The verdict
A tunable white A19 bulb. Its white light is excellent (CRI 92, Rf 91), it dims down to 29 lm, its warmest white is 2064K, and I measured no flicker risk.
It cannot dim low enough for a night light. The lowest setting is still 29 lm.
CRI 92 · Rf 91
Averaged over its warm, neutral and cool settings. #24 of 119 bulbs.
Down to 29 lm
Brightest white 972 lm. #89 of 119 bulbs.
Warmest white 2064K
mel-DER 0.36 at that setting. Daylight is 1.0. #39 of 119 bulbs.
No risk at full, no risk at half
Graded against IEEE 1789.
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The white settings
Pick a setting. Everything below follows it.
How colors look
At the selected setting. The red line pulls out where colors get more vivid and pinches in where they dull.
Flicker
Measured with a flicker meter at full and half brightness.
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Where it ranks
All 120 bulbs. Left dims lower, up renders color more truly. Tap a dot to open that bulb.
This bulbOther bulbsHigh flicker riskDiscontinued
Beat it on both
Still sold, dims lower and has truer color, without high flicker.
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Still sold, same E26 base.
Setup and specs
- Color mode
- Tunable white
- White range
- 2050K to 7250K
- Shape
- A19
- Base
- E26
- Dimming curve
- Logarithmic
- Max power
- 10.6 W
- Weight
- 42 g
- Firmware tested
- 1.6.4
- Tested
- Jul 19, 2024
- Features
- Power-loss recovery