[maccard]

Unfortunately my experience matches this - our LED bulbs are lasting between 2 and 5 years. There are truly just some cheap, shitty bulbs out there.

But, they cost £3 each and leaving them running 24/7 will cost you less than £20/year.

[ericpauley]

Standard incandescent bulb life was around 1000h. Do you use these LED bulbs only an hour a day?

I suspect most people simply forget how often highly-used incandescent bulbs had to be replaced.