The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy

Re:The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy by Turing_Machine on Monday March 05, 2018 @11:38PM (#16526896)

There's a Philips LED (one of the weird looking three-lobed ones) that has been burning continuously in the entryway of my inlaws' house for over seven years. It's a 60W equivalent. I bought it for them because a) the light burns all the time (even in daylight that area is dark) and b) it's a pain in the butt to change.

I think it was about $45 when I bought it. A similar model is down to $21 for a 100W equivalent now.

I've got several other Philips bulbs of that type that have been in use for a long time, though not quite that long.

I've never had one go out.

As with you, I've had numerous cheapies go out over the same interval.

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Re:The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy by wlesieutre on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @12:59AM (#16527168)

That sounds like the bulb that Philips won the L Prize with:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_Prize#/media/File:Philips_LE...

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Re:The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy by Turing_Machine on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:31PM (#16556582)

Yep, that's the one.

It produces good-quality light, too, despite what you'd think from the yellow shell color.

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