Comment on How come LED Light Bulbs only last for about 2-3 Years?

• quixotic120@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just fyi for anyone who would care about this: while hue bulbs are built well they are moving towards a model that requires you to put them on “the cloud”, even though they were sold for years and years without that requirement. The update will be mandatory whether you want it or not as part of Philips security being integrated into the app. It’s unclear what will happen if you don’t create an account and sign in at that point

  So if you’re like me and put all your iot shit on an isolated vlan without internet access they may not be the best option for you. Or if you just don’t want to support a company that wildly changes the tos years after purchasing their (expensive) product. I don’t want my home shit on the internet, I don’t trust Philips to put enough cash or effort into securing their servers, etc.

  The bulbs do work with zigbee though and that seems to be a viable alternative to using their hub/app although I haven’t tested it fully. This also means if you’re using them via HomeKit you’ll need some kind of bridge like home assistant

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  • ThePantser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I added all my 10 year+ Hue bulbs to a zigbee stick about 4 years ago. I control them with Home assistant and Zigbee2mqtt. They were a bit flakey at first but after awhile now with updates they have been flawless. Best thing is you still get firmware updates through z2m. Highly recommend using Hue bulbs for their long term support and quality. I have had 1 bulb start flickering and Hue actually replaced it, free of charge.

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    • quixotic120@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s good to hear. I have a zigbee stick but haven’t found the time to repair them that way yet. I definitely agree they’re good products, it just left a real bad taste in my mouth when after years of using them I got a notification in the app that soon I’ll be required to put them online, which is nonsense

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  • lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve been using Philips Hue bulbs with Zigbee in Home Assistant for years without issue.

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• cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Can confirm

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• hperrin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I bought three of the gen 1 Philips Hue when they first came out and all three died within two years. I hope they’re better now, but I’ll never buy Philips Hue again.

  (And in case you ask, they weren’t enclosed, they were in IKEA floor lamps.)

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• ThePantser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I had one flicker after 8 years and the company replaced it for free. The rest of my 10 year old bulbs are still working fine. I wish they would die though to give me an excuse to replace them with the better color versions. Many of mine are still the old ones with green that can only go to 🍋‍🟩 lime.

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