Philips - Hue Dimmer Switch - White

So easy and simple to set up with my lights. Use it in a room with three separate bulbs and integrating the different settings into the remote was a breeze. I just use it as a free floating remote. Love that you can fully customize each button!

The Philips Hue Dimmer Switch is a practical and stylish accessory for Philips Hue smart lighting users. It provides an intuitive way to control lights without a smartphone, allowing you to turn lights on or off, dim them, or switch between preset scenes with a simple press of a button. Installation is easy—mount it to a wall or use it as a remote. Its sleek design fits seamlessly into most home decor, and it boasts strong battery life. While it truly shines in homes with multiple Hue lights, it may feel limited for those with just a single bulb. Overall, it’s a reliable, versatile addition for added lighting control.

Sometimes you just want a physical button rather than taking out your phone and loading the Hue app, or even instead of asking Google or Alexa. This remote is great as it can not only be programmed to turn your Hue lights in a given room or zone on & off, but can also be programmed to cycle through different scenes. I have the top button on my remote set so a single press will activate the time-based light scene, and the bottom scene to cycle through some of my favorite cusom scenes, plus both buttons set with a long press (equivalent of two blinks of a green LED on the remote) to turn the lights off completely. My only gripe - and this is minor - is the included wall plate. I'm not inclined to get my wall sticky with 3M tape, nor to drill extra holes in my wall, just to add a wall plate that's both larger than and aesthetically incongruous from the rest of my wall plates and their switches. I ended up ordering a custom 3D printed wall plate that had room for one of my existing toggle lights plus a dock that fits this remote as shown in the picture I included from a popular unaffiliated craft site.

Works great and connects easily to the app. Sticks right on the wall, and I haven't had any issues with it.

I tend to not buy hue products anymore due to the large amount of less expensive but just as nice smart lighting options there are out there now, but I still have a good 40 hue products to control! I had the first generation of this dimmer switch which I have always loved (these are the kinds of things that give hue the upper hand if money isn't a big deal). The second generation is even better in my opinion...response time seems to be faster and you can store one more scene than the first. For 30 bucks, this is really worth it to control a room or group of hue lights. The adhesive backing is more than enough to keep it on your wall looking as if it is supposed to be there, as well as allowing you to remove the remote from its wall holder to carry around at your leisure (like in your bed!)