Philips Hue is a smart home lighting system that is probably familiar to everyone. The so-called system, as the name suggests, is not just a light bulb or a lamp, but an ecosystem that can be controlled by a smartphone and interact with users.
Already on the market in the mainland are Philips Hue Initial Set (three Philips Hue bulbs and bridge), Philips Hue Light Belt, Philips Hue Portable Magic lamp and so on. The Philips Hue light strip plus is an updated 2-meter strip and a 1-meter extension strip.
The appearance of the new packaging is not much different from that of the first generation, with an additional 1 meter extension of the lamp belt can be selected separately. In terms of design, the basic 2-meter lamp belt and the 1-meter extension lamp belt are put together to form a whole picture. Can be seen in the packaging design or spent a lot of thought.
Cut the crap and let's open the box at once!
Open the package cover, you can see the winding lamp belt. After taking it out, you can find three things: a 2-meter lamp belt (with 3M adhesive), charging cable and instruction manual, which are very simple and clear.
Take a look at the 1 meter extension of the lamp belt, basically except for the lamp belt and instructions, there is no extra things.
Compared with the first generation, the second generation of the lamp belt, the first difference is that it can be connected in series, the longest can be connected to 10 meters. This design is very user-friendly, you don't need to plug a drive more than two meters. Now let's try the legendary tandem.
Basically, even the electrician can easily do it. Just take two strings of lights and plug them in at both ends. Here Xiaobian also found some scissors patterns, in the corresponding position can be cut, so as to adjust the length. This is also on the basis of a generation of light belt, to make a more humane adjustment.
So let's look at brightness. Xiaobian sticks one on the back of his TV cabinet and plugs it in. In the absence of a bridge, the default color is white. It's bright. It's really, really bright. Specifically to check the wattage and lumen number, generation 2 meter base lamp belt is 12 watts, maximum brightness 120 lumens; The second generation is 20.5 watts with a maximum brightness of 1600 lumens.
The second generation is more than 13 times brighter than the first generation.
The next key step to smart lighting is to connect the Bridge. The "bridge", as the name implies, is the "link" between the lamp and the smartphone. A network cable connects the bridge to the wifi router in your home. Here we need to remind you that the friend who bought the lamp belt must have a separate bridge, otherwise the lamp belt you spent a lot of money to buy is just an ordinary lamp belt.
The square bridge, by the way, is version 2.0. The old bridge was round. The difference is that the new bridge incorporates the apple home kit platform and allows Siri voice control of Hue
Find the Philips Hue app in the apple store and install it. By the way, you'll find a variety of Hue apps. Please download and try them out.
Now you just need to complete the connection through the app search bridge, and you can turn on the smart lighting mode in your home!
Next Xiaobian tried to install two positions at home, one is the TV wall and the bottom of the bed. The effect is like this: (Hue Go scrambles...)
First, the TV cabinet, we all know that when watching TV, if the environment is too bright will hinder the screen, too dark and hurt the eyes, the need for some environmental light, that is, not dazzling and will not disturb the TV picture, then the use of light belt is most appropriate. Xiaobian TV cabinet is white background, more color. With Hue TV, a third-party APP that syncs the color of your screen with the color of your lights, home theater can be done in no time.
Under the bed of the bedroom, I don't know if you have such trouble: a couple sleep early and sleep late at night, the second person who goes into the bedroom to turn on the ceiling light, will wake up the one who sleeps early (yes, Xiaobian himself), with the light belt under the bed, this thing will be much easier. Because the light is facing the ground, it will not disturb the one who is already asleep.
Of course, Philips Hue strips can also be found around the TV, along the edges of cabinets, under sofas, behind mirrors, along the sides of hallways and other "hidden" locations, allowing you to see the light without the light.
Through many scenes in the app selection or upload photos to customize, you can play a lot of creative effects.
And don't forget the Apple Homekit platform, which means hue can be easily controlled through siri on an iphone or apple watch. It used to feel like Siri couldn't do much more than give the weather forecast. It's nice to be able to tell your host to turn off the lights.
In conclusion, compared with the first generation of products, the second generation of products for the following improvements, generally more user-friendly, more practical.
1) Can be connected in series (up to 10 meters)
2) It can be tailored
3) Brighter, 13 times brighter than the first generation
This product Xiaobian experience down the operation is very simple, even if the small white start without pressure, and can create a kaleidoscopic lighting atmosphere for the home, which can be said to be a conceptual subversion of the traditional family lighting mode. With Philips Hue, it seems that I rarely turn on the ceiling lights in my home, preferring to use them to create more hierarchical lighting that is more in tune with the mood of the moment.
