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From my experience, about 1/5th of LED bulbs fail within the first year.
However, all lamps that survived the first year haven't broken in 3 years total yet.
I think it might be related to the internal powersupply, some had visible stress damage from thermal cycles (molten, cracks, etc.).
I also had a few LEDs in an RGBW strip fail that I use for lighting though I soldered around that.
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From my experience, about 1/5th of LED bulbs fail within the first year.
However, all lamps that survived the first year haven't broken in 3 years total yet.
I think it might be related to the internal powersupply, some had visible stress damage from thermal cycles (molten, cracks, etc.).
I also had a few LEDs in an RGBW strip fail that I use for lighting though I soldered around that.