Love simple home automation with an easy to use app? Then this is the system for you! The app on your device runs via the Philips Hue system and connects with all of your favourite tech such as Alexa. Fully automated with manual override and self adjusting timers depending on BST daylight hours.
Pro’s:
- App based – turn on your lights from anywhere in the world
- Fully automated
- Override your usual system of your habits change (eg you’re having a party and you want the lights onn longer)
- Automatically turns your lighting on at dusk and off at either sunrise a fixed time to suit you
- Virtually no maintenance once set up
- Voice activated via assistants such as Google Home, Alexa and Siri
- Automatically updates (depending on settings permissions)
- Great for security – have them on when you’re not around
- Perfect for front & rear gardens
- Perfect for driveways
- A warm welcome home – they’ll be on when you arrive home in the dark (as long as it’s before you’ve programmed them to turn off)
- Can be programmed to stay on all night by altering the in-app settings
- Control different zones independently (subject to the way the lighting has been wired)
Cons:
- Medium tech skills required to program and manually change from your app
- Requires good wifi connectivity
Sounding good? Then we’d recommend our SmartBox. Requires one or two drivers per zone/circuit/ring.
- 1 ring x 36W
- 1 ring x 60W
- 2 ring x 36w + 36W
- 2 ring x 60W + 60W
- 2 ring x 36W + 60W
What you’ll require:
A double 240v outdoor weatherproof socket (installed by a Part P qualified electrician).
Philips Hue Bridge (this must be located next to your internet router and requires a spare ethernet port and single 240v plug socket).
Good wifi connectivity