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Light bulbs (lemmus.org)
submitted 22 hours ago by blakemavrix@lemmus.org to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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Hi everyone. I recently started my Home Assistant journey by replacing Google Calendar and Keep Notes with Home Assistant. A couple of light bulbs burnt out and I want to replace them with bulbs that I can use exclusivity on Home Assistant and bypass the manufacturers app entirely. What brand should I look for?

These are standard wall mounted lights in my kitchen and my laundry room.

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[–] fan0m@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Phillips hue bulbs are solid but on the pricy side.

Govee is ok, I recommend making sure you get ones that have Matter capability. Same with LifX brand.

Iim sure there are other brands but those are 3 I have experience with.

[–] SteveTech@aussie.zone 1 points 10 hours ago

IKEA's seem okay too, they're just not the brightest around. The older models are ZigBee, the newer ones are Matter over Thread (although I've heard some will also work with ZigBee).

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 20 hours ago

I can second the Hue bulbs.
They're good quality, and connect directly to a zigbee dongle without the Signiant app/Hub.

[–] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 1 points 21 hours ago

In my area we have a brand called LEDvance, which ships both wifi and zigbee bulbs. I have some of the Zigbee ones and I don't need anything other than HomeAssistant to add them to my network.