Phillips Complaint - Don't waste your $$ on LED's - LED Christmas lights

Posted by trmn8r on 2010-12-01:

Interesting idea, but I'd be willing to bet they will all be LED soon. You won't find me buying them until I have to though.

You say it isn't a burned out light, which would seem to indicate there is no concern about the LED technology itself. LED's last for 50,000 hours give or take.

Posted by JerryCee on 2010-12-01:

Contact Philips customer service at one of the phone numbers listed here.

http://www.support.philips.com/support/contact/contact_page.jsp?userLanguage=en&userCountry=us

Posted by Slimjim on 2010-12-01:

They last for 50,000 in controlled environments. Get them wet, and the contacts corrode away within weeks. I wrote a review a few years ago here about the same problem with the same brand. The technology to make reliable OUTDOOR lED lights is much more costly than what these Chinese made strings go for. Like everything else from there, it's far inferior quality and yes, a waste of money compared to regular mini string lights that maybe cost 80 cents more in electricity a season each.

Posted by momsey on 2010-12-01:

All of the LED lights we bought last year still work! *knocking on wood*

And these were our outdoor lights. I keep seeing these complaints but I have been lucky, I suppose!