Spotless NEON Effect LED Strips, which is Best? Govee, BTF-Lighting, Alitove and more.
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- I tested 10 popular spotless "neon effect" LED strips from Amazon to see which one is the best.
🎖️ BEST value all in one silicone diffuser 🎖️
Lamomo 12V: amzn.to/40YkXys
🎖️ BEST addressable strip with silicone diffuser 🎖️
Aclorol 12V: amzn.to/438H9Yr
🎖️ BEST Non-addressable COB LED strip 🎖️
SuperlightingLED RGBW: amzn.to/3m5QBLz
🎖️ BEST Addressable COB LED Strip 🎖️
TOPXCDZ: amzn.to/3ZGsnFr
🎖️ COB LED + Silicone Diffuser DIY Combo 🎖️
24V BTF Lighting RGB Non-addressable COB: amzn.to/3nQN9ow
Muzata silicone 10mm side firing diffuser: amzn.to/4139QnJ
🔥 Other good options 🔥
Govee RGBIC Neon Strip: amzn.to/3m9QMW0
12V BTF Lighting: amzn.to/3Kj0YDT
Pautix 24V Addressable: amzn.to/3zzlOtw
🔥 Recommended Power Supplies and Controllers🔥
12V power supply: amzn.to/3UgtF8W
24V power supply: amzn.to/3UhbrUA
Non-Addressable LED Controller (Shelly RGBW2): amzn.to/4bYr0ZV
Addressable LED Controller (DigUno): shop.allnetchina.cn/collectio...
👎 Not Recommended 👎
Alitove Addressable Silicone Diffuser: amzn.to/3UirWjA
Lamomo 24V Addressable Kit: amzn.to/3ZKK0DN
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00:00 Introduction
00:30 Brightness, Efficiency, Power Draw
09:42 Spotless Effect
11:00 Color Saturation
12:13 Color Uniformity and Voltage Drop
13:23 Mounting and Bending
14:04 Ease of Use
15:05 Conclusions and Recommendations 
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This is what you call a comparison. Finally someone who takes everything in consideration. Thank you very much!
Maybe one thing to add is a 'best buy'. But overall this is THE best review that I have ever seen. Keep it up.
Excellent video, as always! Thanks for sharing the results of your testing, which helps us make informed decisions about high-quality products. Your content is on a whole other level!
Awesome video to watch and great comparison! COB strips are really bringing something new to the market recently and I personally especially love the 24v addressable variant with 5cm segments! Also thank you very much for the shoutout for the Dig-Uno/Dig-Quad controllers! 😍
Ah right on time, I was starting to look for one of those. Thanks Rob for saving me a bunch of effort! I really appreciate your high quality reviews!
Hi Chris
Great to have you back in LED review world. Super thorough review.
this is the best led video i have seen in a very long time! thank you so much!
Another great video! I plan on using light strips in my sailboat and this information is very useful. Thanks for taking the time to make this video!
Just incredible how good are your test and comparison videos. Thank you.
Thanks Rob! Very timely review with gobs of real info!
Thanks Robs, that's a whole lot if work summarized into one video, this is very helpful
What an amazing amount of info! Thank you so much for all the effort you put into this.
Great video. Packed full of useful info. Thanks for taking the time to do this
So much valuable information packed in this video. Thank you!
Fantastic presentation, editing and information. Thanks so much.
Frustration. Why is it so hard to give us the ultimate strip: 24w RGBICWW Cobb? This is what we want. I wish someone would make this.
Because the forward voltage drop on LEDs is small compared to 24v, you would either need smaller COB devices with many diodes in series per colour which I don't suspect anyone currently manufactures, or you would need some way of smoothing the current waveform if switching onto a lower voltage LED device, and such a tiny switch mode circuit would be challenging to manufacture affordably.
TLDR 24v is high, so you need many diodes in series to avoid really complicated power supplies per LED group, and no one manufactures small enough RGB COB devices.
Power draw
Incredibly high quality video, thanks!
Great video - very informative and easy to watch!
Thanks again Rob. Killer review as always. 😀
Thank you, sir, for your time and effort. Your videos are great and very useful. Cheers
I will need to update my lighting solution in the near future. This video was very informative. Thank you!
This is an AWESOME review. Mega thanks for it!!!
brother, you are AMAZING guy, seriously, thanks for your job
Thank you so much for the effort you put into your comparison tests for each video you make.
I'm not even looking to buy LED light strips but I still wanted to watch this video entirely just because I was curious about the differences.
You're amazing. 😎👍
Are you a Psycho ?
This video must have been a NIGHTMARE to make...I hate dealing with these things once and you did it over and over again...good on ya!!
Thanks for the comparisons!
Thank you for posting this video 🎉. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the great work 🎉. This video has been very helpful to me 🎉.
I've been installing 24volt / 720 ICs for a few months, and this vid confirms what I know. First is you need to choose between addressable vs uniform color for best results. My 720 ICs pull over 100watts in full white mode, but a fraction that just running effects. Next, silicone anything destroys output. I stick to conventional channels with lightly frosted covers with COBs. Only time I bother with silicone is for swimming pools.
Where do you get the lightly frosted covers from
We recently opted for a combination of Govee Neon 16ft and 10ft strips and it's been awesome. They look great up close and have *mostly* good CRI and color. They tend to be a little weak on replicating warmer, incandescent lighting, but that's true of so many LEDs. They have a tons of cool patterns that can be synched together, but I haven't tried it with Home Assistant yet.
The home assistant integration works, but it's a bit laggy compared to local control options like WLED and Shelly.
@@TheHookUp There's a Govee LAN controller integration in HACS that can control quite a bit of Govee's strips and the response time is near instantaneous. Be sure to see if the Govee strip you want to purchase is on the LAN supported models list.
I followed your links for the diy kit you suggested. All the components arrived today. The issue I’m having is how to wire it up. The power supply has a connection on it that is not compatible with the Shelly controller. Maybe you could make a video on how to construct this setup?
Fantastic video. Great info and analysis.
Absolutely superb! And appreciated. Thanks.
Amazing job. Really useful, thanks
This is the indoor LED video of my dreams, no one has done it better
thank you for your expertise!! appreciate you A BUNCH
Nice job! Very thorough. I’ve done internet research on some of these, and had previously decided on the BTF 24 volt. Really appreciate you actually testing each, I’ll be buying your Cob recommendation. I’ve bought individually addressable LED strips in the past, and they are fun to play with, but honestly I don’t see the practicality. The chasing flashing tricks come across as Las Vegas sparkle. My spouse already thinks my fascination with colored LED lighting is marginally tacky, so I’m unlikely to use the individual addressable functions.
I use addressable less and less these days, and no matter what type I'm using I always cut power to the strip when not in use. I find that not having them constantly powered not only saves electricity but also significantly increases lifespan.
i would love to see some 3d plane matlab//octave//matlibplot graphs for related factors or a final slide showing all the combined product results on one page to reference in the video, especially when talking about harder to quantify aspects like spotting or bendability
great video... as usual!
Thank you for this video.
I was looking to get a 12v LED light strip for automotive use. Lamomo 12v seems the best choice for me.
You'll want to make sure you have a regulated 12V power source. It's not uncommon for alternators to spike to 15-16V which can damage 12V electronics.
Great video. I was hoping it might tie in to your 'best diffuser' video though. I guess I basically want to know what's the best option between using one of these strips alone versus using one with a lower rated diffuser versus ignoring these and using some other strip with a better diffuser. Maybe something for a later video.
Amazingly helpful! Being new to this, I'm still a bit confused (that's on me). Could you provide a parts list of everything I would need to have 8 5m non-addressble strips simultaneously controlled by one app, so that their color and brightness would all be identical? I don't care about animation, music match or anything like that, just to make an entire room glow with the warmest, peaceful light possible. Of course, I will purchase all of your recommendations through your affilitations.Many thanks in advance!
As always, Such great content. Please do a video on grow lights for indoor gardening, myth or true, can you use any LED Strip or matrix, LED light spectrum needed, Lumens needed, power efficiency?
Perfect, thank you!
Great video!
I like that you also added in the DIY option, though it's worth reminding that the DIY strip would not be addressable
Yeah, you'd need to find a 10mm strip or a 12mm tube if you wanted to do that with an addressable strip.
BTF has individually addressable RGBW strips (and they have warm/neutral and cool white options for the white diodes) so you can go that route if you want to.
Btf never lets down!
Great videos and i want to say Thank You in advanced! I've got a question and I'm sure you could easily answer. If you were needing to run 85 feet (may add about 3 foot extra to that for a total of 88) of led strip and wanted them waterproof, addressable, and with customizable cool effects, which type of led strip, controller, power supply would you use? I'm not concerned about whether they are a pre-assembled kit or not. They will be mounted around the interior of a 27 foot pool (mounted up under the top rail firing down toward the water,4-5 above waterline, not submerged). The plugs/power/controller have no chance of getting wet or splashed as they will go inside a waterproof/weatherproof control cabinet. Also if I decide to go non-addressable rgb, which would you recommend? I obviously wan't the best bang for my buck and I have a fear that it may be a lot more costly to go addressable, so I'm totally fine with RGB. Please help, Thanks again!
Awesome stuff, thanks for going full OCD (as always) so we don't have to!
I'll put this video in my pocket if I decide to upgrade my under cabinet lights one day. I am using the old school stuff WS2811, WLED on a ESP8266, on/off via Voice or a Hue Wireless Dimmer Switch, attached with a 45 degree Aluminum Diffuser.
It was a pain to mount those diffusers, the issue I have is WS2811 voltage drop, as power injection on the other end is not possible in my kitchen area, and so when cooking I pretty much need these lights to see well. If I redo the setup I am 99% going to want a RGBW source so I can get clean light. It has to be water resistant (cooking creates steam) so need to find something like the SuperLighting product that will fit in the silicon as compared to the BTF Lighting product.
Thank you for these amazing videos. Thanks to you I get to save a ton of cash, effort & a very angry wife and can surprise her with great stuff that just works.
You're a life saver 👍
Are there specific connectors for the cob strips to connect 2 strips or best idea to solder with wires? Are there varieties depending on RGB/RGBW/RGBIC (4/5/3 pin)?
Great video as always. I’ve looked at these type of lights to possibly use for year round outdoor house light decorations, would you recommend any of theses for that type of installation? The silicons seemed the best to me but would need quite a bit to cover roofline. Thanks again!
The cob type are not waterproof, so they wouldn't be a good option for outdoors. The silicone tube type are IP67, so they are your best bet.
Great video! I'm looking to shine color from my ceiling onto a wall painted flat black. I don't want to see the LED diodes so I'm wondering if there are LEDs that point or are cut at an angle. In other words, if I'm looking at that wall I just want to see the effect of the light, not the LED diodes. I'm wondering if i need to install a small piece of wood across the ceiling to physically hide the LED strip. Thoughts?
THANK YOU, YOU ARE AMAZIN
Very nice! Do you have any video where you compare the CRI of various white leds? That would be very interesting!
Nice job on your videos. You get straight to the info. Have you thought about including CRI measurements. Not so important for decorative lighting but useful if you want to use the strips for task lighting.
Shit cri is really ghetto to live with. I returned a bunch of low cri lights because the white wasn't white, was some off colour dirty sock juice colour. Actually depressing to live with such lighting. So I'd say cri is highly important!
Just Excellent!
Awesome video! Dumb question from a newbie: Does the repeated +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V along the length of the strip show when installed? Can I cut that off or would I need to plan on covering it if I don’t like the look of that?
@16:42 "Full whiteness bright"😂 BTW, this video was phenomenal. So. Much. Detail!
🤣 never in a million years would I have noticed that. I just watched it and thought to myself "hmm, sounds right to me".
this has been the most helpful video. I watched your christmas light video and i see you ran 5v with a lot of injections. after watching this video i started looking at the superlighting rgbw 24v Ip67. would you recommend using these for christmaslights or would you not be 100% happy with the quality?
If you click the link they’re not even 24volts, they’re 12volts
All your video do a very good comparison of products. I would like use a10mm wide aluminum channel with white diffuser that you compared a year ago and a high density LED strip 60LED/m for the under counter kitchen lighting. I paired a SP108E controller with SK6812 strip, but found the it was not compatible with Google home assistant. What would you recommend for a dimable under counter white light or RGBW solution that works with google home?
Hi, would you post how you put your DIY addressable tube together? Would be keen to do something like that myself, many thanks!
Any other recommendations for controllers that would be best suited for the diy setup you suggested?
Any cuttable leon flex u could recommend? Wanted to incorporate it in a wooden lamp so even a basic one but a reliable is needed. Thanks!
So, strip or tube... we always have the led technology inside.
I'd like to listen and learn something more about the luminescent polymers, I mean: plastic able to light on when a power input in applied. Do you have any suggestion? Thank you !!
Awesome video. I do have a question about the power supply choices. Do you cut the barrels off and connect the wires directly to the Shelley or is there some intermediate connection made? I saw on another RUclipsr's page you made the comment that the barrel connectors are good up to 3A, so I assume you are not using them here. Any insight would be appreciated.
I was looking for this answer in the comments. Glad you asked! Did you end up finding an answer to this?
How did I not know about this channel until today
It's a well kept secret.
Do you have a recommendation for a neon style led light strip that is waterproof and also solar powered? I wanted to use it as a accent light around the edge on the backyard and love the neon like style but also solar powered to avoid more wiring issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
I’ve been trying to connect the superlighting strip with a shelly rgbw2 controller to a 24V 200W power source but it doesn’t seem to be working… I’ve spliced the positive end of the strip with the positive end of the power source, but whenever it touches the controller the strip flickers and then dies out. The controller works fine though, the fact that it doesn’t seem to be able to connect to my phone… any ideas on what’s going on here?
Hey I have some COB but CCT only under my kitchen cabinet in aluminum channel they are awesome !
Thanks Rob.
I'm looking to do a project of about 64 feet, aka the top rim of our gaming room. What should I avoid due to issues with voltage drop? Is that DIY recommended combo able to be bought 4 times and put together no problem to do this?
I'm only here to feed the algorithm since Quindor is doing most of youtube's work finding specs on good LED strips. more of this please. more espHome more physical interfaces for controlling lighting around the house.
I may do a deep dive on LED control in the near future. I still just can't get into ESPHome, I significantly prefer Tasmota from a user friendly aspect, and standard Arduino for custom stuff. ESPHome just feels like a weird offshoot to me, and I've found the ESPHome API to be super flaky compared to standard MQTT integration with Home Assistant.
@@TheHookUp oh. I had no idea.
you do you.
you're awesome.
I recently bought some BFT warm white COB strips for in drawer lighting. They are super bright and with no hotspots!
Great video rob!
many thanks for your video , explains amazing well what i ever want to know about the strips and neons leds , like spotless, brightness, power in lumens and brightness, consuption per led , luminusity per colour, etc ...Can you tel me if have any RGBIC strip led or neon led that control 1 chip at time instead of that you show control 3 or x cm leds (per sector leds)... the idea is have the more smooth colour distribuition good quality and high brightness
Why didn’t you include the Phillips Hue version? I realize it’s the insanely priced one, but for those who are wanting the quality it would’ve been great to see if compared. ….LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. Really quality video and reviews.
Fantastic!
I want to run LED strips in my basements coffered ceiling. I have 17, 4’ x 4’ squares. I would prefer to go the DIY route with addressable LED’s. Any recommendations for power and controller?
I followed the link to Amazon for the Lamomo 12v. It's for the 16' spool. Thinking that I might need more, I switched to the 32' but it changed to the 24v. Is 32' 12v not a thing?
Hello might you know if the rope LED is compatible with an ESP32 and what is the type or controller you use ?
Great video as always! I've just started a few led strip projects with help from your videos. Do you know of any individually addressable strips that are brighter than the BTF rgb ws2812?
Increase LED density increase brightness. If using WS2812B you are stuck with 5v, so increasing density significantly will be an issue due to voltage drop.
Thanks for the quick response! My test setup was 60/M, but I have 144/meter arriving today. The strip that I need is approximately 1 meter, I can power inject if I need to.
Off to google search. I'm not sure what addressable and non addressable means, but great video/ Looking to add some LED lighting to some built in glass book shelve cabinet
Great review.
Temperature measurements would be welcome. Something tells me these "neon" silicon sleeved strips run hot, and there's literally no way to cool it. I've seen assistant sold silicon diffusers you could cream into an aluminum profile though, that might be better. They do eat brightness anyways, though.
Power supplies and controllers shipped with strips are for lazy people and usually trash quality.
Idle consumption of addressable strips can be addressed (he-he) with a relay. Wled has built-in support for such.
Thanks! Any promised or measured CRI values for the white LEDs?
I haven't ever tried to measure CRI. I did just buy an $800 spectrophotometer for doing projector reviews though, so I could probably do it now. I'll have to see if Calman can do CRI on its own.
@@TheHookUp Sounds interesting. Otherwise, I bought a CRI meter some time ago. You could forward a few of those strips to me, in Bangkok, and I will measure them.
Danke Mann!
It would have been good to see the addressable BTF Lighting COB 12/24V strip - looks to be a good middle ground for cost/features whilst maintaining the ability to address each "section".
I did test these 24V addressable strips from BTF after the fact: amzn.to/3V4bUtX
They performed well, slightly less energy efficient than the TOPXCDZ strips, but the same addressable section size, more brightness, and the benefit of 24v, so longer runs with no voltage drop.
Why didn’t you include DiodeLed Neon Blaze? Thanks for the video! Great stuff!
Never heard of them.
Would you be willing to do a review on Govees outdoor permanent lighting options and compare to your setup?
Possibly, probably not until October though, it's already 90 degrees F here in Florida, so an outdoor LED video doesn't sound super fun :)
@@TheHookUp but it would be entertaining for us watching from our air conditioned rooms. 😂
I purchased the Superlighting strip and quickly noticed that it had troubles producing a solid red. Hmmm. Had some purple-ish color to it, or when adjusting, then had an orange color to it. Does anyone know of a bright strip that can produce a nice red color?
Hi, thank you for interesting video. Could you please help me ? I would like to fix to my ceiling (height 2.7 meters) in a recessed aluminum rail (direct lighting), an addressable led strip 8 meters long. What model / configuration (alimentation / controller) do you recommend ?
Question, I plan to get the BTF 24v cob strips to use as under-cab kitchen lighting and need to be able to dim it via an in-wall switch. which you think would be best. Triac dimmable driver or PWM dimming? flicker/hum free? Thanks for any input!
The best option would be to use some kind of home automation platform to sync the dimmer % with a PWM driver like the Shelly RGBW2. The easiest option and the one I'd try first, just to see if it works would be to use a dimmable 24V power supply like this: amzn.to/43gNnFH
I am looking to use the existing wall switch with your recommended COB LED + Silicone Diffuser DIY Combo. Is it possible to wire these so when I turn on the wall switch the leds illuminate at the last setting or at least turn on when power switch is turned on without using a phone or app? Or do I need additional equipment - suggestions and affiliated link would be great. @@TheHookUp
Hey i hope you can help recommend lighting for a home bar. I’m a DIY guy building three shelving units behind a LShaoed bar. I want to add 2 6’ long strips to each shelf to light up bottles shelves will be 26”wide and 20” deep. I also want to install under the bar a strip light to show off my one day tile work. I received quotes from blowback led and flex fire. Can you help? Thank you.
But how much heat does it produce when in use
the real MVP
Hi, how do I get a 5v cob strip that I can make shapes with????😢
My LED strips flicker when viewed through my smart glass display doors. What should I be looking for when buying LEDs to not have this flicker effect?
gotta get that Full Whiteness Bright yo
Does anyone know what I would get for the carpenter to recess into shelves for a warm yellow-orange type color for a medspa floating shelf that would have a more warm calming not bright white? We have direct wiring set up to a switch. The first one they installed was an exposed wire bright white that looked the opposite of everything I saw in the intro of his videos.
why dont you just compare all mainly used ws2812b addressable so everything in comparison is equal? I want to see the comparison between btf and alitove ws2812b addressable 60/m
Great channel, learning a lot. QUESTION: Can i chain 2 5metre lengths of SK1682 leds into one 10 metre chain, obviously they will need a beefier power supply but i assume WLED can allow for this if i increase the start and end LED numbers???
Yes, you can make a 10m chain. If you are using 12v you can get away with power injecting at each end, if you are using 24V you can probably get away with no power injection, and if you are using 5V you will need front, mid and end power injection.
@@TheHookUp Thank you for taking the time to reply. I've made quite a lot of progress n the last 24 hours and now have a working 5m strip, the ONE big issue i did have was the ESP needing 5.8 volts to stop it dropping out. Took a bit of figuring out that one.
Am I missing something or are these strips two orders of magnitude less efficient than normal LED bulbs?
Hi Rob, thanks for your usual professional review.
Regardless of spotlight, what would you go for in case of a 5m led strip for kitchen top light?
Which color?
How many LEDs/m?
Which chip technology?
12V or 24V?
Thank you very much!
Depends if you are looking for RGB. I personally use warm white in my kitchen, but if I were going to do it over again I'd increase the density to 60led/m and use warm white/cool white dual channel so I could easily change color temp throughout the day.
@@TheHookUp it is exactly what I’m thinking of: no RGB, just white.
Which chip? 2835/5050/3014….
Thanks again.
5050 will get you the most variety and best price.
@@TheHookUp did you ever make a test comparing those chips to find out the best in class for efficiency as lumen/W?
No, never done a video like that.
Are any of the silicone or COB strips trimmable? If I have a certain design that needs 4 or 4.5m instead of 5 then what are my options? Amazing video as always!
Yeah, they can all be trimmed, but the COB strips are easier to work with because they have clearly marked cut lines. The silicone strips you need to cut a little longer than you need, then carefully trim back the silicone tube until you find a cutline for the LED strip inside. Also worth noting that the silicone tube strips will no longer be waterproof if you cut them.
@@TheHookUp nice, thanks. That makes sense. For custom lengths, using a cob threaded inside a separate silicone tube like the last segment of the video might be the most customizable.
@@jonbartosch1903 Jon