I hate using The Big Light™, but I can’t always have my room dark. My led strip that is up in the corner of the ceiling just died, so I’m looking for replacements. I’m not opposed to another one, I’m just curious what all else there is. thanks
edit: I might actually just replace my big light bulbs with hue bulbs or something (though those are mad expensive)
Four lamps in different parts of the room, all with smart bulbs.
They’re tied together into a single dimmer/color/temp selector in HomeAssistant.
For ambiance, they’re usually running at like 35-40%.
Same here. I love the soft diffused shadows from multiple light sources and that they can be set low and yet the entire room is illuminated.
I got room for like one lamp on my nightstand at best. I’ll look into it though, I just have to make sure that whatever I get can be controlled from one Foss interface, no proprietary garbage
Good luck. I’ve had issues finding non-cloud smart bulbs/plugs. These came from Ali with Tasmota pre-installed. Haven’t looked for a couple of years, so hopefully the non-cloud options are easier to source these days.
I think Hue or ones that use Zigbee are viable. !homeassistant@lemmy.world may be able to offer some suggestions.
A lot of the Chinese smart bulbs can be controlled through Home Assistant. The ones that are almost universally unsupported are the Feit Electric brand.
Good to know. I just went with the Tasmota ones because I’m familiar with the firmware and can upgrade it independently from the manufacturer. Plus, it takes a month to get a shipment from Ali, so I didn’t want to play any guessing games; I knew Tasmota worked.
IKEA bulbs are cheap and work nice with my HA and ZigBee USB stick. Quality of light is good though obviously Hue is better for x4 the money.
what abiut controlling them from your phone? the price of hue kinda put me off lol
Home assistant has a mobile app that integrates with the (normally) Google home quick tile and lock screen shortcut, so it’s pretty much just like using Google home.