Philips Hue Bulbs 3 for 2 Argos UK

SachaJ

Argos UK are doing an offer until the 31st October of 3 bulbs for the price of 2 on the Philips Hue. Offer also applies to twin packs (6 White Ambiance for £100, 6 Colours for £170 etc)

Delivery is £3.95 and presume you can use Parcel Motel.

errlloyd

There have been so many points I have considered buying these and then not. Are they an actual alternative to normal bulbs (ie bright enough to light a room well).

Stoner

errlloyd wrote:

There have been so many points I have considered buying these and then not. Are they an actual alternative to normal bulbs (ie bright enough to light a room well).

800 lumens a great lamp

Lord Spence

These are like a tenner with code GBFORUK43 I have one and they are excellent, works with Alexa and Google home also.

https://www.gearbest.com/smart-lighting/pp_361555.html?utm_source=tt_de

Shlippery

errlloyd wrote: »

There have been so many points I have considered buying these and then not. Are they an actual alternative to normal bulbs (ie bright enough to light a room well).

They're brilliant, but an expensive addiction once you start...

*oh just one more bulb.....*

errlloyd

Shlippery wrote: »

They're brilliant, but an expensive addiction once you start...

*oh just one more bulb.....*

See I recenetly got a philips TV with Ambilight - which I really love. Apparently Hue can tune into that.

OU812

errlloyd wrote: »

See I recenetly got a philips TV with Ambilight - which I really love. Apparently Hue can tune into that.

Yup. I have an ambilight too & hue can be controlled by it, I found it too distracting though. I love the ambilight on the wall behing the TV, but the whole room doing the colour change thing was very distracting.

I'm going to try a single lamp behind the TV directly between the two ambilight strips to see if that works better (stronger light)

Optimus Prime

Amazon are doing the deal too on the twin packs of E14s and the white gu10s.

I only need three e14s though not six. Argos is telling me it’s out of stock for home delivery on the single colour e14s.

autumnalcore

errlloyd wrote: »

There have been so many points I have considered buying these and then not. Are they an actual alternative to normal bulbs (ie bright enough to light a room well).

If your happy with your current light levels then check the equivalent lumens for LED if you're using 100w bulbs these won't be bright enough e.g.



The hue bulbs are 800 lumen which is '60w equivalent' but its more complicated than that. Incandescent bulbs typically produce a lot more red wavelength light than LED which gives them their characteristic warmth but the eye is relatively insensitive to those wavelengths so 800lumens of LED may seem a lot brighter than 60w incandescent.

In the case of the ambience bulbs its 800lumen at a 'cold' 4000k so it will appear brighter than a 60w bulb but the light will be clinical compared to incandescent. At a warm 2700k they will appear similar or less than bright than a 60w bulb.

SachaJ

Optimus Prime wrote: »

Amazon are doing the deal too on the twin packs of E14s and the white gu10s.

I only need three e14s though not six. Argos is telling me it’s out of stock for home delivery on the single colour e14s.

The link on Amazon if anyone's looking
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/promotion/A1X0PJY2AFK1RU?ref_=plp_pc_dp_imp_A1X0PJY2AFK1RU

Tbh if you bought 6 you could sell the other 3 and make money back. That said you'll always find a use for them.

Phibsboro

Lord Spence wrote: »

These are like a tenner with code GBFORUK43 I have one and they are excellent, works with Alexa and Google home also.

https://www.gearbest.com/smart-lighting/pp_361555.html?utm_source=tt_de

Just FYI for anyone trying it, that code has expired, must have been a stock limited offer as it went very quickly.

SachaJ

In my case I have a poorly lit home office/spare bedroom so I'm putting a few E27s in. Have a more stimulating white when I'm working in the evenings and then a softer white if the room is being used for anything else.

Ordered this from Amazon earlier as others said it's fine for the Philips Hue E27's (although I suspect all lights are fine for the E27s, it's the GU10s you have to be careful with)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004XHFMYU/

I'll get a couple of cheap Ikea E27 desk lamps also....
http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/lighting/work-lamps/tertial-work-lamp-white-art-00355722/

I have a spare Amazon Dot so looking forward to trying the "Alexa, Office lights 50%" (or whatever the command is)

ted1

Check out ikeas new range which are compatible with the Philips Hue or on their own gateway much cheaper

ted1

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/lighting/smart-lighting/

MoyVilla9

ted1 wrote: »

Check out ikeas new range which are compatible with the Philips Hue or on their own gateway much cheaper

Do you need the IKEA gateway to get them to link up with Hue?

autumnalcore

Phibsboro wrote: »

Just FYI for anyone trying it, that code has expired, must have been a stock limited offer as it went very quickly.

Code is working again .. you need to sign in

Phibsboro

ted1 wrote: »

Check out ikeas new range which are compatible with the Philips Hue or on their own gateway much cheaper

Be aware that the Hue compatibility is relatively recent and was enabled via a firmware update on older bulbs. The firmware update can only be done if you have the IKEA gateway hub. So in this interim period it is a bit of a lottery as to whether an individual IKEA bulb will have the firmware to connect directly to Hue. I read somewhere you can tell from the QR code on the box but I can't find that info now. In general integrating IKEA into Hue looks a little messy at the moment.

Phibsboro

autumnalcore wrote: »

Code is working again .. you need to sign in

Expired again - arggg! I want to get one just to play with it on my Hue network.