Living With an Entire Apartment on Philips Hue Lights (part 1)
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Part 1 of 2 videos detailing my experiences over several months living with the Philips Hue Lighting system in my condo.
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Outfitting your entire house or apartment with Hue lights is not cheap, but I think its worth it in the end.
You can cut your lighting bill to less than half, so the payback (depending on how many bulbs you need) can occur within a year or two, and the lights are rated to last between 14-18 years, depending on the type of bulb.
In part 2 ( • Living With an Entire ... ) I review a few of the better apps available to control the lights, and show a few of the cool things you can do with them.
Hope this answers some people's questions, but please leave a comment if not.
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*I like the old style Echo Dot because it's small also **Newest.Technology**, gives out decent sound and doesn't take up a lot of shelf space if you want to put it on beam in the workshop or shed.*
like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-dKeb4aB Bose speaker)... but all switches and outlets (5), thermostat, tankless water heater. Unfortunately all I can do is turn on/off Bose. It doesn't support volume or changing channels, but I believe that is due to the particular speaker I have.... Worth getting if you already have other devices to use it with... I don't sit around and ask Alexa questions much so that doesn't really matter to me....
We have reached an age where people will break into your house just to steal your light bulbs.
+Chris Quetsch ha, what A time to be alive
ha
+PopTartsAndCinemax ahahah ^____^
Hmm get smart locks lol
When you have £200 worth of ligtbulbs in your £10 Ikea lamp.
haha
you need to buy 10 quid lamps to afford the 200quid bulbs.
ROFL!
you could say your apartment is "lit"
+Martins Gailiss My favorite comment hahaha
lmao
is his first name Louis?
Best comment over here
you could say every house is lit...
For anybody wondering. The reason those dimmer switches do not work with those bulbs is because incandescent dimmer switches work by changing the voltage sent to the bulb while LED's are the same brightness no matter what. LED's can be dimmed in two (I think theres only two) ways. One being Pulse-width-modulation and the other is by changing the current. Changing the current is sorta like changing the voltage but different. If you want to know more about that, you can google it. That would be the analog way. The digital way is programmed in and relies on tricking the human eye.
+Devin Shillington you are a smart dude
the video would be 10 times better at night.
true
Fucking genius filming a video about light bulbs in the day time
Please tell me you have a " Netflix & Chill" setting
It was one of the first profiles i set up on my set of bulbs i received on christmas.
Pure white for when i study.
Orange for when i smoke cigars.
Purple for Netflix and Chill. :D
+DGRWPF spicy!
Those lights wont last anywhere near 14 years if you power them trough a dimmer. It'll kill the power supply in a few years.
+Toni Lähdekorpi Yeah, I found the whole dimmer setup he had very cringey. Especially how he paid that much money for convenience, yet has to adjust a dimmer to get the right voltage running through smart bulbs....
+theskeletonboi Also, he could've purchased a new ceiling fan that could fit a hue for the price of a couple of those bulbs.
For any loud buzzing which started happening to me, theres a screw on the back that you can adjust so that it stops humming, now mine works fine so just a heads up everyone, only found that out in phillips support as it is not mentioned in the manual.
You shoudln't use them with dimmer switches, they won't even last 2 years.
LoverOfPhotography true
Not all led bulbs are dimmer compatible. And if they are you have to get a led dimmer. That should solve your blinking issue.
I just got my starte kit. Fell in love with them. The wake up mode is brilliant for workdays.
hells yeah, glad you putting them to good use
thats a cool apartment man. like the design of the architecture, i guess, is nice. like a nice modern style
I know this video was posted in 2015, but there are now smart switches that you can use to actually turn your lights on and off while keeping them available to your phone or other device such as Google home or echo.
Honestly it sounds incredibly inconvenient.
also those LED strips. For $90 you can get 60 yards on ebay. :)
+flagpoleeip I like how he said the LED strips were expensive, but yet each HUE bulb is "almost" the cost of those overpriced strips.
+kubanishku Honestly it sounds like the most inconvenient and expensive way of lighting your home. Obviously he loves it but he doesn't even pay his own electricity bill, it doesn't work with his switches.
I felt sad for him. what was it, like $1000 for 5 bulbs. :(
+flagpoleeip he said 16 bulbs for 1000
+flagpoleeip all i have to say is you can get a slightly dumbed down version of these bulbs made by another company on amazon and ebay for about 20-40 dollars a piece and use one remote to control them all. works way better than the crappy apps honestly. and each bulb comes with a remote so you can put remotes all over instead of having to find your phone or whatever each time you want to use it.
The HUE LED strips are different though, they include a RGB 5050 LED chip with two smaller warm white and cold white LED chips. This is perfect for daily natural light and RGB moodlight. A 5050 LED chip will struggle to create a natural warm or cold white light by itself.
Been using eBay LED strips for a long time, but been thinking of upgrading to a genuine HUE system because of the light quality.
EDIT: Light quality approved, bought several Hue LED strips and bulbs for the house, will never return to eBay LEDs anymore. I'm addicted to this. Help.
We use a hue light for our back patio and front porch. It's nice because we don't have a switch in the house for the back patio, and we can turn the porch on for people from our phone.
no its called E27 socket
+madarchitect100 hah, was just about to say that
+madarchitect100 Really? Don't they have E26 in the US? I know it's E27 over here..
+Tim Derks no E27 is standard around the globe there's no such thing as e26
madarchitect100 There is an e26. It's actually usually interchangeable with e27. Same as e39 and e40.
+Devin Shillington My apologies, just goggled it & yes indeed E26 is an interchangeable socket between E14 & E27, but also found that Philps manufacturs only E27 & E14 socket bulbs
For your dimmer switch you can mark on the slider and the dimmer at the no buzzing and no flicker point i.e the ideal spot. and you can always line it up and you know not to go past it downwards to prevent flicker.
Wow!!!! These comments! I guess ppl haven't heard the terms: "different strokes for different folks" or "to each his own"
The connected home is the future = smart lights. Everyone that are in the comments below will eventually buy into them and connected smart gadgets. I remember when the flat screen tv made its debut and everyone was criticizing it and saying that why would they get it when they had perfectly good tvs already... and look today!!!
Moral of the story. Let the man live. It's not your money so don't worry about it
i believe they are known as 'haters' ha. yeah its definitely the future though, just gotta get those dang prices down!
techfreshness lol I better not see any of them with a hue bulb or anything similar lol
hmm, radiation is not really a concern for me ha.
Somebody had to say it! Facts
Timing is everything. "Everyone has flat TVs" now because what used to cost tens of thousands of dollars 4 years ago cost $700 now. Same for these light bulbs. Once they catch on, they will cost
If you're looking into switching over I suggest a huh tap for each room. Using light switches with hub just causes nothing but issues for me.
So you just spent almost 1000 dollars on light bulbs.... ok
Hunter Lawson fucking ridiculous.
T Bone I know
Hunter Lawson and he doesnt even pay for electricity
You can get the Hue Tap to have physical switches for your lights. I have them at key areas in my room and makes it much more convenient - don't have to find my phone each time
+crispy thx crispy, yep, thats a good option for sure. i actually ended up getting an echo, now i just yell shit out, haha
These videos are exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
Carlos Rivera me too, I’m looking to do a whole master bedroom with these lights so this was a great review.
For a cheaper strips alternative use the FLS-PP lp balast along with whatever RGB(W) strips you want. Also for lights that you don't care about color but just want control consider the lux bulbs or GE Link bulbs which are way cheaper!
I literally built my entire house with normal bulbs retrofitted with my own circuit board that connects to my phone with wifi, plus I added PWM control on the circuit board so that I can dim LED's, the reason why yours doesn't dim is, just like you said, less voltage. That dimmer is meant for incandescent bulbs at it increases/lowers the voltage to increase/decrease glow, if you unscrew your dimmer switch you can actually make a tiny board in which you can allow your regular dimmers to control the LEDs with PWM. My entire system costed me about 150 - 200 bucks, no color control though, you can add that if you buy RGB LED's. It's been running smooth for a year straight, no prob.s I'm 17 but I know a lot in electronics xD.
that is gangster sir
+techfreshness thanks maaaannn haha. Amazing vid and amazing house btw.
Woah
Reason the bulbs flicker on low dimmer setting is that you need an led driver and a trailing edge dimmer switch. With these in place you would get more brightness and a safer dim with no flickering,also trailing edge dimmer switches feature safe start,this means they will dim up when first switched on to protect the led.
Anyone spending the cash on changing there home lighting should also invest in the right drivers for the lights and the right switches.
+Jonny R oh man thanks for the info jonny, i had no idea. the drivers are built into the bulbs though right, so no choice there?
+techfreshness No worries man. No buddy the driver is in line on the power and earth cables running to the light fixture. This allocates how much power is sent to the bulb.
The trailing edge switches regulate this for the bulbs to dim properly and ramp up when switched on
ah ok so that driver is soemthing that needs to be replaced? or just getting a trailing edge dimmer is enough?
+techfreshness trailing edge dimmer might be enough I'd try it and see but If it still pulses then you'll need a driver.
cool thx mate
your kitchen faucet is dripping
Skye13 I bet its still dripping
You hear a buzzing sound because the dimmer is over the watts threshold, and they probably were made to dim CFL bulbs. Replace with Lutron Caseta dimmers and they will work :)
Man, someone wasn't yelled at as a child for playing with the light switches.
dominick drumsta ha
hey, the circle thing needs to be plugged in to the router?
+ROCCOTHEGREAT yep, that is correct. the circle thing is also called the hue 'bridge'
I love how you say the lights will pay for themselves by saving the electricity cost each month. Yet also say you don't even pay electricity. So you're just saving your landlord money and cost yourself a lot lol.
ha true dat, but i have moved them all to my house now the savings can begin hahaj
Why are you comparing your savings to halogen lights. You gotta compare to the next *best* thing which is regular LED light bulbs which cost
ha fair enough. although to me the comparison is vs incandescant, since i don't like regular led bulbs. so if i cna't do color changing and remote control then i'd just rather have incandescent
My comment below can be read as offensive if you don't actually care about saving money or being correct in your videos. Please ignore if you'd rather not have commenters check your math.
You shouldn't be comparing to incandescent bulbs because you wouldn't ever want to get incandescent bulbs over regular LEDs:
1. LEDs have lower electricity usage: ~10W vs ~60W (lower is better)
2. LED has way more bulb life: 25000 hrs vs 1200 hrs
3. LED lights have more choices of color temperature + brightness
4. cost per bulb is basically even nowadays. LED light bulbs are
no i get whate you are saying totally. however, for me specifically i used all incandescent so the savings to me is actually that delta.but yeah if someone was really trying to look to save money then they would be comparing vs some other led's so thats real comparison in that scenario
If you leave the light switches on all the time, power is still going to them because the circuit is complete. So I wonder if it still uses power even though you have the bulbs turned off from the app, or if power is only consumed when the bulbs are on. Hmmm. Probably a question for Phillips. Thanks for the vid
man, this guy just rambles
So basically you spent $1060 on light bulbs which save your landlord money and hum loudly if you don't have your dimmer switch set just right? I'm sold on LED lighting in general esp if you pay for electricity, but I don't see the value in a whole home HUE set. Maybe a couple in particular places, then some cheaper smart bulb alternatives throughout.
+Greg Oughton yeh i mean i can't argue with you really cuz you right, but i plan on taking them with me as i'm moving soon. and i've switched out the dimmers with rockers, they weren't supposed to work with them. i guess the value for me is the convenience of controlling it with echo and being able to change colors and stuff
I love your apartment, its really nice!
+War Tortoise Concrete ceiling? Looks shit.
+Dr. Lecter I like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
+Dr. Lecter reminds you of your concert basement bedroom and your (mommas) house right?
Yeah, I also liked this mix of industrial and residential style. Gives nice contrast.
Couldn't see it in the comments but guessing you've upgraded your bridge to 2.0 so you can control them with Siri/Alexa etc?
Over 1000 dollars for light bulbs? You crazy
Moksu I agree 😂 I just go to Home Depot or Lowes and by the 2 buck LED bulbs that save just as much and probably more on my electric bill
goldencamo64 it's not about having cheap lighting. It's about mood lighting.
Final Boss wow what a grasp of the English language you possess. I look forwards to your next syllable with great anticipation. Silly bollocks 😂
For sure...but getting into home automation is a rabbit hole >_
No, it's about Phillips being greedy bastards. An RGB, wifi-enabled bulb shouldn't be $50 per unit.
Thank you for the link to those bulb adapters! I've been debating on whether or not to replace my ceiling fan due to the candelabra bulb base, but now it's not a problem!
4:19 theirs a drop of water from your tap. I thought that was necessary to comment
Wow lol... Guess we'd like to comment that your wasting money on dripping faucets.
I would like to see the calculation how they should pay for them self? Is electrical power that expensive in your town?
For 1000 dollar I could light my flat ( 3 people living there) for 4 years ...
Get an Amazon Echo and make it even more convenient. No need to have your phone on your hip. Just tell Alexa to turn them on and off.
drowssapma I did
Thats cool! but how much did you pay for this to show on my recommended?
Damn that's really expensive. Can't wait until the pricing comes down on these.
Jeez your review has been the first that has been really helpful and converted me beyond my fears. Thanks
+Megan Brown awesome!
I really like hue lights and I think their really cool but they're just way too expensive. Like normally light strips go from $10-$30 but then you look at hue and they're $90-$100. And you can find led bulbs with the same features that only cost about $20-$30 rather than $50 with hue. I like their products, they're just too costly
Nickolas Jackson There are so much cheaper options.
You are correct they are very expensive but the price will drop you guys actually because there is a lot of knockoff versions coming out so I believe they will go down pretty soon but other than that there is no knockoff version up-to-date that two color options that these lights produce which is over 5 million colors I believe. There are some that are closed but they do not compare to these! I only recommend these if you have the money and watch her house to look nice and they are super cool especially with all the apps
Too funny, I live in the same building with a similar floor plan. How did the Hue bulbs look in the round ceiling fixtures? Considering replacing everything.
soooo you didn't really use the bulbs in the WHOLE apartment...
Shut up Jeff
I'm gonna tongue punch your fart box you mustard trumpet
Jeff Moore edgy
ha you got me
I apologize if it has already been suggested you you already thought of it, but by a deeper/bigger "globe" of glass for under your main ceiling fan that can house the converter socket/bulb. You can keep the new globe with you when you move out..
ah thats a good point, but i don't think its a typical globe, its designed specifically for this fan so a diff size one would be tough to get. thanks for the suggestion, i'm moving into a new place soon and i'm gonna be redoing everything anyway.....and making some more vids about it
+techfreshness Gotta love next to nothing being a universal fit anymore..psh
ha yeah. maybe some home depot fans have standard fittings but this was a kind of expensive one that i ordered online, so i kinda wouldn't expect that here. but i feel ya
dude with the led's on your bed, it's better to have it on the back instead of the top so they shine onto the wall behind them
+techfreshness on theses comments about cost. it looks awesome and light is worth every penny. I love light. why are people complaining.
*record scratch* ELECTRICITY INCLUDED IN YOUR RENT?? What part of the world do you live in???
Keith Hopkin here in Iceland it's not uncommon to have electricity, Internet service, hot and cold water included in the rent
Its not like you think it is. You have a different packages with the electric company and you select one that will suit you the most and you pay a fix monthly bill. When you rent usually the owners have already selected electricity package and they will include it into your rent. But if you spend more electricity then your you're paying for, they you will have to pay really a lot.
It usually happens when owners what to make the rent "cheap" and will select a crappy electricity package that you will probably cross and end up paying more.
Keith Hopkin electricity iisn't that expensive. gas is.
I suppose it all depends on where you live in the world
Lync California disagrees
It truly saves you that much? My electricity bill is so high due to Summers being 115 degrees.
Why is this in my recommended?
ha the wonders of algorithms
I found this review because I just the white bulb starter kit. Man, you was not kidding about having to getting to used to not using the switches to turn off/on the light. For the past few hours I forget to that have this set up and try to turn on or off the lights using the light switch. But I am loving this setup and in time I'll get use to this setup.
haha yep. but glad you loving your setup man! you are gonna get addicted to adding bulbs too
Very insightful..I appreciate the tips.
Hey mate, will the par16 hue bulb fit the spot light you linked ok ?
It says it uses - Uses 60W bulb or 13W CFL (not included)
5:00 bro, who took that picture. Center that bad boy.
lol, you know what, that picture actually just fell inside the frame so it looks cut off, ha.
What bed do you have? I'm just bought a house and was looking for beds to put in it and I absolutely love yours!
Everyone fussing about how much he spent, well we're paying for them by watching this
First of all I LOVE your ceiling, rustic concrete looks amazing . About the problem with your dim switches, I got some LED light bulbs and some didn't work with my dim switches, some of them the cheaper ones said they were dim-able but they caused the problem you have, they would blink when the dim was at the low position or they would make some noise, I found out that the problem was the light bulbs they were not dim-able, so if you can control the amount of light from an app I would suggest you use the app to do that. I will try the lights in one room and see how it goes.
You need an ELV dimmer to stop the flickering.
Grace Darnell no dimmer :o you'll brake the leds
Nice review! It's interesting to see that for the cost they are not compatible with dimmer switches. That answered a question I had. Thanks! Off to watch part 2...
people find hobbies in the most random places.. >_> bulbs of all things and idk why this is in my recommended vids D:
I replaced 30 light bulbs in my house and 20 parents to LEDs and it cost me ~$70. The bulbs were $1.60 a piece, they aren't smart, just one color, and one intensity but they only use 7W each and have a life span of a while (I want to say 50 years but I could be wrong).
Your house is hella nice
I like your setup and design of your place. Do you feel that Hue adds a slight layer of complication on operating everything? Also, how automated is your setup on schedules and geofences? Thanks!
+Scott Knauer hey scott thanks a lot. it doesn't complicate things really, but it definitely DOES take some setup time and some getting used to, but after that its totally normal. and any complications that might pop up, like maybe i have to hit a scene button 2x or some little hiccup is worth the trade off imo. plus my girlfriend uses it and never complains ha. i don't actually use any of scheduling or geofencing, not thats it complicated to setup, but just don't really have the need.
looks like a real waste of money to me.
IamNOTyourFather not if ur rich
I hope to do this with my apartment one day! Right now I just have the starter kit but I love it so much!
Switching the lights to save energy, but but it's included in your apts utilities, nice choice ;)
+mudokin I've never rented an apartment or house where electricity is included. It's actually really rare to find apartments that include more than natural gas (and sometimes they offer water, but I've never seen electric included).
Then it makes sense, but it sounded like it was included so then it would not, at lease financialy.
+mudokin it still wouldn't really, not for an apartment.
These are 15 year bulbs in a place your not going to live in for 15 years....
Keep that in the bank and make a down payment on a house lol.
He's not saving him any money, just his landlord and not only that. Because he rents he isn't actually working toward ownership and creating value.
Don Ziolkowski
You know, you could simply take the bulbs with you when you move, right?
Also it does'nt have to the the philips version, there are a lot of cheaper LEP lapms out there, that are maybe not controlable, but save you a ton.
+mudokin
yep, after you pay for a whole new set to replace them so your land Lord doesnt charge you, accept you've lost possibly several years of energy savings and hope that your new place also has for example four kitchen bulbs etc.
if you find yourself failing to use one bulb your out 70 bucks.
i mean if he decides that three bulb lamp in his living room is not in fact a lamp he wants twelve years from now he has to figure out where to put an extra bulb or two or limit his purchases to three bulb fixtures or spend more money getting two or three fixtures just to justify his bulb purchase.
look maybe he really likes light bulbs. maybe he one thousand dollars likes light bulbs and that's fine but let's not pretend this is a rational purchase.
you use ten year bulbs in a ten year fixture.
you got a chandelier high up in your house, sure, put a ten year bulb in.
you got a lamp in your apartment. I mean he has two hundred dollars worth of bulb in a fifty dollar fixture
you need to hook the ground in the box, to the neutral on the switch. it will allow dimming and stop the flickering and buzzing
they'll pay themselves in about three decades
John Wang IF he’s lucky. Many of the energy-efficient lightbulbs I’ve bought have had a short life span.
1. Regular LED lights already save the same amount of electricity, so they will never pay themselves in terms of electricity.
2. In 3 years, they will be
Awesome Life The good thing about leds is they take forever to die out.
Are they as bright as the original lights you had? Or are they not as bright?
you can get 850luman 7w led light blubs for $4
Ya regular lights
You should definitely buy yourself an ambilight 4 tv , looks greate with setups like these and fully sync your screen to the lights of your choosing :) And a new Strip (pluss) is now available, 1600 lumens and can be extended for up to 10 m :)
hue hue hue
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then again the funn part is that you get normal led bulbs for the same price as normal bulbs. same light but only 4ish watt usage. thats like topps 5$ a year if theyre constantly lit.... you wont notice them on your bill ^^
you just blew $1100....
+Foxglove what else to blow 1100 bucks on?
+RealRacingLife not on light bulbs... :|
+RealRacingLife bananas????
+RealRacingLife weed
lol huh?
Great video I will be buying some hue lighting and where did you buy your bed from?
hey bubba, i got that bed from ikea, i believe its the 'malm' series.
$1,100 by 16 bulbs = $68.75 a bulb!?! that's an enormous rip off. Can get LED's much cheaper.
+knpstrr But these ARE LEDs. They're just using the Apple business model of "Advertise a lot, target the iPhone, and people will be too lazy to find or work with the cheaper alternatives".
Well, but how cheap can you get a bulb with a receiver built in?
+DEAD_P1XL Nobody buying just LEDs should buy Hue products and neither are these marketed for those people. Hue is all about the control it gives and the receivers included in every Hue product.
Hello Actually not true, just a marketing ploy by Phillips.
Paul it is sort of true. These bulbs have 25 000 hours of life. They last about 10 years. Generation 3 anyway
Hey man. Just one thing, how good is Hue if you only have a Android device? Basically just my phone. I don't have anything with iOs.
hey thijs (my boss is named thijs!) its just as good. no advantage one way or another
techfreshness haha it's a typical Dutch name :)
$1100 to lose your dimmer switch and save your landlord some pennies, nice going.
what happens when they die, another $60?
vismortis and you still wont have made your money back lol
complete waste of money... they buzz loud you can't use a dimmer with them. give up dude
Jeremy DiPilato you can't use traditional dimmers with them. You can use dimmers that are designed for LED purposes. Also the video did not include the main point of having full control of your lights. Sincerely, friendly electricity engineer.
@@venomf0 actually you can use a dimmer switch, he just didn't buy it and install it!
Can you control all hue light strips with a single hub? Or do you need a hub for each room
Paying that price for light bulbs is like paying a premium price for water. It's a light bulb. Get over yourself
its fun, what else to spend money on? water is actually a commodity, i don't think a regular bulb is really comparable to a color changing, syncing and wifi controled LED. sorry if i offend sir
+dinorail123 The upfront cost is scary, I agree. But over time these bulbs are of great value. They are easily amortized over a decade and reduce your electricity consumption overall. In addition, although subjective, the ambiance created in your home has positive effects on your mood.
They're awesome! actually it helps me chill in the evenings and definitely sets the tone for ambience, well worth is however my lights done make any sound? though I am only using the the B22 types. I also have an elgato LED as well, I quite like using Siri via apple though sometimes it can go wrong lol still great and much cheaper in the longrun, one reason I switched to LED was the fact im always blowing the normal bulbs up all the time, not with LED. Cheers for the video it is what made me go and buy a set.
stay mad
dinorail123 I have Hues in every fixture in my house. They are hands down the coolest, most fantastic thing I've ever done. I agree with the paying for water thing, I get it, but...the money I've saved on electricity added to the convenience makes it more like water is paying me...
Great review. Thanks for actually mentioning the price and drawbacks. Very useful.
150 bucks for 3 led bulbs ? I could just buy 3 led displays for that money and hang Them in The cieling instead and have porn always arround me
I'm pretty sure the instructions in the package say the bulbs will last 2 years (assuming 3 hrs. of use per day).
+Dan Lundell hey dan, they are rated for like 12-15000 hours depending on the bulb. so if you do the math depending on your typical usage, even at 8 hrs per day 365 days a year thats up to 5 years.
So to boil it down, these are expensive and a huge pain in the ass.
You don't have any of the wireless switches? I prefer to have one of those in every room.
You try to justify that purchase however you want bud...
Smart choice man just in terms of cost they are about the same as normal bulbs (colored hues compared to white light bulbs otherwise 4x cheaper over time for white hues) because the normal ones have about 70 times less lifetime. plus they cost from 5 to 15 times less in electricity wich helps a lot in the summer when you have to put draw out all that heat with a/c.
+MrTheMrhappy
Smart choice????! he literally said he doesn't pay the electric his landlord does.
The bulbs have an 18 year lifetime so he can keep them if he is moving to a place where he pays electricity and just because of lifetime the colored hues are the same price as incandescent bulbs over time so you gain the additional functionality of choosing the color
Your sink is dripping
These lights are awesome got every room in my house fitted with hue bulbs and the shape lights the adhesive is terrible on the shape light I had to use double sided tape.
Wow they reinvented the wheel and made it more complicated and expensive. But hey. At least your place looks like a cheap strip club.
You should be able to tune the dimmer switches. If you take the plate off, there should be a pot in there so you can eliminate the blinking and humming
thx for the help, luckily all solved now since i've moved. but thank you
expensive Philips lights all over the place but a dripping tap...XD
+Matthias Jirmann haha matthias! you are not the first to point this out, i still need to get it fixed. i'm not a handy guy
At 36 seconds, is that an Ikea floorstanding light? Looks exactly like the one I bought 5-6 years ago and still use today!
Nevermind, I just watched on and you said it was an Ikea light.. awesome, didn't think they still made these!
Couldn't you just get a wifi light switch for areas like the kitchen for the same control but less cost, buying a hue bulb for each light seems excessive.
the answer is yes. in this case though i thought it was cool to have the color changing ability since my whole condo was essentially one large room, in a house i would never outfit every bulb, but i have done my whole entire basement
The lights in the kitchen above the bar, would you mind sharing where you got them. Really like the design.
+Alex Baryshnikov thanks, but they just came with teh place. ha
Where is that round Bridge available? Over here is just the square ones in the stores. Im dying to know cause im a huge Hue collector.
Great video. Ive recently started to transition to hue lights in my house and am loving the results but i hate that its so expensive and the hue lights never go on sale. Interested to see the different scenes that you've set up and any tricks or tips you have to get the most out of your lights.
iGameBoy328 cool man thank you. i wasn't sure if people would like this video or not. glad to hear! i know what you mean about the expense though man. ha. but yeah i will be posting part 2 in the next day or two, hopefully it will be helpful in some way. take care