few minutes the lights start to disconnect from the app one by one and I’m back to where I’m started.I’ve tried I linking the CloudyBay Alexa skill a few times and it doesn’t help. My conclusion is the app is the problem and I’m beyond frustrated. To replace all of these lights with a different brand would cost double what I paid for these but I’m starting to wonder if that’s the only way I ll get this resolved.The whole point of smart devices is convenience. If it takes me 3-5 minutes to fumble through multiple apps to change the “smart” lights then I guess I’m the idiot.Not happy -

I bought these over identical-looking competing products for 3 main reasons: Available in 6pkwhile many competing products are only 8/12pk (I only needed 3) , the option of 3 colors, and good value in terms of price per unit.Installation in general is pretty easy. Remove the number of punch-outs you need from the control box, install 3/8" NM clamps (not included), run the Romex wire through them, and wire it up using the included wire nuts. Then push the box up into the hole. It does have screw holes for securing it if you want, but most people (myself included) don't bother. Then plug in the light, position the spring clips where they will go into the hole, and pop it in. I replaced a couple flush-mount "boob lights" with these, so there was a bit more work involved in cutting out the original junction boxes, but once the junction boxes were removed (4" round type), I was left with the perfect sized hole for these to pop right into. At least, that was the case with my upstairs hallway. My basement hallway was built by the homeowner, and his junction box hole was a lot more sloppy, so I did have to do a bit of trimming to get the hole right. I didn't have to worry about thickness since mine went into existing junction box holes, but they're very thin. They would definitely clear any joists in 1/2" drywall if you need them to.After installation, they look great! I love the clean, flat look. They were also surprisingly bright. The old "boob lights" had 15W (60W equiv) CFL in them that were supposed to be 800-Lumens. These at 650-Lumens are significantly brighter. It seemed a little too bright at first for a hallway, but I've gotten used to it and it feels just right now. The only minor complaint I have, is between the 2 in the upstairs hallway, both set to 4000K, one is noticeably warmer than the other. However, it's not annoying enough to make me want to go to the trouble to try swapping out the lights and/or control box, especially since wiring the upstairs ones was made a bit difficult since the builder of my house secured all the wiring to the ceiling joists leaving me with very little slack to work with. I didn't ding them a star because I'd say I'm 95% happy with them and very glad I went for these 4" recessed rather than just nicer looking flush mount fixtures.

These lights were super easy to install. Once installed I was able to set them up and create one location to control the lights using the simple app. Alexa recognized them and was able to control them with ease. Overall I would highly recommend these for anyone that is looking for an inexpensive quality light.

After reading a number of reviews, and the description, it wasn’t abundantly clear how these lights are wired. However, after I received them it was pretty straight forward. I would suggest using 12-2 wire if you intend to use the included wire harnesses. I’d suggest wire nuts if you use 14-2 wire because they tend to slip out of the harness easier than the 12-2 wire. Please make sure you have good Wi-Fi wherever you install these lights, because it’s the only way to control the colors and brightness! Last suggestion is to do all your wiring, and install the lights. Remember these lights are daisy chained, so if there’s a wiring issue with light number 3, which would be the third light from the switch or power source, then lights 3-6 will be off. Check your connections at light 3. If it fixes 3-5 then check light 5 until all lights are on. If they start blinking, just turn off the switch, and turn it back on…good luck