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expired Posted by powerfuldoppler | Staff • Jul 18, 2023
Jul 18, 2023 12:28 PM
Philips Hue 9' Bluetooth & Zigbee Light Strip Bundle $70 + Free Shipping ~ Costco
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Critical reading is a lost art form. At least be applicable if you're gonna be snarky...
This way they can serve as repeaters for other devices (mostly aqara door / motion sensors) and i dont have to have a separate zigbee mesh just for Hue.
They respond at least as fast as when i was using the hue bridge if not a bit faster since its a stronger mesh and there is one less bridge to hop through.
My hue remotes / buttons all work this way too
Zigbee2Mqtt connects them to Home Assistant which connects them to HomeKit / Siri so it passes the WAF test
Then there's the bridge, it starts to get funky when you get over 40 devices, but adding more hubs brings it's own set of problems. Really, really stupid problems. This shouldn't happen at this price point. You would think that a business that targets people who buy expensive stuff might realize those people have big, expensive houses. And big, expensive houses often have a lot of light bulbs
And the fact that they won't bring matter to anything but the bridge is super frustrating. I've used many different smart lighting platforms but I transitioned to hue to keep things simple for family.
I think a better analogy than cars would be to Apple or Sonos. It's an absolutely fantastic system as long as everything you ever wanted to do is approved by your corporate masters. But if you even dream about stepping outside the walled garden they'll slap you in the face to wake you up
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