Philips Hue Lily Outdoor Spot Light Kit review

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Hue Lily outdoor spotlight are a fantastic way to set the right mood to any sort of occasion. Whether it’s a chill hang out with some friends, a romantic dinner for two or a fun party, these spot lights have you covered. With 16 million colors, you get the perfect colorful shade or optimal white lighting to create the ambiance you deserve.

Hue Lily Outdoor Kit Features

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The spot light kit comes with 3 hue light bulbs which are all LED. These high quality LED light bulbs will get you 25,000 hours of light before needing to replace them. The LED light bulbs are 8 Watts and can produce up to 640 lumens of light.

They are great energy efficient light bulbs that will make your outside area look much more inviting and your electricity bill will love you for it too!

This spot light kit includes a warranty for up to 2 years. Even with extensive use, Philips will replace the faulty parts or even refund you should it stop working correctly. This does not cover you if you drop or damage the spot lights!

These spot lights have an IP rating of 65. This means they are certifiably protected from any dust going inside them. It is also protected from not only splash water from any direction, but from low pressured water jets from any direction too.

The spot light kit comes with the 3 spot lights, 3 LED bulbs, power supply, extension cables, stakes, fitted backings and screws. It has everything you need to get it working right out of the box, except the Philips Hue Bridge.

Spotlight detail

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Installation & Setup

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The installation and setup is really easy. You will get a cable running from the spotlight into an extension that is included in the spot light kit. This extension also acts as a splitter device which will be used when connecting spot light-to-spot light.

The stakes will attach to the bottoms of the spot lights and are to be put firmly into the ground. You can also use the fitted backings with screws to drill spotlights into walls or other objects. This gives you the option to place and adjust your spot lights to the optimal position.

The other end of the extension will connect to a power supply which will then be connected to a power socket. The Hue Bridge must also be within a range of 30 feet of the first light bulb to be able to connect.

You will connect the light bulbs by installing the Hue app on your smart phone or tablet and the app will search and find the light bulbs. Once the app finds the light bulbs, you are good to go!

Now you can fiddle around with all the brightness, color and timing settings as much as your heart desires. The app is incredibly simple to use and it even allows you to use your voice to control your lights with various voice controlled apps, such as: Amazon Alexa, Apple Homekit and the Google Assistant.

Pros & Cons

The pros with this spot light kit, is that it is very easy to setup. It has 16 million colors with full dimming capabilites so you can find the perfect lighting for every occasion. Works with all the popular voice command apps. Comes with a 2 year warranty.

The biggest con or disadvantage of this spot light kit is that it does not come with a Philips Hue Bridge and you must already own a Philips Hue Bridge in order to connect the spot lights. This set up is not the cheapest and can become pretty expensive. You will receive 3 spot lights with the kit, however each additional spot light you might want to buy is not cheap.

Conclusion

If you’re searching for something to give your outside area a unique and desirable kind of lighting, the Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Lily Outdoor Spot Light Kit is what you are looking for. This will not be the cheapest set up, but in exchange you will receive 3 simple to install spot lights that are built to last come rain or shine. If you’re searching for that special something for your yard, you’ve found it.

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