Syska Smart Wi-Fi RGB LED Strip Light 5 Metre with App and Voice Control vs Wipro Next Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb 9W B22 (16M Colours + Tunable White)
What separates them
These two differ on 5 recorded specifications. The Syska Smart Wi-Fi RGB LED Strip Light 5 Metre with App and Voice Control is ₹750 dearer.
Syska Smart Wi-Fi RGB LED Strip Light 5 Metre with App and Voice Control vs Wipro Next Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb 9W B22 (16M Colours + Tunable White)
Syska
Syska Smart Wi-Fi RGB LED Strip Light 5 Metre with App and Voice Control
₹1,299
Single-zone rather than addressable, which is the honest difference between this and strips costing twice as much: the whole 5 metres shows one colour at a time, so the flowing multi-colour effects in the marketing images are not something this can produce.
Full details →Wipro
Wipro Next Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb 9W B22 (16M Colours + Tunable White)
₹549
The cheapest sensible entry into a smart home in India, and it does the one job well.
Full details →Who the Syska Smart Wi-Fi RGB LED Strip Light 5 Metre with App and Voice Control is for
Buy it if: Anyone adding accent or cove lighting on a budget who wants one colour at a time.
Avoid it if: Anyone expecting the multi-colour chasing effects shown in strip-light advertising -- that needs an addressable RGBIC strip.
Who the Wipro Next Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb 9W B22 is for
Buy it if: Anyone testing whether smart lighting is worth it before committing to a system.
Avoid it if: Anyone building automations that must survive an outage, or anyone on Apple Home -- there is no HomeKit support.
Specifications, side by side
5 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Syska Smart Wi-Fi RGB LED Strip Light 5 Metre with App and Voice Control | Wipro Next Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb 9W B22 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,299 | ₹549 |
| Colour range | 16 million colours, single zone | 16 million colours plus 2700K-6500K tunable white |
| Local control | No. App and voice control both route through the vendor cloud | No. Voice and app control both require the Wipro cloud; without internet the bulb only responds to the wall switch |
| Power source | Mains via 12 V adapter | Mains, B22 bayonet holder |
| Protocol | Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz | Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz (802.11 b/g/n) |
| Weather rating | IP20, indoor use only -- not suitable for balconies or bathrooms | IP20, indoor use only |
| Battery life | Not applicable, mains powered | Not applicable, mains powered |
| Hub required | No -- Connects directly to the router | No -- Connects directly to the router |
| Neutral wire | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Warranty | 1 Year Manufacturer Warranty | 1 Year Manufacturer Warranty |
| Works with | Amazon Alexa, Google Home | Amazon Alexa, Google Home |
| Brightness | not published | 810 lumens |
| Cuttable | Yes, at marked 10 cm intervals | not published |
| LED density | 30 LEDs per metre, 5050 SMD | not published |
| Length | 5 metres | not published |
| Power draw | not published | 9 W |
| Rated life | not published | 25,000 hours |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.