Has anyone found outdoor-rated PAR38 ZigBee bulbs?

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I few years ago, I bought 4 Sylvania Lightify outdoor ZigBee flood (PAR38) bulbs to light my backyard. Two have started to fail so I went to the intertubes to find replacements but it seems there is no such thing anymore. I see lots of wifi options but it’s my understanding SmartThings supports only a limited number of wifi devices. I also see plenty of smart PAR38s but none are rated for outdoor use. This leaves me with two questions:

  1. Is anyone using outdoor wifi PAR38 bulbs directly with ST?
  2. Does anyone know where a guy can buy dimmable outdoor ZigBee PAR38 bulbs?

Thanks for any advice anyone can offer.

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Hue and sengled both have outdoor versions in par38.

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Philips makes outdoor rated PAR38s now. Use with the Hue bridge or you do risk messing up your Zigbee network. IP44

And Sengled has one that has a built-in motion sensor and is supposed to work with smartthings. Not quite sure how all of that works together, though:

I’m sure there are some others, but those are the first ones that come to mind.

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And it looks like Home Depot is still carrying the Sylvania if you just want to replace those:

However, they can no longer be shipped to California due to some changes in state environmental laws.

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By the way, if you are OK with getting your integration through an Alexa routine (not a smartthings routine) and you want a really bright light, ring has outdoor PAR 38 which are 1500 lm. Noticeably brighter than any of the others. You do have to get their bridge as it’s a proprietary frequency. $70 for two bulbs and the bridge.

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Thanks for the suggestions, @JDRoberts. I looked at the Sengled and while you can disable the motion detector, it doesn’t appear you can dim it (which I need but failed to mention in my original post.) Identical replacements for the bulbs I have now always show ‘out of stock’ at Home Depot but I did find a seller on Amazon that says it will have them back in stock in 2 weeks so I’ll buy replacements when (if) they become available. If they don’t have them in a few weeks, I’m going to go with Hue. Just one more thing to throw into the SmartThings/WebCoRE/Blue Iris/Alexa/IFTTT monster I’ve created. :smile:

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In stock on Feb 10

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It really would be useful for everyone to maintain a list of currently available devices. I took on @JDRoberts’ suggestion and have made a start on the Things That Are Smart Wiki at https://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=Category:Officially_supported_devices.

I can’t add more devices as I haven’t tried them but if other people add theirs then it could become a one stop shop to see what is available.

Only one PAR38 bulb so far but that is all that I have tried.

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