Hi everyone. I recently started my Home Assistant journey by replacing Google Calendar and Keep Notes with Home Assistant. A couple of light bulbs burnt out and I want to replace them with bulbs that I can use exclusivity on Home Assistant and bypass the manufacturers app entirely. What brand should I look for?

These are standard wall mounted lights in my kitchen and my laundry room.

  • fan0m@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    11 hours ago

    Phillips hue bulbs are solid but on the pricy side.

    Govee is ok, I recommend making sure you get ones that have Matter capability. Same with LifX brand.

    Iim sure there are other brands but those are 3 I have experience with.

    • clb92@feddit.dkEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      I got some expensive Hue bulbs just because they were the most powerful Zigbee bulbs I could find where I live. Almost all other Zigbee bulbs are way too dim, for some reason.

    • GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      I can second the Hue bulbs.
      They’re good quality, and connect directly to a zigbee dongle without the Signiant app/Hub.

    • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish
      1·
      11 hours ago

      In my area we have a brand called LEDvance, which ships both wifi and zigbee bulbs. I have some of the Zigbee ones and I don’t need anything other than HomeAssistant to add them to my network.