I've tried a few of the GE bulbs over the years, and the quality and CRI is always not that great (sometimes easy to tell by taking photos with a good camera an

I've tried a few of the GE bulbs over the years, and the quality and CRI is always not that great (sometimes easy to tell by taking photos with a good camera and seeing how little color you can get out of certain channels). Cree bulbs have always been pretty good, and Phillips bulbs have been the best. There are a few other brands you can get online that have better rendering (CRI), and are more accurate to the stated color temperature over time, but they cost sometimes double what even the Philips bulbs cost. I also wanted to add a data point that I've switched every light in our house to LEDs over the past decade, and only had two bulbs (out of maybe 50+) fail in that time—both were in outdoor fixtures which range from 10-100% humidity, and -10°F to 110°F through the year (quite a torture test).