Magic Home LED Strip

I JUST got my Magic Home light strip working so I can’t speak on long term reliability, but so far so good! For 5 or 10 meters of LEDs, you’re gonna end up paying about 5x less than Phillips Hue or LIFX (starter kit + several extensions). This is the guide I followed: https://stephenradford.me/cheap-homekit-led-strips-lighting/ Let me know if you have questions if you’d decide on it!

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I have a magic home LED strip and I have added it to homebridge successfully. I’m not exactly sure if you can use the plugin I used since yours is a bulb not LED strip, but a quick search on npm pulled up a few plugins. I would personally give homebridge-magichome-dynamic-platform a try.

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From my 2 month experience with Homebridge, I highly recommend you research the plugins for each device you buy and make sure the plugins work well. I have a TP-Link plug and a $30 Magic Home LED Strip and both work perfectly in my setup with no hiccups. I bought 6 light bulbs from Yeelight and had issues with setting up the plugin(s) as well as noticing a slowdown in my entire HomeKit where it keeps "updating" for a few seconds before I can access any accessory. I returned 5 and kept 1 to test out with the official HomeKit support coming any day now. I am instead buying Zigbee bulbs which …

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