Warm LED Strip Lights, Waterproof Cuttable 300 SMD 2835 LED Tape, 3000K 16.4ft/5m 12V Flexible Ribbon, Kitchen Cabinet Lighting, Hotel, Club, Bar, No Power Supply

I needed some LED strip lights for an auto engine compartment lighting project. This product was perfect for the application: inexpensive, waterproof, 12V, cuttable, high brightness, 3M adhesive. I found the adhesive backing to be excellent, worked well on the metal surface I attached it to. Make sure to clean the area first with alcohol. The product comes on a reel with a male 2.1 x 5.5 mm plug connector on one end, and a very thin 22 ga wire pair on the other end. I didn't want to use the plug connector, just the wired end. In retrospect, I should have cut off the wired end, because the 22 ga wires are very light duty, and replaced it with 18 ga wires. It's simple to cut and add power wires to the strip. After cutting at an indicated cut point, use a razor blade to gently get under the rubber coating over the terminal pads. Go slightly beyond the end of the pads, then cut from above to remove the rubber coating over the pads. Solder on your pigtail and you're in business. I suggest sealing the pad area by using a piece of 1/4" adhesive lined shrink tubing. The adhesive will then form a watertight seal. See photo for an example with an 18 ga pigtail. Time will tell if I experience issues that others have reported with individual LED failures. Did a 1 hour stress test on the entire strip, no early failures. FYI, each cuttable segment with 3 LED's uses 10 mA / 120 mW, the full 300 LED's uses 1 A / 12 W.

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I have installed 8 of these now in Warm White. They are paired in strings up to just under 10M (33 feet). These strings are installed under the nosing of stair treads around the edge of a large deck. I routed the 2x6 nosing prior to installation to provide a place to conceal the strips. the strips can be cut to length every few inches. To link the strips, I carefully cut off the silicon covering a few mm to solder leads to the second string of LEDs. You need to connect positive to positive / negative to negative to link the strings. When in doubt, try a test connection by hand with the system powered up. Its 12v. That is safe to do. Then using a fine tip hot iron, I coated the tip in melted solder prior to touching the strip and lead wire with it. Do it relatively quickly. Do not leave the iron in place to transfer heat to the other components. When all is finished, waterproof the connections with something. I used two coats of "Liquid Electrical Tape". Great stuff. The adhesive on the back of these was sufficient to hold these in place on smoothly cut and stained wood while I installed them, but I used clips every 12 inches or so to secure them permanently. My one comment is that the "Warm White" seemed still a little too bright at first. These are also a lot brighter than the old LED rope light I replaced. I knew they would be, but it was still a bigger difference than I expected. It is pretty dramatic, and after a few months, I really like it.

Good lights with some silly weak tape. They do provide some fasteners that match the shape of the waterproofing which does the job well but without it it was falling when placed in my wife's desk as a top light (mounted upside-down). The yellow-ness of the pictures is a bit misleading it is a soft light and not a harsh white or blue-white. It works as expected. I recommend buying a set of 8mm extenders, corners (L), crosses and T intersections from good source, it really makes the difference when you need to make a bend. I bought amazon item: B077CLT75F and it worked great - until I needed a much longer extension that I needed to build myself. So why 4/5? That dang tape. I really wanted to have it work without the fasteners as originally planned and while they are not noticeable from afar for a wife with a bit of OCD that catches these things its not perfect (5/5). Yes the surface was clean and the tape was applied once and pressed firm for 30 seconds on sections about 50mm wide.

Used these on my front steps -- They have been up for 3 months and work great. I pressure washed and allowed to dry so adhesive would stick -- used the tiny screws/brackets as well -- put then on a timer from sund down to bed time and they are great -- I have them come back on from the time I get up for work until sunrise -- no more tripping down the front steps

Wanted to make a more functional under hood work light. This spreads the light source perfectly so i am not blocking my own light all the time. Holding up well after a few test runs. The adhesive seems to hold but i added rtv in serveral places for insurance. I will update if/when it fails. But handles underhood temps fine for now

I like the dual power source methods. You can plug in an adapter or direct wire them to a 12v landscape light wire. Since I direct wired them, I appreciated the lower price of a power adapter-free product. They are very bright, but are not dimmable and they definitely are NOT warm in color. It's easy to lose track of the strip clips with tiny screws at the bottom of the box, so beware. For the price, a good deal, but can't they tell the difference between cold and warm lighting? It makes a difference to we buyers.

My 2022 Tesla Model 3 RWD does not come with any ambient lighting, so the interior is very dark at night. It makes the touchscreen have a low perceived contrast due to having no bias lighting, and also makes it a challenge to find anything you drop. I tried one of the other lighting kits with a light tube, and an LED bulb. I didn't like the way it looked, with a dim brightness and uneven look. I decided to try the 2835 strip supplied by a cigarette lighter adapter instead, and look is phenomenal. The lights are very bright, and have a cool daylight white color temperature. The dimmer that comes with the kit help get the illumination intensity just right. I installed strips under the driver and passenger dash area, and connected them using soldered wires. I ran the supply wire to the center console by hiding it in the panel edge gaps and under floor mats. I probably will continue the project and install a couple of sections of strip under the front seats. With this approach my car has an even, glare free ambient lighting in all areas, and this was a cheap and easy solution.

Awesome. So bright and easy to install. Sticky backing is very affective in holding them up.