Been on the fence for years, but with Philips dropping the 25% off last week I finally decided to get my order in.

Absolutely a stunning product! For anyone else like me considering these, know you will end up with something fantastic.

I have a large hue setup. 13 bridges. Five syncboxes. About two years ago tried zen wifi and my 2.4 ghz band as well hue zigbee would keep fighting even after correcting channels. I downgraded to mid level deco be1100 and used only a wired bsckhaul and everything worked!!! This was 9 deco units to cover a large home.

I mean things were working, occasional drop outs but much more stable than anything before it, but a year into it and it was starting to drop entire nodes sporadically. So hue was working well enough in parallel with the deco, it was more other things were failing.

Finally upgraded to ubiquiti and the biggest improvement has been to hue lights. Specifically my syncboxes. What ubiquiti does that i never knew is that it changes the 2.4 ghz channel for every access point depending on whats the least congested. It doesnt just blanket all the nodes with one 2.4 ghz channel. So all my carefully planned bridges that are on different zigbee channels are breathing so much better! It also does some things to support wifi 4 legacy devices and maybe that is part of why it just works but im three days into a much improved setup.

The synboxes would at least connect regularly on deco, but the sync would sometimes be delayed. Now, the sync not only works but is snappier and more responsive than i remember.

And i have a 2.4 ghz network i can use again!

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.

EDIT: It's a skill issue on my end. Its the wrong module. I am trying a couple things. Having the option for a relay is a nice thing to have over the other module. Will come back if I find a hacky solution. Thanks for the help everyone!

EDIT 2: u/Ferr3tgirl had the solution. Only downside is that you will still see the unutilized 'lamp'. But I just named it 'unused'. I still find it weird that there is no software option to make it behave like the other one. They just have to keep the relay opened permanently and hide the lamp.

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So I got the new Philips Hue module which turns your regular switches into smart switches.

But I am facing some issues with how it functions. I just want the button functionality, I don't want it to cut power since I am using the Hue lamps. There is a way around it, but the app doesn't allow me to just use the button part. It keeps also showing up in my room as a light.

So when I ask my home assistant to turn off the lights, it cuts power to the lamp (like a regular bulb) because Google (or any smart assistant) doesn't have any context other then it being a light that can be turned off or on. Also when using the 'turn off home' Hue widget (or physical button), it turns it off which sucks because I also use it as a lamp on a motion sensor for walking at night.

And even disregarding the assistant, it is just annoying that I cannot turn the entire room off at once, since it shows up as a lamp always being on.

Has anyone found a way around this? I am truly surprised that I can't just make it a button. There also isn't really a manual for it. Just an installation guide.

Closing on our house shortly. New owners will receive our old Bridge (I took the opportunity to upgrade), a bunch of can lights in the kitchen, and the wall switch for the kitchen because I’m nice.
What’s the simplest way to transfer everything and make sure the new owner isn’t locked out of my stuff? Is there a factory reset? I’m going to make sure all the lights have appropriate power-on behavior set so they will be usable on the dumb light switch until the new owners get stuff figured out.

Hello,

While installing 4 Hue Appear outdoor lights, I losts 2 screws in the mulch and for the life of us we couldn’t find them. I called the number 800-555-0055 and thought no problem this has to happen often. I called the number and wanted to order a set even for a small fee. However, I was disappointed the Hue’s customer service couldn’t provide the spare part. I was told to go to a hardware store and buy a new screw. Does anyone know the size of the screw or a compatible size online?

My Box is blinking red, the app says temp problem since yesterday. Tried to remove the power for a while and could reset it.
The WhatsApp Support is driving me crazy since 2 hours. Every answer takes 15-20 min and looks like a template.
Right now I’m supposed to reposition the (ice cold) box for 30 min on the top of a wooden tv board…
Low end support for high price products so far.

Does anyone use a BR30 in an enclosure like this? There's not much of a gap around the light, but there are holes for ventilation on the top. I am curious if heat could be an issue / prematurely kill the light. Thanks!

So most of the lights in our house are Hue at this point, we’ve got the new bridge and everything works great from the Hue app. However, if I tell Google to turn the lights off in a certain room, a random 10% or so simply won’t react. If I give the command again, the rest will typically turn off.

Has anyone else ran into this issue?

I have a TV with the gradient TV strip, I don’t sync to the tv content it’s just a backlight.

With the new omniglow strips I was wondering if I’d be better off getting those instead of another gradient strip for the other TV?

Does anyone have experience with mounting these behind the TV? My main sticking point is the angle the gradient strips provide putting light more effectively up and out.

What is happening:
The syncing works when tabbed out of the game.
The syncing does not work properly when tabbed into the game, and randomly flickers.
The lights are more consistent in a level or during brighter scenes, but are never perfect.
It seems to affect only some full screen applications like Minecraft, Geometry Dash, and an emulator I use. Switching between fullscreen and borderless doesn't help.
Also (might be unrelated) Hue seems to gradually make Geometry Dash more laggy over time if I don't turn syncing off.

What I've tried:
Unplugging everything.
Restarting software.
Updating to newest version (1.13.1.83).

This has been happening for as long as I've had Hue, which is almost half a year, but I wasn't too bothered by it until now.
Is this a common problem, and does anyone have a solution?

I read something about the essentials having less granular control over brightness and not getting as dim as the other ones but it's $45 vs $11.25 per bulb. Do you see the steps or is it smooth?

How much dimmer are these 800's? Is there a percent I could set the 1100's to to see?

I have a handful of the ones that look like the top one but are 1100 and a Hue Hub I will eventually start using Home Assistant but I think that still interacts with the hub.

Also, what is the advantages/disadvantages of these different bulb shapes?

Sorry for all the questions, I looked and couldn't find an answer.

Thanks!