TCP Lighting

Bought it on clearance. So my expectations weren't high. Got home connected it in seconds. Works perfectly fine. Never tried to use the app away from home because i shut my lights off before i leave. Half the time I forget about the app anyways. As a novelty the lights are pretty cool. Ten years ago things like this didnt exist to the average consumer. Its really cool to be able to control your light using your phone.

This app is truly the most frustrating app on my phone. It keeps "losing" the connection and trying to get me to sign in, including if I turn on a light and try to dim it right away. Requires force closing it and restarting it, every time. This company has really made me regret ever getting lights like this. Avoid it at all costs. This company should be ashamed of their impact on the market.

I've had my lights for 2+ years, and they are still running fine. I tend to use the Wink App and Tasker to control everything now, rather then this app, but it's still needed to install new TCP connected lights of which I like the Daylight version the most. The app responds much quicker then Wink for turning on and off lights, but lack of Tasker access or any 3rd party access to help automate leaves me to rely on Wink and its slower response.

I have 8 lights on this system and it used to be able to work away from home but now it's just garbage. The widget constantly freezes and app randomly crashes when you want it to do something. Control is difficult to maintain with this and my wife and I are both pissed about the glitches in the system and the seemly absent developers who can't fix the problems even though their app is rated soooo low. Pathetic guys. Really just a sad effort.

Lights and set-up was easy. No documentation to explain more about how the timed profiles work... Lights don't seem to turn on/off when activated profiles should be running. Not sure if this is because it runs on another time zone other than local (no documentation). This app needs further review.

Update: It would appear TCP has terminated their cloud service so remote control no longer functions. I would avoid this at all costs. ******* Since one of the more recent updates, the application has crawled and can be barely usable at times. It's not very useful to have to wait 15 seconds to turn on/off lights. It might help if the app cached the last known configuration rather than rediscovering the gateway every single time the app starts. Additionally, as others have stated there is an issue with the internal clock (I don't know if this is an app problem, or firmware on the gateway) and there is no way to set it/correct it. Timers go off hours after they are supposed to. This app was barebones when it was working, and was never that exceptional, but now it's completely broken and worthless. This product has become a tremendous disappointment.

It worked well for 6 months then stopped working completely and now it is back to work for local on WiFi only. I could not log in my account to remotely control the lights. Many times I tried to log in my account . It always shown up like these << user name or password is incorrect >> or << username or password does not match out record >> Please help me out to solve this. Thanks Developer!

Works at home and away both on S4 phone and Nexus 7 tab. If they add a "log" for auto and manual changes it would be perfect! UPDATE: 7/6/16 BRICKED BY TCP!! Without warning they dropped internet control, offering no explanation except "changes in IoT" No refunds for all the product we purchased. Take the money and run.

Any company that thinks they are going to go it alone making smart home products, removing compatibility/support from other platforms(SmartThings), is a sinking ship. I'm glad I still have the boxes and receipt. FYI, all of my MANY other bulbs, switches, and other devices continue to function as they did the day I purchased them. TCP is the only product who's functionality regressed into the dumb home market. Have fun singing "This little light of mine" by yourself.

As an update to my previous reviews, TCP lighting has crossed the line from bad to absolute garbage. All connectivity with other smart home system like wink has been shut off, the lights on their own software are little more than a novelty. I frankly think anyone who ever bought these products deserves an apology card from TCP green wave that contains a picture of someone on their team getting punched in the face. A small thing to ask for all of us who spent hundreds of dollars on now worthless trash.

Set up this app it worked fine, next day it won't connect to the gateway, so now I have no control over my smart bulbs, unless I use the switch just like any other bulb I could have used. GARBAGE

The company suddenly stopped the ability to control their TCP lighting lights over the internet. Beyond not having the ability to do that, the fact that the company would suddenly discontinue the function for all of us who had bought their product for that capability shows a total disregard for consumers. The company has done all of us a disservice.

But it no longer works, won't turn the lights on and off on a schedule, cannot be used remotely (I bought their products to control the lights at our vacation cottage) and their expensive smart products, still available, are no longer supported. This must be a Donald Trump business.

Works great at home, but can't log in remotely to view or control lights. Saw same complaints from other people. Reason I bought was to be able to control when out-of-town. Have to look for other option. Anyone one know of other brand bulbs that are WIFI controlled>>>

I have 8 lights and the Gateway unit connected to them...Well sometimes anyways. These aren't cheap lights and if they sell them to the consumer I expect them (the lights) to work seamlessly. Do something about it please guys.

They are either going under or the new upgrade crapped the app. I cant login, I can't retrieve password, not even a website

Disappointed. Emailed numerous times regarding password reset and have no received a response. Will keep 1 star until I get this resolved.

Never able to actually log in from the road and control the lights. Can only function if I'm on the home wifi. Wanted to control lights while away from home to randomly turn on/off as if home vs. setting a set time that can be predictable to a waiting burglar.

Horrible. Both initial bulbs connect just fine. All others after that are unable to be discovered. Not to mention the slow and clunky app. Tried every troubleshooting method I could find. Nothing. No wonder this thing was 75% off. Do NOT get this.

My lights still work on wifi connection to gateway but timers no longer function. This was the whole reason for my purchase in the first place. What is the point of buying smart LED bulbs that "will last 10 years" if they're not even supported for 5?

I spent a lot of money on these bulbs and was able to use them and the app as they were initially intended for a short period of time. Now they are pretty useless. No longer can you set up any smart controls like you could before. No longer can you operate the lights unless you're connected to your WiFi. And to top it all off, now you can't control these bulbs with your Amazon Echo. I wish I would have known all of this before I invested so much money into all of these light bulbs.

Since they stopped their remote functionality and support of this app as of May 2016 the automatic timers no longer work. This app is no better than a dimmer light switch now. Thanks TCP for giving all your customers the finger.

They sell a product with specific features and then remove the most useful feature. I hope the company is sued out of existance.

Product has been discontinued and is no longer supported by the company. If you just bought them return immediately for refund.

With either a new update or glitch, I can't open the app

When I first bought it, the lights and app worked fine for maybe 2 weeks. Now nothing works. Lights are on but app says off, motion doesn't work, control settings have never worked and won't work at all away from home. Was not worth the money.