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Remember when they told us LED bulbs would last 20 years?
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:43 am
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:43 am
wtf
This post was edited on 2/12/24 at 11:45 am
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Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:43 am to AndyJ
IKR
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:44 am to AndyJ
They can't take your money that way.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:44 am to AndyJ
omg 4rls lolz rawr XD
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:45 am to AndyJ
Did you actually believe light bulb companies would sell a product that lasts that long? They'd basically be cutting their own throats.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:46 am to AndyJ
The cheap ones usually don't. I've got some brand name ones that are close to 10 years old and still going strong.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:46 am to AndyJ
They last longer than the incandescent bulbs but not nearly as long as advertised. That ban was stupid. I have a few lights in my house where I actually preferred using the old school light bulbs, particularly on dimmers. The LEDs suck for that.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:49 am to AndyJ
30,000 hrs 
Quit leaving the lights on Andy
Quit leaving the lights on Andy
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:49 am to AndyJ
I still have some working cfls from like 2007.
And I have only had one LED go bad on me. I've had most of them 5-7years.
And I have only had one LED go bad on me. I've had most of them 5-7years.
This post was edited on 2/12/24 at 11:50 am
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:51 am to AndyJ
A better question is why do some people think using LED lights in their house is harmful?
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:53 am to AndyJ
Remember when the "squiggly" bulbs were going to save the rainforest and reverse global warming?
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:55 am to AndyJ
20 years at 3 hrs a day of use. Who uses a light for 3 hours a day?
Now, they do last longer than the old bulbs... but 10-20 years, no
Now, they do last longer than the old bulbs... but 10-20 years, no
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:56 am to AndyJ
They don’t. Had 2 go out at the same time. Both less than 4 yrs old.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:56 am to AndyJ
Yeah I get less than a year out of them. Usually start flickering or have a dim glow when you turn them off. I hate them
Posted on 2/12/24 at 12:02 pm to AndyJ
Mine are only lasting about 19.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 12:02 pm to AndyJ
I'm 5 years in with about 150 of them and i just replaced my second one. First one worked but had a bizarre hum that was annoying and i had the first one actually go out a couple days ago.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 12:02 pm to AndyJ
Very few things piss me off more than going to buy light bulbs and realizing/wondering (1) how cheap they used to be; (2) how overpriced they are now; and (3) how many people are making millions off the scam "science" that precludes the rest of us from just buying some cheap fricking light bulbs.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 12:06 pm to AndyJ
Have one under my garage. I leave it on 24/7. Usually get about 4 years. But again, it is on 24/7.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 12:10 pm to AndyJ
Along with another ice age, acid rain, destruction of the Ozone layer and there would be no more oil.
Government
Government 
Posted on 2/12/24 at 12:10 pm to AndyJ
quote:
Remember when they told us LED bulbs would last 20 years?
read the fine print.
that's if you only use them a few hours a day 5 days a week.
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