IKEA’s tiny wireless lights for $5
IKEA just launched Gömpyssling — a two-pack of totally wireless, motion-sensitive stick-on lights priced at about $5 and designed for wardrobes and cabinets with no smart-home hub required. (techradar.com).
A lot of “smart” lights still need a hub, a phone app, or a power cable, which is overkill when the problem is just finding a sweater in a dark closet. IKEA’s new Gömpyssling skips all of that with a 2.75-inch battery light that turns on when it senses movement and sells for $4.99 in the US. (ikea.com) This is not part of IKEA’s app-driven smart-home system. Gömpyssling is a standalone motion-sensor light, so there is no DIRIGERA hub, no Wi-Fi setup, and no pairing step before it works. (ikea.com, techradar.com) IKEA built it for cabinets and other closed spaces, which is why the light switches on when the sensor detects movement like a door opening. The lamp then shuts itself off after 10 seconds without movement instead of staying on and draining the battery. (ikea.com) The install is closer to sticking on a hook than wiring a fixture. IKEA says each light is small, lightweight, and mounts with an attached gel pad, so the target spots are wardrobes, cupboards, and shelves where running a cable would be annoying. (ikea.com) The cheap price comes with one tradeoff: batteries are not in the box. IKEA recommends one LADDA 2450 milliamp-hour AA rechargeable battery per light, and says a fully charged battery should last at least 5 months if the lamp runs 5 minutes a day. (ikea.com) The UK listing shows why this caught attention before the US page appeared. IKEA was selling Gömpyssling there for £3 for a two-pack, and TechRadar flagged it in late 2025 as a quiet launch in European stores rather than a big product announcement. (ikea.com, techradar.com) That low-key rollout fits IKEA’s recent habit of splitting its home gadgets into two lanes. One lane is connected gear like sensors and hubs, and the other is ultra-cheap problem-solvers like this one that do exactly one job without asking you to rebuild your house around them. (techradar.com, techradar.com, ikea.com) What IKEA is really selling here is a way to add light where builders usually never put any. For $4.99, the company is treating the inside of a cabinet like the inside of a refrigerator: open the door, get light, close the door, and forget about it. (ikea.com)
