Low flickerLIFX LXDL6CUS 5/6" downlight full color smart bulb
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The verdict
A full color 5/6" downlight bulb. Its white light is dull (CRI 79, Rf 86), it dims down to 4.3 lm, its warmest white is 1312K, and flicker risk is low.
Colors look dull under its white light. Use it where color does not matter.
CRI 79 · Rf 86
Averaged over its warm, neutral and cool settings. #101 of 119 bulbs.
Down to 4.3 lm
Brightest white 586 lm. #40 of 119 bulbs.
Warmest white 1312K
mel-DER 0.52 at that setting. Daylight is 1.0. #2 of 119 bulbs.
No risk at full, low risk at half
Graded against IEEE 1789.
Full brightnessHalf
89% of Rec. 2020
RGB brightness 0.9 to 135 lm. #4 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 119 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
- 1300K to 17100K
- Shape
- 5/6" downlight
- Base
- Retrofit
- Dimming curve
- Logarithmic
- Max power
- 9.2 W
- Weight
- 217 g
- Firmware tested
- 3.90
- Tested
- Jun 26, 2024
- Features
- Power-loss recovery