re: Old man rant - the new “low watt” light bulbs suck

I can tell you where they absolutely do not last, and that is outside. They don't like the temperature fluctuation. LEDs also don't seem to like the on/off cycle all that much. I have a lamp in a spare bedroom that stays on, and the LED bulb in it probably 8ish years old. Meanwhile, the same brand elsewhere in the house that gets turned off and on often have been replaced several times.

Add into it that those bulbs don't just burn out, they fade....dimmer and dimmer. That's annoying.

I will say, though, that I have replaced several fixtures with LED light fixtures, the kind with no replaceable bulbs, and I like those. I have had to replace one of those in eight years, but it was a bad ballast (or similar part) that took it out. All the little LEDs were still good.