I write the date I install light-bulbs on the shaft, with a permanent marker. Because I've always had a feeling that bulbs die "too often". The ones I just ch

I write the date I install light-bulbs on the shaft, with a permanent marker. Because I've always had a feeling that bulbs die "too often". The ones I just checked in my flat which are over four years old are all Osram. I have none older than that, due to moving house too much. To be honest I just buy whichever bulbs are on sale at the local hardware store. I've never really gone out of my way to try anything fancy or specific. I did have a pair of Hue bulbs at one point, but I got annoyed with the state mismatch between the bulbs and the switches, and always figured I'd rewire to smart switches in the future and gave up on the lighting until that time. The only thing that did stick was using a bunch of lamps in my bedroom with a 3-in-1 radio-controller for socket-switches. That's nice, to be able to toggle a bunch of lamps via a little remote in the bed.