I purchased $300 worth of Philips Hue smart lights products in January 2018. The Bridge stopped working last month and the product support team are unwilling to offer repair/replacement or even a discount to replace it rendering the entire purchase worthless.

On review of this website https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/products-and-services/refunds-repairs-and-returns/warranties/expired-warranty it seems this is in breach of consumer law.

Worked well before this and intended to add to my collection. I'll find another brand now.

I have tried two other smart home kits Kaasa and WEMO . So far the best is Philips hue with wide range of products covering indoor outdoor, Ambience, sensors and down lights. They Are easy to setup and control via Hue app or Alexa or Google nest . The only negative is the product js too pricy compared to its competitors.

Got giving the Phillips hue for my birthday ! Very pricey but gives a awesome experience while I am gaming. Got with it the media lights that sync with what is on the screen. So immersive. Love it

Thought I would give these a cautious try, so only purchased the Hue Bridge and a single globe. Setup of the bridge and the globe took around 10 minutes at the most. Adding to Apple Home Kit took another couple of minutes after confirming an email address. The Bridge and globe automatically updated. Now I can dim or turn off and on the light using Siri.

Truly a user friendly solution, very easy to set up. I have now purchased further globes to expand the system. Adding the extra lights was just as easy as initial setup.

Hue is so simple, easy, and magnificent.

I tried the Lifx, setup is tedious and kept dropping out. The Hue is the complete opposite; it’s plug and play.

The only aspect of Phillips Hue that is missing is a complete 90cm downlight replacement, you have to retro fit old down light fitting to add Hue downlights, they do have one option, but it is 120cm cut out and who wants to cut plasterboard to fit a downlight!!!?. The Lifx offer this option, pity it doesn’t work. Come on Philips all modern downlights have a 90cm fitting and you don’t have a Hue option? You are missing the opportunity to replace all those cheap builder LED’s, literally Millions of the them.

I bought a starter kit (bridge and 2 lights) to use with Google Home Hub. The bridge hooked up and paired no problem but the lights returned "unreachable" errors. Many suggestions, turning lights off and on, deleting and adding using serial numbers were tried, the Hue app eventually returned a message that an update to the lights was needed which I let run for 4 hours with no obvious result. I terminated the update and restarted the app then it reported the device was unsupported! After another restart suddenly the lights started responding. It was a real trial to get these things working, no plug and play that's for sure.

I have been using Philips Hue now for about 6 months. Despite the initial investment being a little on the pricey side compared to other Smart Lights, it has been a pleasure to set up and use. I have a full scene set up to wake me up to natural light and an awesome entertainment area that I can control everything using my Google Home. I highly recommend Philips Hue Smart Lights as a brilliant way to light up your home.

The Philips Hue Smart Lighting allows you to customise your lighting in just about every way possible. I have 2 of the white and 5 colour changing bulbs connected to the Smart Hub. The white bulbs are automated with timers for security or controlled remotely through the Hue app. Controlling the colour bulbs with Amazon Alexa voice commands is pretty awesome. Dim your lights to just the right percentage for watching TV or turn on your bedroom lamps without moving a finger. It would be great if the software updates were a little faster as up to an hour per bulb would test anyone's patience. Overall, a great addition to any smart home.

When I first started using this product I was blown away but over time it has shown its true colours - incredibly unreliable. The app often gets stuck in away mode which means when I come home it’s supposed to turn the lights on automatically but recently fails more often than not. Integration with Google home is very very poor, dosnt sync newly added lights, and now the lights won’t dim. IFFT is now also failing. I could go on, this really needs Philips to step up and take some ownership of these issues, I am so put off now I won’t be buying any more Hue products.

I have entered into the world of Home Automation and I have to say, it is a lot of fun. And quite helpful. The Philips Hue makes it relatively easy. With a connection to Google Home, you can't go wrong.
We have, just 3 bulbs. One in the main living area and the others in the bedroom.
We have set the main bulb to come on at Sunset. This means our Birds are not sitting in Darkness until we get home, which means they aren't startled when we do.
The best part is lying in bed and telling Google to turn off the lights without having to reach for the switch.
If they were a little cheaper, I would have them all over the house.

I had real problems setting up my starter kit . I was able to set up and verify an account from scratch, but then I would get to a screen asking me if I wanted to allow Philips access to my lights, regardless of pressing Yes or No I was then sent to a page on Safari that gave me a 401 error.
Finally, after re-registering via Google I was able to get the lights registered and working properly. Since then no problems, I'm enjoying playing with the colours and Themes. But, there is a bug in the set up process that definitely needs squashing.

Philips Hue light strip is easy to use and configure. It can be remotely handled and using disco app, home ambience can be changed to colourful . Philips Hue is one of the best-developed DIY smart-home platforms money can buy, and this white-light starter kit is your most affordable entry point. It's practically a must-buy if you're serious about smart lighting.