Philips Hue Lights 💡

Looks like there’s loads of new Hue lights coming!

Anyone going to pick up any of these?

I like the look of the Ascend table light!

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Kinda extreme pricing though… £180 for a lamp? They’re £8 in argos. That’s a heck of a premium for remote control.

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I was hoping they’d start making the price points a bit more realistic. Looks like they’ve gone the other way :confused:

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I’ve never seen the attraction of remote control or multi-colour so I struggle with the whole concept.

Also, I’ve put LED bulbs in at home to save some money on the power bill. At those prices the savings wouldn’t get anywhere near covering the costs of the fitting, let alone actually saving anything!

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For me, it’s more about timers and shades of white. They fade on as I need to wake up, turn off as I leave the house, can be relaxing in the evening before dimming off as it gets closer to bedtime. If I need to stay awake, they can turn a blueish white, in case of fire they’ll flash yellow/red, if I’m gaming or watching a movie there is now a light syncing app.

It does make it awkward for guests when they use the classic switches, but it’s not unworkable.

But I’d probably just buy a normal lamp and fit it with a bulb, these lamps are a bit premium.

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I’ve found the Hue Dimmer switch (that can be had fairly cheap on sale) on the key lights in the house works great for this!

Yep, agree with this!

@garete and @Rika - Whilst this isn’t the most beautiful solution, it’s the cheapest and easiest way I’ve found (short of getting an electrician to re do the whole house).

It’s just a 3D printed mould to go over an existing light switch.

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Even more new Hue stuff! These look awesome.

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I looked at these, but the Hue sync app is only available for windows or Mac. I bought Nanoleaf which compliments the Hue Go perfectly with its dynamic lighting that syncs with sound!

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I would love a Nanoleaf set! I have a Hue Go and a bunch of regular Hue bulbs at the moment.

ooh, shiny! :bulb:

Just got £40 off - followed a Labor Day (USA) promotion through to the UK site.
Not showing as a discount but marked as £169 .99 originally.

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That’s a great deal.

I need 6x GU10 colour bulbs for a new extension build, still looking for a good deal but ‘bulb only’ packs are rarely discounted :cry:

And can’t wait for the new Spotify/Hue link to go live - my downstairs areas will become a seizure-inducing disco with it :man_dancing:

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Love my Hue lights.

Got carried away and bought all colour bulbs at the start, never use the colours!

Finally got around to installing the Hue wall switch modules. Easy enough to do yourself and highly recommend.

Did you already have that sort of rocker switch? Or are all switches like that behind the plate?

They go behind the plate, so should be compatible with most, if not all, light switches.

You disconnect the wires from the switch and use a pushwire connector to effectively keep the power always on. The Hue device then connects to the switch turning it into a ‘smart’ switch.

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Update rolling out now to integrate Spotify with the Hue app. Can’t wait to test this out :grin:

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Oooh, I’ve got the update. Bit of a set-up involved and I ended up changing colours & on/off states in the kitchen while MrsW was preparing dinner - so had to delay the setup to stop the rising blood pressure…

Will continue later!

I do like my hue bulbs, I just hope they have a new hub soon with more capacity. I am inching closer to the limit. Thread/Matter support would be nice as well.