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Recommendations for Zigbee Bulbs (lemmy.world)
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I realized I have some old hue bulbs laying around, and they're working well enough with my Zigbee controller (no bridge), but if I decide to scale up I definitely don't want to pay the Hue premium.

Anyone have a Zigbee bulb brand they recommend? I hear Third Reality is nice?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Many devices fail to pair with Home Assistant. However, smart bulbs all work very well when they have Zigbee.

If you just want some lights that work, I would recommend picking some random Zigbee bulbs up from AliExpress. Far cheaper than the name brand stuff. Else IKEA also works.