3 ms·

I had a Feit CFL bulb from Costco nearly burn down my home about 5 years ago. If we hadn't been home at the time it would have succeeded. I will never buy one o

I had a Feit CFL bulb from Costco nearly burn down my home about 5 years ago. If we hadn't been home at the time it would have succeeded. I will never buy one of their products again.

wut42 5y ago
Well given they went bust... don't worry about buying one of their products again :)
- desro 5y ago
  Feit Electric appears to be still in business. What do you mean "they went bust?"
desro 5y ago
That's unfortunate; I'm glad you were able to avert disaster. I have well over 100 Feit LEDs (dumb ones) throughout my home and family's home, and they're actually my favorite brand, mostly because of their high-CRI offerings.
- coverband 5y ago
  I’ve also started to consider FEIT as a higher quality brand. My house came with Philips LED bulbs, and over the last two years every one of them burned out before their promised EOL dates. All FEIT replacements have been working as expected so far.
  - mleo 5y ago
    As the price came down on LEDs, so did the quality. I have a dozen or so Philips bulbs from 2012 and 2013 that have had no issues and good quality dimming. Could not find same quality when looking for more a few years later.
NegativeLatency 5y ago
Did it say something like “not for use in totally enclosed luminaries”? I’ve seen a few of them get melty in enclosed lamps. Also makes led bulbs fail much faster than people expect. (Not blaming you or whoever installed it) it seems like one of those bad cover your ass disclaimers