Re:The Dubai Lamp: The “World’s Most Efficient” LED Light Bulb
by lodi on Monday January 18, 2021 @10:09AM
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Isn't this already a "problem" with ordinary LED's though? For instance, I have the following first world problem: I bought a set of (newer, nicer) LED's to replace older bulbs as they burn out, but they've just been sitting in my closet for 4 years because not a single bulb has burned out since I moved in!
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Re:The Dubai Lamp: The “World’s Most Efficient” LED Light Bulb
by smolder on Monday January 18, 2021 @10:37AM
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IMHO, you should have moved the existing bulbs to the closet for if/when the new ones fail, so you can enjoy your upgrade. :)
To answer your question, it really depends. If they run cool, are a good design, and aren't defective, they will last incredibly long. Often, one or more of those things isn't true.
Re:The Dubai Lamp: The “World’s Most Efficient” LED Light Bulb
by kyriakos on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:33PM
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That's exactly what I do, when I move I replace all light bulbs and keep the originals which I put back when I'm moving out.
Re:The Dubai Lamp: The “World’s Most Efficient” LED Light Bulb
by destitude on Monday January 18, 2021 @10:22AM
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There are plenty of junk LED bulbs on Amazon for instance. I got some Amazon Basic LED bulbs and a couple of them didn't even last a year.
Re:The Dubai Lamp: The “World’s Most Efficient” LED Light Bulb
by pbhjpbhj on Monday January 18, 2021 @10:50AM
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I'm going to guess you didn't send them back for free replacements? And, guess again that the reason is "it's not worth the hassle [ie cost is greater than my time is worth]".
We should be punishing product manufacturers whose products fall in the bottom quartile of life expectancy - returns by Freepost (receiver pays the postage) and get £10 compensation + money back or replacement.
Perhaps then we could start addressing some of the planned obsolescence in low value goods.