T i m wrote:
I guess if your ceilings are already peppered with the holes ... ;-)

Is it just me but where does it state the light output?

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says 600lm. 2400lm altogether is quite bright!

They're dimmable and colour-temperature-adjustable via the 'puck' controller
(which was straightforward to pair).

Yeah, as were the one that came with the lamps I bought, but they
didn't seem to last and weren't very predictable when new. I think I
should have bought one of the 'alternative' pucks but they were about
the same price as the lamps? ;-(

We'll see how longevity goes. I note Ikea have a habit of discontinuing
things, which is a bit concerning.

Since it's Zigbee it may be possible to pair a third party controller, I
haven't tried.

It's really nice to be able to tweak
the brightness and colour temperature (only 2200K/2700K/4000K though) and I
find myself doing so more frequently that I thought I would.

Where do you have them where the dimming / CT functions are worthwhile
Theo?

Office / spare bedroom. In office mode you might want bright / cool white
(eg for photography), in bedroom mode you might want dim / warm, maybe a dim
light over the bed and not over the desk, etc. At one point I'd like to try
dimming based on daylight levels too.

Since they're Zigbee I can always set up 'zones' so they don't all come on
at once. But no major hurry for that.

I've not 'committed to any one of the (several?) standards for all
this home automation stuff yet but do have a couple of the Google Home
devices (gifts) and Alexa in the Portal (un yet configured) and
Smartphones.

I did get an Amazon SmartPlug on offer but I think I should have got
something that works with the Google Home?

Anything that talks to an external server is a nono for me. Zigbee is nice
in that respect.

(with an exception for the catflap because there wasn't much alternative and
nobody has cracked its proprietary zigbee-knockoff yet).

Theo