Hue Beyond table lamp

I really love this lamp! It's colors are rich and deep and it produces a lot of light at its brightest settings. I get complements on it all the time on the office desk. A red up light and purple or blue bottom look absolutely amazing! Never had any issues of it being unresponsive with the Hue bridge. If I could add one thing, a touch sensitive control on the base would be nice so you don't have to use a dimmer or your app to turn it on and off and switch scenes. Would be nice to see on the next version. The lamp is a bit on the pricy side, but it's worth every penny for the quality, style and use! Highly recommended!

I am rolling out the HUE system wherever I can! I love it! This piece is in my office, and it is great, looks good, puts out a nice light and is functional.

Nice light and works well with the Hue application and other 3rd party apps. However, it DOES NOT WORK with the Amazon Echo yet. I have three other kind of Hue bulbs - the color, the lux and the bloom. All work fine with Amazon Echo. But the Echo can not discover this Beyond Lamp yet. If you note carefully on the Amazon site - as of this date - the Bloom is not listed among the supported Hue devices. So just be careful to look at the supported list of Hue devices if you want to use a Hue bulb or lamp with Amazon Echo.

Update (Feb 12 2015) Philips Customer service offered prompt, in-depth, exceptional support in response to my inquiry regarding the functionality of the Beyond Lamp. The lamps I received worked perfectly, I was under the impression that all Hue products would work exactly the same way. In short, Bloom, Iris and Light Strip are designed for mood lighting, while Beyond is designed to provide functional lighting. They are complimentary, not exact in their abilities. I wonder if future generations will work as functional and mood lights. The difference being a white diode is always on to provide enough functional work light (see Philips' comments below). The only concern I had after gaining a better understanding of how the Beyond lamp works, is the interdependence of the LEDs and the lamp fixture. These lights are designed to last for many years but once the LEDs exhaust their lifespan the lamp would merely become a decorative object. The LEDs cannot be swapped out and Philips does not service the lamps once the warranty period expires. The Beyond Lamp adds a few extra features to the Hue app. You'll notice in promotional videos for Beyond, a color slider that controls the up and down light. There are a few themes: Evening in Paris, Rainforest, Indian Summer, and Night Shift. These themes allow the controller to quickly set the mood without much thought. Another interesting aspect of the Beyond Lamp design is the way it sits. The bottom of the lamp base is smaller in diameter than the top (of the base). When room lighting is low the Beyond lamp gives off the illusion of floating an inch above the surface on which it is placed. Placing Beyond on a black table would pronounce this "alien" effect, a simple but very smart design choice. Aesthetically and functionally, Beyond is fantastic, a gift for someone who has everything, or a statement piece in a minimalist setting. Its soft, frosted, smooth glass domes, and sturdy metal base compliment most all interiors. Original review: I was very excited when I found this lamp. I imagined creating great lighting effects using the Beyond Lamp and my Bloom lights. The design is simple and beautiful but the functionality of the lamp I received under delivers. The specifications indicate the lamp is capable of producing 16 million colors, just as the Philips Bloom. The Philips Beyond Table lamp that I received does not produce cyan, green, or blue accurately. I've compared it to my Bloom lights by setting all lights (Bloom & Beyond) to the same color group. Bloom produces cyan, green, and blue accurately. When set to green, the Beyond lamp outputs a very yellow color with a slight green tinge, not vibrant, pure, bright green as does Bloom. When I set Beyond to Cyan, it doesn't even come close, instead it produces pure white light. When set it to pure blue it produces indigo. I've contacted Philips to see if there is something wrong with my Beyond lamp or if it is actually unable to produce the 16 million colors stated. If the Beyond lamp is in fact incapable of cyan, green, and blue output then I will return this lamp. It is such a great design but for $399 I had hoped it would work as well as the $79 Bloom lights. The lamp does accurately produce reds, magenta, oranges, yellow and all temperatures of white. Assuming I have a defective model, this lamp in proper working order should be excellent. However, if this is the way it works, and you'd like to set all your hue lights to the same color you'll be disappointed. I will update this review when I hear back from Philips customer service. Beyond lamp is bright but it will not light up a room. If you expect to use it as a desk lamp, and sit at an executive size desk (72" x 36") you'll need two, as one is only bright enough to illuminate half the desk. In which case you'd spend $800 on lamps, which might still not produce enough light by which to work. However, you'd have some seriously beautiful lighting effects before you. Practical? No. Novel? Beautiful? Relaxing? Inspiring? Absolutely, yes.

Great product, I've seen some of the other Hue light products and they are just an overpriced casing with a Hue light bulb. While certainly, this light is by no means cheap in price, the quality is to par with its price. I was surprised to see that there are two light fixtures on the lamp. One of the top section and another face downward which added for a nice lighting effect If your looking to splurge on a table lamp this is the one.

I ended up returning the device because it simply was not bright enough for me. Pictures on line show people using this device as a desk lamp (i.e., task lighting), but I do not concur. You will want to check the lumen output and plan accordingly. I think the device, which has an attractive "modern" design, and it well constructed, is better suited as a "mood" or accent light. Even though the lamp shade is translucent, the light is really only directed downward and does not fill the surrounding area. I am back to using a standard lamp with a plain (white) LED bulb.

Love the lamp, but it's expensive and does not use standard hue light bulbs. It does not appear you can replace these when I reach the end of their life expectancy. It was very easy to add the lamp to our existing hue hub. We already have 16 hue light bulbs and various light strips... Will be adding recessed lighting next in the living room.

I should have just bought a nicer looking table lamp an just used a Color Hue Bulb. Since there is no technical support as far as I can find from Phillips, can someone tell me how I can delete the two rooms this lamp created on it's own and I am not able to delete on my own. Phillips beyond up 1 and Phillips beyond down 1. Two rooms I don't need , I don't want and this lamp will be returned ot trashed if I can't do that. The lamp looks cool, for a few minutes, but is no big deal at all. Big mistake in purchasing this as far as I am concerned.