It was always a scam because LED bulbs need power supply and that creates heat, switching hundreds of volts ac to low volt dc. They don't last any longer than incandescent in fact they have much shorter lifetimes.
reply> They don't last any longer than incandescent in fact they have much shorter lifetimes.
replyThe leds do, but the "low-quality" electronic drivers do not and die first. Often well before the advertised lifespan.
They don't last any longer than incandescent in fact they have much shorter lifetimes.
replyTell that to my 10 year old Philipps Hue lights. I wonder if there is some other quality at work that would explain the difference...
Average lifetime of my Philips bulbs is ~ 8 months before they develop the 'flicker of death'... at roughly $7/bulb I might as well go back to black market incandescents.
replyA cheaply made bulb doesn't really support your theory though. Before LEDs, the anti-bug yellow incandescent bulb was available. It puts of a horrendous light and most people didn't like them. It's in the top 3 of lights that I do not like: 1) anything CFL, 2) any cool white (>3600K) light at night, 3) ugly yellow anti-bug light, 4) whatever the ugly greenish light 7-11 uses at some gas stations, 5) 4300K fluoro tubes.
replyIt's in a garden shed, so...
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