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FWIW, I just replaced a lot of bulbs in my house with Philips Hue white ambience bulbs because I'm very sensitive to flickering and we dim a lot. So far, no bu
by rsyring 5y ago
FWIW, I just replaced a lot of bulbs in my house with Philips Hue white ambience bulbs because I'm very sensitive to flickering and we dim a lot. So far, no buzz or flicker. They are expensive, and so is everything in their ecosystem, but I finally have a light I like dimming.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoMy experience with the Philips Hue was: not bright enough. That was admittedly years ago when they were the new hotness. Perhaps they are brighter now. Also, I don't want "an app for that" with my lighting.
- davidgay 5y agoThey recently announced new, brighter lights. Re the app: then don't use it, just program the hub directly yourself - see https://developers.meethue.com/ https://developers.meethue.com/. It all runs locally on the hub - I've set it up for auto-day/night colour switching, plus manual override via a switch. I also used a light meter to more precisely tune the colour temperature ;)
- rsyring 5y agoI don't know how bright you want them to be. But I've got the 75 watt equivalents and they are usually to bright for us, we dim them slightly.
- hedora 5y agoAhh. We're talking about different market segments. The highest performing bulbs we have are also the cheapest. We went with hyperikon bulbs, IKEA pendant fixtures and mid to low end lutron dimmers in some rooms. Those are totally fine. In hindsight, I'd probably have gone with 100% IKEA pendant fixtures that use standard bulbs and populate them with hyperikon bulbs. Sadly, hyperikon apparently went out of business. Thanks, Covid! Surely some other company makes decent dumb bulbs these days. No idea who, though. The problems start once you buy modern fixtures, where the LEDs and power converters are integrated into the fixture itself.