When led bulbs appeared on the scene I thought "well, that's gonna be the end of the oligopoly of incandescent bulbs". It made sense to me that those big old co

When led bulbs appeared on the scene I thought "well, that's gonna be the end of the oligopoly of incandescent bulbs". It made sense to me that those big old companies would totally fall behind. But reality was that you had the choice between dozens and dozens of brands you never heard of before, and chances were high the one you picked just sucked. Amazon reviews were worthless because most people wrote them weeks after buying, very few people would come back if they failed after a year or two, and often by that time the company might have rebranded everything so you wouldn't know anyways. Not to mention how many people apparently are unable to recognize that atrocious 100hz flicker if the company cheaped out completely. Long story short, all my led bulbs since 2015 are osram or Philips and I haven't been disappointed since.