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[–] Uprise42@artemis.camp 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can repurpose it to spots that don’t need the smart feature. I only have a couple bulbs, but they’ve now found their way into my basement where I don’t need smart lights. That way the bulbs don’t go to waste since they still work with a simple light switch still.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until someone flicks the light and they end up flashing for forever.... I have off brand ones I've done that with for security reasons and a few months ago we ate dinner with those lights flashing. It helped not to make eye contact with my wife, she didn't find it as funny as I did.

[–] Uprise42@artemis.camp 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The off brand do that, yes. But I don’t think Phillips do as easily. I think it has to be 3 quick on-off’s to reset them. Using them as a normal light should be fine. We have been using it for a few months now as I moved them out when I converted to matter

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for that!