Yay Matter support!

"budget-friendly light bulbs"

what the fuck man

No CRI information, which means it’s probably garbage. Nanoleaf is still better and cheaper, plus you can choose between Matter/WIFI or Matter/Thread versions.

And I just bought 8 for my all my apartment ceiling lights two months ago lol. Still great to hear!

I buy Ikea bulbs, the 1850lm ones and then taking adjustable pliers and move the plastic bulb part off. I then drill a couple of holes on the sides for additional ventilation and cooling.

I haven't had one die yet and it's been a few years where as previously then bulbs would die in about a year.

These bulbs are used indoors and inside recess lighting.

For the bulbs that are used in lamps, I just drill the holes and leave the bulb part for the refraction. I only started doing this 2 years ago so I can't tell you if it's effective.

Those are still ridiculously expensive. The Home Depot lights I have all cost like $5-7 a piece. Unfortunately the Hubspace app SUCKS and hasn't been updated in the two years since I installed it. I'd toyed with the idea of upgrading to Hue, but it's just not worth the investment.