Philips Eco-vantage Floodlights

[Markbnj]

Anyone else use these pieces of crap? I bought two a couple of months ago at Home Depot to replace standard bulbs that had lasted years. They were over $9 each. The first one burned out in literally two weeks. I was too lazy to take it back and try to get a refund, figuring it must have been a fluke. Bought another one. A month and a half later another burned out. That's > $18 worth of their bulbs dead in less than three months.

So what the hell can I use for floods that won't cost $6 a fucking month to run?

TL;DR - don't buy Philips Eco-vantage floodlights. They're crap.

 

[Imp]

Are they LEDs?

I've got two Philips... The one I actually use gets 5+ hours of use daily and has been kicking for a year and a half.

 

[Kaido]

I have the 100w-equivalent & 40w-equivalent SlimStyle indoor LED lights from Philips, haven't had a problem yet. I think the SlimStyles are $6 each and the 100w are $20 or $25 each. Haven't tried an LED floodlight though, don't know if those would be a good alternative for you or not.

The reviews on the EcoVantage lights on Amazon say they burn out pretty quickly...product line might be a dud. Do they have a warranty?

 

[Markbnj]

The reviews on the EcoVantage lights on Amazon say they burn out pretty quickly...product line might be a dud. Do they have a warranty?

I'm sure they do. It's just that $9 falls into that gray zone where it pissed me off but not quite enough to follow up on. Now that the second one has burned out I will do so. I have other Philips bulbs that have performed fine, which is why I mentioned the specific product line. I think there must be issues with it.

@Imp: I think they are CFLs.

 

[lxskllr]

Are these for security or decoration? If they're for security, you could use an incandescent with a motion sensor. They'd only be on when needed. If it's for decoration, I'd think of a different way to decorate; maybe solar powered LEDs.

 

[K1052]

Application? If you're using it in a motion activated light the cycling will burn out a CFL quickly.

Philips also has a line of outdoor rated LED floods (edit: evidently they aren't for use in motion lights). Never had a problem with their bulbs...much better than most brands.

 

[Markbnj]

The application is very high tech: the bulbs are screwed into a fixture, and we turn them on when needed in order to raise the ambient light level in the driveway above dark. This is, I am given to understand, not an unusual application for floodlights.

 

[K1052]

Switch to their outdoor LED products then. We have used hundreds of their bulbs in our locations with only a handful of failures.