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I've bought 6 RGB Led lights in 2015 and I have yet to change them. I use them all over my home on the daily with no issues, meanwhile I used to replace 1-2 inc
by mdrzn 3y ago
I've bought 6 RGB Led lights in 2015 and I have yet to change them. I use them all over my home on the daily with no issues, meanwhile I used to replace 1-2 incandescent bulbs per year at least.
- throwaway290 3y agoHonest question: why buy so many RGB lights? Is it for parties? Or it's just impossible to buy a good quality non-RGB light anymore because vendors/retailers push thick margin products? I only use dim warm lights and dirt cheap regular bulbs work great. They last pretty long in that scenario (depends on the unit but that's also true for LEDs) and consume less energy too.
- mdrzn 3y agoSorry for the late reply: I bought LIFX lights because I wanted to have (almost) every bulb in the home remote controlled. I spent more than I had to because high lumens RGB lights are more expensive then white-hot lights. LIFX lights are 1100 lumens, and I had to put 2 for every 1 non-LED bulb I had to produce the same amount of light.
- throwaway290 3y agoOK, remote control is a use case. I am thinking of setting it up a different way to keep using regular bulbs but hadn't gotten around to it yet, home is small enough. I like dim lights indoors after dark so lumens are not an issue.
- mcv 3y agoSame here. I think I bought my first LED light around 2008, and I think it's still working. I have had some cheap LED lights overheat in fixtures that clearly weren't suitable for them, but when used properly, LED lights can last for a very long time. Incandescents break constantly. Fluorescents occasionally. LEDs almost never, except in very specific cases. If you do have a LED light break within a decade, my advice is to replace the fixture. Or maybe try a very different type of LED (a weaker one with different heat management) in it.