Low flickerDiscontinuedIKEA Tradfri 605.391.96 G30 single color smart bulb
The verdict
A single color G30 bulb, now discontinued. Its white light is good (CRI 86, Rf 85), it dims down to 5.8 lm, its warmest white is 2140K, and flicker risk is low.
A solid all-round bulb with no major weakness in my tests.
CRI 86 · Rf 85
Averaged over its warm, neutral and cool settings. #77 of 119 bulbs.
Down to 5.8 lm
Brightest white 443 lm. #46 of 119 bulbs.
Warmest white 2140K
mel-DER 0.28 at that setting. Daylight is 1.0. #49 of 119 bulbs.
Low risk at full, no risk at half
Graded against IEEE 1789.
Full brightnessHalf
The white settings
Its one white setting, measured at full brightness.
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.
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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Still sold, same E26 base.
Setup and specs
- Color mode
- Single color
- White range
- 2150K
- Shape
- G30
- Base
- E26
- Dimming curve
- Logarithmic
- Max power
- 2.9 W
- Weight
- 61 g
- Firmware tested
- 1.1.4
- Tested
- Aug 11, 2024
- Features
- Filament style, Power-loss recovery


