Kasa SmartLED Light Strip, 50 Color Zones RGBIC, 16.4ft Wi-Fi LED Strip Works w/ Alexa, Google Home & SmartThings, High Brightness, 16M Colors, PU Coating, Trimmable, 2 Yr Warranty (KL420L5)

I recently built myself a house and have 7 of these light strips installed in various places, mostly as uplighting. I'm generally really happy with them but had a frustrating time with installation. I'll break this into installation and functionality / app interface.Install: For a normal use case, installation really couldn't be easier. The app walks you through step by step and has never failed me. But I had unusual circumstances, and these Kasa lights weren't well designed for going off-script. I have a 12V transformer in my utility room that feeds power to all my LED strips, allowing me to have them all on one switch, controllable by anyone who doesn't have my phone. I found that if I accidentally reversed the polarity of the wires when wiring power to the controller modules, the modules burned out instantly. This is an absolutely trivial thing to protect against on a circuit board, costing mere pennies in additional diodes/hardware. Thumbs down for cheaping out on this.The LED strips also failed where I needed to solder in an extension between the controller and strip (because the strip was located more than a few feet away from the power supply). This strip now works on solid colors but flickers when switching colors, so I can't run effects on it. Again, this won't affect most users but if your use case requires cutting and extending any part of the wiring, don't expect these to perform properly.App control: incredibly responsive. Most of the time lights turn on/off instantly. I also have a bunch of Kasa bulbs, switches, and smart plugs, and they all work perfectly. Coming from a 1st generation Hue system (absolutely terrible reliability), Kasa leaves little to be desired. Here's what I wish they would change:1. All my lights are scheduled to turn on some number of minutes after sunset, which I love. But the app only allows you to turn them on/off up to 59 minutes before/after sunset/sunrise. Why not add an hours wheel so you can have them turn off, say, 4 hours after sunset?2. The claim of 16 million colors is a joke. Not that these 16-bit RGB LEDs aren't capable of it, but the app interface limits the color options profoundly. With a 2" color wheel on the app and a 3/4"-wide index finger, I'd be surprised if I could select more than 100 different colors. Until Kasa adds a 0-255 RGB slider interface, their "16 million" claim is more than a little disingenuous.

We use these for over cabinet lighting and they last so long and stay so bright. We love using the Kasa products because they are easy to controlWith Alexa and make the room so much more fun. They are easy to set up and connect via the app.

Lo puse en la habitación de la niña y es genial, se adhiere a la pared sin usar más nada, tengo unos meses usándolo, compré 2.

Used on my gaming desk have lasted years and never acted up

My 12 year old loved this. Super easy to setup and operate from the app. Has so many settings including dynamic changing lights and the ability to program your own. Very fun and customizable. Easy to control with your phone.

Works as advertised. The product in question is solid and works. What I would have liked is to have the ability to take the left over strip and use an additional connector and power it elsewhere, but I realize that it isn't possible given that there is only one controller chip on the string, any additional chips would raise the cost.I am hoping that in the Kasa app to configure the light strip, I would get to not just have to use the color wheel to select the color, but with the Kasa bulbs, be able to choose presets like warm white for the strip.

I had purchased the old more expensive version of these lights a while back and I Loved them!! I was hoping these light would be the same quality as the old shorter more pricey strips, but they aren't even close! These lights are not very bright and the colors are much more dull. And you can't get a true red color with this new version... It goes straight from magenta to orange. I'm not happy with these and it's been too long since I purchased them that I can no longer return them. Please bring the old style back!!!

Do not buy these for white light, they are RGB only (no white diode), so the white light is really off color and dim. I bought these for under cabinet lights thinking they would be nice and bright, but was very disappointed. The controls work great and the Kasa integration is great as usual, just not a good product.