[sam1714]

Had a ton of issues with the original Cree bulbs. They underglued the glass bulb and it came off with thermal cycling. They also put the LEDs on a metal core PCB they bent into ~10-gon tower. On the bends, the traces apparently would crack which led to overheating and a burn spot.

Cree is now no more; the bulbs are just a brand for FEIT who imports the same unreliable Chinese white-label bulbs.

[freediddy]

Which brand do you suggest?

[sam1714]

Philips Hue. I've had issues with color ones, the White + Ambience ones are fine. (Makes sense as they omit the color section)

Hue is basically the only bulbs not being sourced from the same couple of white label manufacturers. Philips/Signify's rapidly shrinking line of dumb bulbs are being sourced from there too.

Never buy filament style bulbs. They are universally unreliable because of poor thermals with the emitters.