[tzs]

The reasons I have a small number of smart bulbs are:

1. I want to be able to turn them off without getting out of bed to use the switch on the wall or the lamp, for the case where I fall asleep reading in bed.

2. I want good dimming. The dimmable LED bulbs I've found that work with regular incandescent dimmers have not been very good--they don't go as dim as I'd like and they often flicker a lot when dim. There are dimmers specifically designed for LED bulbs that may work better, but I don't want to replace my lamps.

The Philips Hue bulbs dim excellently. The TP-Link/Kasa bulbs and the Merkury Innovations bulbs, which I first experimented with (they are a lot cheaper than Hue, so I used them to check out the basic idea of smart bulbs) don't dim as well as Hue--their dimming is smooth and free of flicker, but they don't dim as much. 1% on an 800 lumen Kasa is quite a bit brighter than 1% on a Hue.

3. I want to be able to change the color temperature to match what I'm doing and the time of day.

Getting a smart switch, as opposed to a smart bulb, would only address #1.

[alkonaut]

A smart bulb solves the “turn off from bed” problem, but I just feel it’s limited if you can’t solve the “turn on remotely” problem because there is a 50/50 chance of the walk switch being in off position.

I don’t mind smart bulbs at all - I do mind the combination “single smart bulb behind dumb switch” which is the most common scenario and yet completely broken.