> I haven’t owned an LED bulb long enough to see this myself, so take it with a grain of salt. I’ve had lots of different kinds of LED lighting, including LED

> I haven’t owned an LED bulb long enough to see this myself, so take it with a grain of salt. I’ve had lots of different kinds of LED lighting, including LED bulbs and this is honestly the only reason I’ve had to replace them. The electronics powering the LED overheat and over time starts to fail. Some brands are worse than others, particularly cheap Chinese ones. They will break faster than you can replace them. Avoid at all cost. Other mid-range bulbs are better (like IKEA Trådfri) but still without what I’d call industrial reliability. Philips Hue are more reliable, but again at a higher price. In short, you get what you pay for. That said you can still have bad luck. For instance in my house we have semi-expensive Junostar LEDs (from the pro-market) for ceiling lights, but we received a bad batch with lot of flickering and had to have them all replaced. It was on warranty though ;)