This is the newer richer colours bulb. A bargain at under £30 delivered.
Product Description
Limitless possibilities - connected to you. Include a Philips hue White and colour ambiance richer colours bulb in your Philips hue system and experience high quality White and coloured light. Play with light and choose from 16 million colours in the hue app to match the light to your mood. The bulbs have been improved with deeper green, cyan and Blue for even better scene setting in your home. Use a favourite photo and re-live that special moment with splashes of light. Connect it to the Philips hue bridge(included in the starter kit) and control it with your smart phone or tablet
All comments (51)
Ashe
21 Nov 161#1
Do you need further equipment to use this? I recently bought a Xiaomi Yeelight bulb as it's considerably cheaper, and there's a smartphone app to control it.
I believe that the idle power draw from those bridgeless types can be quite a bit higher, so you may not be saving as much as you think with the led bulb.
iz123456789
21 Nov 161#3
I dont understand... so lets say i bought these bulbs for £29.99 and just put it in.. would it not work?
powerbrick
21 Nov 16#4
yes, but only like an ordinary bulb.
For the WiFi and colour change ability you need the 'Bridge' hardware, about £20-30 2nd hand off eBay.
WARNING: These are very addictive and once you start you will just buy more and more :smile:
Paperlantern
21 Nov 16#5
Great price, thanks OP. Now just need to decide if I actually need any more...
Sampson
21 Nov 16#6
Brilliant. Thanks. I needed 2 more so this ideal timing.
ndk82
21 Nov 16#7
bayonet is £29.99 but the screw is still £49.99 :disappointed:
singhisking68 to ndk82
21 Nov 162#8
order bayonet bulb for £29.99 and add screw to bayonet adaptor..
which is 99p From China amazon or ebay. :man:
Crustybeaver
21 Nov 161#9
Those Chinese converters are a fire waiting to happen, I'd be damned if I'd take the risk. Read some reviews, they overheat. Plus with the bulb having to be on at all times it's too much of a gamble. The better option would be to hold out, there's bound to be a sale on E27 bulbs this week.
zegermans
21 Nov 162#10
Great price. I'm now in danger of having more bulbs than light fittings...
Sparkymb
21 Nov 16#11
Great price, ordered 2 of these last night from amazon for 50 quid. Having to refuse delivery today and reorder instead of them refunding the difference - but annoying but thats for the spot op!
nictry
21 Nov 161#12
Thanks OP, great price ordered one to replace my plain white version.
traceyat
21 Nov 16#13
Ordered! Thanks. Just a shame I only recently ordered one at full price! :smiley:
Kay135
21 Nov 16#15
Aren't the E27 bulbs the newer ones with the more accurate greens etc. I almost snapped this up this morning but thought the B22 were the older versions? One of the reviews has a comparison with E27 vs "older" bulb and shows the greens are a massive improvement on E27.
Anyone know if these B22 are newer versions? Or are they simply the bayonet versions of E27?
traceyat to Kay135
21 Nov 16#22
Kay, they're definitely the newer richer colour. I bought one two weeks ago.
Donna F to Kay135
21 Nov 16#44
Hi b22 is the bayonet fitting e27 is screw fitting
speedski
21 Nov 162#16
Ikea sell 2 converters for £1
bengutt
21 Nov 16#17
I think the Richer Colours are the newer ones.
Sparkymb
21 Nov 16#18
these are listed as richer colour so would be the new ones
Kay135
21 Nov 16#19
OK thanks. SOLD! Another item I don't need but will buy anyway. :smiley:
Kay135
21 Nov 161#20
Thanks bengutt and Sparkymb
jaydeeuk1
21 Nov 16#21
Love these. Whole house had these, whites and personal hue, good fun using Alexa or your phone. Just wished I could get colour changing to work with Alexa, still can't figure that out although with scenes it's supposedly possible.
Alexa works fine with scenes for me in the UK. Had to use the new hue app (when I say new it's about a year old now!) and re-add the scenes which I had been using in the old hue app. If you also choose to have the default scenes as well, Alexa has access to the colourflow scene.
Once you have that set up ask Alexa to scan for new devices and it picks up your scenes.
rhaleuk to jaydeeuk1
21 Nov 162#50
Set up a scene in the app and save it. Give it a sensible name like Bedroom Morning or Lounge Reading. Then say Alexa, set the bedroom to morning.
wozwebs
21 Nov 16#23
Cheers OP, recently bought an Echo Dot and was looking at some of these. Bought two. Now to find the hub cheap. Black Friday might turn up a good deal?
bilbob to wozwebs
21 Nov 16#24
I have a spare hub I can list for you if you'd like?
wozwebs
21 Nov 16#25
OK PM me what you are looking for it
servlan
21 Nov 161#26
Ok, but its the bayonet version. Would like to see the same price for the E27 version!!
Caskey
21 Nov 16#27
How are the new richer colours bulbs? I have the old ones and wonder how much of an improvement these are.
paulj48
21 Nov 16#28
are they much different to the generation 2 lamps? I already have 3 in the living room but have ordered one of these for an extra table lamp I just hope the colours aren't too different.
kiranmk2
21 Nov 16#29
Great deal. In the US the RRP was cut from $60 to $50 but with the £ down so much I fully expect the £50 UK price to stay and at best drop to £45 so this is a no brainer. The bulbs sell pretty well on eBay so I can replace all 5 of mine and make most of the money back selling my old ones.
Dazzer68
21 Nov 16#30
hoping this all goes to black friday somewhere, would like to get the starter set at under £100
Paperlantern to Dazzer68
21 Nov 16#36
There is a stock shortage currently so doesnt look promising...
Do the dimmer switches ever go on offer? They always seem to be £19.99. I have enough bulbs now, but need a couple more switches and maybe the strip lighting... Hmm.. Addictive!
paulj48 to rob5110
21 Nov 16#37
not sure but better value to buy the dimmer with a white lamp kit for £30 when in stock (if you know your going to use the lamp)
paulj48
21 Nov 16#34
that's the wrong way round for the bulbs on this deal, also just be careful how far you screw the bulbs into the adaptor, I've blown 2 Hue bulbs with these, also using adaptors is not great as they also add another 1 to 2 inches of length onto the bulb so they're more than likely going to stick out of the light fitting/shade etc.
wozwebs
21 Nov 16#35
Don't these require the other way around though? Bayonet in converted to E27?
Crustybeaver
21 Nov 16#38
As others have pointed out these connectors do not convert a B22 bulb to E27 fitting.
michaelheard
21 Nov 16#39
thank you - 14 bulbs just ordered for my new house
paulj48 to michaelheard
21 Nov 16#41
saved yourself £280 there, nice one
magicpork
21 Nov 16#40
need GU10 :disappointed:
paulj48 to magicpork
21 Nov 16#42
I have quite a few GU10 recessed ceiling light fittings in my house but resigned myself to never changing them due to the costs of the GU10 bulbs and the fact there are quite a few in the same room (got 8 just in the bathroom)
jaydeeuk1
21 Nov 16#43
IFTTT doesn't work with UK alexa yet I don't think?
Might take a look at yonomi, given up on hope of philips pulling their finger out.
magicpork
21 Nov 16#45
I'm in a similar situation, got 10 in the living room and another 6 in the hallway... :disappointed:
traceyat
21 Nov 16#46
Hi Paul,
I've got one of each now (and soon 2 more of these). The new bulbs have a much greater range of colour than the old ones, particularly blues and greens. So you can match to old colours (if you use iConnectHue you need to set the old bulb first then drag to the new one), it's just that the old bulbs suddenly seem much more restricted.
Though the range is more similar to my living colours, but the bulb has an option to alter colour temperature.
Horrorwood
21 Nov 16#47
Looks like they've gone up :disappointed:
iminhull
21 Nov 16#48
Procrastinated and now they're up to £36.67
daver77
22 Nov 16#51
You can change the Scenes with Alexa if you add the Hue skill. IFTTT doesn't work with Alexa in the UK yet
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Product Description
Limitless possibilities - connected to you. Include a Philips hue White and colour ambiance richer colours bulb in your Philips hue system and experience high quality White and coloured light. Play with light and choose from 16 million colours in the hue app to match the light to your mood. The bulbs have been improved with deeper green, cyan and Blue for even better scene setting in your home. Use a favourite photo and re-live that special moment with splashes of light. Connect it to the Philips hue bridge(included in the starter kit) and control it with your smart phone or tablet
All comments (51)
It's not cheap on its own I'm afraid.
Although sometimes there are deals to be had. I got this kit from Currys for £75 a while ago.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01BPDXATS/ref=pd_aw_sbs_201_of_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AK6D8ZH05JYQ7JQBGP44
For the WiFi and colour change ability you need the 'Bridge' hardware, about £20-30 2nd hand off eBay.
WARNING: These are very addictive and once you start you will just buy more and more :smile:
which is 99p From China amazon or ebay. :man:
Anyone know if these B22 are newer versions? Or are they simply the bayonet versions of E27?
https://ifttt.com/applets/344870p-tell-alexa-to-change-the-color-of-your-hue-bulb
Once you have that set up ask Alexa to scan for new devices and it picks up your scenes.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/lighting/light-bulbs-accessories/koppla-b22-to-e27-bulb-converter-art-90295615/
Might take a look at yonomi, given up on hope of philips pulling their finger out.
I've got one of each now (and soon 2 more of these). The new bulbs have a much greater range of colour than the old ones, particularly blues and greens. So you can match to old colours (if you use iConnectHue you need to set the old bulb first then drag to the new one), it's just that the old bulbs suddenly seem much more restricted.
Though the range is more similar to my living colours, but the bulb has an option to alter colour temperature.