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Philips Hue White BR30 Starter Kit

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Best Buy has Philips Hue White BR30 Starter Kit on sale for $32.99. Select free curbside pickup where available.

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  • Suitable for standard downlights in any room of your home, these two BR30 smart LED flood light bulbs evenly distribute soft white light and offer instant wireless dimming. Connect to the Hue Bridge to unlock the full suite of smart light features, including the ability to control up to 50 lights throughout your whole home — even while you're away.
Includes:
  • 2-Count Philips Hue White BR30 Bulbs
  • Hue Hub
  • 3-Yr warranty
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  • About this deal:
    • This deal is $40 off (54.80% savings) the retail list price of $72.99.
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Best Buy has Philips Hue White BR30 Starter Kit on sale for $32.99. Select free curbside pickup where available.

Thanks to Deal Hunter JuJuFrankenbean for sharing this deal.

Note, availability for curbside pickup may vary by location.

About this item:
  • Suitable for standard downlights in any room of your home, these two BR30 smart LED flood light bulbs evenly distribute soft white light and offer instant wireless dimming. Connect to the Hue Bridge to unlock the full suite of smart light features, including the ability to control up to 50 lights throughout your whole home — even while you're away.
Includes:
  • 2-Count Philips Hue White BR30 Bulbs
  • Hue Hub
  • 3-Yr warranty
No Longer Available:

Best Buy via eBay has Philips Hue White BR30 Starter Kit on sale for $32.99 (discount shown in cart). Shipping is free.

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Written by persian_mafia | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This deal is $40 off (54.80% savings) the retail list price of $72.99.
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Apr 8, 2022 3:33 PM
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green_keyApr 8, 2022 3:33 PM
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amazon, please match
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Apr 8, 2022 4:53 PM
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_DealBeast_Apr 8, 2022 4:53 PM
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Wish if these were the color ambiance ones!!
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Apr 8, 2022 5:34 PM
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SnotRocketApr 8, 2022 5:34 PM
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Anything I'm over looking here? Just looking to buy more bulbs and this seems like a killer deal.
Apr 8, 2022 5:42 PM
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1upgamerApr 8, 2022 5:42 PM
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Quote from SnotRocket View quoted comment :
Anything I'm over looking here? Just looking to buy more bulbs and this seems like a killer deal.
They are white only and are bigger bulbs.
Apr 8, 2022 5:47 PM
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Apr 8, 2022 5:48 PM
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trzaApr 8, 2022 5:48 PM
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Quote from bcg27 View quoted comment :
Do these hubs have any resale value? I already have a hub but deals on BR30 bulbs have been scarce recently.
Hubs sell for $30ish.
Apr 8, 2022 5:49 PM
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Quote from bcg27 View quoted comment :
Do these hubs have any resale value? I already have a hub but deals on BR30 bulbs have been scarce recently.
There's tons out there on the resale market. I doubt you'll get more than 10 bucks. I wouldn't pay more than that knowing how flooded the market for these are.
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Apr 8, 2022 5:50 PM
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SoonerDCshopperApr 8, 2022 5:50 PM
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Seems like a great deal just for the bulbs alone - in for a few sets to restock my supply! Thanks for posting!
Apr 8, 2022 5:55 PM
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green_keyApr 8, 2022 5:55 PM
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Can I just use the bulb via echo show? Planning to give the hub to my sister.
Apr 8, 2022 6:07 PM
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nsimo86Apr 8, 2022 6:07 PM
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Quote from SoonerDCshopper View quoted comment :
Seems like a great deal just for the bulbs alone - in for a few sets to restock my supply! Thanks for posting!
These are just dimmable white not white ambiance. Two bulbs without a hub go for $35. So unless you need the hub it's not very slick
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Apr 8, 2022 6:14 PM
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leeibApr 8, 2022 6:14 PM
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This is a great price for a starter kit and would recommend to anyone getting started (or maybe not, because it'll lead you down an expensive path). I ordered this a few minutes ago then canceled few more minutes after.

I don't need any more bulbs, but I figured for this price, getting an extra hub would be the nice. I don't have any where near the 50 recommended max amount of Hue devices connected, but I wanted to add the second hub in the basement. I figured it would act as an additional node, like how node routers work (i.e. Eero) so that I wouldn't have connection issues, but I investigated on Google just to be sure.

The result... if you plan on using more than one hub, know that you will need a separate account. Each hub acts independently to each other, so you cannot access devices of one hub from another. It doesn't sound difficult to switch over to your other hub/account, but that kind of defeats the purpose for my intention. The only reason for having more than one hub, from what I can reason, is if it's for a secondary home/house/apt/etc, if you live in a mansion, if you've exceeded the recommended max allowance per Hue hub (I read somewhere that 50 devices is not a hard cap, so 50+ devices are "possible"), or you just want to group devices beyond what you can already do (like per room/space) to devices per account. Actually, the last one could be the strat if you live in a home with a large family, and everyone wants to control their lights independently without accidentally turning on/off someone else's light or vice versa.
Last edited by leeib April 8, 2022 at 11:16 AM.
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Apr 8, 2022 6:56 PM
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Cache22Apr 8, 2022 6:56 PM
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Quote from nsimo86 View quoted comment :
These are just dimmable white not white ambiance. Two bulbs without a hub go for $35. So unless you need the hub it's not very slick
So I was just about to buy a couple sets and I saw your comment - on the page it looks it says both:

1) This just says dimmable: "Set the right mood
Hue bulbs and light fixtures use a soft white light. Dimmable from bright daylight to low nightlights, these smart lights allow you to fill your home with just the right level of warm light when you need it."

2) But in the specs it says: "Color Temperature: Adjustable white"

And searching the model number elsewhere it's still vague. Basically I only want them if at full brightness they are closer to "daylight" color temperatures (which some wording hints at, but never states a Kelvin range anywhere that I can find.)

Edit: By "Daylight" I mean at least 5K (so if at 100% they are just "bright but still yellow (2700k or something) I definitely couldn't use them.
Last edited by Cache22 April 8, 2022 at 12:04 PM.
Apr 8, 2022 7:15 PM
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Cache22Apr 8, 2022 7:15 PM
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Quote from leeib View quoted comment :
This is a great price for a starter kit and would recommend to anyone getting started (or maybe not, because it'll lead you down an expensive path). I ordered this a few minutes ago then canceled few more minutes after.

I don't need any more bulbs, but I figured for this price, getting an extra hub would be the nice. I don't have any where near the 50 recommended max amount of Hue devices connected, but I wanted to add the second hub in the basement. I figured it would act as an additional node, like how node routers work (i.e. Eero) so that I wouldn't have connection issues, but I investigated on Google just to be sure.

The result... if you plan on using more than one hub, know that you will need a separate account. Each hub acts independently to each other, so you cannot access devices of one hub from another. It doesn't sound difficult to switch over to your other hub/account, but that kind of defeats the purpose for my intention. The only reason for having more than one hub, from what I can reason, is if it's for a secondary home/house/apt/etc, if you live in a mansion, if you've exceeded the recommended max allowance per Hue hub (I read somewhere that 50 devices is not a hard cap, so 50+ devices are "possible"), or you just want to group devices beyond what you can already do (like per room/space) to devices per account. Actually, the last one could be the strat if you live in a home with a large family, and everyone wants to control their lights independently without accidentally turning on/off someone else's light or vice versa.
I would also add - pay attention to the hub's location too. Mine work fine, but over the holidays I use one of the "labs" color cycling, and at first it made all my hue stuff have a 4-5 second delay. But I moved the hub to the other side of the house (and where it was closer to the front door / outside light) and that fixed it. Now my issue was the color cycling was pushing too much traffic through the mesh network to get to one specific bulb (and I'm sure that's why that is in the "hub labs" part) - but even after I had turned that off, I noticed the whole system seemed to be a tiny bit more responsive than before, as the hub was closer to the bulk of my hue lights & dimmers. (That last part may have been my imagination, since without the color cycle it has been reliable - but another possible factor is my old hub location meant more mesh traffic through some bulbs from the first gen kit from a long time ago, which I assume aren't quite as effecient as the newer ones.)

But excellent advice, I appreciate it, as I'll probably be near 50 devices before long (counting several dimmer switches, and a few motion sensors, etc). But nice to hear it's just a soft-cap, so I may not need to worry about a second hub like I thought I might.
Apr 8, 2022 7:26 PM
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SoonerDCshopperApr 8, 2022 7:26 PM
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Quote from Cache22 View quoted comment :
So I was just about to buy a couple sets and I saw your comment - on the page it looks it says both:

1) This just says dimmable: "Set the right mood
Hue bulbs and light fixtures use a soft white light. Dimmable from bright daylight to low nightlights, these smart lights allow you to fill your home with just the right level of warm light when you need it."

2) But in the specs it says: "Color Temperature: Adjustable white"

And searching the model number elsewhere it's still vague. Basically I only want them if at full brightness they are closer to "daylight" color temperatures (which some wording hints at, but never states a Kelvin range anywhere that I can find.)

Edit: By "Daylight" I mean at least 5K (so if at 100% they are just "bright but still yellow (2700k or something) I definitely couldn't use them.
Saw that as well. Given low price point, figured I could test it out once I got them, and if they don't work the way I anticipated, return them within 15 days. Worth the risk of having to return them in my particular situation.

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Apr 8, 2022 7:30 PM
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asr11userApr 8, 2022 7:30 PM
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Anyone use these outside but protected from the weather?

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