Before I purchased the kit, I actually went to the Inspired LED site to check out for more information (you can do a web search to find them). They pretty much offer the same thing with the same price. But I did find the recommendation of a wall box to deal with the wires coming out of the wall (from my existing undercounter light. I want to reuse the existing wall switch so I need something to fix up the wires to make it more tidy. It is a bit heard to find since it is sourced through a different supplier. If you want, you can see my other reviews on that wall box (and power brick as well).
Without the dimmer, the light is adequate so I did not even bother hooking up the dimmer. I know I order the cool white version, so I have no issue with the coolness of the light. It is the same as my old flourescent.
There are probably too many long wires and too few short ones.
Since I need an extra bar and they are not available from Amazon, I end up ordering an extension kit (extra light bar) from Inspired LED site. If you need extras, you can go there and order directly.
The double side tape does not work well with my cabinet's wood surface, and I replace them with my own tape (3M varieties) and these works fine.
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I installed them under cabinets above my desk.Very easy to put up and they give off alot of light.I plan to order more for other places in the house.
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This is the second time I order this combo; and they work incredible well.
The combo includes everything you need to install 3 "lamps" of 18 inches long each. The "Cool white" its as white as a standard fluorescent tube light, and with the transparent acrylic case you get a nice distribution of light without "zebra-like" spots.
The nice thing with these LED light that you will never have with Fluorescent lights or those Spiral bulbs is DIMMER! I like to control the amount of light under my cabinets or on my desk; and these lights have a 4-steps dimmer.
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These lights are very easy to install. These lights put off a nice bright light and work great. I dropped the lights on the counter a few times while installing them and they survived just fine. I only wish they were thinner, although I think, because they are in the kitchen I think these are better than the ribbon lights because they'll be easier to clean. Oil, meat, etc... fly everywhere when you cut or cook and thus installed lights need to be easy to clean, so the plastic shell of these is perfect.
The other thing I thought of when I bought these was that if a strip goes out you can just buy a replacement for pretty cheap.
In the end these were well worth the money. We also got the on/off switch because it was smaller and we didn't need the dimming effect. (Our cabinets do not have a lower lip so there's nothing to block the view of the lights and switch so it's nice that they were fairly thin and hidden by most views).
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I was trying to find an alternative to hard wiring in some under cabinet lighting as I really have no way to do that at this time (although they do have an option to hardwire these directly to a switch or even a dimmer switch). I found these and was a bit skeptical after reading some of the reviews but I thought I'd give them a shot and if I didn't like them, I'd just return them. I was pleasantly surprised when I plugged them in for the first time. They are thin in profile and have a good look to them. They also were much brighter than I expected. Don't get me wrong, they aren't flood lights but they are pretty bright and do exactly what I need them to do. I also like the fact that they easily daisy chain together and install very easily. I bought the cool white ones and am very happy.
Pros: thin profile, sleek looking, pretty bright, easy to install, easy to expand system and connect lights
Cons: none
