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| Feature | Philips Hue Essential A19 Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 | Philips Hue Essential BR30 Smart Bulb - White and Color 650 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | $22.99 | Philips Hue Essential BR30 Smart Bulb - White and Color 650 |
| Rating | 4.5 | 4.4 | Philips Hue Essential A19 Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 |
| Warranty | 2 years | 2 years | Tie |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, Zigbee | Bluetooth, Zigbee | Tie |
| Integrations | Google Home, Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, Home Assistant, Matter | Google Home, Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, Home Assistant, Matter | Tie |
| Bulb Interface | E26 | E26 | Tie |
| Power Off Memory | YES | YES | Tie |
| Color | YES | YES | Tie |
| Adjustable Brightness | YES | YES | Tie |
| Adjustable Transition | YES | YES | Tie |
| Dynamic Scenes | YES | YES | Tie |
| Zigbee Router | YES | YES | Tie |
The Philips Hue Essential A19 Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 is the standard lamp shape. The Philips Hue Essential BR30 Smart Bulb - White and Color 650 is the wide reflector cans and flood fittings are built for. Both use an E26 screw. Put the BR30 in a table lamp and the beam is aimed wrong. Put the A19 in a recessed can and a lot of the light never makes it down into the room.
The A19 is the brighter listing, at 800 lumens and 8.8W. The BR30 is 650 lumens and 7.2W. That gap is real, and it is why a lamp should still take the A19 even though the page's winner is the flood. The flood wins as the more affordable bulb and as the shape the can wants, not as the brighter bulb.
Both do full color, both tune 2200K to 6500K, and both dim, fade and run dynamic scenes. Bluetooth, Zigbee with a hub, a Zigbee router role and power-off memory are on both. Voltage is 120V, the warranty is 2 years, and Matter is listed as needing a Philips Hue Bridge. Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home, SmartThings and Home Assistant match.
The Philips Hue Essential BR30 Smart Bulb - White and Color 650 is the reflector shape those fittings are built around, at 650 lumens.
The Philips Hue Essential A19 Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 is that glass, and it is the brighter bulb at 800 lumens.
800 lumens and 8.8W beat 650 lumens and 7.2W. Color, white range and scenes are the same.
The BR30 is the more affordable of the two, and the shape is the one a recessed can actually uses.
Owners of both Essential color bulbs say the same surprising thing: in a house that already has pricier Hue lights, these are hard to tell apart on color and response, and pairing on Zigbee takes minutes. Philips Hue Essential A19 Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 owners add a specific complaint about warm white, that deep tones under about 2700K look weak or slightly pink beside flagship Hue bulbs, so some keep them out of bedrooms. Philips Hue Essential BR30 Smart Bulb - White and Color 650 owners talk about the shape instead, putting the flood into recessed cans and high fittings so the light throws downward. A few wish the dimming floor went lower than it does. Neither group is describing a different app or a different bridge.
Every price change of both, in the same store, so the gap between the two lines is what one costs more than the other.
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The Philips Hue Essential BR30 Smart Bulb - White and Color 650 when the fitting is a recessed can, and it is the more affordable of the two. The Philips Hue Essential A19 Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 is the better lamp bulb, at 800 lumens against 650, in an A19 glass. Color and smart features match.
Shape and output. The Philips Hue Essential BR30 Smart Bulb - White and Color 650 is a flood at 650 lumens and 7.2W. The Philips Hue Essential A19 Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 is a standard bulb at 800 lumens and 8.8W. Both do color, both tune 2200K to 6500K, and both are E26 at 120V with a 2 year warranty.
The Philips Hue Essential BR30 Smart Bulb - White and Color 650. BR30 is the reflector. The Philips Hue Essential A19 Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 belongs in lamps and other A19 fittings, where its 800 lumens also beat the flood's 650.
Yes. The Philips Hue Essential A19 Smart Bulb - White and Color 800 and the Philips Hue Essential BR30 Smart Bulb - White and Color 650 both use Bluetooth and Zigbee, both can repeat the mesh, and both list Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home, SmartThings and Home Assistant. Matter on each needs a Philips Hue Bridge.
Anyone putting color into ordinary lamps, fans and A19 fixtures, and anyone who wants the brighter Essential at 800 lumens. Owners note the deepest warm whites can look weaker than flagship Hue.
Anyone filling recessed cans or flood fittings who wants Hue color aimed downward, at 650 lumens, and who wants the more affordable Essential of this pair.
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