HitLights LED Strip Lights Warm White 3000K, 16.4ft High Density Tape Light, UL-Listed, 600 LEDs, 300Lm/ft, 12V Flexible Dimmable Rope Lights for Bedroom, Kitchen, Cabinet (Power Source Not Included)

There are a lot of LED tape lights options on Amazon, many of which are cheap Chinese brands that use sub-par LEDs or have low LED density. I previously was using a cheaper LE brand tape strip and the difference of the HitLights in comparison is night and day. This tape has basically double the LED density as cheaper tape lights, so in the same amount of length, you get a lot of light output. Also, I find the color quality is really good with these (using the 3000K version). I installed these in aluminum channel with a frosted lens for use as under cabinet lighting and the high density of LEDs makes the lights look very uniform under the lens instead of pixelated LEDs.Another benefit of this tape is that it is cuttable every 1”, which gives you better flexibility to cut it to the exact length you need. Many cheaper tape lights are cuttable every 3” in length.I’ve only been using these for 4 days or so, but so far, I’m glad I spent the extra money to upgrade to this tape light.

it is working great

Beautiful led strip light, good build quality and very bright. I tested these lights on 12 volt DC power. I will install these outside in aa mountainous area in southern California that receives up to 18" normally of snow, so I hope they are truly waterproof and will last. I will update if these lights do not meet the my needs!

Overall, these are a very good product, and at this price a great value. I replaced T5 fluorescent lights both above and below cabinets in my home office, using these LED's and driver/transformers from Eversale.Some things to note:* While they don't produce as many lumens per foot as the fluorescents, they are effectively at least as bright. Since fluorescent tubes radiate 360 degrees, much of their light is wasted shining on the fixture. LED's radiate in an arc of about 120 degrees - perfect for washing a wall or desktop with light.* The very yellow color in some of the pictures of an illuminated roll is actually due to the caramel color of the tape itself. The light is much whiter when it's unrolled and not shining through the tape. A nice warm, but not overly yellow or green color.* These are "double density" - twice as many LED's per foot as the more usual 300 LED strips.Gives you more light, but the downside is the connectors made for such strips don't work, since the LED's are spaced too closely together.Edit: While I didn't realize it at the time, turns out you *can* use connectors on these double density strips - see the comment below by "Kowalski".If you need to jump over a longer space or for some other reasons a connector won't work, you're stuck with soldering wires to connect the pieces - a task that requires skill and a steady hand.* Re soldering: The solder pads are covered with a protective material that must be scraped off before they will "wet".* Re polarity: There are lots of negative reviews for LED strip connectors (again, these don't work on this product as discussed above,) complaining about the fact that sometimes the positive/negative polarity is "wrong". Think about it: If when standing beside the strip, positive is away from you and negative is nearer you, then the left end of the strip will have positive on the left, and the right end will have positive on the right. Not the connector's fault, just simple geometry. Same applies of course if you solder wires rather than use a connector.* If you do need to create a jumper to connect two pieces, turn a corner, etc. 20 gauge stranded wire (Radio Shack) is about the biggest you can actually solder to the tiny little pads. I've computed the voltage drop for this wire, and it's a few tens of millivolts for a several-foot run, so no worse than the tape itself.* There are many Chinese companies that make combination aluminum track and polycarbonate covers for LED strip lights. I thought these would be expensive, and looked hard for an all-plastic solution. When I actually priced them though, the aluminum track was cheaper per foot than the plastic cover! Haven't pulled the trigger on this yet - my lights are affixed with masking tape so far. Please comment on this if you've used any of the mounting systems.Hope this is helpful!

UPDATE 3: Product description and packaging are in the 44-48W range, which matches my recent measurement. I powered one end and observed 2.8A (33W), but when connecting both ends I observed 3.8A (46W). Raised my rating based on truth in advertising! Just remember you can't power more than 6-8 feet of this strip at a time. If you need the full strip, power both ends and consider adding a power tap to the middle. You'll see the difference!UPDATE 2: Seller convinced me to buy another one of their products (item B07SWZFMJJ - see detailed review there), warmer white at 2700K, which is rated at 48W. I found that connecting both ends DID increase current by 50%, and when connected that way the power WAS as rated and the lights really were brighter. Raising this review to 4 stars, still holding one back because they don't say in the product description that you can't power this strip from one end. (In fact, they provide connectors which imply you can connect two strips in series.) The entire industry is messing up by producing strips too thin to work without auxiliary wiring.UPDATE 1: Seller contacted me based on this review, and indicated that to get full power you have to supply wires to BOTH ENDS of the strip. The instructions don't say that and I've already returned the product so I can't test. The idea is that the resistance of the strip itself is too high to supply power along the strip, which isn't a good design choice! Beyond that, they clarified that the wattage rating is for the power supply, not the wattage used by the LED strip. I'll give them one more star for trying, but as long as the product description doesn't match the packaging and neither reflects what the device uses, I can't go higher than that.The product description says 48W, the packaging says 4.4W/m*16.4m=72W, the actual light strip draws 3.1A at 12V... which means it's only 37 watts. In other words, it's HALF the power the packaging says it is. It's also more blue than other 3000k LED strips. Item B00YMW4HME, from LEDMY, is also specified to draw 72W but actually draws 45W and is a warmer light than this one from Hitlights. Be sure to over-design your power supply by a factor of two because many of them will burn up at their rated power.PROS: It's narrower than other strips, so you can double up for more light. It's got smaller emitters closer together so it might throw less of a "dot" pattern than the larger emitters.