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Hue Light Hack

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Re: Hue Light Hack

#11

I wish there were a way, though maybe not at the hardware level, to get these bulbs to go dimmer. In many circumstances, especially at night when avoiding glare off windows, just enough light to prevent tripping over things post eye adjustment would be ideal. But the lowest setting is far brighter than that.

You can use different colors to reduce the brightness at that level. I find at 1% brightness on red it is only barely visible in a dark room.

Re: Hue Light Hack

#12

I wish there were a way, though maybe not at the hardware level, to get these bulbs to go dimmer. In many circumstances, especially at night when avoiding glare off windows, just enough light to prevent tripping over things post eye adjustment would be ideal. But the lowest setting is far brighter than that.

Both Hue Color and White Ambient (that go from cold white to warm white) have a Nightlight predefined modes that give barely any light. I also have a dimmable lightbulb from hue that looks like these hipster 19th century lights and this one doesn't go that low. There are 3 types of regular Hue bulbs, maybe you need to see the.other ones?

Re: Hue Light Hack

#13

I wish there were a way, though maybe not at the hardware level, to get these bulbs to go dimmer. In many circumstances, especially at night when avoiding glare off windows, just enough light to prevent tripping over things post eye adjustment would be ideal. But the lowest setting is far brighter than that.

The later generation Hue bulbs allow you to go far dimmer than the originals.

Re: Hue Light Hack

#15

I wish there were a way, though maybe not at the hardware level, to get these bulbs to go dimmer. In many circumstances, especially at night when avoiding glare off windows, just enough light to prevent tripping over things post eye adjustment would be ideal. But the lowest setting is far brighter than that.

I've noticed the White Ambiance lights don't dim to a very low level for night time night light type of use, but the White and Color Ambiance bulbs can get far dimmer. Also the White Ambiance Filament bulbs seem to get dimmer than the regular White Ambiance bulbs.

It's a shame, really, because it seems like the expensive bulbs might meet your needs while their cheaper ones don't. Granted, the filament bulbs do seem to fall more in line with the regular bulbs, so might be worth exploring.

Re: Hue Light Hack

#16

I wish there were a way, though maybe not at the hardware level, to get these bulbs to go dimmer. In many circumstances, especially at night when avoiding glare off windows, just enough light to prevent tripping over things post eye adjustment would be ideal. But the lowest setting is far brighter than that.

Both Hue Color and White Ambient (that go from cold white to warm white) have a Nightlight predefined modes that give barely any light. I also have a dimmable lightbulb from hue that looks like these hipster 19th century lights and this one doesn't go that low. There are 3 types of regular Hue bulbs, maybe you need to see the.other ones?

In my experience, the White Ambiance lights don't get as dim as the other Hue bulbs. In places where I wanted even lower light, I've had to use their White Ambiance Filament or Color Ambiance bulbs.

Re: Hue Light Hack

#18

Fun hard hack. I appreciate the spirit of makerism here. I dunno if Mr Greening frequents Hacker news, but s/prize if off/pry it off/g

Prize is an accepted alternative spelling of prise, which makes it likely to me that the error here is simply a typo s/if/it/

Re: Hue Light Hack

#19

I wish there were a way, though maybe not at the hardware level, to get these bulbs to go dimmer. In many circumstances, especially at night when avoiding glare off windows, just enough light to prevent tripping over things post eye adjustment would be ideal. But the lowest setting is far brighter than that.

The later generation Hue bulbs allow you to go far dimmer than the originals.

I recently purchased their newer Hue White A21 (1600 Lumens) and while it has a brighter maximum as advertised, the lowest/dimmest it will go is also brighter than the previous generation which sucks at night. So YMMV as far as generation and lower brightness.

I wish they'd supply this information before you purchase. I want to know lumen RANGE.

Re: Hue Light Hack

#20
post #18

Fun hard hack. I appreciate the spirit of makerism here. I dunno if Mr Greening frequents Hacker news, but s/prize if off/pry it off/g

Prize is an accepted alternative spelling of prise, which makes it likely to me that the error here is simply a typo s/if/it/

That's how you know it's not AI generated :) Full of typos.

Fixed now. Looks like “pry” was chosen.

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