Philips Hue Smart Plug for Hue Smart Lights, Bluetooth & Hue Hub Compatible

The plug works great with the hue system. Fast responding. Clean, well made design. For those who say that it does not have a dimmer Im actually very happy it does not. You can use it for other devices than just lights! I know it is part of Philips Hue lighting product. I think it would be a mistake not to understand outlets arent just for lights and that Philips Hue system should be aware of the full home ecosystem. It is a well made product. A little on the large side though designed to not block the second outlet. The main down side is its price. It is a bit expensive to justify purchase in quantities. All Hue lights are a tad too expensive I find...

We have hue bulbs in almost 80% of our lights and rooms in the house. We manage it through routines and Alexa. Adding this was a great addition as my wife isn’t a huge fan of using Alexa. I highly recommend this accessory to anyone who is going heavy with hue bulbs in multiple rooms.

Have been using V1 switch for 6 or 7 years with zero issues. Upgraded to this and works even better. Shipped with near dead battery causing disconnection on second day of use.

I wanted to like this product. Unfortunately, Philips switch module has some problems. For background, I have a ton of the Hue products, and I love the Philips Hue brand. But this is one of the rare exceptions where I think they have really missed the mark. Lots of other reviewers have covered the basics, so I wont rehash that information too much. This thing is NOT terrible, which is why I still gave it 3 stars. The switch module isnt too hard to set up, and it USUALLY works as advertised. I think they are on the right track, if they could address a few issues, described below. PROBLEM- Switch does not work reliably. The switch module intermittently fails to respond at all. The lights will not turn on/off, as though the message had never been sent to the hub. I can try again, flipping the switch back and forth, but once it gets stuck like this, the switch module will usually not work correctly for the next 10-20 seconds, no matter how many times you flip the switch. I have isolated the problem, and it is definitely an issue with the switch module- The exact same lights respond immediately when I pull out my phone in frustration, to turn the lights on or off from the app. This same problem DOES fix itself automatically though. When I try to use the same switch later that day, it will usually work, without me having to fix anything myself. As an engineer myself, I tried to do my own troubleshooting first. But I have been unable to figure out a specific pattern, or any likely cause for these intermittent problem. Maybe the switch goes into some sort of sleep mode to save battery power, and doesnt properly wake up? It shouldnt be a range issue. This switch module isnt too far from the hub, certainly much closer than several of my other Hue lights. I suppose it could be a signal/interference problem... but I dont have this same problem with any other smart home stuff in my house. Maybe I have really unlucky timing, and my neighbor is always using their microwave at the exact moment I try to flip my light switch? Maybe my switch covers are secretly made of Faraday cages? PROBLEM- Switch configuration is based on toggles, not state. This is much less severe than the reliability problem above, but is nonetheless still a pretty annoying design flaw. Basically, you can configure the switch to either change scenes or toggle on/off. The problem, is that the Hue Switch module use physical changes of the switch position as a signal back to the Hue hub. Why is that a problem? Because it results in some weird inconsistencies, whenever the switch misses a message (which happens relatively frequently). Sometimes the up position means off, sometimes it means on. I would much rather have the option to configure the switch for something like When I flip the switch to UP, go to scene A. When I flip the switch to DOWN, go to scene B. Instead, you are stuck with When I change the switch, go to the other scene. I understand why they chose the design they did- Handling scenarios where someone else is changing the state of the same light, from the app, or another switch. But it would have been nice to have it as a configuration option. This would be LESS of a problem, if the Switch Module worked more reliably, but it frequently misses switch events. So I like what Philips was trying to do here, but until the reliability problems are resolved, I cant recommend this product. Hopefully these can be addressed in a v2 model.

Every year my husband gripes at me about leaving all the Christmas lights on and my Christmas villages lights...ect. We ordered several of these and linked all the decor plug-ins to them. These sync perfectly with our Philips app, so we were able to set specific times during the week or weekend. Now he is happy and no more having to have that argument each holiday season lol.

In our house, some people prefer a physical switch still for turning the light on or off. This was our solution, it makes our smart lights dumb again and it’s perfect. We can still control by app or voice, but now we have a switch as well. No wiring needed and works great for those lamps that are difficult to get to anyways. We bought a second for another room and both have been working great with no issues.

Very simple……It works

This item makes a great gift for anyone who owns multiple Hue lights. Obviously the app or a voice assistant are more than capable of doing the job, having a movable wall switch for guests to use is invaluable. On top of that, after I got used to how I programed the buttons (i.e. what lights are triggered and what colors of lights to use), I found myself using the switch almost exclusively). While the price is crazy high, you wont think twice about it after purchasing and setting up. I had some bad luck trying to connect to my hub at first, but now that its connected my troubles are gone. I know not many users have that problem, but I will at least note here that I had to do a factory reset in order to find it in my Hue app

If you want to change up the lighting in your home, consider the Philips Hue lighting system. We moved into a new home and replaced most of our bulbs with Hue bulbs. This was not inexpensive unless you compare it to a home automation system such as Savant. You can control all of the Hue bulbs from your smartphone if you link it to your wifi network. This switch makes it easy to allow anyone in the home to turn on and off the bulbs and use some of the more basic functions - you get to control how you want to operate it, and it is extremely easy to configure with a great user interface.

This is a great utility for a house with more than a few Philips Hue bulbs. It makes controlling your lights faster, more convenient, and especially more natural. Much more seamless than relying on voice control alone, and beats pulling out a smart phone even if it has home screen shortcuts. I gave this four stars because of noisy buttons. We use this in our master bedroom, and the only quiet way to turn on the lights is by turning the wheel, which limits its usefulness at night. At an already hefty fifty bucks, Id be willing to bump it up to sixty if that got me quiet switches.