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Old 10-02-2023, 07:17 AM
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Check these out. The 'Pro' version has a chip every 3 LEDS and can do 16 RGB colors a strip according to their specs (out of 16 million).Trimable, music mode, sun match, app and voice control. Use their lighting but have not installed the strips I bought yet.

Wyze Light Strip Pro | For Kitchen, TV, Bathroom, and More
– Wyze Labs, Inc
In order of capability...
White or one color only
Choice of color, only one per strip
Choice of color, only one per section
Choice of color, any random color for every LED

Controller additional capabilities choices...
IR remote control for all features
Motion sense
Wireless network control capable
- phone
- alexa
- home automation (such as hubitat) programming and action rules
- vendor's app

LED strip features...
Waterproof silicon coating, with IP 67 rating (or better)
Adhesive tape (3m VHB) mounting
Can be cut
- at fixed locations, far apart
- at every X number of LEDs
- between any LED
Density of LEDs, aka spacing.
- One LED per N inches is not as good as several LEDs per inch.
- Close spacing looks more even, and typically is brighter
Overall lumens per foot. More is better. Compare power requirements per foot.
- What generation of LEDs are used. Older cannot show purple, pink, green very well, or as bright as reds.

Wyze is a cheap choice. It does not have most features that a high quality system has. Trade price for quality & performance.
Wyze also has a bed reputation for lousy wifi connectivity. People are constantly complaining about how things drop offline. Wyze blames customer's network, yet everything else works fine. The loudest complaints are about their cameras because those are most obvious.