They all work great, and once I figure out where I’m mounting them, they’re staying put. Oh, and it links to the Hue Bridge to let you dim the lights as well.īasically, all the Philips Hue accessories make simple tasks easier, without having to remember voice commands or fiddle with your smartphone’s app. The dimmer fits on over a standard light switch, locking it into the On position and retaining your smart functions. If your light socket is controlled by a switch, chances are someone won’t know they’re smart bulbs and turn them off via that switch. The Lutron Aurora dimmer fixes one simple problem with using smart bulbs. Basic functions like dimming and on/off get handled by the removable remote, and you can program scenes to switch as well. The Hue wireless dimmer is a wall-mounted remote to add a physical switch for your lights. It works great in practice, just beware the sticker shock of the $60 Click. You can also program it in the Hue app to change scenes, with default settings of holding the rocker down to dim/brighten your Hue bulbs. Instead, enough electricity is generated by your clicking of the button to send the short control pulse to the Hue Bridge. Why? Because it doesn’t use any batteries. Now, my favorite is the RunLessWire Click. These all give a new dimension to the Hue experience, with some nifty tricks. Philips sent over a bunch of physical controls for the Hue kit as well, from the first-party Hue wireless dimmer switch, to the Friends of Hue RunLessWire Click, and the Lutron Aurora dimmer.
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That, and the free app for iOS or Android, is all you need to start painting your home in color. That little box connects the lights to your home network, and to your voice assistant. That gives you a solid base to build out your home lighting while giving you the all-important Hue Bridge. They’ve also got both RGB and White LEDs, so almost any color you can think of is possible. The bulbs are connected via Zigbee, a wireless protocol for connected devices that turns each bulb into part of a mesh network.
Philips sent over their starter kit, which consists of four E26 bulbs (the usual ones for US light fittings), and the Hue Bridge. Well, lots of reasons, which I’ll go into later.
See, there’s a reason that even though Philips Hue was the first in the smart light space, it still hasn’t gotten overtaken by the hordes of imitators. Going into this one, I thought that RGB should stay on your PC, and who needs voice-controlled lights anyways? I fully expected to find the kit gimmicky to the point of tackiness. Okay, so today we’re looking at the $200 White and color ambiance Starter kit from the Philips Hue range.
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