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WiZ Wi-Fi LED Strip Starter Kit, 13 FT (2m+2m) $29.99 free shipping (requires Costco membership)
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Costco has their Wiz products on sale again.
They have their Wiz LED strips on sale:
$49.99 - $20 Discount = $29.99 +tax with free shipping.
https://www.costco.com/wiz-wi-fi-...72203.html
This starter pack includes the AC adapter and switch + 2m + 2m led strips, so 4m (13ft) total. These are Wifi only, so keep that in mind.
Personally I love these strips. These work with Homekit if you use use the Wiz plugin with Homebridge.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-wiz-lan
Adaptive lighting works, which is why I like these strips. I also have their RGB downlights, and they work with the plugin as well with adaptive lighting.
In comparison the Philips Hue strips cost $80 for the 2m base kit, plus $25 PER 1m extension.
Philips Hue 4m of strip: $80 + $25 + $25 = $130
Philips Wiz 4m of strip (this deal): $30
For less money you could get 4 of these starter kits and have a total of 16m of LED strips.
They have their Wiz LED strips on sale:
$49.99 - $20 Discount = $29.99 +tax with free shipping.
https://www.costco.com/wiz-wi-fi-...72203.html
This starter pack includes the AC adapter and switch + 2m + 2m led strips, so 4m (13ft) total. These are Wifi only, so keep that in mind.
Personally I love these strips. These work with Homekit if you use use the Wiz plugin with Homebridge.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-wiz-lan
Adaptive lighting works, which is why I like these strips. I also have their RGB downlights, and they work with the plugin as well with adaptive lighting.
In comparison the Philips Hue strips cost $80 for the 2m base kit, plus $25 PER 1m extension.
Philips Hue 4m of strip: $80 + $25 + $25 = $130
Philips Wiz 4m of strip (this deal): $30
For less money you could get 4 of these starter kits and have a total of 16m of LED strips.
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Costco has their Wiz products on sale again.
They have their Wiz LED strips on sale:
$49.99 - $20 Discount = $29.99 +tax with free shipping.
https://www.costco.com/wiz-wi-fi-...72203.html
This starter pack includes the AC adapter and switch + 2m + 2m led strips, so 4m (13ft) total. These are Wifi only, so keep that in mind.
Personally I love these strips. These work with Homekit if you use use the Wiz plugin with Homebridge.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-wiz-lan
Adaptive lighting works, which is why I like these strips. I also have their RGB downlights, and they work with the plugin as well with adaptive lighting.
In comparison the Philips Hue strips cost $80 for the 2m base kit, plus $25 PER 1m extension.
Philips Hue 4m of strip: $80 + $25 + $25 = $130
Philips Wiz 4m of strip (this deal): $30
For less money you could get 4 of these starter kits and have a total of 16m of LED strips.
They have their Wiz LED strips on sale:
$49.99 - $20 Discount = $29.99 +tax with free shipping.
https://www.costco.com/wiz-wi-fi-...72203.html
This starter pack includes the AC adapter and switch + 2m + 2m led strips, so 4m (13ft) total. These are Wifi only, so keep that in mind.
Personally I love these strips. These work with Homekit if you use use the Wiz plugin with Homebridge.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-wiz-lan
Adaptive lighting works, which is why I like these strips. I also have their RGB downlights, and they work with the plugin as well with adaptive lighting.
In comparison the Philips Hue strips cost $80 for the 2m base kit, plus $25 PER 1m extension.
Philips Hue 4m of strip: $80 + $25 + $25 = $130
Philips Wiz 4m of strip (this deal): $30
For less money you could get 4 of these starter kits and have a total of 16m of LED strips.
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Govee Smart LED Strip Lights
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083BNQYBP/
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Hue is undeniably better in most aspects, but is also significantly pricier. The colors are clearly more vibrant, and you have way more control over what the lights can do.
Wiz is a good medium between Hue and the many asian brands that come up on Amazon/slickdeals for like 100' for $2 (exaggerated price). Govee seems to be a big one, and I have tried them myself and wasn't impressed.
In my mind, the biggest thing that Wiz strips have going for them is the brightness. They're rated at 1600lumens/2meters which is the exact same as Hue. How bright are Govee or others you'll find on Amazon? Who knows? In my experience will never list the brightness, because it is significantly lower than those from bigger brands like Wiz and Hue. I've run them side-by-side and it's like... night and day.
Because of this I would never consider using a Govee or other basic strip for general lighting; they just aren't bright enough and you have no idea what you're getting. Also, many of those strips have poor CRIs which I won't get into details about.
However if all you're using the strip for is colored accent lighting, especially at night (for example, behind a TV or couch), then you might consider one of the cheaper strips. The lights don't have to be very bright in a dark room to have a dramatic affect.
Govee Smart LED Strip Lights
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083BNQYBP/
Hue is undeniably better in most aspects, but is also significantly pricier. The colors are clearly more vibrant, and you have way more control over what the lights can do.
Wiz is a good medium between Hue and the many asian brands that come up on Amazon/slickdeals for like 100' for $2 (exaggerated price). Govee seems to be a big one, and I have tried them myself and wasn't impressed.
In my mind, the biggest thing that Wiz strips have going for them is the brightness. They're rated at 1600lumens/2meters which is the exact same as Hue. How bright are Govee or others you'll find on Amazon? Who knows? In my experience will never list the brightness, because it is significantly lower than those from bigger brands like Wiz and Hue. I've run them side-by-side and it's like... night and day.
Because of this I would never consider using a Govee or other basic strip for general lighting; they just aren't bright enough and you have no idea what you're getting. Also, many of those strips have poor CRIs which I won't get into details about.
However if all you're using the strip for is colored accent lighting, especially at night (for example, behind a TV or couch), then you might consider one of the cheaper strips. The lights don't have to be very bright in a dark room to have a dramatic affect.
Cheers,
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Govee Smart LED Strip Lights
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083BNQYBP/
Cheers,
Q: How many lumens does the strip provide?
A: The lumen is 1080LM.
By Govee on December 12, 2020
Q: How many lumens do these lights emit?
A: About 650 lumens.
Need more help, please contact us via [email protected]
By Govee on October 12, 2020
Q: Are these SMD 5050 lights? how bright are they and or is a strip in lumens?
A: About 6000 lumen I believe
By Adam Moore on December 11, 2020
Q: Are these bright enough to be used as reading lights? I want to place them under a loft bed to light up the desk area below
A: It is possible the strip light does not be suitable for working as reading light, as the lumens of the light is 540lm.
Need more help, please kindly contact us through Amazon Message Center, so that we could provide a better help.
By Govee on March 15, 2021
Just saying...
Honestly I don't care, I'm not buying this and was just trying to help out. The problem is, Amazon allows companies to list multiple products under the same sales listing, which forces customers to ask questions regarding 1 product amongst a slew of multiple product questions and answers. This is actually why I posted what the Tech Details listed and not something from the Q&A.
Cheers,
Q: How many lumens does the strip provide?
A: The lumen is 1080LM.
By Govee on December 12, 2020
Q: How many lumens do these lights emit?
A: About 650 lumens.
Need more help, please contact us via [email protected]
By Govee on October 12, 2020
Q: Are these SMD 5050 lights? how bright are they and or is a strip in lumens?
A: About 6000 lumen I believe
By Adam Moore on December 11, 2020
Q: Are these bright enough to be used as reading lights? I want to place them under a loft bed to light up the desk area below
A: It is possible the strip light does not be suitable for working as reading light, as the lumens of the light is 540lm.
Need more help, please kindly contact us through Amazon Message Center, so that we could provide a better help.
By Govee on March 15, 2021
Just saying...
Honestly I don't care, I'm not buying this and was just trying to help out. The problem is, Amazon allows companies to list multiple products under the same sales listing, which forces customers to ask questions regarding 1 product amongst a slew of multiple product questions and answers. This is actually why I posted what the Tech Details listed and not something from the Q&A.
Cheers,
Hue is undeniably better in most aspects, but is also significantly pricier. The colors are clearly more vibrant, and you have way more control over what the lights can do.
Wiz is a good medium between Hue and the many asian brands that come up on Amazon/slickdeals for like 100' for $2 (exaggerated price). Govee seems to be a big one, and I have tried them myself and wasn't impressed.
In my mind, the biggest thing that Wiz strips have going for them is the brightness. They're rated at 1600lumens/2meters which is the exact same as Hue. How bright are Govee or others you'll find on Amazon? Who knows? In my experience will never list the brightness, because it is significantly lower than those from bigger brands like Wiz and Hue. I've run them side-by-side and it's like... night and day.
Because of this I would never consider using a Govee or other basic strip for general lighting; they just aren't bright enough and you have no idea what you're getting. Also, many of those strips have poor CRIs which I won't get into details about.
However if all you're using the strip for is colored accent lighting, especially at night (for example, behind a TV or couch), then you might consider one of the cheaper strips. The lights don't have to be very bright in a dark room to have a dramatic affect.
Cheers,
Filament bulbs are essentially just tungsten wire run at a specific current/wattage which glow at a specific color of white when they get hot (which is where we get the concept of color temperature), so there's very little variation between bulbs, and conversion like you just did works well.
However, for LEDs, this direct link no longer exists. There are so many other variables which determine the overall efficiency (of converting current to extracted photons) its impossible to do such a conversion. If you ran some amount of current through various tungsten bulbs, you could guess pretty accurately what the brightness and color would be. However, you could run the same amount of current through 4 different LEDs and get one red, one green, one blue, and one white, and all would appear different levels of brightness depending on the quality of the materials used.
That last sentence brings up the reason MANUFACTURERS MATTER for LEDs. I always see the question "why would I buy hue strips for $10+/ft when I can buy this govee strip for <$1/ft? Because the quality can very drastically, both in terms of color purity and brightness. For filament bulbs, tungsten is tungsten, and there isn't enough variation to care where it came from. For LEDs which use complex semiconductor compounds like GaN and AlGaInP, the quality of these materials (and how they are manufactured) determines the color purity and brightness of the LEDs and can vary widely.
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I try to keep hue and wiz in separate areas of my home to avoid problems like this though.
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