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Philips Hue White & Color Ambiance Starter Set (E27, 10 W, 806 lm, 3 x)

Philips Hue White & Color Ambiance Starter Set

E27, 10 W, 806 lm, 3 x

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  • sreejiths

    7 years ago •
    purchased this product

    Good home automation But not so good practically

    Bought this in offer, it was very easy to setup and the Hue application is also good.

    However, realized it soon that there is no way to retain the last used color or brightness levels.when switching on from the regular     wall switch it always switches back on to default warm color with full brightness. So every time you must open the app in mobile and choose the preferred color and level again. (Initially it will be OK. But practically not so fun when you have to do it every time)

    This also adds another issue, if by any chance there was a power disruption to the bulbs it will come back on as full bright. Might not sound like a big issue in Swiss, but I am not so sure many people would enjoy all of their home lights going on in the middle of the night, which they had switched off with the app before going to sleep. (even if this happens once or twice).

    I feel the above 2 points are a big concern about this product and to make matters worse, this had already been raised by many of the existing customers and Philips seems to have completely denied to look into it or fix it. In my point of view, we should have at least an option to choose the minimum brightness level to use, in this kind of scenario; especially when it is something we are buying for such a high price. Some of the other manufacturers seems to have identified this flaw, and I am being forced to consider the alternatives.

    But, if the above points are not a problem for someone, its definitely a good buy.     

    Pro

    • Easy to setup

    Contra

    • Missing a very basic functionality : to retain the last color and luminous level on Switch off & on
    • In case of a power failure to the bulbs, it will switch on Full bright and there is no way to reduce
  • lstrozzi

    8 years ago •
    purchased this product

    A product to recommend to friends

    I read the characteristics of Philips Hue lamps, in the Internet, since long. Finally I decided to purchase, especially because of a 25% discount. The lamps exceed my expectations, they are fantastic! Now my white walls change in color every time I want. My wife doesn't insist any longer in re-painting walls with other colours. The lamps are very bright as cold and warm white as well. Overall I'm so satisfied, that I will purchase many more in the future. A product surely to recommend. As a bonus, I'm a software developer and I found that the lights can be controlled super-easily via a programming interface (REST/JSON); so I'm playing around with programming as well. 

    Pro

    • very bright white light, from very warm to very cold
    • huge number of colours
    • can be set to a colour, or white, separately
    • many applications for iPhone and Android available
    • integrates with iPhone Siri vocal interface

    Contra

    • base price is far too expensive. Look for discounts, they are starting
    • must be operated with iPhone or Android, else the Philips switches are very expensive
  • jorge.esteves92

    4 years ago •
    purchased this product

    I can recommend this product

    Fantastic product. It's a good starting point for home automation (e.g. you can automatically turn off your lights when you leave home).

    Pro

    • Easy to setup
    • Quality
    • Funny to use when linked to your assistant (e.g. Siri, Google assistant,...)

    Contra

    • Price, but the quality justifies the price
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