jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

For an LED light -

"LIFETIME WARRANTY 50000 hours of lifespan.1 year warranty and 30 days free replacement or refunds guarantee."

starlifter Loc: Towson, MD

Dah?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

50,000 hours at 2 hours a day is ≈68 years.
Yea, could be a "lifetime".....

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Try and collect on that!!

Abo

An oxymoronic statement alright.

rustfarmer

Lifetime warranty often means the average lifetime of such products. SCAM

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

It works until it don't!

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Right! When LEDs first began coming down in price, they were still around 4.50 each. Every time I went to Home Depot I would get a couple. I couldn't afford to replace all 78 lights in the house all at once (this didn't count lamps, just bucket lights etc.). I was expecting to get 3 to 5 years from each bulb since we burned them much longer than the 3 hours the package would state and which would allow them to last for 22 years. Well, about a year and a half into the project I noticed some starting to fail. I began writing the install date on the base of the bulb when putting new ones in. Some were lasting only about 9 months and others up to 1 1/2 years. When I approached HD they told me I would have to contact CREE. I wrote them a letter explaining what was going on with their bulbs and I never heard from them! Needless to say, I have never purchased another CREE bulb. I only buy Phillips or GE bulbs. CREE supposedly developed the LED lights and I'm sure some of the money I spend on other mfg. bulbs find their way back to CREE because of patent licensing, but they are not getting the same amount they would be getting if I was purchasing their product.

Martys Loc: Lubec, Maine

I always ask,.....Whose life?????????

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I have LED bulbs in light fixtures on each side of my garage door that have been lit for about three years. Same for my front porch light. I’m a believer in LEDs. I wonder if cycling them off and on shortens their life.

Stan

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I saw an ad for a roofing company that offered a "lifetime warranty".

My first thought was that their business plan must include: "Close business down after ten years. Reorganize under a new LLC".

marine73 Loc: Modesto California

I have a standard bulb in an outside light that sense light change, in other words it turns on at dusk and off at daybreak. The bulb has been in this light since I bought the house in 2001.

Paladin48 Loc: Orlando

Whenever a sales rep tells me about a "Lifetime Warranty", I always ask them if that means that when the product breaks/fails they send somebody out to kill ME. A "Deer in the Headlights" look follows!

M1911 Loc: DFW Metromess

Wolrds worst warranty is a lifetime warranty on a pacemaker.

dave.speeking Loc: Brooklyn OH

Check out YouTube for the "Great Light Bulb Conspiracy",
and how it now applies to LEDs.