homeassistant

I have 4 of the Sengled multicolored LED bulbs, 2 inside and 2 outside. They're pretty decent and interface directly with HA through to ZHA Add-on. The lights are toggle-able through dumb switches and restore their last state after a power interrupt, so you could even use them in place of dumb bulbs too.

The color spectrum is a little "green" for my liking, and while the light output is adequate, I think Philips is brighter but not enough so to justify the added cost. I like dimmer lighting anyway.

The indoor bulbs are in table lamps that we just leave on. Sometimes the wife or kid space out and turn the lamp off by its switch, but they're getting better about using the app once I published a simple control panel-like dashboard for them.

The outdoor lights are in coach lamp fixtures fro t and back, fed by dumb switches. I just taped those switches off with white vinyl tape as a reminder not to toggle them, but in a punch, we can control them like normal bulbs.

I like the smart-bulb-dumb-switch paradigm because my strategy for home automation is to never give up local, manual control over the fixtures. I also have dumb bulbs on smart switches, but the smart switches still work as regular switches without the HA controller. I specifically design around those "server is hard down" failure modes, and won't use ANTTHING that needs a cloud connection. I view Home Auto as an augmentation for my experience at home, more a convenience thing than a necessity. It all has to fail usable, or it doesn't pass muster.

tl;dr: Sengled bulbs and ZHA have been solid performers for me for a good price and adequate functionality & reliability.