Bulbs Deals & Offers

I got a code, probably because I'm signed up with Philips/Hue sites - Don't ask which, the emails just roll in.

If you click on products on the site the status changes to out of stock to available - maybe some teething issues in the website

I got an email from them giving me a unique one use code. Not sure it’s universally available.

Details? Also almost all says out of stock

Only larger stores are likely to have stock. For reference, none in Weston-Super-Mare.

I bit.... nothing in my local Kingston Park!! Worse still I was only after a bulb!!!! ;(

Nothing Tesco gillingham

NC450 barcode is 6835364095208 HS110 is 6935364094287 For anyone with access to the Tesco Employee App.

Only 4 bulbs on the shelf. I did buy the last camera and 3 plugs. Been holding out from all the Amazon deals. Don’t need bulbs as I’m full hue in the house. Inverurie doesn’t stock any of the 3.

Got it thanks!

It's a good deal, just a shame the £99.99 for the same deal that was on a couple of weeks ago is no longer still going

Yeah, the Aussie company took over Home based a couple or so years ago and started to rebrand. They are regretting that already.

Same company

Same price in homebase :/

12m warranty, so steal at this price. Heat

refurb of an already dodgy line of PSUs how hard up do you have to be?

CWT psu's are dire, I bought one as a temporary one whilst my far better superflower was in for RMA. I got 1 month out of it before it randomly would switch my PC off. Despite being a 650w it couldnt power 2 samsung 850 ssd's i57600k and a gtx1070.

Cheaply made PSU, don't skimp on the power supply, get something from the Tier 2 or Tier 1 list.

Would you buy one if they have so many returns. It' saying something.

My bulb is in a lamp that is always switched on. I only turn the bulb on and off through the app.

The difference between these and Hue/Hive/Ikea Tradfri etc is these are straight WiFi so you don't need a specific hub. You just log them onto your existing WiFi. They're 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n WiFi with tiny aerials. (Make sure you use the app to update the bulb firmware, it apparently solves reliability issues for some people. And make sure your router doesn't automatically change wifi channel!) Unless you've got an enterprise-grade WiFi set-up at home, you'll likely hit issues if you start having a lot of these bulbs. If you just want one or two bulbs, it's a reasonable choice if you've got good WiFi at home. If you are putting more than a couple of bulbs into your setup, you're probably better of switching to Hue etc. You'll get better reliability and lower total cost with Hue (if you buy twin-packs when they're on 3 for 2).

Is that after turning them off at the switch?

My Hive bulbs remember the last setting I set them at.

I bought two of these bulbs a while back and they worked most of the time initially, although Alexa would regularly say "lights isn't responding". I updated the firmware to the latest version (which made absolutely no difference), I tried resetting the bulbs several times, re-booted my router etc. Now, several weeks later the will probably work for and hour or two. I can dim the lights and watch TV, but when it is time for bed I say "Alexa lights off" only to be told every time...."sorry lights isn't responding". I would advise people to look elsewhere if you don't want to turn the lights on and of manually every day.

These are lamps and NOT bulbs.

Shows how tired I was this morning after work. Think wires were crossed as I was saying about changing the lampholder not the switch but when you said about the neutral I'm not even thinking there is one. Haven't seen hue in real life as although it seems like a good security measure it's far too much money (at this price) for me to consider for daily convenience, especially when from comments here I know it's all undone if someone turns the switch off. Although I'll admit if £10 I may try one as a gimmick, still don't like the idea of a device listening or possibly recording every conversation in a room. Also wonder how much energy is used when in "standby" with lamp off and what happens when there's a power cut as I remember one type of lamp turns on at full brightness on return of power, not what you want at 3am or when you are away.

I've read xiaomi do the aqara switches in both live and neutral and just live options. Trying to find our more about it but a few people have mentioned them on the smartthings forum.

How do you propose to power a device with only a live wire? If such a device existed, Hue wouldn't sell many units at all.

Just like those with watches that cost over £100

I presume he was making a 'joke', everyone takes things so literally on this site

You need to learn how hukd works This is a normal price, not even a deal so don't vote hot if you don't know

Will that one be able to work with home automation and generate almost any colour? Quite a strange comparison.

Were just couple of days ago on 2 for 3 deal, on amazon. Got 3 double packs, resulting in about 23 each. They are quite often on deals.

Have some heat off me!

Thanks op ordered 2 packs.

I’ve got these and they are very bright have a very wide angle so don’t look like a spotlight, surpassed my expectations

This ‘20 pack’ is £11.40

the Wickes 20 packs are still £13 , only c & c though , might help https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-LED-Light-Bulb---5W-GU10---Pack-of-20/p/142979

cant answer fully but it says "Providing a 36-degree beam angle, this bulb will give the same output as a halogen, in a natural, neutral white colour, this bulb is ideal for a more contemporary lighting effect, ideal for bathrooms and kitchens. It provides a clean, modern, slightly more blueish coloured white."

Fair enough! OP should definitely add that detail

look at the advert and the product codes. type them in the search on the currys website https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/smart-tech/smart-tech/smart-home/philips-hue-bridge-2-0-10138722-pdt.html#srcid=11026 https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/smart-tech/smart-tech/smart-home/philips-hue-colour-wireless-bulb-e27-10152878-pdt.html#srcid=11026 https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/smart-tech/smart-tech/smart-home/google-home-mini-chalk-10171098-pdt.html#srcid=11026 https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/smart-tech/smart-tech/smart-home/philips-hue-white-colour-ambience-wireless-bulb-b22-10159490-pdt.html#srcid=11026

How do you know these are colour? In the photo the colour bulbs are shown as a different offer at £159

Thats white only though....

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/smart-tech/smart-tech/smart-home/philips-hue-white-colour-ambience-wireless-bulb-b22-10159490-pdt.html Appears to be colour. "Save £60 when you purchase two Philips Hue B22 bulbs with a Philips Hue Bridge and Google Home Mini"

That's very promising indeed. I appreciate your reply.

Read this link matey, looks and sounds promising! https://www.reddit.com/r/tradfri/comments/6vcnzv/hue_bulbs_can_now_also_be_paired_with_ikea/

I’m not sure buddy, I could do with borrowing a bulb from someone to test the theory! Might order one from Amazon and send it back if it doesn’t work.

Hi, do you know if Philips hue bulbs are compatible with the IKEA hub? I just purchased the IKEA hub recently with some GU10 bulbs. Now IKEA are not selling E14 bulbs which I need desperately so am thinking about trying a Philips hue E14 instead. Thanks, Steve

If you don't mind me asking, do you know if Philips hue bulbs work with IKEA tradfri gateway/hub? FYI I called IKEA today to ask about the E14 bulb and the fact that no IKEA has stock of said bulb and they told me that the E14 bulb was recalled due to safety concerns.

Thanks for the info

it is for me too tbh. It's such a shame as it's on the verge of being a brilliant product but the learning curve is way too steep to be adopted en masse. For instance the thing i'm currently stuck on is passing events from my Samsung Smartthings Hub (which is a Zigbee and Zwave radio receiver) to Home Assistant. You have to create something called an MQTT server, an MQTT broker and then write the configuration code inside Home Assistant to reference the Smartthings items. I think I've done the MQTT server and broker bit, but then failed at the final hurdle

I'd love to get into home assistant but its too complicated for me.

I have a Xiaomi Aqara Zigbee button (found it on here for ~£5 a while ago) which I plan to hook up to my Samsung Smartthings and have it "synced" to my Home Assistant. Sounds like a pain, and tbh it is. I think it'll be worth it though to prove the concept of pressing one button to turn off all my stuff as I go to bed including lights.

Might be, it can solve a few headaches depending on what you want to achieve. You don’t need the tradfri gateway you can just add the tradfri bulbs to the smartthings gateway. Seeing as you can add disparate manufacturer stuff to smartthings they can then be easily tied together to work across platforms. Example, say you have google home speaker and you want to be able to tell it to control your lights. Ikea TRÅDFRI doesn’t work with google home (or didn’t when I last looked at it). But smartthings works with google home and so creates that bridge to send simple instructions from google home voice commands to the bulb or groups of bulbs

Hi, I have read on the reddit forums for tradfri (where there are Ikea TRÅDFRI support responding also) of people saying they have done this. But I haven’t done it myself.

Hi, I don't suppose you know if Philips hue bulbs are compatible with the IKEA hub do you. I have an IKEA hub and really would like to have a smart bulb (E14) in one of my lamps but IKEA don't sell E14 bulbs at present which is rather annoying. I have a sneaking suspicion that Philips hue bulbs may be compatible but need clarification before I go ahead and waste £30 on a bulb.

Is smartthing better

Ikea ones retain their setting if the power is switched off. I like the way their cheap on off switches also has a dimmer function by simply rotating it. I’ve since read the ikea bulbs and kit are zigbee devices so if you don’t have Philips hue yet you can bypass a hue setup and connect them all directly to a smartthings gateway. There’s videos on that too

They come with a 2 year warranty anyway, so it doesn't matter where you buy them from.

Have some heat as these are never on deal and at least you will get a warranty from amazon unlike maplin..

£39.99 & in stock at Maplin at the moment