Philips Hue Lily White and Colour Ambiance LED Outdoor Smart Light [Base Kit - 3 Lily] , Requires Hue Bridge , Works with Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Homekit.

I've relied on solar lights for my garden for years. They're great in summer, but worthless in winter when you really want that dark space lighting up. I'd started investing in Hue Smart Lights in the house, so the move to installing them outdoors was a natural progression. We took a deep breath and spent a decent lump of money on 6 spotlights bought as two seperate base units (see later) and two extension pedestals, . They were dead easy to instal. We followed the advice of others and set them up on the Hue app simply by plugging them all together indoors (and thus making sure they all worked). We created 2 seperate "zones" to put them in (ie 3 spots and 1 pedestal in each). Then, we just disconnnected them and reconnected them outside. Now spread around the garden, they look fabulous at night and the option to create different colours on a "per bulb" basis is just a lovely addition. Cabling is simple to connect from our outdoor electric sockets. It now needs us to just move them around, over time, to highlight the different parts of our garden that we want to. We also bought an additional 5 meter extension cable, but this is unecessary. The spotlights come with 3 x 5metre lengths, so you have plenty of cable to work with. And, there is enough cable from the plug to the first light to ensure there is no need to buy extra cable.Note that these lights do need a Hue Bridge (connected via eternet cable to the wifi router) to make them work. Note also that you must purchase at least one "base" unit as that includes the plug and transformer. In the case of our purchase, the two pedestals were classed as "extensions" and, again, come with plenty of cabling but, as extensions, do not include the plug and transformer. I really like the fact that, once you've made the commitment, it is extremely easy to add lights to the maximum allowed "per cable from the plug" by Hue. That is 5 lights or 35 metres of cable. So, we're nearly at the maximum unless we add more base units, but as it stands right now, I doubt we'll need to worry. The lighting is bright enough to create good effects, although once you move into colours rather than white, the power of the light is definitely less. But, that is, I think, a good thing as surely use of colours is more for effect than you may use white light for?I'm very happy to give these a 5 star rating. It's unfair, as some have done, to mark them down because they're expensive (which they undoubtedly are). As with everything, you get what you pay for and if these bulbs last for the expected 6 or 7 years, then I think the annual cost is quite acceptable.

I'm really impressed with the Philips Hue Lily spotlights. The build quality feels strong and durable, and they look very sleek in the garden. Installation was easy with the included stakes and mounts — I had them set up and connected to my Hue Bridge in no time.The lighting itself is beautiful: bright enough to highlight trees and garden features, with smooth colour changes and a wide choice of scenes in the Hue app. The lights are weatherproof too, and they've handled the rain and wind in Scotland without any issues.One thing to note is that you do need a Hue Bridge to get the full smart control, but if you already have Hue products at home, it fits in perfectly.Overall, a fantastic outdoor lighting solution that really elevates the look of my garden — highly recommend!

We’ve had a set of the larger Lily XL lights for over a year now but when I spotted the smaller version at almost half RRP on Amazon recently, I treated myself to a set. I have to say that they are more discrete and sleek than the XL version and though not as bright, are still plenty bright enough. I would probably choose these over the XL as the extra output isn’t worth the bulk in my opinion.We have a whole house and garden full of hue kit and on the whole we are very happy with it. Yes it’s pricey, but you are paying for the build quality and reliability…it all just works seamlessly.

These are typical of Hue's high quality and worked flawlessly first time. Each extension cable is 5m long and it just carries 24v of power (no signalling) so you join two (or more) together to get a 10m length. The cables are proprietary (see attached photos) and I haven't found anything that matches at the time or writing so if you want to extend them you'll have to do it yourself (and void the cable warranty). I used some low voltage cable and some IP68 couplers (B072R5KY4C).My single criticism (and it is significant) is that they just aren't very bright, especially if you use colours (but see update below). This is possibly a limitation of the low voltage. I wanted to use one to illuminate a 4m Japanese Cherry tree from the bottom but it barely lit beyond 1.5m (in the attached photo you can't even see it against the tree lights). I have Hue bulbs in the outdoor lights attached to the house and porch which are much brighter and illuminate a wider area. I can see why Philips have done it - it avoids high voltages in the garden which on balance is probably the better option. As such, these should be viewed as accent lighting rather than fill or flood.UPDATE: since buying, I’ve had one with water ingress which shorted it. I may have been unfortunate but would be interesting to know the failure rate. I’ve also bought three more for the front and these do appear brighter especially with colours so could be a ‘version two’.

As per all Hue stuff, this light wasn’t cheap, but very nicely made, and comes with everything needed to use it (it is an extension to an existing Hue outdoor light system, so does t come with the power supply).Dead simple to install (big spike at the bottom which holds it firmly in place in the flower bed) and to add to the Hue system. Looks great lit and unlit, and easy to configure in the app.