No, I started with Philips Hues but then gave up and migrated to Cree light bulbs with Lutron Casetas because the Hues kept dying. These are over 2 different houses as well. I wonder what is going on if it's just me

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shawn_w 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The old Cree bulbs that Home Depot used to carry have been great for me. I need to find a new supplier though because the brands they have now are junk that last a year or two if I'm lucky.

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Krutonium 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah that is very weird. Personally I even have some LED lights that are going on 15 years old, spent a bit more than I'd like on them at the time, but they were on sale!

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sam1714 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Had a ton of issues with the original Cree bulbs. They underglued the glass bulb and it came off with thermal cycling. They also put the LEDs on a metal core PCB they bent into ~10-gon tower. On the bends, the traces apparently would crack which led to overheating and a burn spot.

Cree is now no more; the bulbs are just a brand for FEIT who imports the same unreliable Chinese white-label bulbs.

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freediddy 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Which brand do you suggest?

	▲	sam1714 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Philips Hue. I've had issues with color ones, the White + Ambience ones are fine. (Makes sense as they omit the color section) Hue is basically the only bulbs not being sourced from the same couple of white label manufacturers. Philips/Signify's rapidly shrinking line of dumb bulbs are being sourced from there too. Never buy filament style bulbs. They are universally unreliable because of poor thermals with the emitters.