Hey all Just getting started on some smart home stuff - I’m looking to get some strip lighting and there is a lot of stuff out there and honestly I’m not sure what I should get. Ideally it would be RGB but I’m OK with white/warm light.
The ZBT-2 can do both ZigBee and Thread, and I haven’t got any pre-existing devices so I can go either of those.
I thought about getting some IKEA lighting because I believe they use Thread now?
What’s the prevailing wisdom out there?
I’d say try to push for Thread, but be ready to fall back to Zigbee
Not sure on the scale of your strip lighting, but I have a small length (gigity) under a waal mounted kitchen cupboard which is connected to a zigbee socket. That allows me to extend the range for some other zigbee devices… so… if you’re wanting to get more devices connected in the future, that might be worth considering.