The big advantage of this Friends of Hue wireless switch is that it can be placed anywhere. There’s plenty of feedback to inform you that a button has been pressed.The Friends of Hue Bundle of Hidden Socket | Versteckdose® and Switch with Wall Mount FrameSimply a good switch with a flat wall mounting frame, for all applications where the combination with a socket is not important. Using Zigbee, the Philips Hue Tap Dial is fast, too: there’s practically no difference in control speed using this compared to a physical dimmer.Įach button is well designed, too. Image Credit (Trusted Reviews)įeedback for the dial is spot on, too: I found that it clicked gently as it was rotated. When removed and sat on a desk, I found the dial easy to turn without spinning the entire remote around the same is true while the switch is inserted into the blanking plate. What’s impressive about the Philips Hue Tap Dial is how well made it is. That way, if a room was turned off, the dimmer would only adjust the brightness of the lights turned on.Īpple HomeKit support is there, although you can’t configure the rotary dial, only the switches. I think that the ideal workaround would be to let the dimmer control brightness in up to three rooms, as with the buttons, and to have an option that tells the dial to do nothing if the lights are off. While you can use the buttons to control scenes in different rooms, only being able to adjust the brightness in one is a little limiting. The dimmer is also slightly limited as it can only be set to control one room or zone or all Hue lights. When the lights are off, I could set a scene when turning the dial, but I could only select from the basic Hue scenes (Bright, Dimmed, Concentrate and so on) rather than my own scenes. In the software, I could set the switch to dim to a minimum value or turn off. The dial acts as a dimmer: clockwise to make it brighter, anti-clockwise to dim. Of course, such a wide range of controls can make it tricky to remember which button does what, particularly if you’re controlling multiple rooms and zones. With the Philips Hue Tap Dial I can set one button to turn these lights to Concentrate, so I can see what I’m doing while cooking without spoiling the ambient mood of the rest of the kitchen. For example, in my kitchen, I have the spotlights set up as a zone over the hob and preparation area. This configuration level gives a huge range of flexibility, particularly with zone control.
Pressing and holding a button turns off the connected rooms or zone. A press can either select a single scene, or it can be used to cycle through a selection of five scenes. Up to three rooms or one zone can be controlled per button.Įach of the four buttons can be configured individually, each providing the same options.
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This switch has a rotary dial on the outside, plus four individual buttons, marked with dots. As the switch is round, there’s a small nodule to get the correct alignment. Image Credit (Trusted Reviews)Īs with the other Hue switches, the Tap Dial can be magnetically removed from its mounting plate and used as a remote control. The one I have matches the standard UK socket size, but buy in a different country, such as the US, and you’ll get a blanking plate that matches your location. Philips provides a mounting plate with the switch, which can be screwed or stuck in place. I found that this switch blended in better, although for the ultimate style, the Retrotouch Friends of Hue Switch can’t be beaten. The Hue Tap Dial switch is a battery-powered device that runs on a single CR2052 cell that should last for two years.Īvailable in black or white, the Tap Dial switch is a more stylish bit of kit than many of the other official Hue switches.
Most largely replicate traditional dimmers, with a few scene selection options, but the Philips Hue Tap Dial is a new type of switch built for more advanced control, including multi-room or multi-zone control. Part of the charm of the Philips Hue system and why it’s the best smart lighting platform is the range of physical controls for it.
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