MarkTr
February 27, 2018, 6:13pm
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Lots more discussion here - all these apply, except instead of a smart bulb you have a dumb bulb and and a dumb motor attached to a smart controller, so switches with multiple press options to control the two devices might be simpler.
This is often discussed in the forums, and there’s no one right answer. Depends very much on how your household will use them.
1) Voice plus switch locks
In my house we want to be sure that there will be switches that work when the Internet is down, but we’re not real worried about the aesthetics most of the time.
Our primary means of like control is voice using echo. So hardly anybody goes near the switches as it is.
We just put childproof locks on the switches that need to stay on. They act as reminders but can still be used in an emergency.
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2) Philips Hue Dimmer Switch as a parallel means of control
We also have a couple of the new battery powered Phillips Hue dimmer switches, for example in the guestroom, because they’re very intuitive for guests to use.
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