Low flickerDiscontinuedPhilips Hue LTD016 4" downlight tunable white smart bulb
The verdict
A tunable white 4" downlight bulb, now discontinued. Its white light is good (CRI 89, Rf 89), it dims down to 1.0 lm, its warmest white is 2236K, and flicker risk is low.
A strong pick for evenings: it gets both warm and very dim, so it can double as a night light.
CRI 89 · Rf 89
Averaged over its warm, neutral and cool settings. #61 of 119 bulbs.
Down to 1.0 lm
Brightest white 607 lm. #14 of 119 bulbs.
Warmest white 2236K
mel-DER 0.34 at that setting. Daylight is 1.0. #74 of 119 bulbs.
No risk at full, low risk at half
Graded against IEEE 1789.
Full brightnessHalf
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.
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 Retrofit base.
Setup and specs
- Color mode
- Tunable white
- White range
- 2250K to 7100K
- Shape
- 4" downlight
- Base
- Retrofit
- Dimming curve
- Logarithmic
- Max power
- 8.8 W
- Weight
- 226 g
- Firmware tested
- 1.116.5
- Tested
- Jun 13, 2024
- Features
- Power-loss recovery