LED meltdown

LEDs indeed get warm, or aren't putting out much light and if they get hot they will fail very soon. Life of the LED is inversely proportional to running temperature, so a reputable LED manufacture will ensure the proper heat sinking path and Airflow. Really we shouldn't use a LED bulb, but a replacement LED fixture as LEDs need airflow and incandescent fixtures tend to restrict airflow.

Originally posted by techntrek Goose, even LEDs produce heat, and unlike in incandescent lights the waste heat is a big LED killer.  If you ever buy a LED light for your house (to replace a standard light bulb) you'll see they come with big heat sinks to keep them cool.

Actually, mine have 12 x 5050 SMDs

I'm sure it's as simple as it's really a lower power bulb.  I've seen those and they are only about 3 watts, which is low enough to dissipate through the bulb base and the bulb glass.  
As far as I've seen LED bulbs fall into one of three categories:
1.) Low power and low light - never really heat up, will last a long time (25K hours) and inexpensive.
2.) Higher power, lots of light, with aluminium or ceramic to dissipate heat, expensive, but last 50K-100K hours - basically properly engineered.
3.) Lots of light w/ no heat sink, basically a cheap knock off that will burn up fairly soon (soon being 1000 hours usually)

I design circuitry for LED fixtures, there's no magic - just these trades. 

Thanks Doug for the info, I have a couple of LED's in the house and very happy with the output and they do have heat sinks around them. The ones that I just put in have a G10 base in a track light with no heat sinks so with the info that Anthony provided we will see how long that they last.
I am sitting on the fence when it comes to the lights in the POD, I have not decided to go with the "pancake style" like Marwayne and Outbound or the "tower style" that puts light 360 degrees and makes a little better use of the design of the light fixture.   Goose