just need a deal on the light strips again... although I have filled my hue bridge now so need to add another :disappointed:
Oneday77 to user name
1 Jul 16#8
Doesn't the bridge support 50 bulbs?
brookysm to user name
1 Jul 161#12
You have 50 hue lights?
Do you live in Blackpool by any chance?
andy1984uk
1 Jul 16#6
Just starting out in my home automation quest and been waiting for an offer on these. Just bought a couple, thanks.
miffyl
1 Jul 16#7
So in order to use this with an app/smart device, I also need the bridge. This is just a remote controlled bulb in it's current form?
NineInchNeil
1 Jul 16#9
I'm thinking about getting the light strips but I'm struggling to understand how they work. Do they connect wirelessly to my bridge and can you cut strips and have them in separate locations?
zeroquai to NineInchNeil
1 Jul 161#11
The strip does connect wirelessly to the bridge and is controlled in the same way as any other hue bulb. They can be cut (although be VERY careful doing so), but the new strip that was cut from the main strip will not work. Effectively the cutting is only useful to shorten them.
You can buy an extender to make them longer for about £20 though...
brookysm to NineInchNeil
1 Jul 16#17
Amazon at Xmas is usually a good bet during the Lightning deals. Had a couple of starter kits from thoses for £70ish for 2 strips n a bridge.
buddn07
1 Jul 16#10
So I can't control these directly with IFTTT? I need the bridge first?
sambartle_theone
1 Jul 16#13
Are these American?
Does the supplied switch look like the photo.. or is it a UK standard one? As that thin thing in the pics looks European or American and wouldn't replace a UK switch..
brookysm to sambartle_theone
1 Jul 161#16
The switch isn't plugged into anything, it runs off a battery. The surround has double sided tape on it for wall mounting and the switch itself is magnetic so can be removed to work as a remote.
brookysm
1 Jul 16#14
You can use the bit cut to add to another strip tho!
K8Fisher
1 Jul 16#15
I was wondering... These are showing delivery of 1 - 2 months
PheoUK
1 Jul 16#18
Suspect the new adjustable white temperature bulbs might be coming out hence these being on offer. Still hot though!
BenderRodriguez
1 Jul 16#19
Personal? What happens when someone else tries to use it?
rootbeer
2 Jul 16#20
I use these with my Ring Video Doorbell when I am abroad so it looks like I am in by turning on the light when I answer the doorbell on my iPhone in another country.
I am waiting for a robotic vacuum cleaner for my artificial grass as I still haven't found one.
bally12345 to rootbeer
2 Jul 16#22
Woohoo another ring door bell user! I'm finding iftttt bit of a pig to set up but doing similar things with ring and hue
stormywhether
2 Jul 16#21
Gone back up. :-(
K8Fisher
2 Jul 16#23
Seems to have Expired (I can't see on amazon at that price any longer)
user name
2 Jul 16#24
I have 50 lights, yeah. Whole house is done. Kitchen alone has 12 Phoenix Downlights.
Actually the bridge supports more than 50 the limitation I hit was the "routine" limit of 100 which is easily done now they add 6 for each dimmer switch.
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Do you live in Blackpool by any chance?
You can buy an extender to make them longer for about £20 though...
Does the supplied switch look like the photo.. or is it a UK standard one? As that thin thing in the pics looks European or American and wouldn't replace a UK switch..
I am waiting for a robotic vacuum cleaner for my artificial grass as I still haven't found one.
Actually the bridge supports more than 50 the limitation I hit was the "routine" limit of 100 which is easily done now they add 6 for each dimmer switch.
I also use ring doorbells. Good product.