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I have about 20 Phillips Hue bulbs at home. My younger brother laughed at me for spending a small fortune on them. Approx 1 bulb per year dies and requires a replacement. Other than that everything just works after the initial setup - daylight like automation.

I even once had my wife add a bulb and while it wasn't easy, she did it.

When a year later I asked brother about the some random bulb he had - didn't work anymore.

It's even better, because Norwegian law gives 5y guarantee on electronics - could just have this bulb replaced as faulty in the shop.



It’s not acceptable for any LED bulb, let alone one as expensive as Philips HUEs are, to die so soon.




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