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I have some spots in my house where it's a major hassle to change the bulbs, so the long lifetime of LEDs was an important selling point there (in fact, much mo
by zippergz 7y ago
I have some spots in my house where it's a major hassle to change the bulbs, so the long lifetime of LEDs was an important selling point there (in fact, much more important than the energy savings). Thankfully I've had good luck with those (all Cree bulbs), but I'd be pretty annoyed if I bought LEDs for those fixtures and ended up having to replace them after a year or two.
- julianlam 7y agoA year or two would be fantastic! I replaced all the halogen bulbs in my house with Uberhaus GU10 and PAR20 LEDs. They last on average about 6 months. They were a dollar Canadian after government incentive. You get what you pay for.
- zippergz 7y agoI'm on year 5 or 6 right now with the Cree bulbs I bought.
- Marsymars 7y agoIf you're in Canada, I've had good luck with Luminus Elite (different from the Luminus non-elite available at non-Costco locations) PAR20 and GU10 bulbs from Costco. Or I use Philips warmglow from Home Depot or comparable Ikea bulbs (which have brighter GU10 than the Luminus Elite line) in locations where I want non-ugly dimming.
- julianlam 7y agoAppreciate the tip, I'll check them out next time I head to Costco
- 9HZZRfNlpR 7y agoThat sounds awfully bad, even my cheapest of the cheap bulbs last minimum 2yrs. Are you aware how's the quality of power coming into your house?
- pkaye 7y agoI replaced a dozen halogens with Torchstar LEDs from Amazon. They have lasted for 3+ years so far. The old halogens used to fail, once every 6 months.