Govee
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Pros
- Ive tried a few. Govee was the best one I found in the consumer market.
- Govee is great because they have a very large category of different smart lights which Wled doesn't have.
- Cheaper bulbs failing me isn't too surprising but I thought a Hue or Govee bulb would come through.
- Govee was better.
- there are a lot of alternatives which will do the same for half the price like govee.
Cons
- govee a bit tougher in thailand for sensors. amazon won’t deliver so it’s like double MSRP on the Thai e-commerce platforms
- Not Govee, **especially** if you insist on using WiFi/cloud-based lights.
- Honestly their integration isn’t the smoothest. There’s no shortage of alternatives that “just work” at a huge range of different price points.
- Yep, Govee isn’t the most HA friendly it seems.
- Some recent examples of that - Tado and govee with API rate limiting
Sentiment
51 positive (59%) · 19 mixed (22%) · 17 negative (20%)
Trust + time weighted score: +38% · raw score 39%
What redditors said (10 of 87)
govee a bit tougher in thailand for sensors. amazon won’t deliver so it’s like double MSRP on the Thai e-commerce platforms
Ive tried a few. Govee was the best one I found in the consumer market.
Not Govee, **especially** if you insist on using WiFi/cloud-based lights.
Honestly their integration isn’t the smoothest. There’s no shortage of alternatives that “just work” at a huge range of different price points.
Yep, Govee isn’t the most HA friendly it seems.
Some recent examples of that - Tado and govee with API rate limiting
I use govee, they have their own hub they connect to
The thing is, if you don't mind relying on a specific company to provide the service for your light bulb, meaning if the wifi goes off, your bulb doesn't work (unless you use the switch to put it in manual mode), then something like Govee or even cheaper ones like Lumiman then thats fine.
Govee is great because they have a very large category of different smart lights which Wled doesn't have.
Illegal in the US. I had one of the Govee ones before they got recalled for it.