FabianWith all the new light strips from Philips Hue, I currently have no idea where to put them. Be glad you don’t run a blog about Philips Hue, or you’d have to deal with problems like this too. Where, for example, should you install a 10-meter-long Hue OmniGlow Lightstrip? That’s exactly what I ordered this week. Maybe vertically across the entire stairwell? Or across the entire ground floor, parallel to the wall along the ceiling? I’m really still undecided.
On Saturday, I bought a few materials at the hardware store to install the Hue Flux Lightstrip behind an Ikea Kallax shelf. And as I write these lines, it occurs to me: What’s better than one light strip behind a shelf? Two light strips behind a shelf, of course. It’s going to be a cool project, which I will definitely document for you.
Feel free to write in the comments what you’ve done with the new Philips Hue light strips you’ve bought in recent weeks. Or are you still in the planning phase? I look forward to your comments!
And we haven’t even reached the end of the line yet. In addition to the two new outdoor light strips, the two Flux variants, and the OmniGlow, the new Hue Essential Lightstrips will follow in December. So one thing is clear: it’s definitely not going to be boring in the Hue universe.
PS: Unfortunately, all new light strips except the Hue OmniGlow will not be available in the US until March 2026. So you’ll have to be patient a little longer.
I have been waiting for the Omniglow 10M in the US and don’t see it as available yet. Was your order a media preorder or did eu get this size first?
Also, based on your specs, the 3 & 5m are 900 lumens/meter, but the 10M looks to be half that. For my application I will have two 8.5M lengths to form two symmetrical sides of a fully closed run. Brightness is very important. Sounds like I will need to have four five meter strips and figure out how to get power to the midpoint else I’ll have half the lumens. Alternatively I could run two 10M strips along the distance and use the same scene or effect settings though I imagine that not all scenes will look good this way. I will be syncing to the television app from Samsung as well.
HUGE FAN and very grateful for your diligence and consistency in reporting. Fantastic blog I visit all the time