Despite building my own DIY smart lightstrip for my kitchen last year, I purchased Philips Hue's lightstrip to run around my desk in the black friday sales.

Why did I do this? Well, I wanted to compare the Philips Hue Lightstrip Plus to my own ZigBee DIY one. Is Hue's offering really worth the high price?

This video covers pretty much everything you need to know about the Philips Hue Lightstrip: its diode layout, the cutting interval, its color and dimming quality, and a whole lot more:

0:00 Intro
1:00 Bluetooth support
1:53 Power info
3:26 Criticism 1: sparse diodes
4:48 Criticism 2: cutting interval
6:04 Actual product thoughts and RGB review
8:52 Weird color transitions
9:34 Dimming performance
11:20 Criticism 3: "re-using" in V4
13:02 Criticism 4: too wide
13:57 Criticism 5: the adhesive
15:25 Summing up: my overall thoughts
16:57 Compared to LIFX Z
17:36 Ending

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