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Bought this a few days ago, and have to say was disappointed and have sent them back. They aren't very bright, and the novelty of the different colours wore off in about 5 minutes. Also getting them to work well with Alexa was a real pain. Great idea, but I think I will wait a while longer until the different standards become inter-operable and the tech become cheaper.

I run Home Assistant here actually, my lights are currently controlled with Lutron stuff, but I'm switching to Hue and Ikea Trådfri. Yeah you can run the Yeelight locally if you put them in development mode depending on Firmware, but you initially have to set them up with servers in China. I don't want any "Cloud" stuff accessing any of my network info.

For non critical lighting like Lamps, WiFi stuff would be okay, but I want a separate mesh network for main lighting that can be controlled locally if the network/internet goes down.

I believe you can set them up using Home Assistant https://home-assistant.io/ to bypass this, or alternatively I could use the switch on my lamp. But yes, valid point about going through their servers in China, some people may feel uncomfortable about this.

Nightmare if your wifi or internet goes down though, it all goes through a cloud server in China.

That's right, no hub required.

Yes, you can create groups in the Alexa app and add all your bulbs to that group. You can then control all your bulbs with one command.

I take it there is no hub needed? Can you link them together...so if you have 3 bulbs in a room - ask Alexa to turn of all 3 with one command? Maybe an option if this is the case

I'm sure hues are great, but I am using those xiaomi bulbs and they are working perfectly for me. I can turn them on, off, change brightness and colour all with Alexa.
Like you, I didn't want to pay over £100 for a set of bulbs. For me they do exactly what I want at a reasonable price. Delivery took a couple of weeks.

Why misguided? Can you elaborate as I was considering these as hues are so expensive?

Alternatively, these cost about £14 a bulb, work with Alexa and don't require a hub http://www.gearbest.com/smart-lighting/pp_361555.html

I got rid of all my Philips hue bulbs and hub. I got a mix of Lifx, IKEA and Osram bulbs now all working via smartthings. for colour I Lifx is the best.

Not sure why original post is expired, it wasn't expired when I last looked yesterday and the deal has been available for 3 consecutive days now with Amazon (despite it being classed as "daily deal" !)

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/philips-hue-white-colour-ambiance-wireless-lighting-b22-bayonet-starter-kit-119-2681766

These can be had for £110 if you order them on PrimeNow as a new customer using code: 10NOW40

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Looks like the price is generally dropping on the Hue range... some bargains to be had :smiley:

not bad

Voted hot but this is becoming more the standard price at Amazon rather than a deal :-D