Philips Hue White and Colour Ambiance Wireless Lighting E27 Starter Kit
Seems a good price £100.39
100% claimed going going gone
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le_jaeger
24 Dec 1616#1
Masterful marketing that they've somehow convinced people it's worth spending £100 on coloured light bulbs.
Do I need them? No.
Had I ever expected to spend £100 on lightbulbs in my entire life? No.
Am I tempted cus it's on HUKD? Yup.
baker19811
24 Dec 1610#6
Well worth it I got them on Black Friday from Argos for £75 and ended up getting more white bulbs for the rest of the house.really bright and turning them on and off when I'm down the pub just to annoy the wife at home makes them even better value for money.
Rossmor40 to fr33radicalls
24 Dec 165#38
Everyone has a particular thing they spend their cash on. For instance people who are amazed that people spend money on coloured lights probably think nothing of spending £100 on booze over a Friday/Saturday night. At least people that bought this have something to show for their money.
All comments (56)
le_jaeger
24 Dec 1616#1
Masterful marketing that they've somehow convinced people it's worth spending £100 on coloured light bulbs.
Do I need them? No.
Had I ever expected to spend £100 on lightbulbs in my entire life? No.
Am I tempted cus it's on HUKD? Yup.
MONEYUPFRONT to le_jaeger
24 Dec 16#3
i would say there worth it and at this price there really good value I don't even have any sockets left for these and I'm tempted paired with echo these are really useful if uve been thinkin about it I'd snap these up
schmoog to le_jaeger
24 Dec 161#15
I honestly think most market research departments have discussion along the lines of 'how much is this worth? okay, double it'. Last I bought LED bulbs I think they were less than a tenner. Throw in a bit of kit that communicates over the mains ring and these should really be in the £50 region.
Though I get the impression Philips is seeing how much they can bleed out of LED lighting. I do like their Livingcolours [or friends of hue for wireless] mood lamps but I've only ever bought one of the Micro ones since they're so darn pricey.
fr33radicalls to le_jaeger
24 Dec 16#33
There's no room for rational logical thinking here, earn more money and buy more ****, it's the only way.
Henlans
24 Dec 16#2
I would never pay £100 for coloured bulbs.
GU10 is £48.. I pay about 50p thats great marketing skills
rvcshart
24 Dec 161#4
Are b22 to e27 converters good with these?
How much power do they use being in an eternal standby too.
lalo2684 to rvcshart
24 Dec 16#7
We have used the converters on ours and they work fine :smiley:
mistachesta to rvcshart
24 Dec 161#12
Yes, works fine. I bought my Hue last week when it was on offer and most of my fittings are BC, so bought these;
Well worth it I got them on Black Friday from Argos for £75 and ended up getting more white bulbs for the rest of the house.really bright and turning them on and off when I'm down the pub just to annoy the wife at home makes them even better value for money.
Macdory
24 Dec 16#8
What is the range with these? Could I put the hub in the house and the lights in the summerhouse (at the bottom of the garden) and control the lights from the house?
I have wifi in the summerhouse through PLC plugs.
_RobP
24 Dec 161#9
if you've got wifi coverage they'll work
redduck to _RobP
24 Dec 161#17
Hue bulbs don't use wi-fi, the hub is connected through a wired connection to your internet router and then the hub connects to the bulbs via a Bluetooth connection called zigbee. no WiFi involved.
mollymooster
24 Dec 16#10
Argh - good deal but I need the bayonet bulbs - heat added
clarkeyi to mollymooster
24 Dec 161#11
just buy the e27 converter. £1-2 each
eddietoft
24 Dec 16#13
IKEA have E27 to BC adapters, great quality to for a quid each.
maiben
24 Dec 16#14
are these richer colour bulbs?
doesn't mention in description anywhere
sh20 to maiben
24 Dec 16#19
Yes they are - it’s in the title listing of the amazon page
WBRacing to maiben
24 Dec 161#20
Yes they are.
"Philips Hue White and Colour Ambiance Wireless Lighting E27 Starter Kit, 3 x Philips Hue 9 W E27 Richer Colour Bulbs, 1 x Hue Bridge 2.0, Apple Home Kit Enabled, Works with Alexa [Energy Class A+]"
mluton
24 Dec 16#16
Bargaaaaaaaaaaaain.
eddietoft
24 Dec 161#18
Just bought another, sure I did not need it, but got one anyway, Heat added.
sh20
24 Dec 161#21
Indeed - they use zigbee - and operate on a mesh network so if the max distance was 10 meteres and you had a hub and two bulbs 10 meteres between each (20 metres from hub to last bulb) they all work
WBRacing
24 Dec 161#22
Fixed that for you. :wink:
alexus
24 Dec 16#23
That's what I was going to say may need a bulb between as they talk to each other so pass on the requests to change. Have thought about how far my range could be too. Got a few in house now and not seen any issues
arpadciocoiu
24 Dec 16#24
Great price!
bally12345
24 Dec 16#25
Hot! New richer color version but adapters will do the trick.
jbecker
24 Dec 161#26
now get an Amazon echo and you can talk to the lights !
knack to jbecker
24 Dec 16#29
I've done it in reverse! Bought the Echo and now got Hue lights and Harmony remote.
WBRacing to jbecker
24 Dec 16#34
It's amazing how quickly it becomes the norm and how handy it can be when carrying stuff. Much better than having to find my phone and quicker.
Cool story.
traceyat
24 Dec 161#27
Or an iPhone... :smiley:
paulwmather
24 Dec 161#28
I wish they'd have the GU10 starter kit at that price. We need 6 of the bloody things.
There's no room for rational logical thinking here, earn more money and buy more ****, it's the only way.
Rossmor40 to fr33radicalls
24 Dec 165#38
Everyone has a particular thing they spend their cash on. For instance people who are amazed that people spend money on coloured lights probably think nothing of spending £100 on booze over a Friday/Saturday night. At least people that bought this have something to show for their money.
ws007
24 Dec 16#32
Sorry but I think I'll buy some different colour shades, and swap between them when I want a different colour, and save myself some money.
sh20 to ws007
24 Dec 162#35
Don’t forget your doing-stick to change the channel when watching tv
Macdory
24 Dec 16#36
Does this mean my plan of hub in house and lights in summerhouse is unlikely to work?
fryitup
24 Dec 16#37
Great find thx for sharing. :smiley:
sh20
24 Dec 161#39
These aren’t bluetooth so has nothing to do with it
sh20
24 Dec 161#40
If you have PLC then I’d advise getting a hub just for your summer house using PLC > switch (outputting to both your wifi and philips hue bridge) and then they will work fine
2StepSteve
24 Dec 16#41
Drinking baileys tonight
Missed the deal, joined the wait list, got the deal.. three light bulbs for £100.. bargain.
winston69
24 Dec 16#42
Missed it again
PointDex
24 Dec 16#43
Meanwhile down votes galore for Beats by dre
meathane
25 Dec 16#44
Alexa is awful with harmony and Philips hue, welcome to hell
ervidel
25 Dec 161#45
I posted this deal 11 hours ago. Morons made it a cold deal. Obviously to lazy to read my post.
knack
25 Dec 16#46
I've heard that previously. Was planning to get both anyway so it's not a deal breaker.
WBRacing
25 Dec 16#47
Alexa works perfectly with Hue for me, once I setup the rooms.
sh20
25 Dec 161#48
Really? How so? Whilst I can’t get alexa to control harmony well atm there’s a new smart skill (already released in the US) coming out soon which will dramatically improve it. But until then it can do the lights perfectly - what problems have you had?
Gadgeteer
25 Dec 16#49
The smart skill for Harmony now available in UK. It works well but a pain as you have to say "Tell Harmony to" before command. I use Yonami to start activities but the Harmony skill is good for changing channels, volume, pause etc.
sh20
25 Dec 16#50
That’s not the smart skill (blue logo) it’s the standard skill (red logo). With the smart skill you don’t need to tell alexa to tell harmony. The standard skill also doesn’t add your activities etc as smart devices.
Thanks for clarification. looks like Yonami does everything the smart skill does. Still have to say Tell Harmony for anything other than activities regardless
meathane
25 Dec 16#52
It cans your network and sees all the scenes as devices, so I have 5 bulbs, but it shows 18 devices, because 'movie lights' shows up as a device, it's toilet. It doesn't understand the groups either, like 3 lights are set as 'front room', which it struggles with. It's embarrassing, I'm amazed they release it in when it's so unfinished
sh20 to meathane
25 Dec 16#54
I really like that it picks them up as devices as it means I can just say “turn on energise” and it will turn on the lights to that scene. Can’t think how else it would work well
pippajohnst1207
25 Dec 16#53
Silly question but what exactly is the difference between these and regular bulbs. I understand you can control them by voice using echo etc but do they blow like a regular bulb or are they lifetime covered sort of thing?
sh20
25 Dec 16#55
Cool I’ll give it a go then. I’ve had a few hesitations though - does your phone need to be on/running the app, for the yonomi skill to work?
Gadgeteer
25 Dec 16#56
No, it's all cloud based so doesn't need phone once setup. There are a couple of exceptions that aren't cloud & need phone but Hue & Harmony are ok.
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Opening post
Seems a good price £100.39
100% claimed going going gone
Lightning Deal Ended
Top comments
Do I need them? No.
Had I ever expected to spend £100 on lightbulbs in my entire life? No.
Am I tempted cus it's on HUKD? Yup.
All comments (56)
Do I need them? No.
Had I ever expected to spend £100 on lightbulbs in my entire life? No.
Am I tempted cus it's on HUKD? Yup.
Though I get the impression Philips is seeing how much they can bleed out of LED lighting. I do like their Livingcolours [or friends of hue for wireless] mood lamps but I've only ever bought one of the Micro ones since they're so darn pricey.
GU10 is £48.. I pay about 50p thats great marketing skills
How much power do they use being in an eternal standby too.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01M1FS069/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
No issues at all and using Echo too.
I have wifi in the summerhouse through PLC plugs.
doesn't mention in description anywhere
"Philips Hue White and Colour Ambiance Wireless Lighting E27 Starter Kit, 3 x Philips Hue 9 W E27 Richer Colour Bulbs, 1 x Hue Bridge 2.0, Apple Home Kit Enabled, Works with Alexa [Energy Class A+]"
Cool story.
Missed the deal, joined the wait list, got the deal.. three light bulbs for £100.. bargain.
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