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I went to LEDs in my apartment about two years ago. 3 Hue bulbs + hub, some 48" T8 LEDs, and some E26 Ikea bulbs. The Ikea bulbs are great, power on instantly

I went to LEDs in my apartment about two years ago. 3 Hue bulbs + hub, some 48" T8 LEDs, and some E26 Ikea bulbs. The Ikea bulbs are great, power on instantly and slowly fade off. The T8s take about 3/4 second to turn on, and are nice and bright (and a far cry from the power consumption of the T12 florescent bulbs they replaced). The Hue bulbs... well, one's developed a noisy transformer. Replacements are, what, $40? Meh. I like the Zigbee integration, but not $40 in two years worth of like. And the CRI of the Hue is just as bad (actually worse) than the other bulbs. Lesson learned, those Ikea bulbs are great.

Osmium 9y ago
Not trying to sell Hue here, but their bulbs have gone through several iterations by now. They were one of the first big names to push consumer LED bulbs, I wouldn't be surprised if their earlier versions had flaws just by being new. But maybe not, I don't know. (Also their color bulbs are $40, but they have much cheaper white ones, and also an in-between model they call ambiance which are white but allow you to adjust color temperature)