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Dim-to-Warm vs Tunable White LED Lighting: What Is the Difference?

Dim-to-warm and tunable white both change the color of white light, but they do it in different ways and with different controls. A dim-to-warm strip automatically shifts warmer as you...

What Are Cut-Anywhere COB LED Strip Lights and When Are They Useful?

Cut-anywhere COB LED strip lights are a specific type of COB strip engineered to be divided at very fine, frequent intervals rather than only at widely spaced marks. This gives...

LED Strip Cut Points Explained: Where Can an LED Strip Be Cut?

LED strip cut points are the marked positions along a strip where it can be safely divided without breaking the circuit. Most strips can only be cut at these designated...

Indoor vs Outdoor LED Strip Lights: What Must Be Different?

Indoor vs outdoor LED strip lights differ mainly in how well the strip, and everything connected to it, resists moisture and the elements. An indoor strip can be a low-protection...

IP20 vs IP65 vs IP67 LED Strips: Choosing the Correct Protection Rating

IP20 vs IP65 vs IP67 comes down to how much dust and moisture a strip is built to withstand. IP20 is for dry indoor locations, IP65 handles splashes and humidity,...

Low, Medium or High Output LED Strips: Which Level Do You Need?

Low, medium or high output LED strips differ in how much light they produce per foot, and the right level depends on the job the light has to do. Low-output...

LED Density Explained: How LED Spacing Affects the Finished Light

LED density is the number of LEDs packed into each length of a strip, usually stated per foot or per meter. It matters because closer spacing produces a smoother, more...

What Is CRI and Why Does It Matter for LED Strip Lighting?

So, what is CRI? CRI, or Color Rendering Index, measures how accurately a light source shows the true colors of the objects it lights, on a scale up to 100....

Lumens per Foot Explained: How Bright Should an LED Strip Be?

Lumens per foot is the measure of how much light each foot of an LED strip produces. It is the most reliable way to compare the brightness of one strip...

LED Strip Color Types: Static White, Tunable White, RGB, RGBW and RGB+CCT

LED strip color types fall into five common groups: static white, tunable white, RGB, RGBW, and RGB+CCT. Static white gives one fixed white; tunable white shifts along the white range;...

12V vs 24V LED Strip Lights: What Is the Difference?

12V vs 24V LED strip lights comes down to one thing: how far the light can travel before voltage drop starts to dim the far end. Both run on low-voltage...

COB vs SMD LED Strip Lights: How to Choose the Right One

COB LED strip lights use thousands of tiny diodes packed under one continuous phosphor coating, so they cast a smooth line of light with no visible dots. SMD strips place...