I will stick with Hue.
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For Zibee bulbs, I am using the Sengled classics. Just 4 in lamps and one Edison on the back deck. They work good. I have had no issues with them. But I moved my Zigbee to Channel 26 to avoid wifi co-channel and the smart electric meters on Channel 25. They only go down to 5% which is too bright to use as a night light. I find that the dumb dimmable LEDs with an in wall dimmer switch works the best. I get those LED bulbs so dim they can not be seen unless in a darkened room.
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Are you talking about sengled ? So far my experience has not been good. I really want them to work as HA monitors the power consumption also. I haven't noticed this available from the other bulbs.
I love hue also , I just can't spent 50 a bulb for the entire house.
So far I have had a great experience with third reality Zigbee bulbs.
No, I am referring to bulbs in general. Sengled, Innr, or the Third Reality all have not performed well in HA. I connect all my bulbs directly to Hubitat. Now, I do have the Third Reality Night Lights in HA and they work well. It is just physical bulbs I have an issue with.
Hue. You can always take out a home equity loan.
Seriously though, they're rock solid. I have about 12 white bulbs, 10 white ambience downlight retrofits, 16 color downlight retrofits and 9 slim color downlights. All are paired directly to HE, no Hue hub.
Yes, it was painful but I never plan on moving ever again and I didn't want to cheap out on lighting. The house we bought has a lot of recessed downlights, and every one needed a new trim ring and a new bulb of some sort. The cost of the Hue retrofits really wasn't bad after factoring in all the new trim rings I didn't have to buy.
Most of them have been installed for about 2 1/2 years now, and I've never had one single problem, no glitches, no nothing. They just work. I like them so much I'd buy the company, except I don't have any money left after I bought their bulbs. Really though, despite the brutal costs I honestly don't have any regrets.
I don't know why someone else can't come out with a line of zigbee bulbs with the same quality and reliability as Hue for a better price. Perhaps in this case, you really do need to charge what they do to build a product with this level of reliability, I don't know.
I agree they are quality , and curious why you didn't use their hub ? I had no issues syncing it to hubitat.
The reason I don't have them , I like color bulbs in every room of the house.
So far I have been extremely happy with the performance of 3rd reality. So much so , I finally redid all my home automation to HA with hubitat acting as my zwave hub.
