How long an LED bulb can last as compared to a CFL bulb?

[iamlucky13]

@Vegas LED Fan

There seems to be an obsession with tint among users of LED lighting here. I’m surprised nobody remarked on color rendition for CFLs. Our local utility subsidized the sale of CFL bulbs at one of our local charity stores where they eventually ended up selling them for 25 cents each. I replaced many of the incandescent bulbs with CFLs only to find I really hated them. Eventually I converted every bulb and fixture in my home with the exception of the oven bulb with LEDs. That was 3 years ago and I have only had two bulbs fail since then. All of the LED fixtures continue to work as new. The sellers mostly rate the LEDs at 50,000 hours but the weak link is the AC to DC converters that are in each bulb and fixture. For most lights 50K hours amounts to years of use but I doubt the electronics will last that long.

I always hated the tint, but I was willing to put up with it for the energy savings.

As soon as LED’s started to get close in price, I started swapping them out, and shifting the CFL’s to less frequently used locations.

I have had mostly long lives with both CFL’s and LED’s, but there have been a few failures here and there. One whole box of Feit brand LED bulbs failed within months, but were replaced in warranty and have been running for several years since then. A few free bulbs from my power company have mostly failed, but I can’t complain much for the price.