Philips Hue Lily White and Colour Ambiance LED Outdoor Smart Light [Base Kit – 3 Lily] , Requires Hue Bridge , Works with Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Homekit.
| Weight: | 0.43 Kilograms |
| Dimensions: | 8.4 x 7 x 19.4 cm; 430 Grams |
| Model: | 915005630101 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
Great product from Philips again, more than enough cable and the colour saturation is first class
We’ve had a set of the larger Lily XL lights for over a year now but when I spotted the smaller version at almost half RRP on Amazon recently, I treated myself to a set. I have to say that they are more discrete and sleek than the XL version and though not as bright, are still plenty bright enough. I would probably choose these over the XL as the extra output isn’t worth the bulk in my opinion.
We have a whole house and garden full of hue kit and on the whole we are very happy with it. Yes it’s pricey, but you are paying for the build quality and reliabilityit all just works seamlessly.
Really impressed with the quality of this product. Installation was super easy and was easy to pair to hue bridge. Overall I am very impressed and would highly recommend
I bought these during a Black Friday flash sale and they’re really good additions to what we already have.
In terms of installation they’re really simple to install once you get your head round the logic and technique of the cable and connectors. The way the lights themselves fit to the stakes is good. They’re very sturdy and nothing like the normal cheap lights you get which are solar powered, which can break easily.
The lights themselves are great and really add an ambience to the garden. Would defo recommend!
The lights are perfect for a garden or outside the house. They are not very bright on color setting, but do the job in the dark.
The lights work with Hue app to set up and change color via Bluetooth – the wi-if hub is not actually required as the box says. But of course gives you more options and better range.
Cables are thick and sturdy, no issues being on the ground in heavy rain.
Will probably have to get a bunch more now!
This was our second set of lily lights that linked to the bridge without any issue.
What a great product, connects instantly, great fun and makes my house look like a Christmas tree. Love it.
Easy to install – just plugged into an outdoor socket and ran the cables in some plastic Kopex which is like a flexible plastic tube that is used for protecting electrical cables. I had some knocking around from a previous job. Connected to my Hue bridge which took minutes and is so simple to do. Bingo I now have coloured outdoor lighting which has really impressed the neighbours. One star off as they are not as bright as I expected but they are still very good. I have room to add more lights on to the PSU if need be and could always go up to the XL version for a brighter light if I wanted to. Brilliant.
I’ve wanted these hue outdoor lights for a while now. As with other Hue lights they are quick and easy to install and work flawlessly with Apple HomeKit. The brightness level is good, although some colours are brighter than others. I was concerned about them being outdoors (they are intended for this!) and so far appear to be holding up absolutely fine. As with other Hue lights, build quality is top-notch. Really enjoying the flexibility to control them remotely and come on when I am away from home.
I’m already tied in to Philips Hue and so whenever I buy lighting I tend to look at Hue first. I bought these in particular to give our patio a warm and colourful feel in the evening and they really work, coupled with some outdoor led strips. Also good fun to play with different lighting options.
Value…. at 70 per spot, its quite a high price to pay. But, the housing is very smart and the integrated spot is smart. I would say the value is OK if its the look you are going for. Installation is simple enough but, I would like more flexibility on cable length and probably smaller connections (although I imagine that’s what makes them IP… rated)
Note that it’s cheaper to buy the 3 pack starter kit including a transformer than it is to buy a 3 pack extension kit. Consequently I have several transformers spare.
As the title says, easy to install and plug in – connected fine from the bottom of the garden to our wifi and was up and running inside 30mins. look really nice – they make our ikea furniture look really great in the night time 😀
Not as bright as you would hope. But still really good fu
I thought I would write this review in case anybody was thinking of doing something similar. I took the plunge buying these lights after months of dithering and glad I did!
I wanted to illuminate my decking area in my garden but didn’t fancy hard wiring lights and I have an outside socket that I could easily plug these into. I attached all three lights to a plinth (ie a piece of wood I managed to pinch from work and stain before bolting to the wall). They throw a decent amount of light onto the space and I love that they can be synced with my Spotify account! (Fairly shoddy video demonstrating – looks better in real life!)
Usual Philips Hue quality and unfortunately that means usual Philips Hue price tag! I think it’s worth it. Eventually I will tidy up the cables
I have been extremely impressed with these lights. They have transformed our garden at night. Very easy to control through the bridge/app and the different scene modes are brilliant. Particularly love being able to import a photograph to the app and have the lights then match the colours of the photo. I bought 2 more lights within a week of the first set to complete a string of 5 and would buy more if I thought I could get away with it. Outstanding!
Was not as bright as I had expected, can create nice lighting in the garden but realize will need a few more, the only put off is the price.
Easy to set up and install like most things with Philip Hue, and I got a “used, like new set” for 145 they where brand new and still in shrink wrap so
Used for garden lighting, excellent product and if the usual Hue standard, easy to add to existing light network
Bit pricey but have changed our garden to a special place to relax in in the evening. Highly recommended
Not cheap. But very very good. And very well made
I’m a big Hue fan so knew what to expect with these lights. They are not the cheapest but work straight out of the box and give my garden a great look in the evening. Easily paired with Alexa I can turn them on and change colours to highlight my Japanese Acer trees with simple voice commands. Expensive but for me do the job and like all of the other Hue lights I have at home, haven’t let me down yet. Remember these are not flood or spot lights as such although when set to white with s high luminance setting do throw out some good light.
Love these, makes the garden when used with apps really magical, the only downside is the ridiculous price
These are expensive but they look expensive too. Very sturdy cabling. Like the fact you can extend them. the limitation on white is excellent although the colours are considerably less bright. Worker with Alexa very easily. I hesitated to spend so much on three garden lights but it is worth it.
Amazing build quality, great colour range. Only downside is that they don’t get very bright, especially when change a different colour.
Note that these lights do need a Hue Bridge (connected via eternet cable to the wifi router) to make them work. Note also that you must purchase at least one “base” unit as that includes the plug and transformer. In the case of our purchase, the two pedestals were classed as “extensions” and, again, come with plenty of cabling but, as extensions, do not include the plug and transformer. I really like the fact that, once you’ve made the commitment, it is extremely easy to add lights to the maximum allowed “per cable from the plug” by Hue. That is 5 lights or 35 metres of cable. So, we’re nearly at the maximum unless we add more base units, but as it stands right now, I doubt we’ll need to worry. The lighting is bright enough to create good effects, although once you move into colours rather than white, the power of the light is definitely less. But, that is, I think, a good thing as surely use of colours is more for effect than you may use white light for?
I’m very happy to give these a 5 star rating. It’s unfair, as some have done, to mark them down because they’re expensive (which they undoubtedly are). As with everything, you get what you pay for and if these bulbs last for the expected 6 or 7 years, then I think the annual cost is quite acceptable.
Good quality lighting. Easy to install and link to your phone. If there’s any criticism it would have been better if the colours were a little brighter.
Even though these lights are expensive for what they are they are a great addition to the garden. Everyone comments about the quality and range of colors.
These were really easy to install (we already have Hue bulbs inside the house) and although they are on the pricey side they are really well made. Being able to easily add them to our Hue routines and turn them on / off remotely is fab
picture doesn’t do them justice being on in ice white with post lights on aswell… but there’s a fantastic amount of colours you can choose, you can also set individual colours for each spotlight too or use the scene option.
Easy to setup up and install.
Nice quality light and good hue integration
A bit pricey though and I think they could do with being a bit brighte
I found them to be really bright and not sure on some of the other reviews…they add accent lighting and do this really well, when on the full bright white they do throw off a lot of light and much more than i was expecting based upon some of the reviews.
Another review notes that you can not control this from outside the home which is incorrect – as with all the hue products, if you have you hub enabled for out of home control you can control these lights when away from you wifi network – i can confirm that this works and works the same way as all other Hue lighting.
Another quick tip, you can connect a maximum of 5 of these light units into the one power source…any more than this and you need to get a new base set with the power supply. This was confirmed to me by Hue and in the instructions – it is to do with the low power and the long cables used.
The set contains everything you need to get started with a 5m cable per light and the power source too – word of warning, once you get these you will want more! They are great and transform the outdoor space!
Well designed product. Study and typical of the hue design.
Essential (though expensive) purchase for he Hue fan.
You may be interested to know that you can use the T connector as a splitter so as to send your string of lights in two different directions from the mains plug. Hue advise keeping mains power switches off until all the connections are made properly.
A ground spike and wall bracket is included.
The light effects are great. Hue website pictures are accurate.
My single criticism (and it is significant) is that they just aren’t very bright, especially if you use colours (but see update below). This is possibly a limitation of the low voltage. I wanted to use one to illuminate a 4m Japanese Cherry tree from the bottom but it barely lit beyond 1.5m (in the attached photo you can’t even see it against the tree lights). I have Hue bulbs in the outdoor lights attached to the house and porch which are much brighter and illuminate a wider area. I can see why Philips have done it – it avoids high voltages in the garden which on balance is probably the better option. As such, these should be viewed as accent lighting rather than fill or flood.
UPDATE: since buying, I’ve had one with water ingress which shorted it. I may have been unfortunate but would be interesting to know the failure rate. I’ve also bought three more for the front and these do appear brighter especially with colours so could be a ‘version two’.