Govee Lights, Good choice for home office? Power tracking?

[maiden sapphire]

I am looking at getting 6 Govee Ceiling lights for my home office (https://a.co/d/hk5uB90)

Anyone using these with home assistant?

I'm looking to get standard functionality from them, do a few named presets to have some/all on or off at certain times/triggers as well as some colour settings that can be chosen when needed.

I expect that is all pretty standard, but I'm also hoping to be able to get power use reporting from them...

Is that possible?

[zealous osprey]

For home office use, these are good with high light output. For power calculation you would need a smart relay with power measurement like Shelly or Sonoff. For integration in home assistant it's a bit ... Since they use the cloud and therefore can be laggy iirc. Better option would be zigbee protocol, but you would need a zigbee controller.

[zealous osprey]

It's also depending on your country, might take a look at IKEA products (if near one or online)

[zealous osprey]

seeing the ikea JETSTRÖM, wich has half the light output from the govee, so you would need 2 to compensate (can be linked together). They are rgb/white and run on zigbee. Can be controlled 100% in HA and/or the IKEA Styrbar remote control

[sterile inlet]

Some Govee stuff forces you to use a cloud API while other stuff allows for LAN use. Best to double check before purchasing.

[maiden sapphire]

I have a zigbee controller.