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I realized I have some old hue bulbs laying around, and they're working well enough with my Zigbee controller (no bridge), but if I decide to scale up I definitely don't want to pay the Hue premium.

Anyone have a Zigbee bulb brand they recommend? I hear Third Reality is nice?

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[โ€“] Bosco@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Ikea's smart bulbs are compatible without much effort (Home Assistant running Zigbee2MQTT). Much cheaper and widely available year round, only downside I've seen is the temperature range isn't nearly as impressive as the white ambiance Hue bulbs.

[โ€“] klangcola@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago

2nd vote for IKEA bulbs. They just work. (Also using ZigBee2mqtt and HomeAssistant)

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