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Costco Members: Philips Hue 9' Bluetooth and Zigbee Light Strip Bundle

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$60

$85

29% off
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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: Philips Hue 9' Bluetooth and Zigbee Light Strip Bundle (555334-BNDL) on sale for $59.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member ikjadoon for finding this deal.

Includes:
  • 6ft Base Strip
  • 3ft Extension Strip
  • Power Supply
Features:
  • Dimmable and Color Changing
  • Works with Alexa, Homekit & Google Assistant
  • Up to 10 Bluetooth Lightpoints Without Hue Bridge
  • 3M Adhesives for Flexible Placement

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Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This offer is $25 lower (29.5% savings) than the list price of $84.99.
    • Limit 2 per member.
    • Offer valid through 6/25/21 or while supplies last.
  • About this store:
    • Costco's return policy details can be found here.

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Written by ikjadoon
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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: Philips Hue 9' Bluetooth and Zigbee Light Strip Bundle (555334-BNDL) on sale for $59.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member ikjadoon for finding this deal.

Includes:
  • 6ft Base Strip
  • 3ft Extension Strip
  • Power Supply
Features:
  • Dimmable and Color Changing
  • Works with Alexa, Homekit & Google Assistant
  • Up to 10 Bluetooth Lightpoints Without Hue Bridge
  • 3M Adhesives for Flexible Placement

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This offer is $25 lower (29.5% savings) than the list price of $84.99.
    • Limit 2 per member.
    • Offer valid through 6/25/21 or while supplies last.
  • About this store:
    • Costco's return policy details can be found here.

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ph7
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Aside from the Hue functionality, if the light malfunctions and burns down your house, Philips can be sued. Xiaping Trading Co, not so easy. And its a safe bet that Philips has better QC manufacturing checks than Xiaping Trading
cjoshi1123
298 Posts
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Great price. I wait for the right price/time to buy hue products. This is on of those
KefkaticFanatic
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Great deal, best buy has the same but for 79.99

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Jun 21, 2021
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Jun 21, 2021
mrbro
Jun 21, 2021
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They also have starter kit with hub + 2 color bulbs for $80 (regular $100): https://www.costco.com/philips-hu...75883.html
Jun 21, 2021
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Jun 21, 2021
Keyser_Soze_09
Jun 21, 2021
1,678 Posts
In 4 2 cancellations. Got these at 65/set about 2 weeks ago, but needed two more. Luckily, they reset the promo when going from 20 to 25 off.
Jun 21, 2021
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Jun 21, 2021
PetesShweatyBalls
Jun 21, 2021
68 Posts
Quote from mackoaj :
why do people get these instead of the $20 for 50 ft strips on amazon? is it because these are just easier to install and/or have smart features built right in??

why not just read the instructions for setup and plug the cheap strips into aa $8 smart plug?
Lumen output, dimmablity, color correctness, Zigbee vs wifi, Hue ecosystem, etc.
Jun 21, 2021
137 Posts
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Jun 21, 2021
BrrFeelsShillyInHere
Jun 21, 2021
137 Posts
Quote from mackoaj :
why do people get these instead of the $20 for 50 ft strips on amazon? is it because these are just easier to install and/or have smart features built right in??

why not just read the instructions for setup and plug the cheap strips into aa $8 smart plug?
1. Brightness. Those 50ft are probably about the same total lumens as this wiz strip (~1600 lumens or a bit more with the extension), and that's not an exaggeration. However, you won't find the lumens listed by those (mostly Chinese) strips on Amazon because it makes them look bad. Also, how many places in your house do you have 50ft continuous feet to place LED strips?

2. Hue has better CRI. Again, you won't find low quality strips listing this. You can look up what CRI is. This is related to the quality and range of wavelengths (ie colors) the strip can produce. Also having multiple white light sources is a clear signifier. The absolute worst strips will just mix red, green and blue LEDs do produce a funky looking white. (For cool LED bulbs it's just blue LEDs with yellow phosphors to produce white - try holding a cheap led flashlight or possibly your phone flashlight very close to a white piece of paper and you will be able to distinguish the blue and yellow) Better strips add one or more additional white LEDs to produce a range of color temperatures with better CRIs.

3. Hue has better color purity/range. Red is more red, green more green, blue more blue and everything else in between. This is the same concept that applies to color spaces/gamut's you see discussed for pc monitors. For a visualization, google "chromaticity diagram." Hue strips have a wider triangle and thus more possible colors, and more saturated colors at the edges of the triangle.

As far as 1-3 go this is directly related to the quality of the LEDs themselves. The material that produces the light is GaN and the method in which is grown (via metal-organic chemical vapor deposition) is extremely complex, and some companies are much better at it then others. Hue is spun out of Phillips (Lumileds is the main LED division) who has been in the LED game since near the beginning (multicolored LEDs weren't even invented until the mid 90s). LEDs are complex materials with wide a wide range of properties. Think of steel for comparison; Chinese steel or "Chinesium" is often thought of as significantly lower quality than American-made steel, but they're both steel. Textiles are also a great example.

4. As stated already, better integration/set up/software experience etc. Partially because it runs on Zigbee, partially because Hue just has the resources, experience and time to make a better user experience.

5. Some people worry about the security of these questionable strip companies on their WiFi.

Also I just want to give some advice that LEDs, even the shitty ones, have such long lifetimes that they are essentially buy-it-for-life products as long as you handle them properly. You'll throw it away, break it, lose it, or replace it with something better before they actually die 99% of the time.
Just like bedding, lighting is not one of the things in life you should skimp out on. You will look at these lights every day, and their quality can affect how you feel and perform throughout the day.
Jun 21, 2021
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FrazLongshaft
Jun 21, 2021
14 Posts
OOS for me
Jun 21, 2021
15 Posts
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Jun 21, 2021
Ben999_
Jun 21, 2021
15 Posts
Product page no longer exists. Searching hue zigbee yields no results. Looks like this is dead :/
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Jun 21, 2021
137 Posts
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Jun 21, 2021
BrrFeelsShillyInHere
Jun 21, 2021
137 Posts
Looks like it may be out of stock. For those interested, I think the Wiz deal Costco has for $15 is an even better deal. I honestly thought this was a steal when it was $30.

https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/t/15109639

Same parent company as Hue. I have strips side-by-side and color-wise I don't know if I can really see a difference. Brightness is also same. Wiz in this deal is 2(ish?) times the length, maybe more - I think Hue products are sold in inches/feet while Wiz are sold as meters, and I think Costco is doing some weird rounding to make things more confusing.
So hardware-wise I'd say they're pretty damn close in terms of light-output performance metrics.
Hue works better software-wise via Zigbee. More options, color transitions are noticeably smoother, all your lights will turn on exactly the same time. This one of the benefits of having the hub to act as a brain.

Wiz can still look great though, maybe with a little extra time and tinkering with scenes and routines etc to get everything to work how you want it to. Compared to other WiFi strips I've used from Amazon, I find Wiz to be a lot easier to work with. Personally I use Hue in the rooms I spend the most time in (bedroom and living room) and use Wiz everywhere else.

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Jun 21, 2021
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Evirdrevo
Jun 21, 2021
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Shipment notice received. Ordered quantity: 2.
Jun 21, 2021
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Jun 21, 2021
n3rdftw
Jun 21, 2021
873 Posts
dead/oos for me - can't finish the checkout process for the 2 I have in cart.
Jun 22, 2021
552 Posts
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Jun 22, 2021
ZeusyZeus
Jun 22, 2021
552 Posts
Can I use this with the hue sync box for the tv?
Jun 22, 2021
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Jun 22, 2021
Silentbob343
Jun 22, 2021
331 Posts
Quote from ZeusyZeus :
Can I use this with the hue sync box for the tv?
This is the question
Pro
Jun 22, 2021
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Jun 22, 2021
GetDemDealz
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Jun 22, 2021
104 Posts
Ordered yesterday afternoon and woke up to a canceled email from costco. Bummer!
Jun 23, 2021
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Jun 23, 2021
drummer_mc
Jun 23, 2021
51 Posts
Back in stock. Just ordered 2.
Jun 23, 2021
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Marcot1234
Jun 23, 2021
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Is this the latest model?

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Jun 24, 2021
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whwalton
Jun 24, 2021
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Quote from drummer_mc :
Back in stock. Just ordered 2.
Still in stock... just ordered 2 (after seeing them at a neighbors house last night).

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