I've just bought a Hue kit - what can it do?! :)

[LeadFarmer]

A welcome addition to the Philips Hue system would be an IP rated motion sensor for external use.

[dickymint]

Found these on Glumtree............

https://www.gumtree.com/p/lighting-fittings/9-phil...

Too far to travel for me.

Edit: and another .................

https://www.gumtree.com/p/lighting-fittings/comple...

Edited by dickymint on Wednesday 20th December 10:51

[dmsims]

dickymint said:

Found these on Glumtree............

https://www.gumtree.com/p/lighting-fittings/9-phil...

Edited by dickymint on Wednesday 20th December 10:51

An absolute bargain when you can buy new on Amazon for £254.40 - £65.60 less

[tenohfive]

LeadFarmer said:

A welcome addition to the Philips Hue system would be an IP rated motion sensor for external use.

If it's a major issue you can probably work around it by getting a SmartThings hub (£50) and pretty much any Zigbee or Z-Wave IP rated motion sensor should then work with it; you'll need to automate it through ST but that's easy.

I wouldn't hold your breath on a Hue one any time soon as most (if not all?) of their lights appear to be for indoor use. Much as I use a standard B22 Hue bulb above my front door on a dusk-to-dawn routine.

[dickymint]

dmsims said:

An absolute bargain when you can buy new on Amazon for £254.40 - £65.60 less

Link please Dave?

....................because I sure as hell can't find them at that price!!

Edited by dickymint on Wednesday 20th December 11:58

[dmsims]

No link as such

Just added 9 to the basket

Now it might be becasue of Prime, even if that's the case you can normally get a free 30 day trial, even if you can't it's only £7.99

[B17NNS]

What have we come to when we think a GU10 at £42 is value for money

[dickymint]

dmsims said:

No link as such

Just added 9 to the basket

Now it might be becasue of Prime, even if that's the case you can normally get a free 30 day trial, even if you can't it's only £7.99

I have Prime membership but still can’t find that price on UK site. Can’t you link it? Is it some sort of EU Sarl trickery?

[JimbobVFR]

They're 3 for 2 on Amazon at the moment, that's why you might not be seeing them at that price, you need to go to checkout to get the final price

[dickymint]

B17NNS said:

What have we come to when we think a GU10 at £42 is value for money

I don’t ........ but they are shiny shiny and I wants it!!

[dmsims]

B17NNS said:

What have we come to when we think a GU10 at £42 is value for money

I make it £28.27 each but I agree with you

[dmsims]

dickymint said:

I have Prime membership but still can’t find that price on UK site. Can’t you link it? Is it some sort of EU Sarl trickery?

No trickery I just went here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Ambience-Wireless...

[dickymint]

dmsims said:

dickymint said:

I have Prime membership but still can’t find that price on UK site. Can’t you link it? Is it some sort of EU Sarl trickery?

No trickery I just went here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Ambience-Wireless...

I looked at that seller earlier put in nine items but chickened out when the “buy with one click” popped up lol

Many thanks

[Esders]

Spanish starter kit delivered today. It did come with a UK plug. All set up and working. Thanks for mentioning - very happy.

[B17NNS]

Esders said:

Spanish starter kit delivered today.

Does is stop working for an hour or so just after lunch?

[Esders]

Yep, and then refuses to turn off until 2am. I am worried that one or more of the bulbs may declare themselves independent and no longer reliant on the hub though....

[dickymint]

Esders said:

Yep, and then refuses to turn off until 2am. I am worried that one or more of the bulbs may declare themselves independent and no longer reliant on the hub though....

Go to the settings menu and turn on 'coalition'

[Esders]

[Esders]

[Escapegoat]

Was all set to buy two of the Hue pendant lamps at about £220 each, and then saw that the 'bulb' is not replaceable - when the LED goes, you're supposed to junk the whole lamp! :-o (Any colour but green, it seems.)

John Lewis offers a 5 year guarantee to offset the risk of premature failure, but this is still a retrograde step. I presume it's not user-replaceable - due to using some SMT LED array instead of a 'bulb'.

But it should be repairable by someone with the soldering skills - assuming that Philips made it possible to open it up without destroying it.

Anyone know more?