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Originally Posted by DoubleF
I'm still confused what you're trying to accomplish. The way I would look at it is like this:
If it's $16 a switch, how many bulbs is it controlling?
A Sengled bulb that connects to a hub is about $7-15 each depending if you want a basic bulb or a bulb with more features (ie: Color).
https://www.amazon.ca/Sengled-Blueto...s%2C114&sr=8-7
The hub is $40 on its own, but it can connect 64 devices. But if you nab a bundle, you can get it with essentially 2 bulbs free.
https://www.amazon.ca/Sengled-Connec...ps%2C92&sr=8-5
If a switch controls a single bulb, then individual bulbs start to make more sense with a hub vs a $15/20 switch. But a smart switch probably makes more sense than bulbs for a chandelier or track system with more than 3 bulbs.
IMO, what you could do, is get enough Sengled bulbs and a hub for a few rooms in your house. Get used to tinkering around with the devices, schedules, pros and cons etc. If you end up going all out on a specific standard later on, the small group of Sengled devices could easily be relegated into other things like lamps, or sold/gifted to someone. Bulbs plus hub isn't too much commitment to remove/upgrade. Replacing switches takes much longer and is a bit more annoying to do IMO. |
Really appreciate the insights, I think this is exactly what I'm going to do.
I've purchased the hub, a few multi color lights for the outdoors and then am going to get a few for a couple of rooms around the house and see how things pan out.
If I like what I see I'll get more and prioritize a few rooms.
It didn't even occur to me to go the light route vs the switch route and this seems to be the path of least resistance.
Let's see how things work, again appreciate it!