Cheap cheap. Hue stuff is great. I have heaps of bulbs and a lightstrip with extension.
Here is the link to the colour bulbs:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Philips-HUEBULB-B22MK3-Hue-1…
Colour starter kit:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Philips-HUEKITMK3-Intelligen…
A bunch of other bulbs on sale too.
Is this just the add on extension?
You will need a Hue bridge module to get started. This kit comes with the bridge included: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Philips-HUEKITMK3-Intelligen…
No, it's the full 2m. But yeah, you'll need a bridge.
God is that for one globe? Pretty expensive stuff im in a rental where there is philips dimmer switches in cinema room,dining area,study room and bedroom but only one hue globe in bedroom.
Tried to get the dimmer switch to work with bedroom one but cant get to work. Weird thing is downlights are in living area,kitchen,dining area,cinema room and hallway i found a box in house saying dimmable but not philips or at least fittings are not,not checked globes, again can't get to work with them any advise?
I believe there maybe a light strip under the kitchen top that is philips and there are 4 square lights in a shelving area im sure are philips.
It be cool have most of these working and maybe add to them when deals are around in globes. I thought these hue bulbs was much cheaper.
Single bulbs are expensive. Buying the starter kit with 3 and a hub for $155 is the way to go. Sell the hub or create another light circuit, for housemates/kids so they only control their own area.
Do you have a hub? You need a hub to pair things up, program and control everything.
You can usually get the plain white globes much cheaper…it's the colour globes that cost heaps. It still costs a decent swag to outfit your house though. Definitely not something you leave behind in a rental.
Hub dont think so what's a hub? A bridge? Sorry not clued up on this owner left most stuff up but also maybe took such device a hub if more expensive but still 4 philips hue dimmer remotes on wall,i have no idea what the downlights are and as said i know a hue bulb in bedroom and im sure a strip light philips under the kitchen top and a philips set of 4 lights on wall next to study the show white with part pink through it.
Sorry, yeah, bridge. Need that. Can’t set up lights and switches without it…otherwise, the bulbs will just pretty much work like a normal bulb (default behaviour is full on when power comes on). Can’t do much with your switches otherwise.
If you buy a switch and bulb package, they may already be paired, but I think you still need the bridge. I think bridges are about $50 or something?
The Philips hue bulbs are only dimmable through an app/hub (Hue dimmer switch goes through the hub and programmed through the app). Physical dimmer switch at less than full will make them flicker in my experience.
I thought these dimmer switches could be used as is without anything else but a bridge to say use with likes of google assistant etc.
You can have one Philips Hue bulb controlled with one Philips Hue dimmer switch without a hub. You can reset the dimmer using the reset button on the (you'll need a paperclip) and then putting it close to the bulb holding the on switch I think - there are lots of YouTube videos.
What you miss out on without the hub are the software updates for the bulb, controlling multiple bulbs with the one switch and a lot of other 'smart' functions.
If you are sure they aren't Hue bulbs, get a couple of either the basic Hue white bulbs for dimming (around $20 is decent pricing) or the Hue ambience white bulbs (dimming and warm/cool light). See if you like them and go from there. The dimmer switches may have been left because the battery is flat and/or too much cost repairing paintwork if switches were removed.
I did see a video where guy pushed I believe on and off Botton at sane time top and bottom on remote,and then it flashes green can't remember if stays green or not but these are mostly red all time so maybe all or some need batteries, I'm just curious what the downlights do they are not Philips hue but box I found in cupboard said dimmable and the remotes are in mostly them rooms with down lights.
Good price for Hue Go at $80 (RRP $150, JB on sale for $120)
I'm tossing up between one of these and a light strip but agreed it's a good price.
Depends on where you are going to use it
I'd go for the Hue Play Bar. Yeah, it's a lil more, but I think it's a lot more brighter and comes with a stand/mounting bracket. Cheaper if you get the kit with 2 from Amazon AU, but the power supply it comes with allows you to connect three bars to the one socket.
No E27 colour globes at GG's? D'oh!
Any outdoor hue ?
I can’t seem to find them at a bargain price
most likely you will find this on Amazon AU first, and then other local retailers will match it. May be there will be something for Phillips Hue on Prime Day in a couple of weeks.
Good guys dont sell them yet, bunnings for them at moment
I have to say, I have a few Lighstrips and ALL of them have somethign which I just figured out is coil whine…
https://www.reddit.com/r/Hue/comments/a647s8/philips_hue_lig…
When I have the lights at white or close to white, there is a whine from the adapter… Even with my PC on and watching TV, it sounds like a high-pitched mosquito permanently buzzing around. I have 4 light strips and they all have the whine, to a bigger or lesser degree.
I might phone Philips and ask them for replacements of just the adapter.
Never noticed the coil whine…but we only have one strip, and it's in my son's bedroom. It tends to only be used at relatively dim settings too.
Might buy another though…good price.
Where do you have them?
One behind the PC desk. One under couch. One along room perimeter. One still not placed. All with the same coil-whine.
Wow really even the Philips ones do this? I thought it was a price I paid for buying the cheap ones on eBay that are 10x cheaper than Philips..
As the colour gets closer to white, and the brighter that colour is, the worse the coil whine. So that is usually white/yellow… However, dead silence otherwise. I have Hue'd my whole house but would love to solve this issue.
I'm making this connection from a similar thing and that is some graphics cards get coil whine when stressed, ie using more power, like the bulbs do by going white / full brightness. People have found having a better power supply in the computers can solve this. I'm guessing similar in the bulbs - the adapter quality might have to be better, though I don't know better in what regard specifically.
Likely just getting to a bigger capacitor in the transformer or something similar I'd say, but not sure without testing.
@teereb: Good point with the adapter solution as some people on the reddit thread have solved the issue with a more capable adaptor, but it's a pain because of the added cost + extra wiring.
@Heaps for Cheaps: Yeah that's it. Having to rewire something like that is a pain. Considering Philips Hue is kind of the premium smart light stuff it's a shame to hear that this happens…
I havent noticed any noise
WiFi remote Controller RGB RGBW $10
RGB Light Strip (5m) $10
Power socket $10 can achieve the same thing as Philips Hue Lightstrip Plus 2m $67.97 :)
100% agree. I bought the $15 5m kmart led strip and soldered on a wifi controller. Now I'm able to control it via Hassio. $23 all up. Powered by the TV usb port and hassio.
That's cool, but your average person can't or won't do that, so that's where Philips come in (plus it won't void your insurance if your house burns down).
Where in your policy it says, you void insurance if you don't buy Philips Hue Lightstrip ?
You can buy a power supply from Aus retailer, $5 more.
Where in your policy it says, you void insurance if you don't buy Philips Hue Lightstrip ?
That's a bit dramatic. I was referring to have dodgy soldered wiring in your house which could be a fire hazard.
@magic8ballgag: Damn you are blinded by the brand name, there is no dodgy wiring or soldering required. It just as same as hue, plug and play, just half the price or cheaper.
@boomramada: My comment was in reply to what Sergeant Salami said, which was:
I bought the $15 5m kmart led strip and soldered on a wifi controller.
Cheap, convenient, quality. Choose two.
@magic8ballgag: I don't know about the quality. But What I got works well for last two years no issues with fraction of price and they are DC not AC. If there is a fire hazard, it be the power supply not the controller.
I don't know about the quality.
I can almost guarantee it would be far lower than a Philips product.
If there is a fire hazard, it be the power supply not the controller.
Regardless, most people don't care to mess around with an alternate solution and would rather pay more for quality and convenience.
@magic8ballgag: This is Ozb and I'm just letting you know that there are alternative products fraction of the cost. It's your money and your choice.
For me, if the item is x2 more expensive, it should at least do 2x more, I don't see that here :)
Yeelight fully smart controllable colour light strips are only about $30… If you want to go budget?
Mirabella are making smart led strips so they will be in kmart soon: https://mirabellagenio.net.au/led-strip-light-1. I bet they will be about $29, the same as their RGB globes and door sensors.
Their Bulbs are still only RGB, so they use all colours to make white and warm white so its not a true white
Even the Yeelight is RGBW but you wont get them for $30 anymore
But that is RGB, the Hue is RGBWW which is got light for RGB and White/Warm seperate for a better colour
You can buy RGB/RGBW or RGBWW in non waterproof / ip65 waterproof or ip67 tube waterproof these days. It is like $5 for each option and this is for 5m not 2m.
Where are RGBWW 2m strip's for $5?
@asa79: Read what I said carefully, $5 for each option as in, search on ebay.
Eg, RGBWW 5m can get under $20.
The main reason for buying these is to fit it into the Hue ecosystem.
The Hue configuration and customisability is unmatched compared to the cheaper alternatives (syncing, integration with other applications, etc).
Just add to magic home account, then use by Amazon echo or Google home.
customisability is unmatched
Give us a few example that it can do my config can't, I would like to know as well.
I am yet to find another system that integrates with Razer Chroma, to synchronise with PC peripherals, or allows dynamic colour changing to match a screen during a movie/video game.
@ngengerous: It can do the same thing, just a different software provided by Magic Home and open API than connect to any automation.
@boomramada: So Magic Home can synchronise to my Razer mouse?
And your setup can link up to each and every one of these devices/systems?
I can currently sync Philips Hue with my alarms set via Sleep Cycle for iOS - I cannot do this with my Yeelight or any other device.
You can get close with third-party apps and workarounds, but for pure out-of-the-box functionality, it's completely false to say "funcianaty is the same".
can achieve the same thing as Philips Hue Lightstrip Plus 2m $67.97 :)
I disagree, whilst they are both strips of LEDs, one is far more capable than the other.
far more capable
eg?
It's not like Phillips invent the led strip, they been around for while. They just packaged it nicely and add to their ecosystem and charge you way over the current production cost, other than that quality and funcianaty is the same.
Think that's probably the best ever on the lightstrip
Hmmm…to grab it now…or wait and see what Prime day(s) brings…
Prime day when is that?
July 15 and 16.
Remember that prime day is an advertising day, not a sale day.
Prices aren't that great on most things. And they deliberately apply the discounts in checkout so camelcamelcamel can't compare it.
Definitely! I got a lightstrip for $85 a few months back and thought that was good.
Bad value. Xiaomi and IKEA's offerings are much better value.
At this price it is much more competitive
Where is the better value?
Cheaper
Same/more functions if using home assistant or other services
Pretty much the same quality
Where are more functions? Seriously, you havent said anything
Sounds like you have not used a Hue before
@[Deactivated]: I use home assistant, but that isnt suited to 90% of the people that would use this product, most just want to set this up with google home and be able to dim lights, set it to fade in and out for night and waking up
Guys silly question but what’s the practical purpose of these?
Lighting
Thanks champ
Make your house look like a brothel
Do you mean the lighstrip itself or Hue lighting system?
As for the light-strips themselves, they give a nice accent to rooms if you put them along the top/bottom… but I like how I run it across the back of my desk as I find it looks bouncing off the back wall and giving a soft light.
The Hue light system works well to change all the lights to various pre-made 'moods' all with the touch of a button. I am at my PC all the time and control all my lights with a Stream Deck XL. So at the touch of a button I change various rooms and intensity levels depending if I am streaming from my PC or I want to get a certain mood depending on the time of day… ie, at night I use a warmer colour, but during the day I use whiter moods.
It's all about the look and feel. But you just have to be creative to come up with practical uses. You can place it with the leds not directly hitting your eyes, and use it either on the back of a desktop monitor and use with Hue Sync Or you can hook it up with a motion sensor to turn on/off for automation and avoid switching on/off physical lights where you don't want to replace the bulbs. But that is just a simple example.
Lights
Automation too. Depending on your setup, you might have some lights come on when you get home (as indicated by your phone location say), or you can program them to come on at sunset, and then dim as it’s time to go to bed. You can control them when you’re away from home, or have them turn on and off at random times. You can have them gradually come on in the morning to wake you gently. You can use the motion detectors to bring the lights on at a predetermined level (say if you’re up at night, have them come on at a dim setting - just enough to see). There’s a lot of possibilities, and you wouldn’t know you needed all this until you tried it!
My wife would probably say that the mood lighting is the best bit…we had no dimmers before getting Hue.
I've got mine hooked into Chromecasts and my Nvidia shield so that when a show starts playing, the lights dim in that room. When it stops they go bright again.
Waiting for Prime Day. Last year I got the colour kit for like $120
Philips Hue Dimmer Switch $19.01 in store pickup not a bad price thanks OP.
How bright are the light strips? Would it be any good for under a kitchen cabinet to light the bench?
Yep. The light strips are amazing.
They're not talked about here, but the Hue Go's are pretty much the only Hue lights I'd steer people away from.
What's bad about the Go lamp? I was thinking of getting one.
Yeah, why is that? I have two Hue Go's in my bedroom on my bedside tables and they are great.
That’s exactly what I use mine for. They’re perfect for this.
That is a good deal. It's around the same price as a Hue compatible strip from Aliexpress.
Light strip
Light Strip Link
This is a 3m strip. So longer than the Hue
Choose
- RGBCCT (this strip contains RGB, cool white and warm white like the Hue strip).
- Waterproof
- 12 volt
- $21-22
Transformer (Power brick)
2 Amps should suffice for 5m of these strips you can always go higher if you want. These strips are only 3 meters so 2 amps will be plenty but having more amps available will not hurt.
Powersupply Link
Choose
- AU
- 12v
- Anything above 12v 2A
- ~$3.00 for the 12V 2A one
GLEDOPTO Led Controller (Hue compatible)
Controller Link
The controller is the brains of the strip. The 1IDRGBCCT controller appears with the same controls in the Hue app as a normal light strip.
Choose
- 1IDRGBCCT Controller
- ~$35.00
So around ~$68 all up for a 3 meter strip.
So I added a Lightstrip to my basket on ebay, then tried to select a store for click and collect, but no stock anywhere local. But if I check on the Good Guys website, it's in stock at all the local stores and ready for pick-up in 2 hours. I looked at some other Hue products and its a similar story. Does the Good Guys limit the quantities available in-store of all products in its ebay sales? If so, I think they should be transparent about this.
I have seen this with other products at GG….not sure what the game is.
Just bought a starter pack and a lightstrip. Thanks OP, I've been on the fence but this deal got me over the edge. Might grab some Ikea lamps to go with them.
Why do they not come as bayonet fitting?
The starter kits only come in the screw fittings, but you can get individual bulbs with bayonet fittings. You can often find spare hubs on eBay where people have purchased the starter kits for the bulbs and they already have a hub.
In the last week Philips have announced Bluetooth support for bulbs (and probably the strips?), no hub required unless you want to do fancy smart behaviours. Looks like it will be a next gen light, so there will probably be quite a few deals on the current gen 3 lights coming up.
People that use the light strips, where do you put it? I'm thinking under the couch or under the bed or something, but I'm worried it might just highlight dirt on the floor haha
I have one on top of the bookshelf in the living area at the back, so that the light shines up the wall and onto the ceiling. It's perfect, and gives a lovely indirect lighting to the whole room. Add a lamp in the corner, and it's so much nicer than having the 'house lights' on..
Which HUE third party is everyone using?
Price has gone back up overnight. Now $125 before discount.
Lame.
Bought 2 with thanks!