In all honesty, wasn’t that iPad like 7 years old? I’ve got an iPad 4 and it’s 5 years old, it won’t upgrade past ios10, but it’s still in mint condition and runs sky go etc fine. It does chug a bit but it’s far from broken. I’d say I’ve had pretty good value tbh!
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In all honesty, wasn’t that iPad like 7 years old? I’ve got an iPad 4 and it’s 5 years old, it won’t upgrade past ios10, but it’s still in mint condition and runs sky go etc fine. It does chug a bit but it’s far from broken. I’d say I’ve had pretty good value tbh!
Hue is ridiculous. I deal with electrical stuff every single day of my life and I still can't get my head around how Philips managed to get people to hand over hundreds of notes for colour changing bulbs, and how many people are willing to pay for it. The markup on them must be in the hundreds of percent.
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it's pretty obvious they are too dear when a black friday thread is full of 5 pages of where they are on sale for cheap, etc.
if they were truly worth it people wouldn't need to buy them on black friday they would have bought them before then. i'll wait til they are a fiver a bulb personally.
Lol good luck with that.
To an extent, it is a bit of a racket. I have 4 GU10 bulbs in my kitchen. I have no need for them to change colour or dim, I just want to be able to turn them on and off by voice or motion. If Hue did a £30 light switch (to control the switch, not their bulbs) then that would be all I need.
Someone did mention one earlier, does anyone have a link?
Someone did mention one earlier, does anyone have a link?
Please share then...
It was just a general point. I would put smart light bulbs at the bottom of the list of almost all home improvements - not just smart home stuff.
Scratch that, I have 16 GU10. My plan now is at Christmas get the hue bridge and some E27 bulbs (2 for now) and build from there. 12 of my kitchen bulbs are on one switch, while the other 6 are split between two switches (three each).
I mentioned this? Not sure if it's what you're referring to. Like I said you change the switches instead of the bulbs and get a LightwaveRF Wifi Link (hub). Works with Alexa.
https://lightwaverf.com/
Just be wary that some LED bulbs are not compatible with dimmers - all dimmers I believe are a tiny bit 'dimmer' than full voltage (that's why you can't use them with ceiling fans without rewiring the fan with a full voltage connection), and I believe all lightwaverf switches are dimmers by default. Not a major issue, just worth bearing in mind
I don't understand the hate for Philips Hue stuff.
Yes they are expensive for what they do- very expensive but then isn't it relative to a persons income / disposable income / lifestyle?
Its each to their own really. My sister likes perfumes so she spends a lot on them over a year (has a collection of over 60) but in reality less than a half dozen would be enough. My brother drives a Range rover and pays £400 a month for it but in reality a VW Golf at £99 a month would do the same thing. I have, over the years, amounted a collection of OG trainers from Adidas and Nike and have over 80 pairs, some that I have never worn, when in reality 4/5 pairs would be enough.
People on this forum spend hundreds and thousands on the latest cutting edge hardware for 5/10fps increase in games. We choose 32Gb of RAM when 16Gb is more than enough. We choose the latest 4K 32" screens.
I paid just under £500 for all my Hue stuff over this BF weekend. These will last me several years before they will need to be replaced. They will also cut my electricity use over those years. In that same period people will have upgraded their GPU's several times and will spend way more upgrading the rest of the components...
£500 to light the whole house for several years which vs £300 on a new GPU every 6/9months that people spend on here.......if you look at it from that perspective the Hues arent bad value for money. Like i said, its all relative.
Yes they are expensive for what they do- very expensive but then isn't it relative to a persons income / disposable income / lifestyle?
Its each to their own really. My sister likes perfumes so she spends a lot on them over a year (has a collection of over 60) but in reality less than a half dozen would be enough. My brother drives a Range rover and pays £400 a month for it but in reality a VW Golf at £99 a month would do the same thing. I have, over the years, amounted a collection of OG trainers from Adidas and Nike and have over 80 pairs, some that I have never worn, when in reality 4/5 pairs would be enough.
People on this forum spend hundreds and thousands on the latest cutting edge hardware for 5/10fps increase in games. We choose 32Gb of RAM when 16Gb is more than enough. We choose the latest 4K 32" screens.
I paid just under £500 for all my Hue stuff over this BF weekend. These will last me several years before they will need to be replaced. They will also cut my electricity use over those years. In that same period people will have upgraded their GPU's several times and will spend way more upgrading the rest of the components...
£500 to light the whole house for several years which vs £300 on a new GPU every 6/9months that people spend on here.......if you look at it from that perspective the Hues arent bad value for money. Like i said, its all relative.
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where can you get a range rover for £400 a month or even a golf for £99?
in comparison i paid about £100 for normal LED's for 75% of my home. that will save me even more money than the smart bulbs you bought.
they will likely last 10+ years too far longer than a smart bulb i imagine. they are extremely bad value for money when you can buy a normal LED bulb for around 50p and a LED GU10 for around a £1.
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Lease deals. The fire brigade get good deals.
Ye you will save loads of money compared to me with my Hue stuff but im not trying to save money- I'm trying to create a home I'm comfortable in.
I could have bought a dining table with 4 chairs for £400 from Ikea if i was trying to save money but i didn't. Like i said, all relative to a persons income and they personal preferences.
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£40?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/LightwaveRF-JSJSLW400WH-Master-Dimmer-Switch/dp/B00KBXU77M
Plus the hub of course, but the idea is you'd buy more than just the one switch so the hub cost is effectively split