Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

It works. Comes with its own Philips' branded, bright-white AC adapter, 5 volt size. Fun fact: 9 volt AC adapters fit the same size hole as 5 volt. And if you accidentally plug a 9 volt AC adapter into the Philips Hue Smart Hub, it will instantly fry the Hub, and you'll have to buy another one here on Amazon and then post a review warning people to be careful. To be fair, Philips' AC adapter is white just like the Hub, making it clear that they belong to each other. So Philips did everything they could - short of making the connection itself unique - to help people avoid that mistake. One dismaying discovery during this experience was learning that the Hub does not back up your programmed routines and rooms and lights to your iPad or whatever device you've used to set up the Hue system. It is all saved within this Hub - so if you fry it, you have to teach a new one everything all over again by hand. I had fewer than a dozen lights and routines and rooms to set up again, but it would have been worse for someone with more. Perhaps Philips will start making backups in one of their frequent updates.