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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
One thing that isn't really advertised about LED bulbs is that they don't like warmth. So if they are in an enclosed light fixture and it's a light that's on for longer periods then they can break quickly.
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Absolutely. The LEDs that are specifically labeled for use in fully enclosed fixtures tend to fair better. I might start buying those for all uses just because.
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Also, there are a lot of qualities available.
We sell LEDs and there are still a lot of problems with them, including the warmth problem, dimming (something us Dutch people love to do with lights) and colour quality.
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We have some that dim nicely, and some that seem to have basically three settings: full-->slightly dimmer-->might as well just turn it off. The ones that are color or CT adjustable seem to do very well with color quality. Others are variable but they seem to be getting better overall.
If you can recommend some of the best brands, I'd appreciate it.
Another thing people don't seem to understand about LED bulb life claims is that those high numbers--10,000 hours, 10 years, whatever, refer ONLY to the actual solid-state Light Emitting Diode elements themselves, which indeed almost never go bad. It's the uber-cheap. made-by-the-lowest-bidder-third-world-sweatshop support components: driver circuitry, solder connections, pc boards, etc, that can crack, overheat or otherwise fail at the drop of a hat, and the bulb is just as dark and useless when that happens.
Companies I've dealt with (and I have had to deal with them a lot because of prematurely failed bulbs) are generally pretty good about replacing bulbs for free, which softens the immediate impact on the wallet, but if the hope is to reduce overall environmental impact, energy usage, and to push back against disposable culture, it's a failure, even if you get a free replacement every time one dies.
ApK