Mine last longer than the incandescent bulbs, but not nearly as long as claimed. I don't like the heat that transformer or whatever it is at the base of the bulb generates. I've had to replace two in-ceiling can fixtures that literally melted and warped from the heat of 45W CFL floods. You could smell burning plastic. I've stocked up on incandescent floods for those until LEDs become affordable.

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