To be completely fair, I’ve had two fail on me over the years. They tend to get flickery on warm colors or sometimes have a color fail entirely. One was a Gen 1 bulb and the other was the Bloom (or Iris? Can’t remember which). The bulk was in a small enclosed fixture and the Bloom was on a windowsill that got a lot of sun; so probably heat issues for both.
But I have 23 total and many of those are 8+ years old at this point, one of which was exclusively used outdoors in temps ranging from -10F to 100F
I had probably half of my Hue bulbs die within a couple of years of purchase. It was a specific model that died. The 1600lm white Hue A21 bulb. Philips replaced all the dead ones but from the replacement, about half died too. They ran very hot and I’ve had a few develop a rattling sound when shaken, as if an SMD had fallen off the PCB. I haven’t had problems with any other Hue or non-Hue Philips bulbs. I really like their high-CRI Ultra Definition dumb bulbs. I use them with Zigbee/Z-wave dimmers.
The only LED bulbs I had break on me so far were Philips… :/
Some of my Hue bulbs I’ve had for over 10 years now.
Yeah I’ve never had one fail and they last forever. Hours a day for years.
To be completely fair, I’ve had two fail on me over the years. They tend to get flickery on warm colors or sometimes have a color fail entirely. One was a Gen 1 bulb and the other was the Bloom (or Iris? Can’t remember which). The bulk was in a small enclosed fixture and the Bloom was on a windowsill that got a lot of sun; so probably heat issues for both.
But I have 23 total and many of those are 8+ years old at this point, one of which was exclusively used outdoors in temps ranging from -10F to 100F
I had probably half of my Hue bulbs die within a couple of years of purchase. It was a specific model that died. The 1600lm white Hue A21 bulb. Philips replaced all the dead ones but from the replacement, about half died too. They ran very hot and I’ve had a few develop a rattling sound when shaken, as if an SMD had fallen off the PCB. I haven’t had problems with any other Hue or non-Hue Philips bulbs. I really like their high-CRI Ultra Definition dumb bulbs. I use them with Zigbee/Z-wave dimmers.