Philips Hue 2 Pack White Ambiance Bulb E27 800 lumens

This bulb isn't ideal as a main light source. Needs to be brighter. Comparing to other LED bulbs of equivalent wattage, the lumens in this bulb are lower.

You probably heared by now that philips hue are probably some of the best and most reliable smart lights out there.. So let me tell you how I've found them we have four hubs/ bridges and over 150 bulbs in our house from spot lights to every other type of bulbs.Things to be aware off.If you buy the hub/bridge with the bulbs they come pre configured with the bulbs. So you have to reset the bulbs to join them to another hub.You can use more than one hub/bridge in the house I have four.. However you have to switch between the hubs/bridges in the setting.. You won't see all the bulbs and accessories if you have more than one... You will only see the devices on that bridge at one time.You can only register one hub/bridge to your email so for remote access for the Hue ape to be able to switch your lights on and off anywhere in the world or when your out and about.. you can't access the other hubs. I've tried to set each hub on different emails accounts but the app really doesn't like it starts to get confused when switching to different accounts for the hue app so I hope Hue are reading this.The recommendation on approx devices to your hub is about 50. So I didn't go over 40 I noticed the switches to turn lights off became sluggish the more I added.. So when you do your numbers cater for the light switches to as a device not just the bulb.The non Bluetooth versions of the GU10 bulb is longer so they won't fit the the standard Gu10 casing so make sure it's Bluetooth as they re sized them..These also worked well in my IP65 bathroom and kitchen fittings without problem.Becarful if your using other smart technologies in your house.. My hive heating system woundnt sync to radiator valves untill I changed the channel frequency of my hubs.. But to change that frequency the hub has to be in a connected state.If your using Bluetooth bulbs my house is now flooded with Bluetooth bulbs and the issues is they get picked up by other devices when trying to connect so there is alot to flick through. You can't switch this off.The brightness of the bulb is great and strong and dimmers and changing the light strength is a breeze.If you are using room light switches with your bulbs I'd definitely get the adapter plates that go over your regular light switch so the remote sits on top.I highly recommend this face plate as it stops people switching the power off as if the power swith is switched off then your bulb isn't smart and you can't connect to it.The bridges connect first time and any additional bulbs are really easy to sync up.

Overall I'm very pleased - I use Alexa to control smart plugs, and as I only wanted one smart bulb, I didn't want to spend extra on a hub for just one bulb. The bluetooth solution sounded like a great option but at first I was skeptical about how well it would work. So far I'm very satisfied, however it can have moments where it can be temperamental with Alexa and I have to open the Hue app to control. I imagine it would be smoother with the hub, but it's a great solution for now - with the option to buy the hub for later if I decide to add more smart bulbs to my collection!

Great bulbs, I have many Philips hue bulbs in my house now and would never buy anything else.Works perfect with Alexa unless we have visitors then they just do what they like to make us look like idiots :-)Will always buy Philips hue though

Excellent from Phillips I’ve loads of them over my house. One good thing from Brexit is that Amazon have finally gotten rid of An Post the Irish postal service. Well done. They are possibly the worse delivery service in the world. Absolute garbage. A new delivery company has delivered many items since Brexit and they are brilliant even some items arrive days ahead of schedule. Well done Amazon it’s a great delivery service. I’m glad I no longer have to wait for past my priority date deliver or it never shows up or days later. I applaud you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Ps the light is fantastic 👍🏻