BTF-LIGHTING WS2812B 3.2FT 1m 144 LEDs/Pixels/m Black PCB Individual Addressable 5050SMD LED Full Color led Pixel Strip Dream Color IP30 Non-Waterproof DC5V for Indoor Lighting

I've bought a couple of sets of these 100 leds/m pixel strips now, combined with BTF's SP105E Bluetooth controller and a 5v 10A power supply from another manufacturer. I've been really impressed with the quality of the led strip and BTF's customer service. While the controller software is quite basic, it does all I need and seems reliable. It picks up the Bluetooth controller and connects quickly every time, and allows control of all the basic functionality very easily. Only thing I wish it would do is save favourite modes, but you could always go old school and write them down! Also wish you could rename the controller Bluetooth name, as I may get a few more for other rooms in the future. In terms of the lights themselves, I can't really fault them. Really nice colours, very bright and super quick to change state. Also as there are so many leds/m, you get very little spotting effect if using to edge light a glass shelf (which is what I'm doing). Even better if you put them behind a diffuser in some sort of profile. Only slight gripe is there's not that many different brightness settings, but I'm not sure if that's a function of the leds or the controller - I suspect the latter again. A nice percentage slider would be welcome rather than steps. Same with the scroll speed of the modes too, not that many different speeds available, when I suspect in reality a much greater range is possible. Overall very happy with the led strips and BTF!

Product: "Black PCB IP67" Very nice product. The following may be issues of concern for some purposes: 1. Brightness levels are not adjusted for the human eye so although the brightness is fully adjustable in 256 steps, these are basically bright right down to the lowest values. Difficult to produce a nicely graduated fade-out. 2. As stated this strip is made up of two half length strips joined in the middle. The consequences are not mentioned: 2.1 The joint appears to be a simple solder link, more rigid and fragile than the rest of the strip. 2.2 The joint is about twice as wide as the other gaps between LEDs, causing a visual discontinuity between the two halves. In fairness there is another side to issue 1: These LEDs are brighter than other neopixel-like strips I have tried. So while my displays aren't graduated so well on this, they are way brighter. On balance, full marks.

I purchased the 1m 60 LED version of this strip for my PC which has a Dark Base Pro 900 case and Asus Strix X299-E Gaming motherboard. This particular motherboard has a header on the board and comes with a cable for connecting it to WS2812b addressable LED strips, which can then be controlled with the Asus Aura Sync software. After installing the LED strip and connecting it up to the motherboard it works perfectly and is also very bright. The LEDs are individually controlled so you can have, say, a rainbow or gradient effect across all of them etc. One issue I encountered when trying to install the LED strip to my case was that the sticking backing isn't very strong and starts to peel off from the inside of the case within hours of being installed. In the end, I found the best way to attach the strip was to use some sticky fixers (double sided foam pads) which are very sticky, and they have secured the LED strip nicely. Just be aware that you may want to buy some if you intend on using this strip inside your computer! The LED strip has wires and connections at both ends. At one end you have a 3 pin male plug (this fitted into the cable for my motherboard) and the other end has a 3 pin female plug, presumably to chain additional strips together. Both ends also have an extra red and white wire (with exposed ends), which is for attaching to an additional power source. I didn't need these so I cut the exposed tip off and sealed them in shrink wrap although you could use electrical tape or simply cut them off altogether. I also had to remove 3 LEDs for this strip to fit in my case properly. It was simply a case of cutting the strip with a pair of scissors where the white intersection line is marked. The really cool thing about this strip is you can cut the strip up and solder the strips together using 3 wires (+5v, GND and Data) between each strip.

Combined these with a quinled dig uno, wled (pre loaded) a bit of frosted Perspex tube, a smaller aluminium tube and a appropriate power supply and presto one iPhone LED lamp with tons of effects. With the correct power supply you can drive these pretty bright. Started this with the intention of working with my son to show him computers, electronics, woodwork and a bit of Practical application of maths to work out the spacing of the led string on the internal aluminium tube and he ended up not wanting to do it. Did it myself and quite happy with the result so happy to keep it myself.

Have had these led's up on an aluminium track for a couple of months now. 1st of all, arrived very well packaged in their own aluminium foil packs. Once opened, was very happy to see that they have 3 pin connection blocks at both ends ( I cut these off so I can use a smaller connection block but they are handy to have to connect to my led controller ). I have used 3 packs of these led's to go right around the room they were going in and managed to stick them to the aluminium track I installed easily enough. I use wled software and the dig quad controller to control the effects of these led's and even though the software will limit the brightness due to the power limitations of such a long continuous strip, it is still very bright even in daylight. ( white is limited to around half power on a 13m long strip ). I might still go the power injection route to see if can push the brightness to full but in all honesty, it is not really needed for an inside installation. After a couple of months use, have noticed that some of the adhesive has come off the strip in certain areas and have had to glue these down. ( hence I give these 4 stars).

Works as expected, great fun with raspberry pico and similar microcontrollers ;D

The width of these RGB LED strips is greater than the 10 mm that's given in the listing. Closer to 13 or 14 mm wide. This was quite frustrating because the aluminium channels I purchased did not fit the strips. I was able to cut the width of the LED strips down but it was a real faff to do properly. The width should be correctly stated on the listing. Otherwise, the strips are bright, well made, densely pack the LEDs in thanks to the integrated LED controller, and are easy to use and solder.

Set this up on my custom 3d printer, hooked up to a 5a buck converter and the SKR main board. Works just fine with the separated power supply, and printed roughly 100 hours with no drop in brightness or colour.