This year, smart LED lamps TRÅDFRI (Trodfree) controlled by the Zigbee protocol appeared in Russian IKEA stores.
Xiaomi smart home zigbee gateways can be used to control these lamps.
At Swedish IKEA now on sale 60 TRÅDFRI products:
In Russia, there are only four, and it is written that the bulbs are "Out of range".
In the summer, there was also an E27 bulb of 1000 lumens for 899 rubles, now it is not there, and everything else seems to be gone soon.
In terms of light quality, TRÅDFRI lamps are the same as IKEA LEDARE: CRI 91-92, exact compliance with the parameters stated, small ripple up to 12%. Here are the results of my measurements of these lamps in the laboratory (pear, candle, spot).
I guess that the Russian IKEA displays these lamps because of the assortment because there was no demand. And there was no demand due to the fact that the lamps were delivered, and the gateways and control panels were forgotten. As a result, smart bulbs can be bought in IKEA, but they cannot be controlled, since control devices are sold only abroad.
Fortunately, it turned out that the Xiaomi smart home supports IKEA lamps and there are seven IKEA lamps in the list of devices.
Alas, of those lamps that were sold and are being sold in Russia, it is possible to connect only a candle and a spot. The E27 bulb does not connect to MI Gateway 2 or MI Gateway 3. They write about this on the Internet, but I checked personally - he does not want to connect (either in the Chinese IKEA there are other bulbs, or in Xiaomi they messed up something).
The GU10 candle and spot are connected without problems, for this you need to turn on the gateway, select in the MI Home application to add the corresponding IKEA lamp (gateway - devices - +), when the search will begin, "reset" the light bulb: turn it on, then turn it off and on six times (in the application and the instructions from the lamp it is written incorrectly "turn on and off six time"). If the light is successfully reset, it will blink.
On the light bulb page there is a switch, a dimmer, and on top there are three completely meaningless "mood buttons". Timers and automation can of course be configured.
In the minimum light mode, the lamp gives 5% of the nominal brightness, for the night light mode this is too much.
If you use a Xiaomi smart home and want to add smart bulbs to it, IKEA TRÅDFRI is a great option - where else can you find smart bulbs with CRI 91+ for 699 rubles. It is worth hurrying: unfortunately, they will soon leave Russia, and it is not known when they will return.
P.S. The results of my measurements of the parameters of IKEA TRÅDFRI lamps on Lamptest.ru: https://lamptest.ru/search/#&search=tradfri&sort=no&order=asc.
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