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Originally Posted by Swarly
I have wanted to do this for a long time now but the price just keeps me from pulling the trigger. For my place in Hue color bulbs would cost me $1320, and the 2-prong bulbs only seem to come in white not color, am I just not seeing them? Lifx has color 2-prong bulbs and to do my whole place would be $1650. I only own a 2 bedroom condo, I can't begin to think what an entire house would cost to do. I have 17 2-prong bulbs, 8 regulars, and 8 big round bathroom bulbs.
And that is before I even consider adding sensors, and tv / computer / under cabinet light strips into the mix.
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What are you trying to accomplish with that many smart bulbs? Going full colored smart bulbs through out a home seems like way overkill to me. Color smart bulbs in a bathroom is weird. Doing color bulbs in a whole home sounds either super psychedelic or like a huge waste as you'd rarely use anything other than white for the vast majority of the bulbs.
Consider getting cheap $2-4 LED bulbs and pairing it with a smart sensor/switch/smart plug instead of doing just pure smart bulbs with hub. You should be able to do dimming and turning off via phone or whatnot for a fraction of the cost. (ie: Track lights)
Consider only acquiring high end smart color bulbs for certain high traffic areas, inexpensive smart color bulbs for lower traffic areas. Cheap brand color smart bulbs should be around $20 for decent ones on Amazon and white light smart bulbs should be able to be acquired for as low as $10.