Good idea, but has weaknesses and is still too expensive.

Good idea, but has weaknesses and is still too expensive.

Philips Hue - LED Personal Wireless Lighting - 3 x 6.5W GU10 Starter Kit including Hue Bridge (household goods).

Customer Review

Apart from the very high price, displeases me the brightness compared to conventional light sources. It is about two thirds as compared to the white-LED 5W, which had previously been used. Moreover, probably all of the light spectrum is not fully ready, in particular in the blue range. It is not possible to drive an intense blue. Either it is violetstichig or white greenish, but never a true blue.

Another shortcoming is the power consumption in the idle state. 0.5 Watts per Bulb I find very much. With a whole house makes the times at night and during the day quickly some tens of watts for nothing and darkness out. Saving electricity is different. Or you have to use the conventional light switch.

Should price change maximum brightness, quiescent current consumption and in particular the color spectrum quality in the future, I would like to equip my entire house with it.

Regardless of these criticisms, this product has but surely a great wow factor and shows how the lighting technology will look in the future.

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