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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by kmos17 on Saturday May 28, 2022 @07:47AM (#31539555)
In my experience the ikea bulbs are also awful, constant unpairing requiring multiple attempts to re-pair with the remote, especially if you have multiple bulbs in close proximity. In the end I gave up and just use them as normal bulbs. It would be a nice setup if it worked though, having a dedicated remote control is much more convenient than using a phone imo.
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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by elabajaba on Saturday May 28, 2022 @08:37PM (#31545117)
Damn, I was hoping they'd be a good hue alternative because I don't want to pay hue prices. I was looking at nanoleaf as they're using Thread, but they don't have any basic bridges (only homekit, eero, or one of their rgb wall panel things, none of which are things I want) and won't speak Matter.

At this point I feel like I might as well wait for Matter bridges to come out this fall, as hopefully companies will refresh their product lines then and we'll get some better quality lights.

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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by kmos17 on Sunday May 29, 2022 @10:37AM (#31549465)
The ikea setup might be worth a shot with the networking bridge they have to control multiple bulbs at once, but my experience with individual bulbs was bad.
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