February 13, 20233 yr We are almost at the stage of having our kitchen fitted. We are having a kitchen Island and a long run of wall units fitted. We wanted some LED lighting strips around the top handless rail of the island and around the bottom plinth. At the time of buying the kitchen, the company wanted around £1700 which was out of budget at the time and seemed fair too expensive General LED strips do not seem to be too expensive but would like to buy a system that is fairly plug-and-play. Sensio and Hafele seem to do them with lights drivers etc. Are there any better reasonably priced solutions that are decent quality, that also have some decent discrete sensors and switches? It would also be great if it could be voice controlled via Alexa.
February 14, 20233 yr I used these for some garden LED's they make them to measure and are very helpful. https://taylorlighting.co.uk
February 15, 20233 yr Author 5 hours ago, Dreadnaught said: !?!?! It sounded very expensive for the amount of LED that I needed.
February 15, 20233 yr https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304801351297?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=bobn_xQbRPy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=sZUbc1BTTHO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY With a driver such as this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225382212188?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Qmt-DtvTSW6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=sZUbc1BTTHO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY And you are sorted for less than £50! Make sure you choose your driver appropriately to the length of led. Ideally loaded to 75% or more. E.g. if you are putting 10m of 4.8w per m led then thats 48w so you would choose a 60w driver, not 80w driver
February 15, 20233 yr I have just purchased 4x Philips Hue Light Strips (with free 1M extension) Giving effectively 12M of lighting for £320. (for those who have used Philips Hue they will know how good they are also has integration with Alexa) Also (not necassary) but brought black aluminium profiles/channels from UltraLED (£100) in Manchester to fit the Hue in. Should be router-ing the underside of the worktops to fit the channels this weekend/next weekend - I'll let you know the results 👍 Edited February 15, 20233 yr by AdamL
February 16, 20233 yr Author 11 hours ago, AdamL said: I have just purchased 4x Philips Hue Light Strips (with free 1M extension) Giving effectively 12M of lighting for £320. (for those who have used Philips Hue they will know how good they are also has integration with Alexa) Also (not necassary) but brought black aluminium profiles/channels from UltraLED (£100) in Manchester to fit the Hue in. Should be router-ing the underside of the worktops to fit the channels this weekend/next weekend - I'll let you know the results 👍 Thank you. but for the number of metres of lights, I need I think the cost is going to be somewhere close to £1000 for the Philips I have been looking on amazon, what are your thoughts on: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09JK473ZJ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B092HV83HM?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
February 16, 20233 yr Author 16 hours ago, bassanclan said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304801351297?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=bobn_xQbRPy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=sZUbc1BTTHO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY With a driver such as this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225382212188?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Qmt-DtvTSW6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=sZUbc1BTTHO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY And you are sorted for less than £50! Make sure you choose your driver appropriately to the length of led. Ideally loaded to 75% or more. E.g. if you are putting 10m of 4.8w per m led then thats 48w so you would choose a 60w driver, not 80w driver Thank you for the links. Why is there such a huge difference in price between the LED ribbons? Say like the Philips ones compared to these? What determines quality?
February 16, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, revelation said: Thank you for the links. Why is there such a huge difference in price between the LED ribbons? Say like the Philips ones compared to these? What determines quality? Almost impossible to determine the quality or longevity by price or manufacturer, we got a machine approved with very expensive led lights made in Germany (made by Diana I think ) that often fill with water and don’t last long at all. We now use cheap (less than one tenth the cost of the other lights and they are bullet proof.
February 16, 20233 yr 5 hours ago, revelation said: Thank you for the links. Why is there such a huge difference in price between the LED ribbons? Say like the Philips ones compared to these? What determines quality? Apologies, I am no LED expert, however I have had "cheap" Innr (Alternative brand to Hue) before and they are just not as "responsive" / dont "seem" to work as well in my opinion. I am now brought into the Philips Hue ecosystem everywhere in my house ... so was an obvious choice for me when choosing the kitchen. Also, one of the Philips Hue light strips failed after some time (5 years?) Philips replaced without question next day delivery.
February 16, 20233 yr 5m of Phillips hue is something like £200, so I would expect a good warranty! The link is for 25m for £30, so a fraction of the price.
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