We were looking at both the Ikea smart lights and Philips hue lights. Because of reviews we read we went with the Hue lights and haven't been disappointed. They were easy to setup and work with our Google home great. Would recommend them to anyone.

I've been building out my Hue network of lights and this was a nice addition. I use these in my living room and they provide a nice light for any activity. I mounted the wall switch right by my garage door entrance so now I can turn on a light when I return home late at night. For some reason my house was built without a switch at this location. I also like programming the lights to come on and go off at times during the day.

Once I figured out that an App was needed to install, it was easy. However, the instructions were not extensive enough to guide me there

This is my first experience with Philips Hue. I use HomeSeer as my home automation system. I also use Apple's HomeKit. Phillips Hue hub was a breeze to install and configure on my iPhone 7 Plus. It was also very easy to integrate it into my home automation. Love the colors, both from entertainment aspect, as well as functional ambiance. I do understand, and agree, that Philips's approach with generations and various part numbers for items that are seemingly identical is very confusing. I just got this latest bridge, three color bulbs, and one light strip. This may not be the most financially smart choice, since there are other alternatives. However, from purely technical standpoint, so far it has been very smooth and pleasant experience.

I've been looking at the Phillips Hue lights for a while, but then I was waiting for Apple HomeKit support and it got that, but I really didn't want to invest in $60 multi-color bulbs so I never got around to buying into the Hue lights. But then they released this kit with the Ambiance bulbs. These bulbs are perfect for what I wanted. I really wanted bulbs that would cover the "white" color spectrum. What is nice is that you can turn them full up and get the daylight color which includes the blue light that you don't want at night. But then when night rolls around you can turn them over to a softer reddish color that eliminates the blue light which isn't good for when you are ready to go to sleep. We started out putting these in the lamps by bed so at night you can have the nice reddish color that helps with sleep. And turn it down so they just glow and make for a nice night light until you are ready to turn them off. It's also great for the kids. And the lights work so well I've started putting them everywhere in the house. I've found that they just work. And now instead of walking to the bedroom in the dark I can leave all the lights on and when I get to bed I just turn all the lights off at once from the app. The wall switch works great as well. Very well designed. It basically only controls one "scene" but it lets you cycle through multiple brightness settings that you have configured for those bulbs. And the nice feature about it is that while it has a wall plate and you can easily mount it by the door or wherever, the actual switch is magnetic and sticks to the plate so you can just grab it on the way to bed and put it on your nightstand to control the lights at night, for instance.. I've just not had any issues with the setup and it just plain works. I've been using them for a month or so now I guess and I couldn't be happier with all my bulbs... I plan to replace all the lights in the house with them. Oh, and give them a try with Amazon Alexa. It's so nice to just be able to tell Alexa to turn a light on when I don't have my phone handy. Alexa actually works a bit better than it does from Siri. Alexa just says OK when you tell her to turn a light on. Siri gets a bit chatty.