No flickerEcoSmart 12BR4090WRGBWH1 BR40 full color smart bulb
The verdict
A full color BR40 bulb. Its white light is excellent (CRI 92, Rf 88), it dims down to 71 lm, its warmest white is 2268K, and I measured no flicker risk.
It cannot dim low enough for a night light. The lowest setting is still 71 lm.
CRI 92 · Rf 88
Averaged over its warm, neutral and cool settings. #19 of 119 bulbs.
Down to 71 lm
Brightest white 1,269 lm. #112 of 119 bulbs.
Warmest white 2268K
mel-DER 0.28 at that setting. Daylight is 1.0. #79 of 119 bulbs.
No risk at full, no risk at half
Graded against IEEE 1789.
Full brightnessHalf
79% of Rec. 2020
RGB brightness 2.6 to 50 lm. #26 of 65 color bulbs.
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.
Full color
The triangle is every color the diodes can mix. Hover a corner for that diode.
Flicker
Measured with a flicker meter at full and half brightness.
FullHalf
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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Setup and specs
- Color mode
- Full color
- White range
- 2250K to 6900K
- Shape
- BR40
- Base
- E26
- Dimming curve
- Linear
- Max power
- 12.5 W
- Weight
- 172 g
- Firmware tested
- 1.0.7
- Tested
- Jul 27, 2024
- Features
- Power-loss recovery