re: Remember when they told us LED bulbs would last 20 years?

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The cheap ones usually don't. I've got some brand name ones that are close to 10 years old and still going strong.

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First or close to first generation. Newer ones are designed to fail. They had to have a reason for people to adapt in the roll out phase. Now they are that are readily available. Lamp manufacturers have been in the business of intentionally designing products with a shorter than necessary life expectancy since the beginning of the lamp industry...it is well known and well documented.