The verdict
A full color PAR38 bulb. Its white light is good (CRI 88, Rf 89), it dims down to 49 lm, its warmest white is 2005K, and flicker risk is low.
It cannot dim low enough for a night light. The lowest setting is still 49 lm.
CRI 88 · Rf 89
Averaged over its warm, neutral and cool settings. #68 of 119 bulbs.
Down to 49 lm
Brightest white 1,037 lm. #105 of 119 bulbs.
Warmest white 2005K
mel-DER 0.39 at that setting. Daylight is 1.0. #33 of 119 bulbs.
Low risk at full, no risk at half
Graded against IEEE 1789.
Full brightnessHalf
80% of Rec. 2020
RGB brightness 4.3 to 85 lm. #23 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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Still sold, same E26 base.
Setup and specs
- Color mode
- Full color
- White range
- 2000K to 6900K
- Shape
- PAR38
- Base
- E26
- Dimming curve
- Logarithmic
- Max power
- 11.8 W
- Weight
- 341 g
- Firmware tested
- 1.116.3
- Tested
- Jul 26, 2024
- Features
- Power-loss recovery