Philips Hue and Living colours

CrippsCorner · Aug 17, 2016

Never works as well as it's meant to though, in my experience.

Anyone got the Bridge 2.0? Unfortunately mine's the original so doesn't work with Siri

Ol’ Tarby · Aug 17, 2016

It does take a bit of messing with the settings to get it working well

Gavin. · Nov 21, 2016

I'm liking this Hue disco app, bet the street wonder what the f***s going on

realnumber 1 · Nov 25, 2016

light strip is at £33 at the moment on Amazon. Would get another but really can't think where I could use it...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0148NMVQA/?tag=cliospnet01-21

@james24785 @Gavin.

Gavin. · Nov 25, 2016

Ditto, I'd buying it for buying its sake

Ol’ Tarby · Nov 25, 2016

realnumber 1 said:
light strip is at £33 at the moment on Amazon. Would get another but really can't think where I could use it...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0148NMVQA/?tag=cliospnet01-21

@james24785 @Gavin.

Nice one mate, cheers. Shall order two :up:

realnumber 1 · Dec 1, 2016

Hue bulbs on offer again!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=3JJDJQ30JZT3KKFK620R

Gus · Dec 1, 2016

Just got myself an Amazon Alexa dot thing. £39 and it is amazing. I can now control all the lights and central heating using it. Well worth getting if you have Hue.

realnumber 1 · Dec 1, 2016

optical said:
Just got myself an Amazon Alexa dot thing. £39 and it is amazing. I can now control all the lights and central heating using it. Well worth getting if you have Hue.

I was looking into Alexa the other day and I've decided to wait until Google home comes out instead.
I take it you have Nest? Got mine fitted around a month ago and liking it so far

. My house will be smarter than me soon ha!

withoutabix · Dec 16, 2016

Hopefully somebody with experience can help me

I'm looking to grab a few of the Hue lamps for my living room mainly as back ground lighting and to highlight a feature wall

My question is does anybody know what differences there is between the bloom, Iris and Aura they all appear to do the same thing just wondered if anybody had experience and if one is particularly better than the others?

Gus · Dec 16, 2016

Gus · Dec 16, 2016

The size of the lights isnt to scale above.

withoutabix · Dec 16, 2016

Cheers for that dude

CrippsCorner · Feb 4, 2017

Finally setup my third bulb and with a baby at home now I've set the go to sleep thing on the app... starts dimming at 23:00 over an hour until they completely turn off at midnight. Also set the second bedroom to come on @ 06:30 which is when I'm getting changed for work, but haven't tried that yet.

Haven't used the app for a while mind, and as always there was a bloody update. It now seems like I cannot control all three bulbs in one go? i.e. making the colour the same on all at the same time. Am I missing something?

DrR · Feb 4, 2017

Pmsl at 16 million colours. I bet women have a name for everyone too.

realnumber 1 · Feb 7, 2017

kayzee said:
Finally setup my third bulb and with a baby at home now I've set the go to sleep thing on the app... starts dimming at 23:00 over an hour until they completely turn off at midnight. Also set the second bedroom to come on @ 06:30 which is when I'm getting changed for work, but haven't tried that yet.

Haven't used the app for a while mind, and as always there was a bloody update. It now seems like I cannot control all three bulbs in one go? i.e. making the colour the same on all at the same time. Am I missing something?

I think you just need to setup your rooms in settings on the hue app then you can set which ones do what individually when you set the routines or scenes.

Miss read the post a bit. To achieve all the same at any time then use another app to do that or just set all of them as one room on the hue app.

CrippsCorner · Feb 7, 2017

Yeah but I don't want to do it individually lol. On the old app you could move three circles into one, then move that one to any colour and all the bulbs would simultaneously become that colour... with the new app, I can't see a way to do that. So you had to go into each bulb and move them, which is a bit tedious, and also means unless you get it absolutely pixel perfect, they might be out from one another slightly.

realnumber 1 · Feb 7, 2017

Get you. If your using android then you can achieve very similar using hue pro app.
I tend to just use my remote if I want them all the same colour.

realnumber 1 · Apr 25, 2017

Bit of a bump but I bought a couple of these the other week.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0148NMVX8/?tag=cliospnet01-21

Brilliant little things for anyone with Hue. Saves using the app and it's easy for any guests to use. Has 5 scenes that you can change as well as the dimming and pops off the frame (magnetic) to use as a remote if you want.
I'll be getting a couple more at some point I think

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Ol’ Tarby · Apr 25, 2017

realnumber 1 said:
Bit of a bump but I bought a couple of these the other week.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0148NMVX8/?tag=cliospnet01-21

Brilliant little things for anyone with Hue. Saves using the app and it's easy for any guests to use. Has 5 scenes that you can change as well as the dimming and pops off the frame (magnetic) to use as a remote if you want.
I'll be getting a couple more at some point I think :smile:.

I keep meaning to get a couple of those. Either that or the Tap

realnumber 1 · Apr 25, 2017

james24785 said:
I keep meaning to get a couple of those. Either that or the Tap

Get these. Far better as they have more scenes, are dimmers, less than half the price and don't sound s**t when you press the buttons lol.

Gus · Apr 25, 2017

realnumber 1 said:
Get these. Far better as they have more scenes, are dimmers, less than half the price and don't sound s**t when you press the buttons lol.

how do you change scenes on them? looks like it only has on or off or brightness

realnumber 1 · Apr 25, 2017

@optical
Each time you press the ON button it changes the scene x5. Default ON is last used one which is a good option over using the normal light switch... The others are just different whites.
You can then use the app to program any scene you've created and assign it to one of the 5's

Budgie · Apr 26, 2017

Those in the know - if i want to get a couple of changeable coloured lamps to add some colour to walls, what's the best way to do it?
Will those little independent lamps above do the trick, or is there a central controller needed?

How do you change the colours on the smaller ones (to match)?

Ol’ Tarby · Apr 26, 2017

Budgie said:
Those in the know - if i want to get a couple of changeable coloured lamps to add some colour to walls, what's the best way to do it?
Will those little independent lamps above do the trick, or is there a central controller needed?

How do you change the colours on the smaller ones (to match)?

Each one comes with its own remote. However I think only one light can be paired to a remote, rather than control multiple lights from just one remote.

To light up a whole wall, I'd recommend the light strip. I've got one running 2m on top of the skirting board behind our sofa. Only problem is, it shows up every single imperfection in the plastering lol

Budgie · Apr 26, 2017

james24785 said:
Each one comes with its own remote. However I think only one light can be paired to a remote, rather than control multiple lights from just one remote.

To light up a whole wall, I'd recommend the light strip. I've got one running 2m on top of the skirting board behind our sofa. Only problem is, it shows up every single imperfection in the plastering lol

I don't mind there being breaks in the light TBH, so might just go for a couple of those small ones.

Ol’ Tarby · Apr 26, 2017

Budgie said:
I don't mind there being breaks in the light TBH, so might just go for a couple of those small ones.

You can get the bloom starter kit at a good price. That's two blooms and the bridge. Plug bridge into your router and then install the app. Jobs a good'n

realnumber 1 · Apr 26, 2017

james24785 said:
Each one comes with its own remote. However I think only one light can be paired to a remote, rather than control multiple lights from just one remote.
l

You can pair up to 8 lights to the one remote btw.

Jaff. · Apr 26, 2017

Look up easy bulb

Ol’ Tarby · Apr 26, 2017

realnumber 1 said:
You can pair up to 8 lights to the one remote btw.

Ah right :up::up:

Inequality Street · Nov 15, 2017

Anyone got the Ambilight TV? Considering one

Matt Cup · Nov 16, 2017

RyG said:
Anyone got the Ambilight TV? Considering one

Check out the 4K tv thread, the original poster got one iirc.

N0ddie · Nov 17, 2017

This stuff costs a fortune. Have my first Hue stuffs arriving today and tomorrow. Got 6m on LED coloured strip coming today for the underside of the kitchen units and 2 Iris lamps coming tomorrow for either the living room or the bedroom.

Half tempted to get one of the home assistant thingys now ie. Amazon Echo or Google Home.

sn00p · Nov 20, 2017

Bloom is on discount at amazon.

CrippsCorner · Nov 20, 2017

N0ddie said:
This stuff costs a fortune. Have my first Hue stuffs arriving today and tomorrow. Got 6m on LED coloured strip coming today for the underside of the kitchen units and 2 Iris lamps coming tomorrow for either the living room or the bedroom.

Half tempted to get one of the home assistant thingys now ie. Amazon Echo or Google Home.

If you're going to get one do it now as they're £34 until the end of the month. I'm thinking the same thing!

N0ddie · Nov 21, 2017

CrippsCorner said:
If you're going to get one do it now as they're £34 until the end of the month. I'm thinking the same thing!

Ordered one of the Echo V2 thingys this morning. Delivery expected around 2nd December. Went with Echo as apparently its the better smart home device over Google Home, though I imagine Google will quickly catch up.

sn00p · Nov 21, 2017

We use our echo dot a lot, controlling the lights and setting timers while cooking. It's proved more useful than I thought it would.

CrippsCorner · Nov 21, 2017

I'm definitely going to pick one up as I've got a couple of Nest bits now and Hue lights.

shiftspark · Nov 21, 2017

N0ddie said:
Ordered one of the Echo V2 thingys this morning. Delivery expected around 2nd December. Went with Echo as apparently its the better smart home device over Google Home, though I imagine Google will quickly catch up.

I thought it was the other way round ? D'oh don't know which to get now ! Alexa is based on bing search engine which is shite but I don't like saying Ok Google which sounds garbage.

Gus · Nov 21, 2017

Got to say after 3 years of having my hue lights I am still very impressed. Out of 8 Iris' 5 blooms and 4 of the dish shaped ones non of them have broken, they work just as well as the day I bought them. I use them at least 8 hours a day too.
There are some cool things you can do with them. I use IFTTT to interface with them too which means I can get one or two of the lights to blink once when the boiler starts and stops (linked to nest). One light blinks red 5 times when the wifes phone is within 500m. The entrance lights turn on when I am close to home at night. I have profiles set up for watching films, white light, sunset light and a profile for when I am away that keeps one or two lights on randomly to make it look like someone is home.
I have the tap remote in the lounge to turn the lights on and off - its a bit limited in functionality and wouldnt mind a more advanced remote.
Alexa is fairly good, dont use it for the lights that much but its useful to tell her to turn the heating temperature up to 23 or whatever.

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