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We were looking for a way to light up some artwork that did not require a wall plug, this fit the bill. It has a wall plug or a battery option so it is versatile. We pointed all 4 lights at our artwork and it looks great, but even with fewer lights on the art would be plenty of light.
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I needed to replace some Xenon under cabinet lighting that I was using on my desk. I wanted 4 LED pucks, plug in not battery operated, warm light around the 3000K range, with output equivalent to 40 watt bulbs.I did not get all of that. One astounding thing I learned in researching this is that MOST SELLERS DO NOT PUBLISH THE KELVIN OR WATTAGE of their lights. How ridiculous is that? It's like selling clothes without saying what size they are.
I realized I was going to have to be prepared to make some compromises.
What I did get was a 4 light LED strip that can be EITHER battery operated or plug in, with fairly dim lights but they'll do for now, They are also a VERY cool blue, typical LED. I don't like that but I'm not going to send it back.
Pluses -
It comes with a remote control, useless for me since the lights are mounted within arms reach but I can see how you could use this strip as decorative up lighting or on a shelf and I can see how the remote would, then, be helpful.
The lights are able to operate either off of batteries or plugged in.
The lights can be daisy-chained (the connector is included) AND you can then use one remote to operate the string (or so the box says).
The lights have a dimmer feature that works from both the switch on the strip as well as the remote.
The directionality of these lights is superb.
Installation can be done either with screws (template included) or by hook-loop sticky stuff.
These are LED's and therefore won't get hot.
Negative: wish they were brighter (nothing on the package indicates the wattage I'm guessing around a 15 watt incandescent equivalent but not diffuse) and much lower Kelvins (incandescent are around 2700, I'm happy around 3000, these are somewhere, imo, around 5000).
The lights I replaced created beautiful ambient lighting that was also functional. These are functional only and are dim enough that they are only barely functional. I think part of that, though, is my dislike of the cool color of the light. We'll see.
If you don't need really bright light and don't mind the cool color these are ideal with some really nifty features.
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