Hi,
Long time since here now, but have bought house number two, and having a hell of a time tearing everything down... hehe.
Anyway. I bought this starter kit.
I have the bulbs connected to HE, but at the same time, I can use the remote that came with the package to control them as well. I use two channesl on the remote so far. One bulb on each. The only bummer, is that HE does not get the status if you turn them off with the remote, but not a big deal, really. The bulbs are not the brightest, but good enough for me, since I prefer the warm cosy light they put out. I think they go down to around 1500K, and thats pretty warm! Warmest I have found yet.
I also bought this one (Last picture on the item, the wall switch with 4 channels):
But have not tried it yet(no time), but I am pretty sure it will work with the Gledopto stuff the same way as the other remote above, even if the gledopto units are connected to HE as well.
As of what strip to buy for your kitchen, I would recomend these once. Supported by HE (Generic RGBW bulb, and works perfectly and stable.
Search around, you can probably find a little better deal than I got, since I bought this way back.
Anyway, I think the flexibility is great. One for me to handle in HE, and a remote for my wify...
In the kitchen, I use motion sensors to turn on the strip and an IKEA bulb, based on RM, but I also have the Xiaomi button with five different funtions set up, so that I can one press for full power, dobble press for 25%, tripple press for 50%, quadro press for 75%, and hold for dimming down from 100% as wanted. Pretty slick switch, if you ask me. Also have the Xiami Cube, filled with a bunch of different functions, but have not tried that yet. But I read many who loves this cube switch magic thingy.. hehe
Kind regards,
RogerThat, Norway