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  • This is true, the Hue lamps are not cheap though with built in programming, I had one in the front room, it was flashing and wouldn’t settle down even with the Philips app on my phone.. probably my lack of tech understanding.

    Also the domestic market is flooded with E27 led filament lamps, prices have fallen significantly I think.

  • If the difference is between chasing a new switch cable in, or going wireless - I reckon a lot of people will opt for wireless. But as you say, there's going to be a whole load of new problems to go with the new tech.

    I can't imagine I'd last long trying to troubleshoot a lightbulb with an app either.

  • I have a lot of surface fixed electrics (lighting and comms), also water pipes (heating) in the house, and redundant stuff too. chasing will solve this before i redecorate the other spaces. Also I like making small batches of thistle bond plaster. Weird I know.

  • I can't imagine I'd last long trying to troubleshoot a lightbulb with an app either.

    Think I've told it before but I went to view a nearby flat that was for sale (similar size to ours but with an extra bathroom and direct access to a shared garden).

    Upon entry the agent had a torch with her, she used it to view the instructions that were written on a piece of paper on the wall that included the wifi details, how to download the appropriate app and then pair with the lights in order to turn them on. Unsurprisingly she preferred daytime viewings.

    (It would have been the first thing I'd have ripped out had we decided to move there.)

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