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Out of curiosity, what's the exact product you bought? And do you keep your bulbs on 24/7? The mass market, "budget" (really, the baseline bulbs that most peop
by kevindong 6y ago
Out of curiosity, what's the exact product you bought?
And do you keep your bulbs on 24/7? The mass market, "budget" (really, the baseline bulbs that most people buy; ~$1.25/bulb) LED bulbs are usually rated for around 10,000 hours of on-time (which is ~1.14 years).
The mass market, higher end bulbs (namely from Cree; ~$2.50/bulb) are rated for around 20,000-25,000 hours of on-time (~2.28 and ~2.85 years, respectively).
- quickthrowman 6y agoCommercial grade LED fixtures that don’t have replaceable lamps are generally rated for 50,000 hours. Swapping fixtures is the best way to do it, imo.
- phil21 6y agoYep. Especially for can lighting. Don't bother buying PAR13 LED bulbs, you will likely have a medium time at best. I have about 50+ el-cheapo Feit LED can fixtures from Costco installed in my house now for over 3 years without a single failure. Previously there would be a PAR13 bulb failure at least once a month. The downside of course is no bulb-change-with-a-stick, but since we're talking 20 minutes of pulling a ladder out every 4 (or more!) years to replace a $20 fixture vs. 5 minutes once a month for a $5 bulbs I'm pretty happy.
- oasisbob 6y agoEven the Philips Hue 3-year US warranty only covers three hours of usage a day. I just got started with em in December, have already killed one, and wonder how the warranty process goes when you admit that you do, in fact, occasionally use your lights for longer. The terms are pretty unclear.
- jfim 6y agoThey ask you if you were running them for more than three hours a day on average during the warranty process.
- Torkel 6y agoIkea for the most part... The dimmable ones where $18 Osram ones though, and they died first of all. edit: more specifically, a lot of this one: https://www.ikea.com/se/sv/p/ledare-led-ljuskaella-gu10-600-lumen-varm-dimning-70363238/ https://www.ikea.com/se/sv/p/ledare-led-ljuskaella-gu10-600-...
- kevindong 6y agoMy price estimates are only for the "traditional" bulb size/shape (A19) used in the US [0]. GU10 bulbs do seem to be much more expensive than that (I'm seeing ~$5~6 being pretty typical) [1] which is basically exactly how much the IKEA bulb you linked is. [0]: https://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-60-Watt-Equivalent-A19-Non-Dimmable-LED-Light-Bulb-Daylight-8-Pack-B7A19A60WUL38/303574493 https://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-60-Watt-Equivalent-A19-... [1]: https://www.homedepot.com/p/C-Cattleya-75-Watt-Equivalent-GU10-Dimmable-Recessed-Track-Lighting-90-CRI-Flood-LED-Light-Bulb-5000K-Daylight-White-6-Pack-CAB201-5K/315547881 https://www.homedepot.com/p/C-Cattleya-75-Watt-Equivalent-GU...