Way better than the old Hue dimmer. The dial feels solid - turn to dim, click to toggle lights, hold to cycle scenes. Super intuitive compared to fumbling with multiple buttons. Setup took 30 seconds in the Hue app. Magnetically sticks to the wall mount or works as a table remote. No wiring needed. Only downsides: requires the Hue Bridge (no direct bulb connection) and only comes in black. Would've preferred white to match my walls. If you're already in the Hue ecosystem and sick of using your phone for lights, this is worth it. Read more
These are great for turning hue lights on and off, dimming and setting scenes. I’ve been adding several around the house to stop needing to either pull out my phone, or more importantly to stop barking out Alexa commands. It’s allowed me to remove Alexa devices throughout the home and use normal switches along with scheduled routines. People also don’t need to know Alexa commands or have the app on the phone to simply turn lights on, dim the or turn them off. Mount them next to my regular light switches and they fit right in nicely. Good solid quality. Read more
Ordered one of these for our guest room. It works great and the magnetic back lets it be placed on a metal nightstand. Instead of guests telling an Apple Homepod how to change lights and lamps, they can just press buttons. First button for nightstands (Hue on/off switches controlling table lamps), second for changing scenes for ambient lighting (Hue bulbs and lamps), third for dim nightlight, and fourth for everything on. Not all houseguests like to talk to a voice assistant! This is a fun product and dialing the outer ring to dim lights is especially satisfying. Given how good this product works, I could be done here. However, I feel like I have to say a few words about how poor Philips Hue's consumer facing support is. The product info sheet with hieroglyphics and no words that comes in the box is utterly useless as an installation guide. The sheet is so bad it is comical. The QR code the opens a web page is a little better, but as with many Philips Hue product the documentation on the Philips website is incomplete and inadequate. I was able to figure out installation by playing around with the app, but Philips Hue is just plain lazy in the documentation department. As a long time Hue user with 40+ Hue products, I know what to expect, but new users are going to be befuddled by the lack of clear guidance. Please do better. One more gripe. Thank you Amazon for the clear picture of the product showing the Tap Dial Switch comes with a rectangular wall mounting plate - I knew exactly what I was getting. But zero thanks to Philips Hue for a product picture on Amazon with a smaller square mounting plate, and zero thanks for a product picture on the Hue website that shows no mounting plate and a puzzling round backing plate. Perhaps the problem is that Philips sells different products in the US vs. in other countries, so the names and images change. If so, this should not become a consumer problem as well. Philips really needs to clean up its act and make sure its products are clearly described across the Internet, and also provide usable set up instructions. This is a 5 star physical product with a 4 star app and 1 star product onboarding experience. Read more
I don't know why I waited so long to buy one of these. It saves a lot of trouble of having to get my phone out, open the Hue app, select the room I want to change, and then find the setting I want. This dial has 4 programmable buttons that can be assigned to a room or the whole home. You set your most-used settings for each room, then press that room's button to cycle through them. The dial also acts like a dimmer switch for the whole house, and it's portable!. I like that I can take it to bed, the living room, or put it on the magnetic plate by the front door when i'm leaving. Read more
Great! The dial works great, and is easy to program and does what I wanted it to do, although the only complaint I have is that I with the dial could be configured to control more than one light/zone/room. The dial can only be assigned to one thing, which is a bit of a bummer. Read more
I tried the Amazon basic switch first because I just wanted something simple that could map buttons to my Amazon Alexa routines. A lot of times, that switch would not work (very intermittent). The Phillips hue switch works perfectly every time and has a good look and design. It is definitely a little more expensive but worth it for something that works reliably. Read more
I really like how easy it was to set up with our existing hue light bulbs. It’s also really nice that each switch can be set up as an automation or can be set up to just cycle through scenes for each zone we have. I like that it has a brightness wheel that you could set to a specific zone and just increase and reduce the brightness. Read more
Works great and easy to set up Read more
