Philips Hue Lighting - owners thread

Philips Hue Lighting - owners thread

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weeboot

1,065 posts

114 months

Thursday 8th April 2021
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I’m hunting for a Black Ensis pendant, to buy later this month.. it seems stock from Hue direct is a bit wayward, has anyone used any third party suppliers who have been reliable?

wjwren

4,484 posts

150 months

Thursday 8th April 2021
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^ they seem very hard to get hold of. I tried to buy one a while ago.

weeboot

1,065 posts

114 months

Saturday 10th April 2021
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wjwren said:
^ they seem very hard to get hold of. I tried to buy one a while ago.
Kicking myself for not just snapping one up when they were in stock a few weeks ago, guess I’ll just have to check daily!

weeboot

1,065 posts

114 months

Sunday 11th April 2021
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weeboot said:
Kicking myself for not just snapping one up when they were in stock a few weeks ago, guess I’ll just have to check daily!
Correction, I've used UptimeRobot to create a monitor to see when they're in stock!

weeboot

1,065 posts

114 months

Wednesday 21st April 2021
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They're back in stock..

LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

146 months

Thursday 29th April 2021
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One of my Hue bulbs turns itself on at random. Telling Alexa to turn it off works, but then it comes straight back on.
I've just spent the last 10 mins repeating myself to Alexa.
Any suggestions?

number2

4,602 posts

202 months

Thursday 29th April 2021
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A family member is playing silly buggers.

Uninstall then reinstall perhaps?

zarlak

561 posts

100 months

Thursday 29th April 2021
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One of my kitchen bulbs occasionally refuses to turn off with the wifi switch. The only way to stop it is to turn off the power to it at the main switch. That sorts it.

weeboot

1,065 posts

114 months

Saturday 1st May 2021
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weeboot said:
They're back in stock..
They weren't..
But that didn't stop them accepting our order, and now it's a pain in the arse...

Baron Greenback

7,398 posts

165 months

Saturday 1st May 2021
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weeboot said:
weeboot said:
They're back in stock..
They weren't..
But that didn't stop them accepting our order, and now it's a pain in the arse...
https://www.pricerunner.com/pl/460-5304769/Lighting/Philips-Hue-Ensis-Pendent-Lamp-Compare-Prices

Was looking at lights.co.uk and they have stock but don't what the company is like.

weeboot

1,065 posts

114 months

Monday 3rd May 2021
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Baron Greenback said:
https://www.pricerunner.com/pl/460-5304769/Lightin...

Was looking at lights.co.uk and they have stock but don't what the company is like.
I contacted a few suppliers who listed them as in stock, all came back to say that they weren't actually in stock...... So frustrating!

weeboot

1,065 posts

114 months

Sunday 16th May 2021
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Disco Kitchen has landed!


RichTT

3,266 posts

186 months

Sunday 16th May 2021
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weeboot said:
I contacted a few suppliers who listed them as in stock, all came back to say that they weren't actually in stock...... So frustrating!
I have two of the Hue Ensis lights in the kitchen, one over the island and one over the dining table. Ended up having to order them from Germany and it still took 3 months for them to be in stock. I have no idea why they are so limited.

They are lovely though. Even if they are a ridiculous cost for a pendant light.

weeboot

1,065 posts

114 months

Sunday 16th May 2021
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We managed to place an order, due to a web stock error, and ended up just leaving the order open. Amazingly it came into stock less than 2 weeks later and shipped!

loudlashadjuster

5,702 posts

199 months

Monday 17th May 2021
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RichTT said:
I have two of the Hue Ensis lights in the kitchen, one over the island and one over the dining table. Ended up having to order them from Germany and it still took 3 months for them to be in stock. I have no idea why they are so limited.

They are lovely though. Even if they are a ridiculous cost for a pendant light.
Our kitchen has a similar layout to yours and I looked at the Ensis but wanted something sleeker, less visually obstructing. Ended up paying a lot more than the Ensis cost, so it actually looks quite good value!

1878

824 posts

178 months

Monday 7th June 2021
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Look before you leap with the Hue app update, they have really messed it up in my opinion.
Worst bit is that instead of being able to see and change all the lights in a room/scene from one view you now have to go individually into each one. Oh yeah, and they scroll left to right you you can see fewer on screen at once.

Alternative - what are others using to control Hue? (Apple ecosystem here)

number2

4,602 posts

202 months

Monday 7th June 2021
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I paid for Hue Essentials for widgets and ease of multi hub accessibility but used neither feature and looks like new Hue app at least does the former.

Agree vertical view was easier but can still control whole zone/room the same way. Touch the room/zone then select scene. There are also more scenes to choose from.

Would like smaller buttons though. Again, to put more rooms etc on one screen without scrolling. I'm not that blind.

ecsrobin

18,199 posts

180 months

Monday 7th June 2021
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1878 said:
Look before you leap with the Hue app update, they have really messed it up in my opinion.
Worst bit is that instead of being able to see and change all the lights in a room/scene from one view you now have to go individually into each one. Oh yeah, and they scroll left to right you you can see fewer on screen at once.

Alternative - what are others using to control Hue? (Apple ecosystem here)
I use HomeKit. If you have an appleTV or iPad that doesn’t leave the house that can be a HomeKit hub.

dapprman

2,581 posts

282 months

Monday 7th June 2021
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1878 said:
Look before you leap with the Hue app update, they have really messed it up in my opinion.
Worst bit is that instead of being able to see and change all the lights in a room/scene from one view you now have to go individually into each one. Oh yeah, and they scroll left to right you you can see fewer on screen at once.
I've managed it, but it's not as obvious. When you select one of your lights at the bottom of the scene it takes you to another screen where you can blend and balance all the colours at once and now even drop lights from a particular scene. Think it is actually now better, just another step to get there. Think once you're used to it things will be fine, just the previous version was more intuitive.

1878 said:
Alternative - what are others using to control Hue? (Apple ecosystem here)
On my phone I also use the free version of Hue Essentials - I don't think it's as friendly as the main app and it can feel cluttered, however it will allow you to fully configure the dimmers how you like, so a number of mine control two rooms (using inner and outer buttons).. Additionally I also have All 4 hue, but that's because it is the only control software I can also get to work on my old 32 bit iPad (3rd gen).

On my PC (Windows 10) I use Huetro for Hue - it's decent enough.

Lucas Ayde

3,908 posts

183 months

Monday 7th June 2021
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1878 said:
Look before you leap with the Hue app update, they have really messed it up in my opinion.
Worst bit is that instead of being able to see and change all the lights in a room/scene from one view you now have to go individually into each one. Oh yeah, and they scroll left to right you you can see fewer on screen at once.

Alternative - what are others using to control Hue? (Apple ecosystem here)
Haven't dug into it too much but the new UI style looks like it's designed for kids. Not promising.

Then again, the last version of the app was a bit disappointing UI-wise compared to the one IT replaced, IIRC. Philips just seem to go backwards every time they make changes.