Philips Hue Wireless Dimming Kit Review

Philips Hue Wireless Dimming Kit Review
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Dimming lights used to be easy with incandescent bulbs, but the new age of LEDs can be a flickering, migraine-inducing mess. Philips believes its Hue Wireless Dimming Kit is the answer, the combination of a simple white bulb with an equally straightforward remote that can be left on a coffee table or easily wall-mounted. Though Philips is pitching the $40 set at novices, there's plenty for the Hue enthusiast to find appealing, however, not least the remote control.
It's not the first remote for the Hue system, mind. Last year, Philips released the Hue Tap, its first standalone switch, though it was no simple button. Rather than a battery with like Philips VS2+ Battery, Philips 863266 Battery, Philips 989803166291 Battery, Welch Allyn 4500-84 Battery, Welch Allyn 450EO Battery, Welch Allyn 450TO Battery, Welch Allyn 45MTO Battery, Welch Allyn 45NTO Battery, Kaden Yasen WP-YHD-3160 Battery, Kaden Yasen ECG-901 Battery, Kaden Yasen HYHB-1270 Battery, Hue Tap used the power generated from physically pressing each of the four preset triggers to power its ZigBee radio.
Clever, yes, but not cheap: at $60, it was far too expensive for most Hue fans to consider installing more than one or two in their home, never mind outfitting every room. Happily, Philips' second remote is a far more straightforward affair.
It measures 92 x 35 x 11 mm and weighs 37g, with four buttons - running from the top, there's power-on, bright, dim, and power-off - and a regular CR2450 battery inside. Philips says that should be good for 50,000 clicks, or at least three years of use, and you can unscrew the battery cover and replace it at that point.
Also in the box is a wall plate, to which the remote itself clings magnetically. You can use the adhesive strips on the back to fix it to the wall, or the two screw holes; unfortunately, those holes aren't in the same place that a regular switch plate has them, so a direct swap isn't as straightforward as it could be. Given the magnets, you can even stick the wall plate directly to a metal surface, like a fridge door.
Installation, then, is simple. The white bulb comes already paired with the remote: simply unscrew a regular bulb and swap it for the Hue version. The lamp will need to be left powered on at its regular switch; from that point on, the remote control is used to handle power and brightness.
As lights go, the Hue white bulb is pretty much par for the course. It's 800 lumens bright, and has a 2,700 K temperature - so it's soft and slightly warm, not cold and harsh like some LED bulbs can be - and Philips rates it for around 25,000 hours of use. There's no fancy color-changing, only dimming, though it does that with zero flicker at any level.