{"id":29314,"date":"2015-12-21T07:59:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T07:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/?p=29314"},"modified":"2020-04-10T15:58:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T14:58:37","slug":"the-best-value-way-to-start-your-homekit-smart-home-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/new-products\/the-best-value-way-to-start-your-homekit-smart-home-setup.html","title":{"rendered":"The Best Value Way to Start Your HomeKit Smart Home Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0152WXI18\/?tag=ah4-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philips Hue kit currently costs \u00a359.99<\/a>\u00a0for 2 x Hue White LED bulbs plus\u00a0the new v2 hub that supports Apple HomeKit. As the hub is normally \u00a349.95 on it&#8217;s own that&#8217;s good\u00a0value.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy more of these white <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B0152WXI0E\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B0152WXI0E&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ah4-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">9w LED Hue bulbs at \u00a314.99<\/a> and at that price there&#8217;s no need to even consider the cheap 3rd party alternatives (and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tweethue\/status\/677094995720077312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moving goal posts<\/a> regarding their support from Philips).<\/p>\n<p>We installed them at the Automated Home, connecting\u00a0the Hue hub and the bulbs to our SmartThings system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/automatedhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/philips-hue-homekit-starter-kit-open.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29328 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/automatedhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/philips-hue-homekit-starter-kit-open.jpg?resize=500%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"philips-hue-homekit-starter-kit-open\" width=\"500\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/automatedhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/philips-hue-homekit-starter-kit-open.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/automatedhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/philips-hue-homekit-starter-kit-open.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B0148NMVRE\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B0148NMVRE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ah4-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a329.99 kit of bulb and remote<\/a>\u00a0which is great for retaining local control in the room.\u00a0Now all we need is a cheaper colour version too &#8211; come on Philips, we know you can do it!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><p >No products found.<\/p><\/p>\n<p>These kits do go in and out of stock quite regularly\u00a0on Amazon but I placed my order while sold out and received it around a week later.<\/p>\n<p>So what are you waiting for, time to start telling Siri to turn your lights on \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meethue.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meethue.com<\/a> \u00a0: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0152WXI18\/?tag=ah4-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Available from Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Philips Hue kit currently costs \u00a359.99\u00a0for 2 x Hue White LED bulbs plus\u00a0the new v2 hub that supports Apple HomeKit. 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