BTF-LIGHTING5050 RGBW RGB+Warm White(2700K-3000K) 4 Colors in 1 LED Tape Light DC12V 5m 16.4ft 60LED/m Multi-Colored IP30 White 12mm PCB for Bedroom Kitchen Home Decoration(No Adapter or Controller)

I bought these 5050 RGBW LEDs along with aBTF-LIGHTING AC100-240V to DC12V6A power supply and aBTF-LIGHTING Zigbee 3.0 C04Z LED Controller for RGBW, after lots of research and a certain amount of educated guessing, and that combination worked flawlessly for me out of the box.The LEDs come with a cable that connects the pin sockets on the end of the strip to individual wires suitable for insertion into the controller. When inserting each wire, pay attention to the wire color! The order of red and green is switched on the controller relative to the pin order on the LED strip, so you'll need to cross-wire the wires. The colors of the wires in the cable that comes with the LED strip matches the pin order on the strip, so just attach the red wire to the "R" socket on the controller and the green wire to the "G" socket, and you'll be fine (unless you're red-green colorblind, in which case, best of luck!). The controller also comes with two sockets marked V+ (power). Attach the black wire to one of them and leave the other one empty. This advice probably applies to their RGBW controller that has a remote control too, but I can't say for sure.If nothing happens when you plug it in, make sure the plug between the wall socket and the power brick is firmly inserted. It took a fair bit of persuasion for me to get it fully seated.Anyway, on to the actual review: the LEDs are spaced close together on the strip, which is good since it makes it easier for the light to diffuse and be less spotty. I was pleasantly surprised to see that there are cut points every three LEDs, which makes it possible to cut the strip to almost any length you want. These cut points do seem to be natural places for the cable to crimp when unwound, though, so be a little careful playing with them before you attach them to something.The colors are pretty spectacular. I can produce a warm, pure, or cool white with these, plus vibrant saturated colors, and the hue stays pretty consistent even as I lower the brightness almost to nothing. The colors produced also match what the app shows, unlike some cheap smart light bulbs I've bought on Amazon in the past. The maximum brightness is very bright indeed.All in all, these lights work exactly as they're supposed to, they're well-made, and setup was way less of a hassle than I anticipated.

I had a large project on my deck. 4 reels of lights, 3 separate drivers. I emailed BTF before I purchased and they reviewed my project plans. They made helpful suggestions and double-checked my math to make sure I wasn't overloading my power supply. They steered me to a lower priced driver based on my needs and saved me a little cash. Lights look great and when I ran into a problem, support was able to help me sort it out quickly.A couple small complications which almost knock the review down to 4 stars, but the outstanding customer support more than made up for it. First, the double sticky tape is mostly worthless. There were times the tape peeled off the light strip just from trying to remove the paper. My installation was an undermount onto wood and the tape just wasn't strong enough to hold the weight of the light strip. I used some clear silicone caulk along the entire length of all the strips and held everything in place with some clamps until it dried.Second frustration is more with the BTF accessories. The drivers work fine, but the app to talk to them over wifi is crap. Use Smart Life or Tuya instead so it integrates into the rest of the ecosystem. The 5-wire cable is low gauge which is more efficient for long distances but the wire is too big to solder onto the tiny pads of the strips and doesn't fit into the drivers.

This review is for the Rgb+warm White + IP67 tube waterproof version of this product.The strip itself is put together decently well, the solder joints appear to be good. The LEDs are decent.It is my fault for not reading the description more closely, but this product uses an RGB LED, and a White LED, this can cause the APPEARING of colors being off/different or distributed unevenly.But with that in mind, this strip fulfils its job.I have not tested the water proofing of the strip, but it is sealed with a rubbery transparent insulator. That said, I would not use this in an area where water could fall directly onto it.Overall, good product for the price, would recommend it to others if they want an RGB + W strip.

After reading some of the reviews I took a shot on these lights for use under my kitchen cabinets and I'm glad I did. For those of you that find your reds and greens are switched don't panic. You have to change the device type in the app on your phone or tablet. In the app, once you pair the light strip with your phone or tablet and it's listed under devices, long press the name that you've given it and it will provide you with a menu. One of those options is change device type. On the right hand side, you'll notice that you can change RGBW to GRBW and vice versa. This solved that problem for me but I found the light strip needed to be on for it to save that configuration. As for the adhesive stability of the backing I would recommend installing the lights using aluminum channels if you're able to. They are cheap and easy to cut and install, just make sure you buy the right width. They also diffuse the light which makes it look much better overall. In terms of the power supply needed to run these, I found that 12 volt 1 amp power adapter does the job just fine with no loss of brightness or color degradation. This of course assumes you're just trying to power the single 16.4 foot strip. Good luck.