Newer Cree LEDs shine in Consumer Reports' tests

One of the big reasons to buy energy-saving LED lightbulbs is that they’re supposed to last 23 years or longer when you use them 3 hours a day. So when some Cree LED spotlights died early on in one of Consumer Reports’ tests, the most failures we’ve seen for LEDs, we called Cree and then our lightbulb experts headed back to the lab to test more of their LEDs. The dimmable Cree PAR38 Bright White LED spotlight replaces a 90-watt incandescent and the package notes it has a 27° beam angle. The model number is BPAR38-1503027T-12DE26-1U100 and we paid $24 apiece at Home Depot.