Customer Ratings & Reviews

I've always been intrigued by the idea of network-connected smart lights. A year or so ago I tried out Belkin's WEMO system with a starter pack of two bulbs and a bridge. Unfortunately I ended up returning them after a few days because I had so many issues with them. They would lose connection with each other frequently, I would need to repair the devices with my network, and one bulb eventually refused to turn on at all. Perhaps I just received a rare defective product. Regardless, I was hesitant to try Smart Lights again. Of course, I've read lots of great reviews and feedback on the Philips Hue system, so when the light strip starter kit was on sale I figured I'd try them out. I could not believe how hassle-free setup was! Literally all I had to do was plug everything in and press a button. The system connected to the Hue app on my Android phone right away, and within minutes I was tinkering with different color schemes. Speaking of apps, the official Philips app leaves a little to be desired. Thankfully, Philips has left the system open for programmers to tinker with, and there are a number of great free and paid apps available to give you greater control. The online service If This Then That (IFTT) adds a lot of great functions to Hue as well. For example, there's a setting on IFTT that will change the color of the lights to match the cover of the album you're listening to. Adding new bulbs to the system has been a breeze. It's just been a matter of hooking the bulb up to a lamp, turning it on, and pressing a button on the bridge. If you have Amazon Echo, you can turn the lights on and off by voice. You can even rename the lights (for example, Desktop Lamp instead of Light 1) and Echo will recognize it. These light strips work great as accent lights. You won't be lighting your whole room with them, but they look great under countertops or along baseboards! The strips are lined with one long piece of tape so they will stick where you want them to. A word of warning: the Hue system is a rabbit hole. Once you get one light, you'll want to fill your home with them! This can get rather expensive!

Purchased this for under cabinet lighting, provides really cool ambiance! App is great, can set the lights to come on and off at certain times (as well as whatever color or brightness you want). Super easy to setup and install, now i'm looking for more places to apply in my house.

I would recommend these light for kitchen cabinets or under. Easy to use app. Only had them for a week so can't comment on life of lights. Just wish I had order the newer ones with Siri voice commands. All in all the lights are bright and pretty.

I love Philips Hue in general but these light strips are definitely the coolest. There are so many things you can do with them! I currently have one strip behind my tv and one strip above a pair of windows.

I bought 3 Philips Hue rope lights and they are awesome! I can sync them up to all be 1 color or all different colors, even cascade through all colors together or pulse to the beat of music! Easy to install, easy to use! HIGHLY recommend these lights to give a professional look inside your home!

I have purchased several "network/wifi controlled" lights. This is super easy to setup just plug control unit into router and plug the light strips into any plug in the house. Download the Hue app and away you go! I wish the strips were a longer but these do the trick for most install needs. Good quality, excellent packaging/out of the box experience.

The Phillips Hue system is one of my favorite things I own. Being able to change the color of the lights is very therapeutic and can also be used for other purposes. By combining the lights with your free IFTTT.com account (IFTTT stands for "If This Then That" and are conditions to toggle the lights.) I have my lights set to blink on and off rapidly for one minute when the weather outside changes to Rain or weather alerts issued by weather.com. I also use the Hue Disco app found on the Google Play Store also free and make the lights dance to music so I can have an incredible party and bring the club atmosphere to the home without all the unwanted people. I have owned the system for over 2 years now and have to say while it is certainly expensive it IS an INVESTMENT. The lights will last over 10 years and are LED so they only use a fraction of what your CFL bulbs do. My power bill has gone down significantly since i switched most lights to hues. At this point My house is mostly hues. I pounce when I see a sale. I bought 2 LED's and a Bridge for $99.99 here on best buy .com that is an incredible price especially if you dont need the bridge. A great gift for family. Also if the $59,99 price tag doesn't appeal to you they have white only bulbs that retail for $14.99 each if you just want wifi controlled LED bulbs. Incredible product.

This bundle includes the old model of hub and light strips. The light strips are dimmer than the new ones phillips came out with but were perfect for what I had in mind. The product was relatively easy to setup. The only negative thing I would say about it is that the app leaves a little to be desired and seemed rather gimmicky.

Purchased 2 of these sets when they went on sale. After getting them setup and put into groups, we use these to add accent lighting for movies. Great purchase!

The Phillips Hue system is a fun way to have controllable lighting, with both brightness and color of each bulb (or light strip) individually controllable from your smart phone. The phone apps (and there are many) all do about the same thing. I haven't figured out how to get the lights to pulse with music, but I'm told it is possible. The system is quite expensive and there is very little discounting to be found. Note that you need only one starter kit (there are a few varieties) for up to 50 lights.

I like these lights but even on sale they are a bit pricey. It does include it;s own "router" with two strings of lights. There's a total of 3 plugins too, I wasn't expecting that. The other thing is the lights are either all on or all off, and one color. You can't make them "race" or have multiple colors at one time, like red at one end fading to green on the other. Despite these limitations, I like the lights. One cool thing there is an "ambient" mode where the lights change color according to what is on the computer screen. So if you're watching a movie and they are under water and it's mostly blue, your lights are blue. If they cut to a scene that is mostly red, your lights turn red-ish.

I had been looking at the Hue for sometime but considered it a little expensive as what is really a gimmick. Purchased this as a 'Deal of the Day' so got a great price. As this is the starter kit with the hub it was the right purchase to start my Hue family. Really like the fact that all different lights can be controlled from the app either individually or as a group. Great for parties to set the mood. I really like this product and will be purchasing more to add to the effect.

Better colors than the hue. I got them to place under the kick panel of kitchen base cabinets and they work pretty well there giving the kitchen a nice light. I already had light strips under the upper cabinets which provided a dimming warm white lighting on the counters before I started some home automation but this is even better. Though a little pricey.

My bedroom lighting is basically a ceiling fan lamp. It is rather dim and I always have to find the remote for the fan, which is tough when there's no light to look for it. Anyway, the Phillips light strips are a great invention. I set it to turn on at 6pm when the sun starts going down and to turn off at 11 when it's bedtime. No need to manually turn the lights on and off anymore. Since they are led's, they don't take up much electricity either.

I purchased these lights a few weeks ago. The setup was easy. I physically hooked up the hub to my router and had the lights connected wirelessly to the hub without any drama. I next downloaded the Hue app and was controlling the lights within no time. I love being able to use alarms to auto turn on/off the lights. Excellent purchase.

This is a very good color lighting system. It's fun being able to light up your rooms in a rainbow of colors. The phone app works fairly well. You basically have to use your phone if you want to enjoy this product. $60 for the additional wall switch that you still have to program seems a bit much to me. Overall I am happy with the product and it works as expected.

These lights are easy to install easy to use and they look fantastic.

Used these underneath my kitchen island and bar as well as around a large clock and they are so much fun. Love having an eerie red light glowing when I'm watching a horror flick. Easy to install

I bought these lights as a gift for my brother for Christmas but after seeing them I am very impressed and will be going to best buy tomorrow to get 4 additional strips for me to put in my glass display cabinets to light up my collection.

I ordered these LED to install under my kitchen cabinets, but never got that far. When setting up I had to plug the wireless receiver into my router. But could never figure out how to set up a wireless connection to them. So I tried setting up the lights in my kitchen, but it said it couldn't find the lights. I plugged the lights in next to my wireless router and they worked great! But that doesn't help me when I want them to be under my cabinets. The colors were fun to play with and you could do cool things with these lights, but the set up seemed to be more of a hassle than I was willing to go through with.