Installing Hue Bulbs: A Hands-On Review

I recently purchased Hue bulbs at the Apple Store for around $200. My friend, Pixie, was going to help me install them. As we began, we were reminded that these bulbs are not suitable for use with dimmers, and it's probably not a good idea to turn on the lights before trying to unscrew the bulbs. Despite this warning, we moved forward with the installation.

One of the things that makes Hue bulbs so neat is their ability to control colors in unison or individually via an iOS app, which is free to download. The current version of the app has received some negative reviews on the App Store, but I didn't let that deter me. After all, it's still a free tool that allows me to customize my lights.

Now that the bulbs are installed, we can test their capabilities. According to Hue, I can connect up to 50 bulbs to the same access point, although I'm not sure if I even have that many sockets in my house. Each bulb weighs 8.5 Watts and is controlled by a puck. As I plug in the puck, I'm able to control the bulbs, which are cool and wild, with colors like white, pink, green (which isn't really green at all, but more of a greenish hue), and red.

Let's go ahead and try maximum brightness on two of the bulbs. As we adjust the brightness, we can see the color change accordingly. I'm excited to explore the other features of Hue, including renaming the bridge, finding new lights or bridges, logging into a portal, and creating themes. As I rename one of the bulbs, it flashes at me, allowing me to select various scenes like deep sea red and purple pencils.

I'd like to try out the Sunset scene next, which allows me to adjust the strength of the color. It's interesting to see how Hue can create different moods and atmospheres with its lighting system. I should have cleaned out those bugs when I had the chance, but now that they're installed, we can test them out.

To customize my bulbs further, I can take a picture of Pixie and drag each one around to get the color just right. It's almost perfect – close enough! In addition to adjusting colors, I can also schedule scenes in advance, which is perfect for getting into the holiday spirit. With Christmas just around the corner, I know exactly what I'll be putting on my holiday wish list: more Hue bulbs.

As a final note, I'd like to give the Hue system a thumbs up. It's been a pleasure to install and test out these bulbs, and I'm excited to see how they'll continue to evolve in the future. If you're interested in purchasing your own Hue bulbs, be sure to check out the link in the video description on tag.com/slh.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now 1 2 three lights and Hue I'm going to be installing these here and with any luck it'll work just fine you ready to do this Wicket I purchased this at the Apple Store for right around $200 oh pixie you're going to help this bulb is not suitable for use with dimmers so much they had to tell you twice ow it probably wasn't a very smart idea to turn on the lights before trying to unscrew the bulbs so what makes these bulbs so neat is that I can control the colors in unison or individually by way of an IOS app which by the way is free even though the current version is getting rather negative reviews in the App Store thanks for studying the lad guys the Hues are now installed the Moment of Truth illuminated I'm told that I can connect up to 50 bulbs to the the same access point I don't know if I even have 50 sockets in my house each bulb by the way is 8.5 Watts Puck connected I'm able to control the bulbs cool huh yeah dude that's wild white pink green doesn't really exist it's greenish uh let's go ahead and control the other two let's go maximum brightness two is there drag it over and now we have red what should we make this front bulb yellow very yellow that's wild oh come on you knew that was coming on the configuration screen I can rename the bridge find a new bridge log into a portal find new lights or rename the lights and I thought this was interesting Hue lamp number one when I tap it it allows me to rename that and the bulb is flashing me I get it it's it's flashing me I can select various scenes there's deep sea red and purple pencils let's try Sunset and I can also adjust the strength I should have cleaned out those bugs when I had the chance I can also create my own themes let's go ahead and take a picture of Pixie all bulbs are toggled and I can drag each one around in the picture to get to the color that I want eh close enough you can also schedule your scenes looks like we're ready for Christmas and I know what I'm going to be putting on my holiday wish list more bulbs I'll be sure to put a link in the video's description so you can buy your own Hue go. tag.com slh all in all the Hue gets a thumbs up from methank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now 1 2 three lights and Hue I'm going to be installing these here and with any luck it'll work just fine you ready to do this Wicket I purchased this at the Apple Store for right around $200 oh pixie you're going to help this bulb is not suitable for use with dimmers so much they had to tell you twice ow it probably wasn't a very smart idea to turn on the lights before trying to unscrew the bulbs so what makes these bulbs so neat is that I can control the colors in unison or individually by way of an IOS app which by the way is free even though the current version is getting rather negative reviews in the App Store thanks for studying the lad guys the Hues are now installed the Moment of Truth illuminated I'm told that I can connect up to 50 bulbs to the the same access point I don't know if I even have 50 sockets in my house each bulb by the way is 8.5 Watts Puck connected I'm able to control the bulbs cool huh yeah dude that's wild white pink green doesn't really exist it's greenish uh let's go ahead and control the other two let's go maximum brightness two is there drag it over and now we have red what should we make this front bulb yellow very yellow that's wild oh come on you knew that was coming on the configuration screen I can rename the bridge find a new bridge log into a portal find new lights or rename the lights and I thought this was interesting Hue lamp number one when I tap it it allows me to rename that and the bulb is flashing me I get it it's it's flashing me I can select various scenes there's deep sea red and purple pencils let's try Sunset and I can also adjust the strength I should have cleaned out those bugs when I had the chance I can also create my own themes let's go ahead and take a picture of Pixie all bulbs are toggled and I can drag each one around in the picture to get to the color that I want eh close enough you can also schedule your scenes looks like we're ready for Christmas and I know what I'm going to be putting on my holiday wish list more bulbs I'll be sure to put a link in the video's description so you can buy your own Hue go. tag.com slh all in all the Hue gets a thumbs up from me\n"