Best current smart bulbs that work out to the box

Hardware
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I was previously using the KASA RGB smart bulbs which were great but are no longer available in the UK. I’m now looking for what to get instead. I’ve tried a few smart bulbs but don’t want to use ones that need a cloud service and don’t want to have to hack them to get them to work properly. So not Tuya or simeler that need cloud integration.

Maybe there is somewhere in the UK where you can get the cover RGB ones for a reasonable price but I can’t find it.

The Ikea stuff seems to work pretty well but is an absolute nightmare to pair. I’ve spent over half an hour turning them on and off quickly to get them to pair. Perhaps there is a trick trick I have missed, if anyone knows how to do it easily let me know.

If I do go for the Ikea ones TRÅDFRI LED bulb E27 806 lumen, smart wireless dimmable/colour and white spectrum globe - IKEA seemed like a good option but wondering if there’s anything else I should try that is a lot easier to pair?

From what I can see if you want to be able to change the color temperature you need to use full RGB bulbs, and the like using these anyway sometimes I do use the colors.

The Philips hue ones are simply too expensive, so is there anything else around the £25 or less I should look at?

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If you have a smart-plug, create a script to pair them. Something like

reset:
  sequence:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 35
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: switch.ikeaoutlet4
  - delay:
      seconds: 2