LIFX A19 Smart Wi-Fi Bulb, No Hub Required

I've been pretty unhappy with my LIFX bulbs. I originally went with them because they were the brightest on the market... They had always had connection issues with Google Home and Alexa... Now all of the bulbs (5 bulbs) have been stuck in a boot loop.

I don't understand people's gripes with lifx. I have literally never had 1 issue whatsoever, not 1. They just work, always.

Tried on both Android and iOS as well as iPadOS... Changed so many settings on my router (separate SSID, disable WMM, AP Isolation, switching WiFi channels, etc.) I've also tried disabling Cellular Data / Turning on Airplane Mode. Nothing. Just figured out 5 minutes ago, the ONLY thing that works is leaving the network Open (no password) and so temporarily just hiding a separate SSID. Not a viable long-term solution, if you ask me.

This happened to me too. It's really frustrating since I'm not technically illiterate whatsoever (I'm a software engineer), but the hoops you have to jump through are ridiculous to get this thing setup... where this took a solid 30-60min of finagling. The only reason I'm keeping the Lifx is because it's the brightest bulb between Hue / TP-Link / Lifx and has way more features than the TP-Link

I have had 4-5 lifx color mini and a19 lights go bad over the last few years mostly after power outages/dirty power. They no longer connect or if I can get them to connect to wifi/the app they lose connection in a few days again.

On my Asus network I have setup the 2.4ghz band (LIFX are only 2.4ghz compatible) to be 20mhz channel bandwidth only, disabled Airtime Fairness and disabled WMM APSD... they probably need a power cycle once a fortnight to get back on the network

After 3 years my second A19 light went in to Factory Reset Mode... Conveniently enough for LIFX, the warranty only is valid for 2 years... 100$ for 2 lights is going down the toilet after 3 years. Just horrible, no words!!!

Thx, you save me countless frustrations and time lost. Massive thumbs down for LIFX instructions!

Bought three (dusk/dawn, one of the color ones, and the light strips). Only one would pair. Returned the rest and will probably just look at a Hue setup if I ever decide to go back to automated lights again.

Still can't get 2 of these to pair. I've done the hard reset, they show up as Wifi networks on my phone, but cannot get them to pair... LIFX customer support hasn't helped at all.