Looks like this is part of the Father's Day promo at JB Hi-Fi.
Decorate your home – inside and out – with smart light fixtures, lamps and bulbs, and then add accessories to further customise your space.
20% off Philips Hue Products (e.g. Smart Button $39) + Delivery ($0 C&C/in-Store) @ JB Hi-Fi
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kokoness on 24/08/2023 - 06:46 jbhifi.com.au (7319 clicks)
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This is part of Father's Day deals for 2023.
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Have you factored in builder's markup?
Yourself 1000%, but they may make excuses to not use them and to buy thier own type / style at a inflated higher cost
Not a dumb question. No they really don't - and they don't care about that because they're going to charge you several thousand for a 'variation' and then just mark up whatever price is convenient to them by some large percentage and then palm it off to some subby who upped his price too.
Talk to your builder if you have a good relationship with them, however more likely than not youll be paying more through the builder.
If I was doing a reno I’d give serious thought into whether smart switches would be a better option. Needs wiring in but if you have an electrician there anyway then that parts covered. If you want coloured bulbs everywhere then hue might make sense, but if you want plain lights then potentially a ZigBee/Zwave controller at the switch that then allows you to buy normal bulbs is an option.
Depends what you want to achieve I guess. I have Hue and they’re great, but if I had been doing a new build I think I’d have gone with the switches.
Even if you go hue, consider what happens at the switch if people flick that to off which then cuts power. If you want to control with physical switches then no drama, but people powering them down will impact controls via smart phones and home automation
You could also do smart switches and still use hue bulbs in a few places if you want a select few places to have coloured lighting.
Something to consider.
20% off is OK, but Amazon periodically do 40% off sales if you can wait.
When was the last time Amazon had 40% off the entire Philips Hue range?
I think Amazon has price matched… At least for the switch v2
Depends how much of a DIY/ hacker you are
Hue bridge just works. Their ecosystem is expensive but everything works and is rarely flakey.
One problem is the hue bridge has a 50 device limit and also a memory limit for your scenes etc. I’ve hit both.
Hue are about to release security cameras and it wouldn’t surprise me if an updated bridge comes out at the same time because there’s no way that bridge could deal with video.
I am definitely a bit of a hacker but I like my smart home stuff to not need constant touching.
I am currently looking at a bridge as I have a few bluetooth Hue lights connected to a google home which keep disconnecting and need to be restarted.
The Hue bridge is solid, but it's pretty limited if you think you'll ever want to expand into other Zigbee devices (e.g. smart blinds). I ended up sticking a Zigbee USB transmitter into a Raspberry Pi and running Home Assistant, it's great but it takes some setting up
This is the way.
This. I'm using Home Assistant (Zigbee2MQTT) on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with a SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus and it works splendidly.
Or do both.
I have the Hue system running on its own, and an RPi running HA for other stuff or more sophisticated routines.
The bridge is fine for daily use - on/off commands, changing colour, using the app to set timers, etc.
If I want to do anything more sophisticated or integrate other devices into a routine - I have for example zigbee door sensors that trigger various routines - then I can dip into HA to make it happen.
Wanting to convert a stack of my lights to HomeKit/smart lighting.
Understand this needs a bridge.
For the not so crazy tech advanced, is Hue the best way to go?
Depends on how far you want to take automation. For smart lights, I think Hue is one of the best and it works with many other ZigBee lights. If you want to eventually automate wall switches, GPOs, etc. Hue doesn't support those.
I run Hue with some non-Hue downlights and it has been flawless.
I have a raspberry pi running homebridge so I have a whole mix of different brands and models - I can say with 100% confidence the Hue products I have are the most reliable, have the most variation in light(ie dark to bright), they get the brightest and they are the most responsive.
If I wasn't such a stinge I would migrate the entire apartment to hue, but for now mix match works for me lol.
Is Homebridge the only thing that can help mix in random brands/models? and is there any raspberry pi model in particular that I need to get it working? Thanks!
Google is your friend for alternative options. I went with homebridge as it had the most support and guides for setting up. I bought a Pi4B from an ozbargain post a while ago, which is overkill, plenty have had fine experiences using a pi zero from what I have read.
Strongly suggest you jump on youtube and start watching videos, I am by no means an expert and the whole thing can get pretty deep, i have seen systems where people have set up relays to operate physical switches and cut off valves etc.
Look at something like Shelley devices behind existing powerpoints. They work with homekit, use the existing switch and lights and don't get effected by the light switch being off like the hue lights do.
Hue is all Zigbee under the hood, so you can always start with a Hue kit and migrate over to a more open system later on if you feel like you need to. I did that, and the Hue bulbs tend to be the best quality, so I usually end up getting them anyway.
Yes, its the absolute best offering. Completely rock solid. No other bulbs respond as fast from my experience.
I have ~40 hue colour bulbs FWIW. Highly recommend them - the premium has been worth it for me. My system is only homekit, previously was on google home and it was super slow.
Sweet, thanks OP. Grabbed a tap dial switch and switch v2.
If you are looking to get into smart lighting then Hue is 100% the way to go. They are the most reliable and the quality of the light itself is beyond the rest I have tried, its compatible with everything and with a youtube video you can have it all set up properly.
Having said that if you don't mind getting hacky then I highly recommend looking into homebridge - I can run any bulb of any brand through apples homekit app without too much problem. You do need to update but its as easy as logging into it on your home network and clicking the update button. I have also added pihole which basically blocks all traffic from advertising servers. I have almost entirely deleted advertising from my internet, of course barring the streaming services as they got smart and host advertising media on the same servers as the content so you cannot really block it.
This whole thing gets pretty deep but the TLDR is buy Philips hue if you want an easy smart home set up.
Mine are all working well. The only one I seem to be having some problems with is the outdoor sensor. The sensor gets a lot of false positives. I've turned sensitivity right down and still getting them. Need to play around with it I guess. Sometimes the lights don't go off after x period of time once triggered by the sensor too.
I don't think I have ever had a good experience with sensor lights honestly, horrendous things even if you invest in good quality ones. Tried all the different brands and everything, ended up giving up on the idea entirely.
The Hue outdoor sensor? It's been fine for me with Home Assistant, but the detection range on medium sensitivity is pretty nuts so I can see it picking up what could be seen as false positives.
Yes, the hue outdoor sensor. I've set mine to the lowest and still seems to be picking up false positives. How high do you have it mounted?
I have LIFX, and would not recommend, bit buggy and glitchy the set up
after its fine but its annoying..the LIFX beam also shat itself after one year.
Will change over to Phillips Hue when so called 40% off sale is on lol
Same here, My beam has stopped working.
They don't sell parts for itI bought from JB and they took it back after a year and gave a replacement
you could try this, or contact LIFX?
Just to clarify that
I can run any bulb of any brand through apples homekit app
applies to any brand that supports homekit. Not all brands support homekit.
Not pointing this out as a disagreement - homekit is great. But not everything supports it.
Incorrectly correcting people hehe.
Homebridge is an operating system or add on that runs through a raspberry pi - a mini pc - homebridge acts as an intermediary which communicates with non homekit compatible products to make them homekit compatible. You can read more about it here https://homebridge.io/ its worth looking into, it transforms homekit honestly. It does not need to be homekit compatible to work with homekit.
TIL. Thanks!
Getting there, but hue play still expensive…
Yeah I’ll keep the money in my pocket and push my
Body to press the actual light switchAnd when your on holiday? Or on the way home and its dark?
Getting home to have your lights automatically turn on in the winter as you open the door or being able to turn on the a/c 30 minutes before you get home is honestly a godsend. One of those things where naysayers will fight tooth and nail to not try it out, but once they do they realise how great those features actually are.
Air con has that ability anyway. I have a light switch 30cm from the front door when I open it.
No it doesn't, not unless you install a module that speaks to the wifi and such, which is basically part of a smart home set up, but stupider because it doesn't work with anything else.
Black Friday isn’t too far away. Amazon usually gives the Hue range a fair old discount.
The Hue Dimmer Switch is slightly cheaper at Amazon at $29:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Philips-Hue-929002398603-Dimmer-Sw…I just bought a bunch of these for my Home Assistant setup as they seem to be the best value multi-button Zigbee remote for the price.
Dumb question - do builders get these at better than 20% discounts? Have a reno coming up which needs a bunch of Hue downlights, wondering if I should pull the trigger and get myself or can they source them cheaper.