Hey all Just getting started on some smart home stuff - I’m looking to get some strip lighting and there is a lot of stuff out there and honestly I’m not sure what I should get. Ideally it would be RGB but I’m OK with white/warm light.

The ZBT-2 can do both ZigBee and Thread, and I haven’t got any pre-existing devices so I can go either of those.

I thought about getting some IKEA lighting because I believe they use Thread now?

What’s the prevailing wisdom out there?

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    18 hours ago

    No problem. Just remember it gets addictive. I stick led strips and strings in a ton of stuff. My other half bought a wire work Christmas deer that had old incandescent lights in it and I threw some RGB string lights with WLED. She bought a metal star with little cutouts in it and I mounted it to a board and stuck some RGB’s in it as well. Took a piece of scrap OSB and printed Merry Christmas off in big letters then drilled holes at regular intervals to put a bunch of the individual pixels from a string of RGB’s into as well.

    My intention is to eventually put strips in nearly every room in the house and install them outside as well. That way when I want a different color than white I can just change it with the LED’s.

    I’m planning to create a huge Christmas display that can play short videos and graphics on to setup where our city does a display each year. And at some point I’m going to pitch them letting me upgrade the Christmas decorations with WLED and RGB strings. Then with a couple AP’s strategically placed in can setup a synchronized light show.

    Like I said WLED is amazing.

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        8 hours ago

        Just because it has thread support doesn’t mean it will work. Both the hardware and software have to support it. Research it before you buy.