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I am a fan of Ikea lights. I can use normal light switches to turn the light on/off. But I also have a remote and I can dim the lights or change the temperature. No hub needed. The price is low enough. And Ikea will probably stay in business a long time.


Buying their hub enables you to use an app on your phone to control the lights, if you so desire.


You can do the same with Philips Hue.

And just like the Ikea one, it's just a bit better with the hub.


And the best thing is that they speak zigbee and you can ditch their hubs and use homeassistant if you want to avoid any lock-in!

I've actually had two Ikea Trådfri switches break though - they are cheap enough to replace but bit bothersome.


And in the future they'll all speak Thread and be mostly hub agnostic




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