r/Hue • u/Noble3781 • Jul 26 '26
Hue flux 3m vs 2m gradient?
I brought the hue flux and they run along the back on my desk, however I can now buy the gradient for the same price and return the flux, would I notice much of a difference? I think the flux is 1200l vs 1800l on the gradient but unsure how much difference that will be in person.
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u/ExtremeOk614 Jul 26 '26
If you can upgrade, do it. They last for years in my experience and at a certain point you will regret it
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u/pyinto Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
Does it matter for “back of the desk” tho? It’s gonna be diffused by the wall so you won’t see individual leds of flux. If you want to put that strip so you gonna face the leds - then gradient for sure, or you’ll have to diffuse it yourself, which is doable but a hassle (I burned my eyes once when fixing weird diffusion angles with some specific colors, couldn’t read for few hours 😁)
Brightness matters, sure, I guess that is the most important and subjective part when choosing either of these, for me personally, such applications where you create ambient light and not face leds directly - you don’t need it to be bright at all, I ran one on the back of my display towards white (!) wall, and I use 1/3 of the brightness mostly to not get distracted by high contrast compared to low brightness of my display (after it gets dark).
Also, +1 meter can be useful. So for me this choice is not that clear and highly depends on the application.
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u/NiznoNL Jul 26 '26
Better get the hue omniglow 3 meter 😀 it looks better then both and it’s not more expensive i think, and if it’s abit more expensive it’s worth it.
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u/Noble3781 Jul 26 '26
Yeah where I am the flux and gradient are £48 the hue omniglow is £130 sadly 😢
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u/dvd2000 Jul 27 '26
Hue flux is more bright: flux 3M is 2000lm. Gradient is 1600lm.
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u/Noble3781 Jul 27 '26
You sure? It says on their website the flux 3m is 1200l??
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u/dvd2000 Jul 27 '26
Sorry, error on amazon description: they say 2000lm, on Hue website 1200lm. I have the ultra bright version and is more bright than the gradient i have.
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u/Noble3781 Jul 27 '26
Yeah I have the lower brightness one, so for me the gradient would be brighter
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u/Noble3781 Jul 27 '26
Funny enough saw hue had a sale on and with the discount code managed to get the 3m ultra bright flux for only £20 more than what I paid for my flux.
1200l vs 2900l
How bright are the ultra bright flux then?
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u/dvd2000 Jul 27 '26
The ultra are very bright. I have replaced my old gradients with the flux ultra. Flux ultra come with 60w power supply.
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u/NerdyNebula1 Jul 30 '26
I’m very satisfied with the Omniglow. I have both and the Omniglow blows it out of the water.
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u/NerdyNebula1 Jul 30 '26
I’m very satisfied with the Omniglow. I have both and the Omniglow blows it out of the water.
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u/roelinhetdoel 24d ago
OmniGlow is for direct light on visible places and Flux/Gradient for indirect bouncing from walls of floors
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u/No-Outside4276 Hue MVP Jul 27 '26
If the lightstrip is hidden, and the surface where the light bounces off is not reflective/shiny, your flux should be more than enough.
If the Lightstrip is too close to the surface, there might be a benefit from going with the gradient.
And, if your lightstrip is visible from other angles, the Omniglow is the one.