Hope these help someone. They have other bulbs too but these seem a good saving compared to Philips ones at £24.99 each.
Apparently works with Alexa too
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jaykay1975
15 Dec 164#24
I already have a Hue set-up throughout the house, so when I saw non-Philips bulbs that are compatible with Hue for less than half the price of Hue GU10's I thought it was too good to be true.
So they arrived in nice stylish packaging, containing only the bulb and a small "instruction" booklet. Quite honestly the booklet was useless and had little or no detail on how to set anything up. They tried to use diagrams without words to explain the set-up, but the diagrams make little sense (even when you know how the set-up works).
Once plugged in I hit the first obstacle, after following the very simple instructions to pair the bulbs with my Hue bridge, the process simply didn't work. I unplugged the bulbs and put them into a lamp which I sat immediately next to the Hue bridge, once again the set-up failed. So I called the support guy who explained others had the same problem, and he advised installing a Java based desktop app called "Lamp Finder" ... but before doing that I decided to simply power cycle the Hue bridge and try the same set-up again, and bingo the new bulbs were picked up immediately. So far so good.
Then once the bulbs were set-up I plugged them back into the position in the house where they would be used (front porch), and unfortunately I could not control them with the Hue app. I figured that they need to be closer to the bridge, so eventually I had to relocate my Hue bridge and everything was working again. I never had an issue of distance between Philips bulbs and Hue bridge location, and even now I have Philips bulbs located much further away from the bridge than these Innr bulbs, and the Philips bulbs work fine.
My house is full of regular LED GU10's, when I've taken them out of the socket they have been warm but never hot. But with these Innr bulbs which were not on for a very long time, when I took them out they were very hot to the touch, which makes me question their energy efficiency, they are losing a lot of energy through heating up.
In collusion, I was considering returning these bulbs due to the 2 negative issues (distance with Hue bridge, energy / heat loss), but I'm going to hold on to them for a while longer before making my decision. Its great to finally see ZigBee products on the market at a better price point than Philips and attempting to break the Philips monopoly.
esudl
15 Dec 163#12
looks like a toilet. cold.
Zarjaz2000
15 Dec 163#10
Their colour bulbs are £29.99 - £20 cheaper than the equivalent Philips bulb - yet will also work with the Hue bridge and Alexa (but not with Siri).
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Dave3005
18 Jan 17#46
Just to confirm I've also been using these (brought three so far and plan to get another 3 soon) and they seem to work well with my Hue Bridge V1. Just do as they say and search with the bridge first, then turn on lights and they pickup very quickly)
DS5
30 Dec 161#45
Working perfectly with my Hue Bridge.
richmf
30 Dec 16#44
They DO work with the Hue bridge. See earlier replies and comments!!!
kingchris
15 Dec 161#2
Do I need a Hue Bridge if I have an Amazon Echo?
jaypee24 to kingchris
15 Dec 161#3
It is unclear, the description says works with Alexa but I don't know, seems to good to be true! (for it to work without a bridge)
paulj48 to kingchris
15 Dec 161#6
100% yes.
gareth_iowc to kingchris
30 Dec 16#43
These won't work with the hue bridge as they aren't hue bulbs.
sboothy
30 Dec 16#42
back in stock btw
PureJT
19 Dec 16#41
now saying currently unavailable. time to expire
Zarjaz2000
15 Dec 163#10
Their colour bulbs are £29.99 - £20 cheaper than the equivalent Philips bulb - yet will also work with the Hue bridge and Alexa (but not with Siri).
iammienta to Zarjaz2000
18 Dec 16#40
Thanks for that I didn't realise that there are alternatives that could connect to philips hue bridge. Picked up one of those and it works great. Can't tell the difference so far (I don't use apple home kit so that doesn't bother me.
rob5110
17 Dec 16#39
w sy
Zarjaz2000
16 Dec 16#37
I have a Philips bulb on the left, and the Innr bulb on the right, in my living room, and it is hard to see the difference. It's a bit subjective, but I think that the colour is actually a little better/more vivid than the Philips.
To link it to the hub, I ran the Hue app, clicked search, switched the Innr bulb off an on, and it linked right away. Simple. Very pleased, and for £20 less than the equivalent Hue bulb.
I got en email from Innr saying I was one of the first to buy a bulb on Amazon, and would I leave some feedback.
Aurial to Zarjaz2000
16 Dec 16#38
Thanks for the reply. I'll order one on your recommendation. Should save quite a bit.
Zarjaz2000
16 Dec 16#34
Got my first innr bulb today (bayonet, colour). Checked on the Innr website for installation guidance. It took about 30 seconds to link to my Hue Bridge. Works fine. At almost half the price of Philips bulbs. I'm well pleased.
Aurial to Zarjaz2000
16 Dec 161#36
How does it compare to the Philips bulb in terms of colours and brightness? I'd be really interested in getting a few but they don't have any reviews on Amazon and I'm struggling to find reviews anywhere else.
paulj48
16 Dec 161#35
That's what I use, great App that adds auto adjusting sunset and sunrise times and all timers also allow a random or fixed offset.
richmf
16 Dec 162#33
Just to add my experience with this product....
I purchased a couple of these recently to use on my front porch in an up/downlighter which I wanted to automate to come on at sunset and turn off at sunrise. I've already got the Hue Bridge (v2) and some existing Hue lights, these were the first third-party lights I had tried to add on. It was a little bit of a pain to add them to my existing setup and took a few goes but it did eventually work and this was partly my fault anyway. The lights come with an instruction that clearly states, start the search first and then turn the lights on. I missed this to start with but as soon as I did as the instructions said, the Hue app found them on the second attempt.
I'm pleased with them so far, seem nice and bright (I've had to dim them) and give off a very light (I'd say similar to the default warm white on the Hue White Ambiance bulbs). As stated elsewhere they seem like standard GU10 dimensions - I know the standard Hue GU10s would have been no good for this fitting but these were fine. The automation schedule I have setup using iConnectHue (an outstanding third-party iOS app btw) works perfectly so I am extremely pleased. No regrets at all with my purchase.
They have some interesting looking light strips that I may well investigate in the future.
daver77
16 Dec 16#32
Also bear in mind Hue GU10 bulbs are not standard size, they're much bigger, you would need bigger lamp holders for them. These look to be normal GU10 size
paulj48
16 Dec 161#31
The genuine Hue bulbs use a 'mesh' system so they can pass the wifi signal's via the lamps rather than needing to talk directly to the bridge, allowing for greater distances, from your experience it sounds like the Innr lamps don't do this, on this basis I'll hold off buying these. I have Hue in most rooms but the kitchen is full of GU10's and would cost me a fortune with genuine lamps.
mat2090
16 Dec 16#29
Is this price for a single bulb ???
DS5 to mat2090
16 Dec 16#30
Yes it is.
craigtumilty
15 Dec 16#27
it's only a matter of time before Philips prevent these from working with their Hue Bridge.
StealMySoda to craigtumilty
15 Dec 16#28
They did, with other Zigbee lights before, but the backlash was huge so they reverted back - I can't see them doing it again.
trott3r
15 Dec 16#26
Is there an equivalent bayonet style bulb for amazon alexa/echo?
cheesemane
15 Dec 16#25
Ought to work directly with smartthings hub, but reports suggest they don't (yet)
Might be a device configuration issue
jaykay1975
15 Dec 164#24
I already have a Hue set-up throughout the house, so when I saw non-Philips bulbs that are compatible with Hue for less than half the price of Hue GU10's I thought it was too good to be true.
So they arrived in nice stylish packaging, containing only the bulb and a small "instruction" booklet. Quite honestly the booklet was useless and had little or no detail on how to set anything up. They tried to use diagrams without words to explain the set-up, but the diagrams make little sense (even when you know how the set-up works).
Once plugged in I hit the first obstacle, after following the very simple instructions to pair the bulbs with my Hue bridge, the process simply didn't work. I unplugged the bulbs and put them into a lamp which I sat immediately next to the Hue bridge, once again the set-up failed. So I called the support guy who explained others had the same problem, and he advised installing a Java based desktop app called "Lamp Finder" ... but before doing that I decided to simply power cycle the Hue bridge and try the same set-up again, and bingo the new bulbs were picked up immediately. So far so good.
Then once the bulbs were set-up I plugged them back into the position in the house where they would be used (front porch), and unfortunately I could not control them with the Hue app. I figured that they need to be closer to the bridge, so eventually I had to relocate my Hue bridge and everything was working again. I never had an issue of distance between Philips bulbs and Hue bridge location, and even now I have Philips bulbs located much further away from the bridge than these Innr bulbs, and the Philips bulbs work fine.
My house is full of regular LED GU10's, when I've taken them out of the socket they have been warm but never hot. But with these Innr bulbs which were not on for a very long time, when I took them out they were very hot to the touch, which makes me question their energy efficiency, they are losing a lot of energy through heating up.
In collusion, I was considering returning these bulbs due to the 2 negative issues (distance with Hue bridge, energy / heat loss), but I'm going to hold on to them for a while longer before making my decision. Its great to finally see ZigBee products on the market at a better price point than Philips and attempting to break the Philips monopoly.
sh20
15 Dec 161#23
Sounds like you are turning them off using your original light switch. When you turn them off using the standard switch they act as a standard bulb and will reset back to the white/yellow colour. In order to get them to come on with their last state then you need a Hue Switch (dimmer or tap)
Hope that helps!
computersandstuff
15 Dec 16#15
The Philips bulbs do have their "White Ambiance" feature that allows you to change the colour temperature. Nearly bought these Innr bulbs for the kitchen, but would like a bulb capable of 4000k really.
damadgeruk to computersandstuff
15 Dec 16#22
Shame they don't do 6500K either. Why assume everyone wants to replicate candle light. I might live in a victorian house though I don't want it lit like one. :smiley:
sittingbull73
15 Dec 161#21
You can set the colour in the app for when they turn on. You can select it for each lamp. I have lots of lamps on one routine and each one has a different colour as each colour is set per room
sittingbull73
15 Dec 16#19
Thanks for that appreciated but I was after the gu10 colour but not sure if they do it. Alexa and true hue apps work better than apple HomeKit in my opinion so heat
jaypee24 to sittingbull73
15 Dec 161#20
Oh sorry didn't realise you meant coloured GU10s.
Speaking of HUE apps, I have my hue lights turning on and off at certain times. But when they turn on they default to the normal warm white/yellow colour. Is this the same for you?
Sorry but I can't find the colour version can anyone post this please ? Hot for this and the colour version as these are a great price for Alexa / hue enabled bulbs
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Apparently works with Alexa too
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So they arrived in nice stylish packaging, containing only the bulb and a small "instruction" booklet. Quite honestly the booklet was useless and had little or no detail on how to set anything up. They tried to use diagrams without words to explain the set-up, but the diagrams make little sense (even when you know how the set-up works).
Once plugged in I hit the first obstacle, after following the very simple instructions to pair the bulbs with my Hue bridge, the process simply didn't work. I unplugged the bulbs and put them into a lamp which I sat immediately next to the Hue bridge, once again the set-up failed. So I called the support guy who explained others had the same problem, and he advised installing a Java based desktop app called "Lamp Finder" ... but before doing that I decided to simply power cycle the Hue bridge and try the same set-up again, and bingo the new bulbs were picked up immediately. So far so good.
Then once the bulbs were set-up I plugged them back into the position in the house where they would be used (front porch), and unfortunately I could not control them with the Hue app. I figured that they need to be closer to the bridge, so eventually I had to relocate my Hue bridge and everything was working again. I never had an issue of distance between Philips bulbs and Hue bridge location, and even now I have Philips bulbs located much further away from the bridge than these Innr bulbs, and the Philips bulbs work fine.
My house is full of regular LED GU10's, when I've taken them out of the socket they have been warm but never hot. But with these Innr bulbs which were not on for a very long time, when I took them out they were very hot to the touch, which makes me question their energy efficiency, they are losing a lot of energy through heating up.
In collusion, I was considering returning these bulbs due to the 2 negative issues (distance with Hue bridge, energy / heat loss), but I'm going to hold on to them for a while longer before making my decision. Its great to finally see ZigBee products on the market at a better price point than Philips and attempting to break the Philips monopoly.
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To link it to the hub, I ran the Hue app, clicked search, switched the Innr bulb off an on, and it linked right away. Simple. Very pleased, and for £20 less than the equivalent Hue bulb.
I got en email from Innr saying I was one of the first to buy a bulb on Amazon, and would I leave some feedback.
I purchased a couple of these recently to use on my front porch in an up/downlighter which I wanted to automate to come on at sunset and turn off at sunrise. I've already got the Hue Bridge (v2) and some existing Hue lights, these were the first third-party lights I had tried to add on. It was a little bit of a pain to add them to my existing setup and took a few goes but it did eventually work and this was partly my fault anyway. The lights come with an instruction that clearly states, start the search first and then turn the lights on. I missed this to start with but as soon as I did as the instructions said, the Hue app found them on the second attempt.
I'm pleased with them so far, seem nice and bright (I've had to dim them) and give off a very light (I'd say similar to the default warm white on the Hue White Ambiance bulbs). As stated elsewhere they seem like standard GU10 dimensions - I know the standard Hue GU10s would have been no good for this fitting but these were fine. The automation schedule I have setup using iConnectHue (an outstanding third-party iOS app btw) works perfectly so I am extremely pleased. No regrets at all with my purchase.
They have some interesting looking light strips that I may well investigate in the future.
Might be a device configuration issue
So they arrived in nice stylish packaging, containing only the bulb and a small "instruction" booklet. Quite honestly the booklet was useless and had little or no detail on how to set anything up. They tried to use diagrams without words to explain the set-up, but the diagrams make little sense (even when you know how the set-up works).
Once plugged in I hit the first obstacle, after following the very simple instructions to pair the bulbs with my Hue bridge, the process simply didn't work. I unplugged the bulbs and put them into a lamp which I sat immediately next to the Hue bridge, once again the set-up failed. So I called the support guy who explained others had the same problem, and he advised installing a Java based desktop app called "Lamp Finder" ... but before doing that I decided to simply power cycle the Hue bridge and try the same set-up again, and bingo the new bulbs were picked up immediately. So far so good.
Then once the bulbs were set-up I plugged them back into the position in the house where they would be used (front porch), and unfortunately I could not control them with the Hue app. I figured that they need to be closer to the bridge, so eventually I had to relocate my Hue bridge and everything was working again. I never had an issue of distance between Philips bulbs and Hue bridge location, and even now I have Philips bulbs located much further away from the bridge than these Innr bulbs, and the Philips bulbs work fine.
My house is full of regular LED GU10's, when I've taken them out of the socket they have been warm but never hot. But with these Innr bulbs which were not on for a very long time, when I took them out they were very hot to the touch, which makes me question their energy efficiency, they are losing a lot of energy through heating up.
In collusion, I was considering returning these bulbs due to the 2 negative issues (distance with Hue bridge, energy / heat loss), but I'm going to hold on to them for a while longer before making my decision. Its great to finally see ZigBee products on the market at a better price point than Philips and attempting to break the Philips monopoly.
Hope that helps!
Speaking of HUE apps, I have my hue lights turning on and off at certain times. But when they turn on they default to the normal warm white/yellow colour. Is this the same for you?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dimmable-retrofit-enabled-Android-compatible/dp/B01N6B9Y5K/ref=lp_9954363031_1_10?srs=9954363031&ie=UTF8&qid=1481817765&sr=8-10
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