No flickerGE Cync CLEDR309CDRV BR30 full color smart bulb
The verdict
A full color BR30 bulb. Its white light is excellent (CRI 93, Rf 91), it dims down to 1.3 lm, its warmest white is 1855K, and I measured no flicker risk.
A solid all-round bulb with no major weakness in my tests.
CRI 93 · Rf 91
Averaged over its warm, neutral and cool settings. #12 of 119 bulbs.
Down to 1.3 lm
Brightest white 859 lm. #22 of 119 bulbs.
Warmest white 1855K
mel-DER 0.40 at that setting. Daylight is 1.0. #14 of 119 bulbs.
No risk at full, no risk at half
Graded against IEEE 1789.
Full brightnessHalf
70% of Rec. 2020
RGB brightness 0.8 to 100 lm. #45 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.
GE Cync CLEDR309CDENCRI 93 · 0.7 lm · BR30 · $25Similar bulbs
Still sold, same E26 base.
Setup and specs
- Color mode
- Full color
- White range
- 1850K to 7500K
- Shape
- BR30
- Base
- E26
- Dimming curve
- Logarithmic
- Max power
- 9 W
- Weight
- 88 g
- Firmware tested
- 1.3.131
- Tested
- Jul 7, 2024