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.

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.

Put it in my truck camper around the top edge inside . Great way to light up the camper with little power.

The LED lights shipped quickly. The kits are nice with the power supply and dimmer. The 3m backing is very sticky and hold well. My only small complaint is the color temp of the LED was listed as warm white. To me that should be the same as a standard incandescent lamp. These were a little whiter light that hoped for. The dim smoothly and work well, just wish they had a little more yellow to the light output. Wanted them to be like the old Christmas tree lights with clear bulbs. Overall a good product.

I used these lights for my steps on the deck. I soldered 2 lengths of lights and used the adhesive tape to stick the lights under the lip of the stair. The lights are bright enough and I use my TimberTech dimmer on control the brightness for both lights systems.

Ordered warm white, expected warm white. Did not receive warm white. The lights themselves are good, style was right for my application, the only issue I have is that I didn’t get what I ordered and needed. If I hadn’t already customized the length and cut it to fit, I’d return them.

Looks great!!! Easy to install. Bang for the buck.

Nice

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