KÖLVATTEN LED lighting with sensor, gray/battery operated, 27 1/2 "
Price $ 25.00
USB-C cable and USB charger are sold separately.
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Product features
- Motion sensor
- Battery-operated
Use this lighting to avoid waking up your family members, since a soft light automatically turns on when you open your wardrobe or drawer. Place it where you like – it’s battery operated and rechargeable.
Article Number705.991.42
Product details
The slim design with clean lines makes the lighting easy to place wherever you like in the home, even inside bathroom cabinets and drawers.
Suitable for use in confined spaces, such as cabinets and closets, as the LED light source only emits low heat.
Easy to place wherever you like, even in drawers, since the lighting is battery operated and rechargeable.
The sensor reacts to your body movements at a distance of 5 ft and automatically turns the light off after 60 seconds, should you forget to close the door or drawer.
You can light up even the smallest space in your home and put it to practical use with this super-slim lamp.
Easy to charge. You just remove the lighting, charge the batteries with a USB-C cable and click it back in place.
The light strip brightens up the inside of your drawers and makes it easy to see and find what you need.
The light switches on and off automatically when you open or close the drawer so no energy is wasted.
You can use the lamp horizontally or vertically.
Easy to install inside the wardrobe frame – at the top or under a shelf by using the included fittings.
The lighting's passive infrared sensor (PIR) reacts to body movements and heat and automatically turns the light on when you open the wardrobe or drawer. You can even choose to switch on/off manually.
Designer
Lukas Bazle
Measurements
- Height: ¾ "
- Luminous flux: 100 Lumen
- Length: 27 ½ "
- Depth: 1 ¼ "
- Estimated life: 25000 hr
- Color temperature: 2700 K
Reviews
Great light in theory, horrible battery lifeTylerI recently purchased two of these lights to be used as lighting inside my Aurdal closet system. We used a shelf at standing height and a mirror on the back of the closet to create a standing vanity. These lights were the perfect size, brightness, and angle for this application. Being battery-powered and rechargeable is also pretty necessary for this use case, as there is no outlet nearby. The only problem is they don't hold a charge for more than a few minutes at a time, rendering them basically useless. It would also be great if the sensor kept the light on longer, so it's possible to do makeup without them turning off so often. Even so, this would be manageable to wave at the sensor to keep them on if they had the ability to stay charged for longer than 2 minutes at a time. I trust Ikea more than Amazon knock-offs, but in this case, I may have no other choice.
BrilliantMihailPaired this light with LADDA batteries for the full experience. I used it in the closet and it lights up as soon as I open the doors, excellent! Please read the installation manual properly cause you’re supposed to screw it in, not just stick it in place. The sticky tape is just for placing the feet so you can screw them in.
Love the design, functions poorlyAnthonyI have two in my Besta cabinets. The sensor does not recognize the door shut and stays on when mounted at the top of the cabinet. If the sensor is sitting on the bottom it shuts off with no issues. There appears to be something wrong with the sensor design.
Great concept - execution falls shortKarenI purchased one of these to mount under my kitchen cabinets in a rental. While it worked initially, after about three days I noticed the sensor wasn't activating the light. When I turned the switch to "ON" it also didn't light. I checked the (brand new) batteries and tried re-inserting them, and voila! It worked. For about a minute. Looks as though there is a faulty connection somewhere, as once the sensor fails to turn on the lamp, the switch doesn't activate it either. Returning.
USB-C charging not workingMayaI recently bought 2 lights thinking it would be a great fit for under my shelf. I have charged one light overnight and the light does not come on.
Not worth the moneyJeffI have mine mounted in a closet, and I have to physically touch the sensor for them to come on. TBH, they may work better if I could lower the down the wall, but I can't. Thumbs up for them being USB C though!!!
Great Idea, terrible battery life.TinaWe have 3 of these installed in our kitchen under our cabinets. The motion sensing works great. The light is an acceptable color temperature. The light is an acceptable brightness.
What I don't like at all is the battery life. If I leave these set to motion sensing the batteries will be depleted in 2 days. When charging over USBC the lights do not function.
I wish there was an option for the amount of time the light stays on while in motion detection. Wish they would stay on / functioning while plugged into USBC.
My plan is to keep these but I'll be hacking them apart to make them run off of wall power and a smart relay with Home Assistant.
Not great purchaseLidiaDoes not stick well to the wall; falls off after few days. Light sensor doesn't work well either, sometimes I have to touch the light to have it turn on.
Great closet lightBetsyI am surprised by all the negative reviews, so feel I should say that these lights work amazingly for me in my dark closet! I am using three of them on the door frame of my closet (a large on either side and a medium on the top of the door frame and they light up on the Auto setting each time I open the door or walk by if the closet door is left open. The instructions make it clear that you are meant to screw the plastic attachments down and the stickers are just to help place them accurately, so of course the stickers don't keep the lights attached to the wall long term on their own. If screwing into wood as I was, you can do it with just a screwdriver, no power tools needed. It's a simple installation and works great. I'm also very pleased that there is a USB-C port on each so I don't have to pull the batteries out and load up my one battery recharger repeatedly to get the three lights powered up. I can just plug them all into my existing usb cables all at once--very convenient!
GoodKristenGood light right where I need it.
Closet savior LenoreThis light makes the clothes & accessories in my closet so much more visible as soon as I open the doors! I love it.
3M stickers do not stick for long. Screw in lights are a must if you want them to stay on.MarkLights are bright enough to light up part of a closet or wardrobe. When using the 3M sticker to mount the light on the top of something and pressing real hard to make it stay, after a couple days, you’ll hear a loud bang. Yup, that is the light falling down, after one or two of the stickers fail to stick. Screwing them in is the best bet if you’re putting it under the top of something. I would a little less worried if I mounted with stickers onto the side of something. Overall a good product.
Decent light but horrible hangingStephanieThese lights are a great wireless option for the PAX. Do wish they had a 39" option. The batteries are hard to put in. What is provided to hang them is awful, I used double stick velcro and it works for my use.
These are perfectWesI wanted an easy-to-install motion sensing light on each shelf of our linen closet; these were perfect, just pop batteries in, stick to the bottom of each shelf (or the door frame for the top shelf), and switch the switch to auto; the sensors all trigger when the door opens, and the lights switch off automatically a few minutes after the door is closed. I haven't messed with the rechargeable aspects of them, since we use the closet pretty infrequently I expect the batteries will last a long time. Color temperature on the bulbs is nice too. Seems like the negative reviews are use-case dependent, if you just want a motion sensing light without having to deal with wires, these are great.
Bad product design, simply putHenriqueDon't buy this. I'm returning the 3 I got. There are so many problems with the product design. Here are the ones I found out:
1) Product doesn't work while plugged in, which I think it's by (bad) design. So you plug it in to charge, and HAVE to unplug to work.
2) Product doesn't work at all if plugged in without batteries.
3) If the sensor is not aimed directly at movement, it doesn't work. Btw, the sensor faces opposite to the light. I installed above a door, lights facing down and sensor facing up, doesn't notice when I open the cabinet door.
4) The ones I had under shelves did detect when the cabinet door opened, but never turned off, even after 10min with fully closed cabinet doors.
5) 2 of the 3 I got had battery slots slightly too short, so batteries were jutting out and didn't stay in without the cover.
6) You can't open the battery cover without a flat screw driver or similar. The latch is way inside, can't reach from outside.
THIS NEEDS BATTERIESMichelleThis light NEEDS BATTERIES. I live a two-hour trip to get to the nearest IKEA. Therefore, I ordered this - and its other parts - online. UNFORTUNATELY, IKEA would NOT ship the batteries to me. I thought this would be OK, because I thought you could just plug it in to charge, since this is how my speakers work. This is not the case. These lights need batteries and will not work without them. Knowing this, IKEA still shipped me the light plus its parts that I had to purchase separately - essentially shipping me something that will NOT work without all its parts. This is very poor, misleading customer service. When I tried to return the lights + cable + plug-in, I would have had to pay $10 to ship it all back.
Instead, I discovered that rechargeable ENERGIZER batteries work for this, which IKEA could recommend, considering they don't ship batteries. Energizer batteries are almost double in price ($17), but at least I didn't have to get in a car and waste a day.
Does not work with usb c chargerRosaNot clear if I have to purchase special charger, I used usb c but it did not work?! Only works with batteries
Pretty goodHeidiUse the rechargeable batteries and you can use usb-c plug to charge up. Screwing the tiny screw into Pax was kinda tough…but you do need it if you plan to take down and recharge. Word of warning if using motion sensor with Pax doors. You can shift the light so the sensor is NOT hitting crack between doors. Light will go off if you walk by and doors are closed when sensor is aligned with crack. We put light slightly off center and it is longer an issue. Light stays off unless door is opened. But, if that would bug you to have it off center, then rethink this light.
You can always leave light off and use button to turn on, but that is pain if you use closet daily.
Kind of expensive, but good battery lifeEllieI use these in a linen closet and my pantry. The charge lasts for a few weeks with the motion sensor on and the motion works very well. I have my pantry and closet lights right by the bifold doors, so if the door opens, they turn on. I put a third at the bottom of my linen closet where I have a separated litter box area below the closer. It turns on whenever my cat walks in, but it's great to have the bit of light when I'm cleaning there. As that one gets turned on by the cat often, it's the one that needs more frequent charging, but lasts about two weeks. The USB C port to charge them is very convenient, since it's a bit hard to open the battery pack area.
The one issue with these is the adhesive stickers. They just would not hold the light up and I would constantly hear them crashing down. Screws are included, but I didn't want to have to drill through metal to hang these. Screwing them in was the only way though.
Must use BatteriesAnonymous reviewerI really like the build, but I really just wanted to leave the USB cable plugged in, and turn the charger on and off (via Alexa) to turn the light on and off.
But as others say, instructions are not very clear that the USB is only to charge it.
And in order to use the charger, you need buy rechargeable batteries too.
It looks like you can use regular batteries, but don't try to charge them.
Customer reviews
3.3Average rating
190Reviews
Designer thoughts
Designer thoughts
My goal with KÖLVATTEN battery-operated lighting was to create a cordless lamp that is easy to install, use and charge with a standard USB-C cable, regardless of whether it sits in a wardrobe or in a drawer. The shape follows the function to create space for the batteries and the correct angle for the LED light, without looking too technical. I hope you appreciate the simplicity of the lamp.
Designer Lukas Bazle