These globe lights are holding up well outdoors. We use them in front of our restaurant to light up the overhang at the front door. Our old incandescent lights burned out after only a few months, but these are working great so far. The color is great too and we cannot tell them apart from the incandescents.
The additional cost is hard to swallow, but it is worth it for a longer lasting bulb, especially when we do not have to replace them constantly!