Philips Hue compatible Smart Plug

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Interesting a third party zigbee smart plug that seemingly works with Philips Hue:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zigbee-Smart-Philips-Google-Required/dp/B07SGG1BS5/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=hue+plug&qid=1568293618&s=gateway&sr=8-5

Looks like a nice small modern plug. Price reasonable, though still twice the cost of similar wifi plugs.

Note it seemingly works with Hue, but not with Apple Homekit or Hue Entertainment.

maxamillius

I have 3rd party plugs with zigbee integration meaning they show up in my hue app, they work perfectly.

I use them at the moment for some outdoor lights

newirishman

maxamillius wrote: »

I have 3rd party plugs with zigbee integration meaning they show up in my hue app, they work perfectly.

I use them at the moment for some outdoor lights

Can you share details, like product name and where to buy?

maxamillius

newirishman wrote: »

Can you share details, like product name and where to buy?

Last ones I got were on amazon see screenshot

maxamillius

Shows up as on/off light in hue app, see screenshot

slicedpanman

Anyone got one of these yet? And/or know if they work in conjunction with the hue motion sensors?

In my hallway I've 4 hue GU10 lights and a lightstrip under the stairs - all controlled by a motion sensor.

Worked really well till my lightstrip died. Looks like the lightstrip controller is fecked. I used to be able to switch it off at the socket for a day then it would work well for a few weeks when switched on again. However not working at all now (LEDs still flash when powered up but can't contact it from hue or switch it on)

Hoping I can replace the lightstrip, in this setup, with one of these plugs and a standard led strip

maxamillius

Just get one of the ones I mentioned above, the led in the attached pic is plugged onto an outdoor socket and controlled via the hue app

slicedpanman

Have been googling and found this:
https://char.gd/blog/2018/building-better-cheaper-philips-hue-led-strips/amp

Might give that a go, looks pretty cheap and seems to function identical to the official lightstrip

keane2097

maxamillius wrote: »

Just get one of the ones I mentioned above, the led in the attached pic is plugged onto an outdoor socket and controlled via the hue app

Do you have to do anything special to get them to show up in the hue app?

THE ALM

slicedpanman wrote: »

Have been googling and found this:
https://char.gd/blog/2018/building-better-cheaper-philips-hue-led-strips/amp

Might give that a go, looks pretty cheap and seems to function identical to the official lightstrip

Have one and it works well. Some limitations in that you can't add it to an entertainment area and I find that if Hue updates the hub firmware then it will disconnect and needs to be powered off and on again for it to reconnect, might be a consideration depending on how accessible it is.

A decent 24v lightstrip and power supply makes a difference also, better light and colours.

maxamillius

keane2097 wrote: »

Do you have to do anything special to get them to show up in the hue app?

Nope you just add it as if you were adding a new light, no issues with it to date

maxamillius

slicedpanman wrote: »

Have been googling and found this:
https://char.gd/blog/2018/building-better-cheaper-philips-hue-led-strips/amp

Might give that a go, looks pretty cheap and seems to function identical to the official lightstrip

The light strip in my attached pic, is one from Ali express and is controlled by a gledopto controller, they work fine albeit a bit slower to react to colour changes from the app.

A lot cheaper then the hue strips of which I have 3 in the house already.

Just bought another 2 strips from ali express do do the bottom step of my decking.

The official stuff is better in my opinion however the spurious stuff works just fine also.