Philips Hue White & Colour Ambiance Single Smart Bulb LED

For the last few years I’ve been using the 800 lumen bulbs, and as a result have used a multitude of other lamps to compensate for the lack of brightness.

This new version is much brighter — I don’t think it’s the claimed 1600 lumens, but on a cool ‘daylight’ setting, it’s certainly more than adequate.

The brightness does drop somewhat when using colours or going into the more extreme warm light settings – a slight warmth seems to be fine – but it’s still brighter than previous incarnations.

As usual, Hue products are always overpriced – which is why it loses a point – but they admittedly have the advantage of accessories like switches and dimmers, and these can be life savers if your internet goes down.