Essential 60-Watt Equivalent A19 Smart LED Color Changing Light Bulb Starter Kit (2-Bulbs and Bridge)

I absolutely love this Philips Hue starter kit! The setup was incredibly easy and straightforward, I had everything connected and running in just minutes. The bulbs work flawlessly, and the ability to control them from my phone makes such a difference. Adjusting brightness, setting moods, and scheduling lights has been super convenient and fun to use. The bridge connects seamlessly, and everything feels reliable and high quality. It’s honestly one of the easiest smart home products I’ve ever set up. Overall, I’m beyond impressed and would highly recommend this kit to anyone looking to upgrade their lighting!

This value pack of four (4) 60watt (8.8w LED) 800 Lumen E26|A19 bulbs will open up a new world for your home decorating ideas. This kit includes a Bridge, a power supply for the bridge, and 3.3 ft Ethernet cable which is required for connecting the bridge to your Modem, Router, or wiFi extender. The control app is downloaded to your iphone and a wealth of lighting controls is at your fingertips. I used this kit to change the lighting in my bathroom which was too bright in most cases as many vanity type lights are. Now I can adjust and set just any color, theme, hue, or mood I want using my iphone to set and then forget.

I have been wanting to try these bulbs for a while, so I purchased the 4 pack. I have really really love these and hate that I waited so long!!! These did not disappoint at all! Great way to change the mood in a room. I had a party and these were a huge hit..everyone kept wanting to change colors. Set up was easy, thinking about getting some for the TV room canister lights!

Got this thinking they were just colorful smart bulbs, but there's a lot more to this kit. First, it has a "bridge" which must be plugged into a router. Then you scan a QR code to get the required app (a $2.99 fee) to connect your phone to the bridge which controls the bulbs. Then you pair your phone to the bridge, which was straight forward. Then, to use the app to its potential, you pay another $4.99 per week (or $9.99/mo or $24.99/yr) to use! The app can control on/off, colors and brightness as a group or individually. If you elect to not subscribe, there are adds that will play in the app. There's a "scene gallery" which has 48 scenes (some are holiday oriented), that can also be customized with supplied music tracks. The lights can be adjusted to change colors between 2 to 12 seconds while playing the scene & music. Turning the switch that controls the bulbs off and back on, will return the bulbs to a soft white. If the bulbs are on a dimmer, it will not control the bulbs’ brightness, only the app can do that. All in all, it was a little fun to play with, but nothing I can see as being much useful except around a holiday.

Setting up the hub and pairing smart bulbs is easy. Just follow the step-by-step instruction following a very specific sequence: Bridge first → App → Bulbs → Rooms/Zones. Connect the Hue Bridge to your router then download the Philip Hue app from Google Play store. Open app and add the bridge in your app. Scan bulb QR code provided in the box. Add smart bulbs in your app. Install bulbs in your light fixture and power it on. The app will automatically find the bulb and now you can control each bulb from the app. You can schedule on/off time, change color, dimming etc. The only thing I don't like about this system is you must use Philip Hue bulbs for full functionality and compatibility. There are a few other brands that in theory can work w/ Philip bridge but not very well. If you are willing to pay for high price for high performance this system will serve you well.

I have to say I am impressed. I wasn’t sure I needed smart light bulbs, after all a light’s a light, right? Wrong! These light bulbs are very cool. Once you download the app, and connect your bulbs, you have every and any mood you could think of a mere tap away. Not only can you change the color of your bulb, and set moods like dreamy dusk, pensive, frosty dawn, Malibu pink, Santori, you can even create effects like candle light and fireplace. If you share your location with the app you can have the lights come on when you come home. You can have them turn on and off at certain times, you make a routine, such as a certain light effect to come on in the morning to wake you or as you go to sleep. You can sync your lights to your TV, Gaming device or music for an ultimate experience. Equally impressive is that the app is user friendly and easy to use. The instructions that come with the kit is useless, but scan the QR code and there is a complete and in depth tutorial making set up straightforward and easy.

This Essential 60-Watt Equivalent A19 Smart LED Color Changing Light Bulb Starter Kit is amazing. The lights connect through your Wi-Fi and can be voice operated with Alexa or Google. You download their Hue App and you can control so much, including connecting to other Hue Lighting Products. But it is not overwhelming as it comes packed with many color settings already setup for you to choose. This is great for changing the mood in the room to go with whatever you are doing.

I was already familiar with the Philips hue products but I have never tried this starter kit before. You get everything you need connection wise to start using it right away. There are a couple things/cables to hook up to my Wi-Fi modem but there was no problem with that. The app is just about essential and is best to use with these smart light bulbs. You get four light bulbs. The color variation from warm to cool is vast. And the lighting feels nice and better than other basic light bulbs. Everything works reliably. Although I have not used these bulbs a while i.e., a month, etc, but as long as they last at least a couple years and they don't burn out or malfunction then I am very happy. You can install the light bulbs anywhere and control them from your phone. There are of course settings where they will turn on and off at the times of your liking. I love these smart light bulbs I have tried other brands and this one is one of the best, if not the best out there. I have not tried it with apple home because I am not an Apple user, but Google worked fine I do use Samsung SmartThings but not currently I was a huge user of that in the past but I probably will return to it and I feel confident that it will work with smart things too. Also, everything looks nice to the eye, they're well made, and are better quality than other light bulbs being sold. I've had cheaper bulbs start to brown after time but I don't believe that these ones will. All in all this is a really great smart light bulb system you get the whole kit to get you started you can also use other Phillips hue products simultaneously. My reading is five stars out of five and I definitely recommend this product to anybody!