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Edited June 24, 2022
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Buy 2 get 1 free on select Philips hue products.. I've been waiting for the BR30 color bulbs to come back in stock and 6 bulbs for $199 is a solid deal imo.
https://www.philips-hue.com/en-us...right-days
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I've got a few different products from cheaper brands and the one word that can describe them all is: clunky
You know what the setup was for the Hue stuff? Literally just plugged the hub into my switch and downloaded the app. Everything else was configured out of the box. Was great. I haven't had to resync them ever... but those cheap Kasa and noname bulbs need resyncing every 6 months or so.
There also is overhead for most routers having to deal with active wifi connections. Consumer routers cap out at a surprisingly low number of clients. Yes, even "high end" ones. The frequency of the connection has little to do with it. If you only have a couple of bulbs it's nbd, but if you're swapping your house over, have smart speakers in every room, have a few people with phones, smart TVs, etc you will quickly hit these limits.
https://www.philips-hue.com/en-us...5a0a82b838
https://www.philips-hue.com/en-us...4#overview
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Are those really that good? I'm well into the Hue Ecosystem (at least a dozen bulbs + a lightstrip) but I have yet to try the switches.
People turning off your smart lights by switch instead of voice/app
The time it takes to ask for a light to be on/off and the delay it takes for that command to go through
I wouldn't do my entire house with them, but there are certain spots (like stairways) where I don't want to shout at a Google Home receiver and wait for the lights to come on.
People turning off your smart lights by switch instead of voice/app
The time it takes to ask for a light to be on/off and the delay it takes for that command to go through
I wouldn't do my entire house with them, but there are certain spots (like stairways) where I don't want to shout at a Google Home receiver and wait for the lights to come on.
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