Very poor reliability!, October 20, 2011

My house A/C tends to make transformers and dimmed lightbulbs buzz (after local power utility reworked the neighborhood - wasn't always as bad).Anyways I was very surprised to see that this bulb dims very nicely with my Insteon dimmer. It turns off completely and does not buzz at low dim levels. It's light is slightly blue and directed much like a small 12v flood would be. I really like it for my multi-media room, where I regularly have several lights on. Some may prefer the warmer version of this light if it is to be mixed with conventional lights, as it definitely makes other lights near it look yellow. Was nervous before getting this bulb as it is expensive and I have only read reviews of bad experiences of people trying to dim LED bulbs with Insteon dimmers. So happy it works for me.Update 11/22/11:One of 6 of these has failed and now 2 of the others are producing high pitched sound. Took one apart and it is using as simple power supply design. I'd now look to...

The bulb did NOT last --The bulb has an expected life of 30,000 hoursafter 2 months, it had been running about 7 hours per day, it died!that is about 400 hours.there does not appear to be any guarantee

I have had 4 of these fail out of a total of 9 spot lights! All ordered since July of 2011. I expect a fancy LED spot light to last longer than the average incandescent bulb. This is a ridiculous failure rate.