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Lightbulbs that last more than a few months
Posted on 10/10/25 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 10/10/25 at 4:38 pm
I’m tired of changing light bulbs like I’m changing the AC filter. Went through the entire house a few months ago and replaced every room light with Ecosmart bulbs from Home Depot. Changed them all out May 9th and just had the second one go out today. This time in a room that is barely used.
What is everyone having success with? I want something that will last.
What is everyone having success with? I want something that will last.
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Posted on 10/10/25 at 5:01 pm to Pintail
Chinese made LED is asshoe
Posted on 10/10/25 at 6:03 pm to Pintail
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What is everyone having success with? I want something that will last.
US made 40, 60, 75, and 100W incandescents. Unfortunately the company went out of business a while back. Any lamp I use for reading or doing computer with has one on a dimmer, my current bed side table lamp has had the same 60W bulb in it for at least 4 years. As far as LED bulbs (at least the A19 style) I've had ok luck with Phillips high CRI bulbs (Ultra Definition). I haven't had one go out in about a year so far. Cheap LED bulbs absolutely last no longer than cheap incandescents. My problem is my fiancée keeps buying these crap integrated lights, I've put them in closets and hallways and her office, places where I don't have to suffer them much.
Posted on 10/10/25 at 10:52 pm to Pintail
I literally haven’t changed a bulb in a year or two. Don’t have any to change out because I never have to. Great Value Bulbs
Posted on 10/10/25 at 11:52 pm to lsuwins3
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I literally haven’t changed a bulb in a year or two. Don’t have any to change out because I never have to. Great Value Bulbs
Same…I do have one of those fricking fluorescent bulbs going out in a lamp though.
Posted on 10/11/25 at 6:27 am to Pintail
I think most in my house are the Philips leds (mostly cans) and they have been going 3 years.
The bathrooms have had the HD brand LED bulbs that go in and out. The ones in the bathroom flicker. They pretty much suck but do last longer than incandescents.
The bathrooms have had the HD brand LED bulbs that go in and out. The ones in the bathroom flicker. They pretty much suck but do last longer than incandescents.
Posted on 10/11/25 at 10:14 am to OceanMan
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The bathrooms have had the HD brand LED bulbs that go in and out. The ones in the bathroom flicker.
My upstairs LED's would flicker anytime one of my laser printers or my fiancée's was doing work on her over-spec'd gaming laptop. I got a Tripplite power conditioner for all that stuff to plug into and no more flickering. My office stuff runs throught two APC UPS's, one of which also has a power conditioning function.
Posted on 10/11/25 at 12:33 pm to Pintail
If you're using high quality bulbs, then I'd think it has something to do with the power supply to the devices. Poor voltage regulation will cause LEDs to breakdown faster.
Could be the fixture itself or the way it's connected.
Could be the fixture itself or the way it's connected.
Posted on 10/11/25 at 5:19 pm to papasmurf1269
Keep receipts and boxes. Return that shite to wherever you get it from.
Thanks Obama for fricking up light bulbs.
Thanks Obama for fricking up light bulbs.
Posted on 10/11/25 at 5:48 pm to Pintail
Do the lights in some of your rooms blink or just vary in brightness when heavy appliances like the washing machine kick in? Have an electrician look into the bonding of your neutral to ground -- as well as the connection of your ground rod to... well... ground.
Happened my my old house years ago. In my case the crap from birds on my drop wire had broken the messenger cable, a-k-a ground back to the pole. Entergy fixed it quickly.
Happened my my old house years ago. In my case the crap from birds on my drop wire had broken the messenger cable, a-k-a ground back to the pole. Entergy fixed it quickly.
Posted on 10/11/25 at 10:37 pm to DoctorTechnical
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Do the lights in some of your rooms blink or just vary in brightness when heavy appliances like the washing machine kick in? Have an electrician look into the bonding of your neutral to ground -- as well as the connection of your ground rod to... well... ground. Happened my my old house years ago. In my case the crap from birds on my drop wire had broken the messenger cable, a-k-a ground back to the pole. Entergy fixed it quickly.
No I haven’t had that issue. It is random bulbs all over the house. I think it is just crappy bulbs because I had some in my bathroom that were different colors but changed them out to match colors. One went out in there a few weeks back.
Posted on 10/12/25 at 5:33 am to Pintail
I have led and they are the biggest scam as some of my old incadescents are still good at over 10 yet i have leds dying at 1-2 years.
Posted on 10/12/25 at 4:12 pm to Pintail
Feit from Costco seems to last forever. Have many in the household closing in on a decade without being replaced
Posted on 10/12/25 at 5:50 pm to UltimaParadox
After using the new bright LED bulbs, I absolutely hate the old school bulbs.
Posted on 10/12/25 at 6:28 pm to Pintail
They're all shite. Biggest lie in the last 30 years is the promise of 20 year lightbulbs. 
Don't give me the bullshite factory testing conditions are different than you turning them on and off all the time
IRL these things fail more often than so called 50,000 hours between failures hard drives
Don't give me the bullshite factory testing conditions are different than you turning them on and off all the time
IRL these things fail more often than so called 50,000 hours between failures hard drives
This post was edited on 10/12/25 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 10/13/25 at 8:04 am to Pintail
Good luck finding one. I’ve bought cheap ones, expensive ones, and they all eventually burn out to quick. I too despise changing them so frequently because I have to drag the ladder all over the house to do it.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 8:09 am to Pintail
I was having that problem but then I got a whole house surge protector and my light bulbs last longer now.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:48 am to CAD703X
i expect to be made whole from the downvoters when they go home later & discover another LED bulb has failed.
its not a matter of if; its a matter of when.
appliance led & auto LED bulbs are the worst. those things seem to fail faster than their old incandescent counterparts.
its not a matter of if; its a matter of when.
appliance led & auto LED bulbs are the worst. those things seem to fail faster than their old incandescent counterparts.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:50 am to Napoleon
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have led and they are the biggest scam as some of my old incadescents are still good at over 10 yet i have leds dying at 1-2 years.
I’m sure there is some fine print somewhere to shield them from it but I’d love to have a lawsuit for false advertising against GE light bulbs. Boxes say that they’ll last 50,000 hours when they only last a year or less.
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