Local Smart Lights

[prisma horizon]

I want to convert my entire house to smart bulbs, what are some cheap ones that that are controlled locally(not tuya, etc) that dont cost an arm and a leg

[lusty coyote]

Hi, be aware that if you switch off the bulb by the physical switch, jt won't work from that point onwards

A classical problem 🙂

[prisma horizon]

yeah im currently looking at cheap smart switches that work in australia

they all seem to be tuya so trying to figure out local tuya as i dont want cloud

[lusty coyote]

Ok then 👍

[lusty coyote]

Avoid Tuya if you can

[prisma horizon]

yeah im trying but they all seem to be tuya 🙁

australia kinda bad with smart stuff

[lusty coyote]

Try at least ZigBee ones, that tech is totally local

[prisma horizon]

ive already got a zigbee dongle on my ha server so that should work aye

this should work

[lusty coyote]

I have Tuya ZigBee devices and works fine most of the time. No bulbs, btw

[prisma horizon]

https://www.ozsmartthings.com.au/products/zigbee-single-light-switch-all-white

yah they will work, my dongle is zigbee2mqtt and they say they work with ha and zigbee2mqtt

[night marlin]

If you OK with an initial internet connection to set the bulbs up then WiZ Connected are OK, once configured they are local control and use WiFi to coonect to HA

[prisma horizon]

wouldnt tuya be fine then aswell, cause im using the local tuya hacs app

[cobalt mural]

i would stay far, far away from tuya..

[prisma horizon]

understood

[copper inlet]

pretty much only recommend the new line of hue bulbs (zigbee) which are much cheaper than their other options, lifx (wifi, need the app to setup initially then never again), or maybe Wiz (wifi)

[night marlin]

WiZ and Hue are the same business, WiZ generally cheaper than Hue

[copper inlet]

they are totally different beasts to get working though.

[cobalt mural]

INNR works good too

zigbee

[prisma horizon]

I'm currently using lifx in my room and they are working fine but weren't very cheap when I first got them

Now looking at lifx website they seem to be way cheaper that hue

[prisma horizon]

I'll happily use ZigBee if it's reliable and cheaper though

[ocean mountain]

I can see no compelling reason to switch away from Zigbee. So will keep going with it so long as you can buy stuff. I have spares as well. 109 devices, entirely organically grown network. 3 years in and it gives no grief whatsoever. Combee 2 and ZHA.