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Pros

They are fun and the color rendering and cct is decent. Hue also sells a wall switch that some people might like more if they are accustomed to switches.

Hue bulbs are very bright and vibrant and fit it to any standard bulb socket. It's very fun to customize your hue bulbs and find the best lighting for you. I have the aura lamp set up to start the “wake up” feature a half hour before the hue bulb in t...  Read More

Hue lights are awesome, especially when you pair them with the google assistant or amazon alexa. The app is simple and works perfect! The colors are great and react with the app or my home mini with no problem.

Make sure that you have an open ethernet port on your modem or router.



Cons

It does not automatically reconnect if the router reboots or loses signal. Anytime i have the ethernet cables connected to my wifi router, the whole wifi slows down and that's no bueno.

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Quality


The colors are great and react with the app or my home mini with no problem.


Great to have your lights customized how you want it, and it's fun playing with the different colors.


It isn't worth the noise, high failure rate, and poor construction quality.


I only had to scan one code to attach all the bulbs in the starter kit to the bridge, whereas with the hub-less systems i tried...  Read More

Competitiveness


This truly is a case of getting what you pay for, and worth the extra cost compared to some of the more value-centered competit...  Read More


Hue is by far the most reliable homekit product i use and this is the reason for its heavy presence in my home (with over 200 b...  Read More

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    color, great, set, easy and good.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 1294.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 1,868 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 7 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had to replace my hub since i had the old model and it simply was not supported any longer


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you are thinking about buying them stop thinking and just buy them


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The bridge stopped responding and the lights do not work now


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Mobile app can be a little better though


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Get rich colors just not as bright as my last light bulbs


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You dont get the flicker and you dont see multiple shadows


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Problem is theyre not very bright no matter the setting


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    First lets talk about the cheap bulbs that you can also buyive tried cheaper bulbs ranging from 1535 and while they were inexpensive since they didnt need a hub ive found them to be really bad investments

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