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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Buy early, pay much...
I have found over the last decade, that buying relatively early in the production curve usually gets you the most durable product. The companies are trying to build a market, and once built, they try to build and sell cheap.
I found this in e-book readers, CFL bulbs, and LED bulbs. The one I bought in the early mass marketing lasted much longer than the ones I bought later, when they were much cheaper.
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My experience has been just the opposite!
So many of my early CFLs failed, I stared keeping a documentation folder and making sure I collected on all the warranties (and I must say, most companies were pretty good about sending out replacements).
Later, cheaper CFLs have lasted me much longer.
With LEDs, I can yet speak to longevity, but the new cheap ones sure seem better to me than the earliest ones I tried. They are certainly brighter, whiter and dimmable!
I cross my fingers and hope I'm right, that manufactures learn to do better for less money as time goes by and demand scales up.