Philip's HUE Bridge, vs Conbee II

Hardware
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I have both a HUE Bridge and a Combee II. The HUE Bridge came in first, then the Combee to control IKEA devices. What I am finding is some things (Blueprints) do not seem to work correctly with the HUE. In some of the messages people are saying it is a HUE Bridge problem.

My question is I am only running a few HUE light bulbs. I am not running any of the HUE automations. If the HUE Bridge even required, or can I control my HUE devices off the Combee II? Is having the HUE bridge more of a problem on HA with I am using ZHA and Combee and thus best taken out of the picture?

I realize there is no ‘Correct’ answers here. Just peoples experiences and thoughts.

2

I use a Conbee 2 for all my hue lights. I’ve never had a hue bridge. I have no problems at all with my devices.

3

Thanks for the info. I like the Hue lights, even if they cost more, because of the colour and brightness. Just trying to cut down on number of hubs…

4

I’ve replaced my Hue Hub by Conbee II a long time ago and everything is working as a charm. I never tried Z2MQTT, but both DeconZ and ZHA worked fine and I’m now only using ZHA and no other Zigbee hubs at all.