This is what you call a comparison. Finally someone who takes everything in consideration. Thank you very much! Maybe one thing to add is a 'best buy'. But overall this is THE best review that I have ever seen. Keep it up.
I've been installing 24volt / 720 ICs for a few months, and this vid confirms what I know. First is you need to choose between addressable vs uniform color for best results. My 720 ICs pull over 100watts in full white mode, but a fraction that just running effects. Next, silicone anything destroys output. I stick to conventional channels with lightly frosted covers with COBs. Only time I bother with silicone is for swimming pools.
Awesome video to watch and great comparison! COB strips are really bringing something new to the market recently and I personally especially love the 24v addressable variant with 5cm segments! Also thank you very much for the shoutout for the Dig-Uno/Dig-Quad controllers! 😍
Excellent video, as always! Thanks for sharing the results of your testing, which helps us make informed decisions about high-quality products. Your content is on a whole other level!
We recently opted for a combination of Govee Neon 16ft and 10ft strips and it's been awesome. They look great up close and have *mostly* good CRI and color. They tend to be a little weak on replicating warmer, incandescent lighting, but that's true of so many LEDs. They have a tons of cool patterns that can be synched together, but I haven't tried it with Home Assistant yet.
@@TheHookUp There's a Govee LAN controller integration in HACS that can control quite a bit of Govee's strips and the response time is near instantaneous. Be sure to see if the Govee strip you want to purchase is on the LAN supported models list.
I followed your links for the diy kit you suggested. All the components arrived today. The issue I’m having is how to wire it up. The power supply has a connection on it that is not compatible with the Shelly controller. Maybe you could make a video on how to construct this setup?
Outstanding comparison! As a fellow lighting nerd, that just bought a new house you can bet I will be using your affiliate links to make any upcoming purchases. Thanks for your efforts!
Nice job! Very thorough. I’ve done internet research on some of these, and had previously decided on the BTF 24 volt. Really appreciate you actually testing each, I’ll be buying your Cob recommendation. I’ve bought individually addressable LED strips in the past, and they are fun to play with, but honestly I don’t see the practicality. The chasing flashing tricks come across as Las Vegas sparkle. My spouse already thinks my fascination with colored LED lighting is marginally tacky, so I’m unlikely to use the individual addressable functions.
I use addressable less and less these days, and no matter what type I'm using I always cut power to the strip when not in use. I find that not having them constantly powered not only saves electricity but also significantly increases lifespan.
I'll put this video in my pocket if I decide to upgrade my under cabinet lights one day. I am using the old school stuff WS2811, WLED on a ESP8266, on/off via Voice or a Hue Wireless Dimmer Switch, attached with a 45 degree Aluminum Diffuser. It was a pain to mount those diffusers, the issue I have is WS2811 voltage drop, as power injection on the other end is not possible in my kitchen area, and so when cooking I pretty much need these lights to see well. If I redo the setup I am 99% going to want a RGBW source so I can get clean light. It has to be water resistant (cooking creates steam) so need to find something like the SuperLighting product that will fit in the silicon as compared to the BTF Lighting product.
Thank you so much for the effort you put into your comparison tests for each video you make. I'm not even looking to buy LED light strips but I still wanted to watch this video entirely just because I was curious about the differences. You're amazing. 😎👍
BTF has individually addressable RGBW strips (and they have warm/neutral and cool white options for the white diodes) so you can go that route if you want to.
Because the forward voltage drop on LEDs is small compared to 24v, you would either need smaller COB devices with many diodes in series per colour which I don't suspect anyone currently manufactures, or you would need some way of smoothing the current waveform if switching onto a lower voltage LED device, and such a tiny switch mode circuit would be challenging to manufacture affordably. TLDR 24v is high, so you need many diodes in series to avoid really complicated power supplies per LED group, and no one manufactures small enough RGB COB devices.
As always, Such great content. Please do a video on grow lights for indoor gardening, myth or true, can you use any LED Strip or matrix, LED light spectrum needed, Lumens needed, power efficiency?
I’ve been trying to connect the superlighting strip with a shelly rgbw2 controller to a 24V 200W power source but it doesn’t seem to be working… I’ve spliced the positive end of the strip with the positive end of the power source, but whenever it touches the controller the strip flickers and then dies out. The controller works fine though, the fact that it doesn’t seem to be able to connect to my phone… any ideas on what’s going on here?
i would love to see some 3d plane matlab//octave//matlibplot graphs for related factors or a final slide showing all the combined product results on one page to reference in the video, especially when talking about harder to quantify aspects like spotting or bendability
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I'm only here to feed the algorithm since Quindor is doing most of youtube's work finding specs on good LED strips. more of this please. more espHome more physical interfaces for controlling lighting around the house.
I may do a deep dive on LED control in the near future. I still just can't get into ESPHome, I significantly prefer Tasmota from a user friendly aspect, and standard Arduino for custom stuff. ESPHome just feels like a weird offshoot to me, and I've found the ESPHome API to be super flaky compared to standard MQTT integration with Home Assistant.
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@@TheHookUp oh. I had no idea. you do you. you're awesome.
Great video. I was hoping it might tie in to your 'best diffuser' video though. I guess I basically want to know what's the best option between using one of these strips alone versus using one with a lower rated diffuser versus ignoring these and using some other strip with a better diffuser. Maybe something for a later video.
Are there specific connectors for the cob strips to connect 2 strips or best idea to solder with wires? Are there varieties depending on RGB/RGBW/RGBIC (4/5/3 pin)?
Nice job on your videos. You get straight to the info. Have you thought about including CRI measurements. Not so important for decorative lighting but useful if you want to use the strips for task lighting.
Shit cri is really ghetto to live with. I returned a bunch of low cri lights because the white wasn't white, was some off colour dirty sock juice colour. Actually depressing to live with such lighting. So I'd say cri is highly important!
Thank you for these amazing videos. Thanks to you I get to save a ton of cash, effort & a very angry wife and can surprise her with great stuff that just works. You're a life saver 👍
why dont you just compare all mainly used ws2812b addressable so everything in comparison is equal? I want to see the comparison between btf and alitove ws2812b addressable 60/m
Fantastic information in this highly confusing market of led lights. Question: when you mentioned the Muzata silicone 10mm side firing diffuser as being a great options, I'm confused: it drops brightness by 5x. Isn't that a huge negative? How to diffuse without dropping so much brightness?
Great review. Temperature measurements would be welcome. Something tells me these "neon" silicon sleeved strips run hot, and there's literally no way to cool it. I've seen assistant sold silicon diffusers you could cream into an aluminum profile though, that might be better. They do eat brightness anyways, though. Power supplies and controllers shipped with strips are for lazy people and usually trash quality. Idle consumption of addressable strips can be addressed (he-he) with a relay. Wled has built-in support for such.
Does anyone know what I would get for the carpenter to recess into shelves for a warm yellow-orange type color for a medspa floating shelf that would have a more warm calming not bright white? We have direct wiring set up to a switch. The first one they installed was an exposed wire bright white that looked the opposite of everything I saw in the intro of his videos.
Question, I plan to get the BTF 24v cob strips to use as under-cab kitchen lighting and need to be able to dim it via an in-wall switch. which you think would be best. Triac dimmable driver or PWM dimming? flicker/hum free? Thanks for any input!
The best option would be to use some kind of home automation platform to sync the dimmer % with a PWM driver like the Shelly RGBW2. The easiest option and the one I'd try first, just to see if it works would be to use a dimmable 24V power supply like this: amzn.to/43gNnFH
I am looking to use the existing wall switch with your recommended COB LED + Silicone Diffuser DIY Combo. Is it possible to wire these so when I turn on the wall switch the leds illuminate at the last setting or at least turn on when power switch is turned on without using a phone or app? Or do I need additional equipment - suggestions and affiliated link would be great. @@TheHookUp
Amazingly helpful! Being new to this, I'm still a bit confused (that's on me). Could you provide a parts list of everything I would need to have 8 5m non-addressble strips simultaneously controlled by one app, so that their color and brightness would all be identical? I don't care about animation, music match or anything like that, just to make an entire room glow with the warmest, peaceful light possible. Of course, I will purchase all of your recommendations through your affilitations.Many thanks in advance!
Why didn’t you include the Phillips Hue version? I realize it’s the insanely priced one, but for those who are wanting the quality it would’ve been great to see if compared. ….LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. Really quality video and reviews.
Is there a recommended CCT 24v strip light that isn't addressable? Your website doesn't show any and this video doesn't recommend any. I need CCT that works with 3-wire, and prefer 24V for the tunable dimmer I want to use. It could be COB or not.
I followed the link to Amazon for the Lamomo 12v. It's for the 16' spool. Thinking that I might need more, I switched to the 32' but it changed to the 24v. Is 32' 12v not a thing?
Great video! I'm looking to shine color from my ceiling onto a wall painted flat black. I don't want to see the LED diodes so I'm wondering if there are LEDs that point or are cut at an angle. In other words, if I'm looking at that wall I just want to see the effect of the light, not the LED diodes. I'm wondering if i need to install a small piece of wood across the ceiling to physically hide the LED strip. Thoughts?
To anyone who has used Super Glue or Glue for Led Strips, do you think you can you use Clear Gorilla Super Glue on Led Strips, specifically the BTF-SK6812 with IP65! They will be installed onto a piece of metal!
Hey i hope you can help recommend lighting for a home bar. I’m a DIY guy building three shelving units behind a LShaoed bar. I want to add 2 6’ long strips to each shelf to light up bottles shelves will be 26”wide and 20” deep. I also want to install under the bar a strip light to show off my one day tile work. I received quotes from blowback led and flex fire. Can you help? Thank you.
Off to google search. I'm not sure what addressable and non addressable means, but great video/ Looking to add some LED lighting to some built in glass book shelve cabinet
I haven't ever tried to measure CRI. I did just buy an $800 spectrophotometer for doing projector reviews though, so I could probably do it now. I'll have to see if Calman can do CRI on its own.
@@TheHookUp Sounds interesting. Otherwise, I bought a CRI meter some time ago. You could forward a few of those strips to me, in Bangkok, and I will measure them.
So, strip or tube... we always have the led technology inside. I'd like to listen and learn something more about the luminescent polymers, I mean: plastic able to light on when a power input in applied. Do you have any suggestion? Thank you !!
I’d like to hear your thoughts on the Shelly Bluetooth/wifi rgbw controller. It seems to be superior in every way for just $3 more. Higher freq ppm means less flicker, plus Bluetooth and WiFi extender mode. Seems like a no brainer to me, no?
It would have been good to see the addressable BTF Lighting COB 12/24V strip - looks to be a good middle ground for cost/features whilst maintaining the ability to address each "section".
I did test these 24V addressable strips from BTF after the fact: amzn.to/3V4bUtX They performed well, slightly less energy efficient than the TOPXCDZ strips, but the same addressable section size, more brightness, and the benefit of 24v, so longer runs with no voltage drop.
I want to run LED strips in my basements coffered ceiling. I have 17, 4’ x 4’ squares. I would prefer to go the DIY route with addressable LED’s. Any recommendations for power and controller?
Can anyone recommend a tunable white strip and controller. Ideally, I'm looking to use a Lutron Diva wall switch and dimmer with a dimmable LED Driver powering tunable white COB LED strips where the white color is set by Home Assistant based on the time of day and sun position in the sky. Any suggestions?
Do you have a recommendation for a neon style led light strip that is waterproof and also solar powered? I wanted to use it as a accent light around the edge on the backyard and love the neon like style but also solar powered to avoid more wiring issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
I'm looking to do a project of about 64 feet, aka the top rim of our gaming room. What should I avoid due to issues with voltage drop? Is that DIY recommended combo able to be bought 4 times and put together no problem to do this?
I’m struggling to find an RGBW or RGBCCT addressable COB strip with similar density. Doesn’t seem like anyone makes an addressable COB with a dedicated white. Anyone seen anything like this?
I purchased the Superlighting strip and quickly noticed that it had troubles producing a solid red. Hmmm. Had some purple-ish color to it, or when adjusting, then had an orange color to it. Does anyone know of a bright strip that can produce a nice red color?
Great videos and i want to say Thank You in advanced! I've got a question and I'm sure you could easily answer. If you were needing to run 85 feet (may add about 3 foot extra to that for a total of 88) of led strip and wanted them waterproof, addressable, and with customizable cool effects, which type of led strip, controller, power supply would you use? I'm not concerned about whether they are a pre-assembled kit or not. They will be mounted around the interior of a 27 foot pool (mounted up under the top rail firing down toward the water,4-5 above waterline, not submerged). The plugs/power/controller have no chance of getting wet or splashed as they will go inside a waterproof/weatherproof control cabinet. Also if I decide to go non-addressable rgb, which would you recommend? I obviously wan't the best bang for my buck and I have a fear that it may be a lot more costly to go addressable, so I'm totally fine with RGB. Please help, Thanks again!
many thanks for your video , explains amazing well what i ever want to know about the strips and neons leds , like spotless, brightness, power in lumens and brightness, consuption per led , luminusity per colour, etc ...Can you tel me if have any RGBIC strip led or neon led that control 1 chip at time instead of that you show control 3 or x cm leds (per sector leds)... the idea is have the more smooth colour distribuition good quality and high brightness
Awesome video! Dumb question from a newbie: Does the repeated +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V along the length of the strip show when installed? Can I cut that off or would I need to plan on covering it if I don’t like the look of that?
Awesome video. I do have a question about the power supply choices. Do you cut the barrels off and connect the wires directly to the Shelley or is there some intermediate connection made? I saw on another TH-camr's page you made the comment that the barrel connectors are good up to 3A, so I assume you are not using them here. Any insight would be appreciated.
Watts (power) are still watts, it doesn't matter if it's 120vac*.5a=60w for an incandescent or 12vdc*5a=60w for leds. Plus converting ac to dc is a lossy process, so assuming an efficiency of 80%, if a led strip required 60w dc, they'd be pulling 75w from the wall (or 0.63w at 120vac).
@@soulkeephl To clarify - I was looking at the '120v' side - in your example the LED strip via a transformer would be using 0.63w at 120v vs a 60.0w incandescent globe at 120v. I agree though that when looking at it from a 12/24v perspective, some of this strips are using a considerable amount of energy compared to other LED lighting products!
Hi, thank you for interesting video. Could you please help me ? I would like to fix to my ceiling (height 2.7 meters) in a recessed aluminum rail (direct lighting), an addressable led strip 8 meters long. What model / configuration (alimentation / controller) do you recommend ?
This is what you call a comparison. Finally someone who takes everything in consideration. Thank you very much!
Maybe one thing to add is a 'best buy'. But overall this is THE best review that I have ever seen. Keep it up.
Fantastic presentation, editing and information. Thanks so much.
I've been installing 24volt / 720 ICs for a few months, and this vid confirms what I know. First is you need to choose between addressable vs uniform color for best results. My 720 ICs pull over 100watts in full white mode, but a fraction that just running effects. Next, silicone anything destroys output. I stick to conventional channels with lightly frosted covers with COBs. Only time I bother with silicone is for swimming pools.
Where do you get the lightly frosted covers from
Awesome video to watch and great comparison! COB strips are really bringing something new to the market recently and I personally especially love the 24v addressable variant with 5cm segments! Also thank you very much for the shoutout for the Dig-Uno/Dig-Quad controllers! 😍
Great to have you back in LED review world. Super thorough review.
Ah right on time, I was starting to look for one of those. Thanks Rob for saving me a bunch of effort! I really appreciate your high quality reviews!
Hi Chris
Excellent video, as always! Thanks for sharing the results of your testing, which helps us make informed decisions about high-quality products. Your content is on a whole other level!
We recently opted for a combination of Govee Neon 16ft and 10ft strips and it's been awesome. They look great up close and have *mostly* good CRI and color. They tend to be a little weak on replicating warmer, incandescent lighting, but that's true of so many LEDs. They have a tons of cool patterns that can be synched together, but I haven't tried it with Home Assistant yet.
The home assistant integration works, but it's a bit laggy compared to local control options like WLED and Shelly.
@@TheHookUp There's a Govee LAN controller integration in HACS that can control quite a bit of Govee's strips and the response time is near instantaneous. Be sure to see if the Govee strip you want to purchase is on the LAN supported models list.
I followed your links for the diy kit you suggested. All the components arrived today. The issue I’m having is how to wire it up. The power supply has a connection on it that is not compatible with the Shelly controller. Maybe you could make a video on how to construct this setup?
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this is the best led video i have seen in a very long time! thank you so much!
Outstanding comparison! As a fellow lighting nerd, that just bought a new house you can bet I will be using your affiliate links to make any upcoming purchases. Thanks for your efforts!
Nice job! Very thorough. I’ve done internet research on some of these, and had previously decided on the BTF 24 volt. Really appreciate you actually testing each, I’ll be buying your Cob recommendation. I’ve bought individually addressable LED strips in the past, and they are fun to play with, but honestly I don’t see the practicality. The chasing flashing tricks come across as Las Vegas sparkle. My spouse already thinks my fascination with colored LED lighting is marginally tacky, so I’m unlikely to use the individual addressable functions.
I use addressable less and less these days, and no matter what type I'm using I always cut power to the strip when not in use. I find that not having them constantly powered not only saves electricity but also significantly increases lifespan.
This video must have been a NIGHTMARE to make...I hate dealing with these things once and you did it over and over again...good on ya!!
Another great video! I plan on using light strips in my sailboat and this information is very useful. Thanks for taking the time to make this video!
This is the indoor LED video of my dreams, no one has done it better
Thanks Rob! Very timely review with gobs of real info!
Just incredible how good are your test and comparison videos. Thank you.
Thank you, sir, for your time and effort. Your videos are great and very useful. Cheers
Thanks Robs, that's a whole lot if work summarized into one video, this is very helpful
I'll put this video in my pocket if I decide to upgrade my under cabinet lights one day. I am using the old school stuff WS2811, WLED on a ESP8266, on/off via Voice or a Hue Wireless Dimmer Switch, attached with a 45 degree Aluminum Diffuser.
It was a pain to mount those diffusers, the issue I have is WS2811 voltage drop, as power injection on the other end is not possible in my kitchen area, and so when cooking I pretty much need these lights to see well. If I redo the setup I am 99% going to want a RGBW source so I can get clean light. It has to be water resistant (cooking creates steam) so need to find something like the SuperLighting product that will fit in the silicon as compared to the BTF Lighting product.
Thank you so much for the effort you put into your comparison tests for each video you make.
I'm not even looking to buy LED light strips but I still wanted to watch this video entirely just because I was curious about the differences.
You're amazing. 😎👍
Are you a Psycho ?
What an amazing amount of info! Thank you so much for all the effort you put into this.
Thank you for this video.
I was looking to get a 12v LED light strip for automotive use. Lamomo 12v seems the best choice for me.
You'll want to make sure you have a regulated 12V power source. It's not uncommon for alternators to spike to 15-16V which can damage 12V electronics.
Great video - very informative and easy to watch!
I will need to update my lighting solution in the near future. This video was very informative. Thank you!
Great video!
I like that you also added in the DIY option, though it's worth reminding that the DIY strip would not be addressable
Yeah, you'd need to find a 10mm strip or a 12mm tube if you wanted to do that with an addressable strip.
BTF has individually addressable RGBW strips (and they have warm/neutral and cool white options for the white diodes) so you can go that route if you want to.
Frustration. Why is it so hard to give us the ultimate strip: 24w RGBICWW Cobb? This is what we want. I wish someone would make this.
Because the forward voltage drop on LEDs is small compared to 24v, you would either need smaller COB devices with many diodes in series per colour which I don't suspect anyone currently manufactures, or you would need some way of smoothing the current waveform if switching onto a lower voltage LED device, and such a tiny switch mode circuit would be challenging to manufacture affordably.
TLDR 24v is high, so you need many diodes in series to avoid really complicated power supplies per LED group, and no one manufactures small enough RGB COB devices.
Power draw
GL Lighting has an RGBWW COB strip.
Cost, size and voltage drop
Great video. Packed full of useful info. Thanks for taking the time to do this
Thanks again Rob. Killer review as always. 😀
So much valuable information packed in this video. Thank you!
Incredibly high quality video, thanks!
Thank you for posting this video 🎉. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the great work 🎉. This video has been very helpful to me 🎉.
brother, you are AMAZING guy, seriously, thanks for your job
This is an AWESOME review. Mega thanks for it!!!
Hats off...what a review!!!!
As always, Such great content. Please do a video on grow lights for indoor gardening, myth or true, can you use any LED Strip or matrix, LED light spectrum needed, Lumens needed, power efficiency?
@16:42 "Full whiteness bright"😂 BTW, this video was phenomenal. So. Much. Detail!
🤣 never in a million years would I have noticed that. I just watched it and thought to myself "hmm, sounds right to me".
the pautix COB is 24ft for 36 bux right now indoor or 45bux outdoor!
I’ve been trying to connect the superlighting strip with a shelly rgbw2 controller to a 24V 200W power source but it doesn’t seem to be working… I’ve spliced the positive end of the strip with the positive end of the power source, but whenever it touches the controller the strip flickers and then dies out. The controller works fine though, the fact that it doesn’t seem to be able to connect to my phone… any ideas on what’s going on here?
i would love to see some 3d plane matlab//octave//matlibplot graphs for related factors or a final slide showing all the combined product results on one page to reference in the video, especially when talking about harder to quantify aspects like spotting or bendability
I'm only here to feed the algorithm since Quindor is doing most of youtube's work finding specs on good LED strips. more of this please. more espHome more physical interfaces for controlling lighting around the house.
I may do a deep dive on LED control in the near future. I still just can't get into ESPHome, I significantly prefer Tasmota from a user friendly aspect, and standard Arduino for custom stuff. ESPHome just feels like a weird offshoot to me, and I've found the ESPHome API to be super flaky compared to standard MQTT integration with Home Assistant.
@@TheHookUp oh. I had no idea.
you do you.
you're awesome.
Great video. I was hoping it might tie in to your 'best diffuser' video though. I guess I basically want to know what's the best option between using one of these strips alone versus using one with a lower rated diffuser versus ignoring these and using some other strip with a better diffuser. Maybe something for a later video.
Awesome stuff, thanks for going full OCD (as always) so we don't have to!
Thanks for the comparisons!
Are there specific connectors for the cob strips to connect 2 strips or best idea to solder with wires? Are there varieties depending on RGB/RGBW/RGBIC (4/5/3 pin)?
Fantastic video. Great info and analysis.
Nice job on your videos. You get straight to the info. Have you thought about including CRI measurements. Not so important for decorative lighting but useful if you want to use the strips for task lighting.
Shit cri is really ghetto to live with. I returned a bunch of low cri lights because the white wasn't white, was some off colour dirty sock juice colour. Actually depressing to live with such lighting. So I'd say cri is highly important!
Thank you for these amazing videos. Thanks to you I get to save a ton of cash, effort & a very angry wife and can surprise her with great stuff that just works.
You're a life saver 👍
why dont you just compare all mainly used ws2812b addressable so everything in comparison is equal? I want to see the comparison between btf and alitove ws2812b addressable 60/m
Absolutely superb! And appreciated. Thanks.
wow, what a review, thanks man
Fantastic information in this highly confusing market of led lights. Question: when you mentioned the Muzata silicone 10mm side firing diffuser as being a great options, I'm confused: it drops brightness by 5x. Isn't that a huge negative? How to diffuse without dropping so much brightness?
Great review.
Temperature measurements would be welcome. Something tells me these "neon" silicon sleeved strips run hot, and there's literally no way to cool it. I've seen assistant sold silicon diffusers you could cream into an aluminum profile though, that might be better. They do eat brightness anyways, though.
Power supplies and controllers shipped with strips are for lazy people and usually trash quality.
Idle consumption of addressable strips can be addressed (he-he) with a relay. Wled has built-in support for such.
Does anyone know what I would get for the carpenter to recess into shelves for a warm yellow-orange type color for a medspa floating shelf that would have a more warm calming not bright white? We have direct wiring set up to a switch. The first one they installed was an exposed wire bright white that looked the opposite of everything I saw in the intro of his videos.
Question, I plan to get the BTF 24v cob strips to use as under-cab kitchen lighting and need to be able to dim it via an in-wall switch. which you think would be best. Triac dimmable driver or PWM dimming? flicker/hum free? Thanks for any input!
The best option would be to use some kind of home automation platform to sync the dimmer % with a PWM driver like the Shelly RGBW2. The easiest option and the one I'd try first, just to see if it works would be to use a dimmable 24V power supply like this: amzn.to/43gNnFH
I am looking to use the existing wall switch with your recommended COB LED + Silicone Diffuser DIY Combo. Is it possible to wire these so when I turn on the wall switch the leds illuminate at the last setting or at least turn on when power switch is turned on without using a phone or app? Or do I need additional equipment - suggestions and affiliated link would be great. @@TheHookUp
Amazingly helpful! Being new to this, I'm still a bit confused (that's on me). Could you provide a parts list of everything I would need to have 8 5m non-addressble strips simultaneously controlled by one app, so that their color and brightness would all be identical? I don't care about animation, music match or anything like that, just to make an entire room glow with the warmest, peaceful light possible. Of course, I will purchase all of your recommendations through your affilitations.Many thanks in advance!
Hello might you know if the rope LED is compatible with an ESP32 and what is the type or controller you use ?
Why didn’t you include the Phillips Hue version? I realize it’s the insanely priced one, but for those who are wanting the quality it would’ve been great to see if compared. ….LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. Really quality video and reviews.
Would you be willing to do a review on Govees outdoor permanent lighting options and compare to your setup?
Possibly, probably not until October though, it's already 90 degrees F here in Florida, so an outdoor LED video doesn't sound super fun :)
@@TheHookUp but it would be entertaining for us watching from our air conditioned rooms. 😂
Hi, how do I get a 5v cob strip that I can make shapes with????😢
What about some models powered by 3-4 AA batteries, do you have a video about that by any chance?
Is there a recommended CCT 24v strip light that isn't addressable? Your website doesn't show any and this video doesn't recommend any. I need CCT that works with 3-wire, and prefer 24V for the tunable dimmer I want to use. It could be COB or not.
I followed the link to Amazon for the Lamomo 12v. It's for the 16' spool. Thinking that I might need more, I switched to the 32' but it changed to the 24v. Is 32' 12v not a thing?
great video... as usual!
Great video! I'm looking to shine color from my ceiling onto a wall painted flat black. I don't want to see the LED diodes so I'm wondering if there are LEDs that point or are cut at an angle. In other words, if I'm looking at that wall I just want to see the effect of the light, not the LED diodes. I'm wondering if i need to install a small piece of wood across the ceiling to physically hide the LED strip. Thoughts?
To anyone who has used Super Glue or Glue for Led Strips, do you think you can you use Clear Gorilla Super Glue on Led Strips, specifically the BTF-SK6812 with IP65! They will be installed onto a piece of metal!
Hey i hope you can help recommend lighting for a home bar. I’m a DIY guy building three shelving units behind a LShaoed bar. I want to add 2 6’ long strips to each shelf to light up bottles shelves will be 26”wide and 20” deep. I also want to install under the bar a strip light to show off my one day tile work. I received quotes from blowback led and flex fire. Can you help? Thank you.
Off to google search. I'm not sure what addressable and non addressable means, but great video/ Looking to add some LED lighting to some built in glass book shelve cabinet
I recently bought some BFT warm white COB strips for in drawer lighting. They are super bright and with no hotspots!
Great video rob!
Amazing job. Really useful, thanks
Thanks! Any promised or measured CRI values for the white LEDs?
I haven't ever tried to measure CRI. I did just buy an $800 spectrophotometer for doing projector reviews though, so I could probably do it now. I'll have to see if Calman can do CRI on its own.
@@TheHookUp Sounds interesting. Otherwise, I bought a CRI meter some time ago. You could forward a few of those strips to me, in Bangkok, and I will measure them.
So, strip or tube... we always have the led technology inside.
I'd like to listen and learn something more about the luminescent polymers, I mean: plastic able to light on when a power input in applied. Do you have any suggestion? Thank you !!
Ok I’m making a neon sign. Which led should I use. Best budget light. (From experience)
I’d like to hear your thoughts on the Shelly Bluetooth/wifi rgbw controller. It seems to be superior in every way for just $3 more. Higher freq ppm means less flicker, plus Bluetooth and WiFi extender mode. Seems like a no brainer to me, no?
It would have been good to see the addressable BTF Lighting COB 12/24V strip - looks to be a good middle ground for cost/features whilst maintaining the ability to address each "section".
I did test these 24V addressable strips from BTF after the fact: amzn.to/3V4bUtX
They performed well, slightly less energy efficient than the TOPXCDZ strips, but the same addressable section size, more brightness, and the benefit of 24v, so longer runs with no voltage drop.
I want to run LED strips in my basements coffered ceiling. I have 17, 4’ x 4’ squares. I would prefer to go the DIY route with addressable LED’s. Any recommendations for power and controller?
Hi, would you post how you put your DIY addressable tube together? Would be keen to do something like that myself, many thanks!
My LED strips flicker when viewed through my smart glass display doors. What should I be looking for when buying LEDs to not have this flicker effect?
thank you for your expertise!! appreciate you A BUNCH
Btf never lets down!
Any cuttable leon flex u could recommend? Wanted to incorporate it in a wooden lamp so even a basic one but a reliable is needed. Thanks!
Can anyone recommend a tunable white strip and controller. Ideally, I'm looking to use a Lutron Diva wall switch and dimmer with a dimmable LED Driver powering tunable white COB LED strips where the white color is set by Home Assistant based on the time of day and sun position in the sky. Any suggestions?
Do you have a recommendation for a neon style led light strip that is waterproof and also solar powered? I wanted to use it as a accent light around the edge on the backyard and love the neon like style but also solar powered to avoid more wiring issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
I'm looking to do a project of about 64 feet, aka the top rim of our gaming room. What should I avoid due to issues with voltage drop? Is that DIY recommended combo able to be bought 4 times and put together no problem to do this?
Any other recommendations for controllers that would be best suited for the diy setup you suggested?
But how much heat does it produce when in use
I’m struggling to find an RGBW or RGBCCT addressable COB strip with similar density. Doesn’t seem like anyone makes an addressable COB with a dedicated white. Anyone seen anything like this?
I purchased the Superlighting strip and quickly noticed that it had troubles producing a solid red. Hmmm. Had some purple-ish color to it, or when adjusting, then had an orange color to it. Does anyone know of a bright strip that can produce a nice red color?
Hey I have some COB but CCT only under my kitchen cabinet in aluminum channel they are awesome !
Great videos and i want to say Thank You in advanced! I've got a question and I'm sure you could easily answer. If you were needing to run 85 feet (may add about 3 foot extra to that for a total of 88) of led strip and wanted them waterproof, addressable, and with customizable cool effects, which type of led strip, controller, power supply would you use? I'm not concerned about whether they are a pre-assembled kit or not. They will be mounted around the interior of a 27 foot pool (mounted up under the top rail firing down toward the water,4-5 above waterline, not submerged). The plugs/power/controller have no chance of getting wet or splashed as they will go inside a waterproof/weatherproof control cabinet. Also if I decide to go non-addressable rgb, which would you recommend? I obviously wan't the best bang for my buck and I have a fear that it may be a lot more costly to go addressable, so I'm totally fine with RGB. Please help, Thanks again!
How did I not know about this channel until today
It's a well kept secret.
Very nice! Do you have any video where you compare the CRI of various white leds? That would be very interesting!
Am I missing something or are these strips two orders of magnitude less efficient than normal LED bulbs?
I just wish these "new" COB strips came with black pcb, would be really good in my new cinema room, white pcb kinda ruins the look a bit :\
Wonder if silicon sleeves are going to turn yellow with time, particularly in outdoor use.
Yes it will yellow overtime outdoors
many thanks for your video , explains amazing well what i ever want to know about the strips and neons leds , like spotless, brightness, power in lumens and brightness, consuption per led , luminusity per colour, etc ...Can you tel me if have any RGBIC strip led or neon led that control 1 chip at time instead of that you show control 3 or x cm leds (per sector leds)... the idea is have the more smooth colour distribuition good quality and high brightness
Awesome video! Dumb question from a newbie: Does the repeated +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V along the length of the strip show when installed? Can I cut that off or would I need to plan on covering it if I don’t like the look of that?
Awesome video. I do have a question about the power supply choices. Do you cut the barrels off and connect the wires directly to the Shelley or is there some intermediate connection made? I saw on another TH-camr's page you made the comment that the barrel connectors are good up to 3A, so I assume you are not using them here. Any insight would be appreciated.
I was looking for this answer in the comments. Glad you asked! Did you end up finding an answer to this?
Beats the 5050 package, don't like high standby on some like 6 watts.
Wow, I realize these aren't meant to be 'general purpose lighting' for a room, but they all make incandescent bulbs look energy efficient.
I believe the wattage is at 12/24v, so the actual PSU running at mains voltage would be using a fraction of a mains powered incandescent bulb
Watts (power) are still watts, it doesn't matter if it's 120vac*.5a=60w for an incandescent or 12vdc*5a=60w for leds. Plus converting ac to dc is a lossy process, so assuming an efficiency of 80%, if a led strip required 60w dc, they'd be pulling 75w from the wall (or 0.63w at 120vac).
@@soulkeephl To clarify - I was looking at the '120v' side - in your example the LED strip via a transformer would be using 0.63w at 120v vs a 60.0w incandescent globe at 120v. I agree though that when looking at it from a 12/24v perspective, some of this strips are using a considerable amount of energy compared to other LED lighting products!
@@IainBrewSydney The LED strip would still be using 60w on the '120v' side (and actually more given conversion losses).
Hi, thank you for interesting video. Could you please help me ? I would like to fix to my ceiling (height 2.7 meters) in a recessed aluminum rail (direct lighting), an addressable led strip 8 meters long. What model / configuration (alimentation / controller) do you recommend ?