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[Perks] 4x Philips Hue White Ambiance 800 Lumens Bluetooth Downlight 90mm $137.40 + Delivery ($0 C&C) @ JB Hi-Fi

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This coupon code is part of JB Perks and I'm guessing it's generic, so let me know in the comments if it doesn't work. Mod: Code is not generic.

There's a current promo when you buy four of these in one transaction and it seems that the coupon code (probably intended for single buys) to get 40% off, applies to the bundle buy too, so you get these for $34.35 each if you buy at least four. Seems like a cracking price for a name brand smart downlight.


11/2 update: Out of stock online for C&C or delivery. The downlights are now in-store only and there is no certainty that a shared Perks code will remain valid at time of payment. This deal post is therefore marked EXPIRED.


Mod: If you have any codes to spare, please add them to the Code Giveaway Megathread. No code giveaways or requests in the comments please.

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Comments

  • Need a sparky to install these?

    • +2

      They have a regular plug so depends what the existing wiring in the ceiling has.
      Easy to swap a downlight for new one if the existing has plug

      • +11

        I wish my old down lights were individually setup to be plugged into mini gpo but they not they hardwired to tranny

        • +30

          Mate you can't say things like that anymore

          • +1

            @CodeXD: Sorry I can delete it or change it to ‘transformer’ if it offends

            • +7

              @J B S: Now you're being racist, please don't offend the autobots.

          • +7

            @CodeXD: If I plug them in wrong will they go poof?

        • +1

          Mine where like that, cost me 600 to replace 11 lights and plugs

          • @Turd: As long as the cavity isn’t too large for the new insert…

            • @UncleRico: I had to get holes drilled to make em bigger

              • +1

                @Turd: The key is you need some good padding and don't force it too hard

    • If you already have 240v downlights then most likely not.

    • +2

      Not if you have 413s / surface sockets already installed.

      • Sadly no they hardwired to transformer. Guess could do it myself but would need to buy individual gpo too

        • +1

          Unless you are licensed electrician you cant legally do that, i mean you still download game of throans so yeah hust fyi

        • +1

          Super easy to do, go to a bulk supplier and they can usually do them for $2 a piece. I got mine for 50c per light fitting I bought. Despite the stupid laws that prevent us doing basic DIY, stupid easy to do it yourself provided you turn off the mains and aren't colour blind.

    • +1

      I just asked that, see comments above

      • Sorry my bad, thanks

  • +2

    I wish they had the coloured ones on discount too.

  • +1

    I was just discussing with the misso how I'd love to replace all our shitty old light fittings with downlights. I would almost certainly only want smart lights so these are ticking both boxes. My main questions are:
    The bluetooth bridge will set one back another hundred or so dollars. To get any sort of function besides one at a time on a phone, this is a necessity right?
    $35 a pop seems like a very decent price to impulsively grab - would anyone have a ballpark figure for what a sparky would charge for each of these? -edit oh just saw they go into standard GPOs. Surely that makes the conversion trivial?

    • Have you checked your ceilings if there's enough space for can and driver?

      I got lucky 90mm cutouts and surface sockets - I did my whole house with the exception of the bathroom but will do that when we do the bathroom in a couple months.

      • What am I confirming exactly? I could stand upright on the beams and not touch the roof of my single storey home, with just a layer of ancient insulation above the ceiling as far as I'm aware.

        • That's all they were asking, if you'd checked you had enough vertical clearance in your ceiling for these. If you were in an apartment/lower floor of a multi-storey home, this is not a given.

          • +1

            @johnno07: The other thing a lot of people don't think about is their insulation rating. If they aren't rated to be covered in insulation it could be a fire hazard, not all downlights are created the same so definitely check this. I had to replace my entire houses downlights to work with insulation.

        • Seeing if you have surface sockets so you can just plug in and enough room for driver to sit along side and enough height - these lights can be covered by isulation as well.

          Find your current cutout size if its 90mm and surface socket its a straight swap. If its < 90mm then just need to make sure you have enough room besides the timber or you may need to move hole slightly.

    • +6

      I recently got all by lights converted to downlights. I ended up getting 50 downlights installed most of them required new wiring to be pulled and standard GPO installed. I was charged 60 dollars per downlight by the sparky.

      • Thanks!

    • +1

      These are pretty dim for downlights

      • +3

        The old Garnea was, this is not.

        These are 800lm which is pretty standard for downlights, and usually much brighter if retrofitting from older style MR16/GU10 lights.

        • Ahh thankyou I will try and get some.

        • https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16248669/redir

          guess depends on your point of comparison, of course!

        • Received mine today, can't say they feel brighter than when I tried these last time. So certainly not the brightest LED downlights.
          Perhaps it's the angle of the beam.
          Have to say though, it's a much nicer look than the original LED's they replace.
          Let's see if they flicker at 10-11pm when that ripple charge comes down the line.

    • +1

      My advice RE smart lights, do some good research.

      A hub is a necessity if you want to use your system independently of the external internet. Every brand is different so do your research but there are lots of brands where the globes go to dumb mode when they lose connectivity beyond your household. It really depends how deep you want to go, I am going full smart home but I am setting up my own smart home server and redundancy so the devices only speak to the systems I allow them to and everything will still work even if our internet to external servers goes down. For smart globes that just screw in I wouldn't worry too much about it but if you are hard fixing smart devices to your home you want them to work even if the world is collapsing around you lmfao.

      In the greater scheme of things philips is a safe bet but if you aren't setting up your own server it will mean you are trapped into the hue eco system - not a bad thing if you have the money to spend but their stuff can get frustratingly expensive. Setting up your own smart home with your own server can allow for using different brands on the same hub provided they use the same communication method.

      The TLDR of my rambling is do lots and lots of research first, this isn't the kind of thing you want to jump into without any knowledge behind it.

      • I've been using smart globes for years now from various brands. They are just hooked straight into Google Home which I control verbally or in Home via bulb name or room name. Hence why the need for a dedicated bridge took me by surprise. I've never had a need to think about them if the internet were to go down - worst case you just turn them off and on again at the switch and they act as regular bulbs.

        • +1

          Like I said it really depends on the extensiveness of your set up. If its just a few globes and whatever then you are pretty safe. If you are going for a full smart home set up eventually(ie roller doors, aircon, cameras etc) then having a system that works independently of the big mobs like google or apple is essential. Philips have mitigated that issue with their hue hub which is great, but it also means you are locked into only philips hue products. home assistant is a great tool that goes through the benefits of setting up your own system and it can be done from something as simple and low powered as a raspberry pi.

          Its not a necessity but it mitigates potential issues like lack of connection to the external internet or a google smart home server going down. it means you can still operate your system locally. It also means you can still use all the smart features of the bulb and not be stuck treating it like a standard lightbulb.

          If your solution is to just use it like a traditional bulb and you are okay with that then you can disregard all this. I only mention it because if you are going down the pathway of automating everything you want it to sit independently of any companies or large organisations that could be subject to problems that could flow on to your own home.

          Also yeah as Astronaut joe mentioned you can usually get them cheap second hand from marketplace as many people end up doubling up. Depending on what you use(for your case google home) some google products may be able to act as hubs too(I am with apple homekit but my apple tv and speaker both work as hubs via home assistant)

    • +1

      The bluetooth bridge will set one back another hundred or so dollars. To get any sort of function besides one at a time on a phone, this is a necessity right?

      (ithe hub utilises zigbee, not bluetooth)

      The Hue bridge is well worth the relatively small extra cost - you should be able to find it well under a hundred, and people often sell them off because they end up with duplicates from buying multi-item starter kits that include a hub - because the functionality it offers is a huge step up. Whatever criticisms might be levelled at the Hue ecosystem (usually cost!), one thing that can't be complained about is that the bridge/app combination is rock solid.

      • +1

        So thrse Downlights are both zigbee as well as Bluetooth is that correct? Want to to skip the hub and pair directly with HA.

        • yeah, the Bluetooth is handy any time you want to factory reset (eg if you swap from ZHA to Z2MQTT in future), but they run on zigbee as you expect (I'm using the rgb version, work great with HA)

  • Can I link this to my Xiaomi door/window sensor so whenever I open/close the front door at night it automatically turns them on for 30 seconds? Already doing this with the hub light strip

    • yes but using Alexa skills which can be slow and unreliable

      • So they have Zigbee as well as Bluetooth, is that correct?

        • is that correct?

          No Zigbee, just BT

          • @IMadeYouReadThis: So will these connect directly to the hue bridge like zigbee ones, even though this is bluetooth?

            • +1

              @morry: I don't have experience doing it but that's how I read it here. The bridge will enable you to add more than 10 lights as well as controlling lights from anywhere (with Bluetooth you are limited to being within 10m of light with your phone).

    • What kind of "smart hub" do you already have?

  • +2

    code doesn't work on the coloured bundled

  • -1

    Sadly I didn't get this perk code emailed to me. Someone please DM me a code if not using, thank you.

  • I can't find the details whether this is IC4 rated or not? Anyone?

    • Can confirm. Have a bunch of these next to me and the bottom of the box states it is IC-4 (in addition to the unit itself obviously).

  • May I ask how Bluetooth downlights work? Do we need a hub to control?

    • you can connect (I think max 10) via app on your phone. For more than 10 you probably need a hub.

  • Zigbee as well or Bluetooth only……? Says works with Hue Bridge but I want to pair with my Zigbee controller in Home Assistant directly.

  • +3

    Got this 800 lumen version a coupla months back to upgrade from the previous 650 lm as I was after more light. Disappointingly, side by side can't notice the increase in brightness, over a range of white colour bands. I guess it's only about equivalent of 10W increase in old incandescent bulb terms. Wasnt worth it but YMMV

    Great price though, especially if you've got JB disc GCs too

  • $9.99 delivered tomorrow - can't complain!

  • +2

    Another $10 off if you have AMEX offer of $10 back of $100 spend. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/891869

  • +1

    Nice! You can price match a Hue Bridge for JB here at $77 which isn't too bad too if you want more control.

  • -5

    cracking price for a name brand

    Philips sold their lighting division to a Chinese company Signify (which also owns Wiz) a while ago, so you are basically paying premium for a badge. Do not expect better quality because the box says Phillips.

    • +8

      Incorrect in a few ways:
      1) Signify is (and has always been) Dutch. They were the lighting division of Philips (also Dutch) before being spun off as a seperate company/entity.
      2) Signify has always made Philips Hue, in addition to their own OEM products and ODM work for other brands.
      3) Philips is a conglomerate, this has always been the way they've operated and you wouldn't expect a certain "quality" just because it's Philips branded.

  • +1

    Could anyone confirm whether the older model (650 lumens) can be used with ceiling insulation? The box says 'IC-rated' whereas these newer models are 'IC-4 rated'.

  • +1

    Anyone have a method to get more than 5?

    • +1

      Two codes

    • JB HiFi Chat - they can add more than 5. I got 6 of the White and Color ones during the Big Friday sales (I did price match though)

      • Thanks I did that and managed to ask for 12. Needed 30-40 but that’s all good.

  • Anyone using the Nanoleaf 4Ds? How are they?

    I looked at the Govee equivalent but JB HiFi seem to have a "3s" which I can't find a lot of info or reviews about. They are not the same as the 3 Lite that Amazon sells.

    https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/nanoleaf-4d-screen-mirror…

  • For people who used these before, when using via bt without hub, can you group the lights? I.e. 2 installed in the same room… can you turn both on/off with a single click or have to do it for each light?

  • Noob question but can i turn these lights on/off remotely when I'm away from home with no hub?

    • No. Needs a hub to do that

  • +1

    Can these be combined with a motion sensor?

    • +1

      Yup, Hue bulbs can use the Hue indoor motion sensor

    • +1

      You can also locally control via a Hue Bridge, if you don't like the Cloud rubbish.

  • -2

    Personally, I don't need another reason to have a phone in my hand. Good old fashioned downlights/light switch/dimmer will do me just fine, faster to use and much cheaper too

  • +1

    out of stock.

  • Annoying to miss out on this one - just moved into a new place and the previous occupants had cool white downlights in every room for some reason.. horrendous lighting in the evenings.

    • Worth checking if they have a switch on the back if they aren't too old, often have 3 options

  • The page tells me I can only buy this item in-store. Click & Collect and delivery not available. Am I missing something?

    • Not missing anything, they just all got bought up

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