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by ad404b8a372f2b9 1855 days ago
My roommate changed all our bulbs to Philips Hue. The connectivity was really nice at first but they are so dim! It completely changed the mood of the flat at night.

I'd advise people to check their current bulbs and make sure the lumen rating is the same before replacing them, if I recall correctly most connected bulbs are around 1000-1200 lumens, and top out at 1600.
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Tijdreiziger 1855 days ago
Dim? The Hue bulbs I used were a lot brighter than the 'dumb' bulbs I replaced. This was a couple of years ago (before they had Bluetooth), not sure if they've changed the specs in the meantime.
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ad404b8a372f2b9 1855 days ago
It depends what you start out with of course, if you had low wattage incandescent bulbs for example you can replace them just fine with connected ones.

But currently, commercially available dumb bulbs go into much higher lumen ranges than connected ones. Ours were in the 2600-3000 lumens range before the change if I recall correctly.

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Tijdreiziger 1855 days ago
> Ours were in the 2600-3000 lumens range before the change if I recall correctly.

Wow, that's very bright! IIRC ours were standard CFL's you'd buy at any store at the time (at least here in the Netherlands), but definitely nothing in the range you're stating.

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akvadrako 1854 days ago
The good thing about wireless lights is you can get a lot of them in different fixtures without needing to run cables to switches.

I much prefer having an even light around the whole room rather than a couple bright ceiling lamps.

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