Low flickerDiscontinuedIKEA Tradfri 705.415.18 A19 single color smart bulb
The verdict
A single color A19 bulb, now discontinued. Its white light is excellent (CRI 94, Rf 92), it dims down to 12 lm, its warmest white is 2624K, and flicker risk is low.
A solid all-round bulb with no major weakness in my tests.
CRI 94 ยท Rf 92
Averaged over its warm, neutral and cool settings. #1 of 119 bulbs.
Down to 12 lm
Brightest white 812 lm. #76 of 119 bulbs.
Warmest white 2624K
mel-DER 0.44 at that setting. Daylight is 1.0. #88 of 119 bulbs.
No risk at full, low 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
No bulb I have tested dims lower and renders color more truly. This one is on the frontier.
Similar bulbs
Still sold, same E26 base.
Setup and specs
- Color mode
- Single color
- White range
- 2600K
- Shape
- A19
- Base
- E26
- Dimming curve
- Logarithmic
- Max power
- 5.9 W
- Weight
- 43 g
- Firmware tested
- 1.0.42
- Tested
- Aug 11, 2024
- Features
- Power-loss recovery

