Low flickerPhilips Hue LTG006 MR16 tunable white smart bulb
The verdict
A tunable white MR16 bulb. Its white light is dull (CRI 79, Rf 84), it dims down to 0.7 lm, its warmest white is 2207K, 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 79 · Rf 84
Averaged over its warm, neutral and cool settings. #104 of 119 bulbs.
Down to 0.7 lm
Brightest white 412 lm. #3 of 119 bulbs.
Warmest white 2207K
mel-DER 0.30 at that setting. Daylight is 1.0. #66 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.
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Where it ranks
All 120 bulbs. Left dims lower, up renders color more truly. Tap a dot to open that bulb.
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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 GU10 base.
Setup and specs
- Color mode
- Tunable white
- White range
- 2200K to 7250K
- Shape
- MR16
- Base
- GU10
- Dimming curve
- Logarithmic
- Max power
- 4.1 W
- Weight
- 50 g
- Firmware tested
- 1.116.5
- Tested
- Aug 17, 2024
- Features
- Power-loss recovery