Customer Ratings & Reviews

Finally was asked by passing salesman if I needed any help after spending ten or fifteen minutes trying to attract someone's attention. I asked several quest about the Amazon Alexa and compatibility with the Philips LED bulb. The gentleman knew less about the bulb than I did, but still recommended buying the bulb which I did, but still was unable to operate the bulb.

My apartment's lights are all Philips Hue. They're all the white bulbs except 2 which are in my living room, and they are these White and Color Ambiance bulbs and well, I just don't use the color. None of the "canned" scenes are in any way pleasant or relaxing and I've tinkered a tiny bit and really can't find any color settings that are at all appealing, so I only use the default white setting. I also find the Siri and Alexa integration extremely poor and for some reason the "turn on the lights when I come home" feature stopped working at some point over the summer. To summarize, I've pretty much stopped using these as "smart" devices controlled from phones and assistants like Alexa and have reverted back to using the light switches, tho I occasionally use the app to dim them. I am a gadget guy, but these just don't provide additional utility above the light switch and when they go, I'll go back to dumb bulbs.

Overpriced but cool for the holidays. There are apps that sync with you lights. Pretty cool.

The hue app really doesn't do much with the colored bulbs.

I can't get the wifi to work on then so they can work via phone from other places

Kind of neat, but not easy to figure out to do what I want it to do.

My son seems to like this Phillips lightbulb for use at his desk

I've had several of these Hue bulbs for nearly a year now (just bought my 5th this past fall), and I absolutely love them. They're super-versatile and the color combinations are practically limitless. After purchasing one or more Hue bulbs, you should download the Hue app so you can assign names to the bulbs, set up rooms in which to use them, and either use preloaded color schemes or create your own. Personally, I have quite a few custom scenes created to match with the theme of various tv shows I watch (red & yellow for The Flash, different shades of green for Arrow, etc) as well as themes tailored to holidays. You can use the app to create routines so that the lights are on when you wake up early, on by the time you come home from work, off after you go to bed, etc. These bulbs are not recommended for enclosures as the enclosures can trap heat and potentially create a fire hazard. All my ceiling enclosures use standard non-Hue bulbs and are activated by wall switch, and I only use my Hue bulbs in several non-enclosed lamps throughout the house which I activate via the Hue app or voice command to my Google Home. Entering into the Hue ecosphere can be a little pricey at first, but luckily bulb & bridge bundles go on sale pretty often and fairly regularly so if you're concerned about the cost, wait a little and check back every so often to see if there's a bundle on sale. These light bulbs require the Philips Hue Bridge for full functionality.

It was really good quality. Don't about life though.

Working well in living room for company or movies.

I bought both the Ilumi and this philip bulb... Comes out that ilumi works with you smart phone or tablet without a "controller" philip bulbs need a "bridge" to be able to use them with your smartphone or tablet. Ilumi beat them on this feature. I returned and keept only ilumi.

These things are terrible. They don’t connect with an amazon echo plus as advertised. Neither Phillips nor Best Buy support could figure out the problem, so I returned them. Waste of money.

Bought being excited we could listen to music and they would light up to the beat of the music turns out you have to PAY for that to. Isn’t the price enough? We returned them very disappointed.

I originally bought this for a friend and was advised it didn't need the wifi adapter. When she got it home she realized it needs the adapter. There are other brands you can purchase which don't require the additional wifi adapter in order to be connected.

Looking for a 100watt option in the baby’s room. While this provides fun colors, the standard glow only rivals a 60w (if that) leaving scary shadows on everything in the room.

You don't find out til you try to set it up. It's 50$ for the bulb. 60$ for the bridge so it can be on wifi. What a joke.

Not at all what I thought it would be. Needs a bridge to connect to. Didn't do my homework prior to purchase.

For a company that makes you buy extra product so that a light bulb can work, please it is 2017 not 2000

$150 in total wasted on Hue. The lights and bridge worked fine for about 1 week, then the bridge dropped 1 light. Then it went another month before dropping the rest (as of January 19th). Neither the Hue app nor Alexa was able to locate the bridge. Tried resetting, then un- and re- installing the Hue app. Nothing. 6 white lights, 1 color light (stuck on red, btw ... a nice red, but still...) and a bridge.

it was what i expected but found cheaper ones by looking it up on YouTube reviews and then getting the one i liked better