how good are these alternatives? another issue is wifi, in order to cover the whole house, i guess we need mesh system
if not using mesh system, would the bulbs have issue with the wifi connection?

what do you mean by home assistant running? only thing i have been using now is ha bridge

its not that super big, but i believe the router would be under the stair case at ground floor, i need the wifi to reach 2nd floor which i think maybe a bit hard
built up is less than 4k sq

so which lights is the best now?

any idea y unifi doesnt work with mesh network?

i dont mind putting repeaters, but damn troublesome when u go to different floor u need to log in and out

although the lights for that particular floor shudnt be of any problem

if i have 2 different location running alexa would it be a problem? or i need a different device with the app on it?

i believe repeater is different from mesh network
for ground and 1st floor should be fine, for my previous unit, the router was on 1st floor, ground floor no issue except for a very few certain low spot

the new unit setting would be router on ground, below the stair case and need it to extend till 1st and 2nd floor

@idoblu
ur whole house now xiaomi demo house is it?
when ur xiaomi laser projector coming?

will whatsapp you soon, renovations shud be starting early next year

need some ideas n advice

now waiting for ID plan

i want basic stuff, too complicated one i cant take it

minimal yet effective will do