Reviews of HitLights Cool White Flexible Ribbon LED Strip Light, 300 LEDs, 5

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I am an owner of a lighting and lamp shop. I purchased many reels of LED strip to do a small test. Everyone knows that LED will be the next generation of the lighting but LED is more complicate than the halogen light. So people sometimes feel difficult to find out the right LEDs, especially online. Home Depot carries all kinds of LED lamp but none of the LED strip. So I hope my review will be helpful for all of you on Amazon.

The strips I compared are the most basic products: cool white and warm white, waterproof and non-waterproof. All the LED strips came in different quality and brightness. I am satisfied with five of the strips. These five strip have high lumen, good color and 3M tape is good. So I recommend them:

HitLights LED Flexible Lighting Strip Cool White or Bright White, 5 Meter or 16 Ft, 3528 Type, 300 SMD, 24 Watt

This cool white LED has the highest brightness and the color is about 6000K which will be very closed to the tube. I think this one should be enough for most of the people. Also, the best part is the price is very reasonable and even cheaper than some low quality strip. So I highly recommend this one.

16.4 Feet 300 SMD LED Flexible Strip with Waterproof Sleeve,12 Volt Clear White LED Ribbon 5 Meter Reel,3528CW By CBconept

This strip have a good rubber sleeve protect the strip and the color is around 6000K too. But since it doesn't have the 3M tape. So be careful. If you really need the waterproof cool white strip, this is your option.

5 Meter Reel Warm White 3100k Flexible LED Ribbon 300 Leds 16 Ft by LEDwholesalers, 2026ww-31k

This strip have a neutral color, around 3000K to 3500K which is between cool white and warm white. The color is special and I believe some one will need that. The 3M tape is great and stick the strip really well.

HitLights LED Flexible Lighting Strip Warm White, 5 Meter or 16 Ft, 3528 Type, 300 SMD, 24 Watt

This one have a better price and warmer color. It is from hitlights so the quality is the same as the first one I just mentioned before.

HitLights Waterproof LED Flexible Warm White Lighting Strip, 3528 Type, 300 LED, 5 Meter or 16 Ft, 24 Watt, 12 Volt

This is the only warm white LED strip I found on Amazon. The quality is good and the LED is bright. Good choice for the people who need warm white LED strip in outdoor use.

Finally, I realized that hitlights and led wholesaler are the top two quality on Amazon. I also found both of them have more LED products in other vendors. In other word, they are more professional in LED. Obviously, led wholesaler has even more products but higher price while hitlights only has the popular led products and the price is more reasonable. I will say both of them are good LED sellers.

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Pro's

Bright Cool White LED's

All the LED's have the same color temperature and brightness

Came with a connector that will allow you to connect your strip to an AC adapter

Came with a connector that allows you to link two LED strips together

Con's

none

Other Thoughts

I have bought other LED strips from other sellers, and this is the first time that I got the connector for an AC adapter and a connector to link two strips together with the LED strip. This is very handy, and very appropriate for the target audience. Is is very easy to solder two strips together, but any item of convenience that means not having to bring out the 600+ degree F soldering iron is a big plus. Plus they look very professional. The connectors are a compression type with a hinge parallel to the length of the strip. Simply open the connector, place the strip contacts over the connector contacts, and close the connector. This presses the strip contacts down onto the spring contacts in the connector.

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I had purchased a different LED strip from here (item #B002QQ1YOM) that is stated as 6000K color temperature on the packaging. Side by side these LEDs appear to be just a little bit "cooler/bluer" than those. So if my other ones are rated as 6000K, then I would guess these are around 6200K-6500K. I wish sellers would be more specific than just "Cool White".

Each LED is very bright for their size. Would be able to light up anything, under cabinet, inside cabinet, utility lighting, etc. The reel has a label that says "SMD 3528 LED Strip DC12V 60leds/M 4.8W/M Cold WHITE 5meter Unwaterproof CE ROHS" that looks like it was printed on someone's laser printer. They work great with a 12v power supply (item #B0034GUEY4) and a 12v dimmer (item #B003L4KKF2). I have yet to cut & mount these to their permanent location.

I measured some stats while lighting up the whole strip using a volt meter and a Kill-A-Watt meter (item #B0032JRGZ8).

Volts In: 12.04

Amps: 1.28 (changes with temperature as they heat up)

Watts: 16.8

Honest reviews on HitLights Cool White Flexible Ribbon LED Strip Light, 300 LEDs, 5

I like these lights a lot as they are very easy to install and they are quite bright. You can see in my video that I used them in my evaluation as an accent light and they are perfect for that application. They operate at a low temperature and operate using 24 watts. If you do have them rolled up they can get warm but unrolled the heat is more easily dissipated. The lights are IP65 which means they are dust proof and capable of getting wet without any problems. The 5, at the end of the IP6x, rating means that they can be sprayed with water.

The strip of LEDs is 16.4 feet long and it contains 300 LEDs. They operate on 12 volts but please take note that they do not come with a power supply and you have to provide your own or purchase one. You can cut the LED strip and at every 3 LEDs there is a location that can be separated. You can re-solder wires to allow the strip to make a right angle turn to put a boarder around a window for example. The back of the strip has an adhesive double sided tape already applied and you can remove it to stick the lights to a staircase, door frames or around a window for example.

The LEDs have a very long life and they are rated at 50,000 hours of on time. This is a high quality product that is good for home or business use. I rated them as a 5 star product. Please view the video as it gives a good example of how they look and it shows the brightness of the LEDs.

I received a sample for test and evaluation and I promised to provide a fair and honest review.

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This worked perfect. Had to order a 1amp transformer for this. I ended up cutting the strip at 5ft. And put the 5ft under one of our cabinets. Other lights would not work as they were to visible or got annoying while watching tv in the living room.

They do have double-stick tape on the back of them for those who wonder.

If I need to light up a cabinet or something else that is similar, sold.