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.
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.