LOAMLIN WS2812B IC RGB 5050SMD ECO Individual Addressable LED Strip Light, 16.4FT 300LED 60LED/m Flexible Full Color IP65 Waterproof DC5V Black PCB for DIY Project (No Power Adapter or Controller)

The app has many features and presets. Pretty easy to use and set up. Make sure the Bluetooth adapter is the correctness that works with these. Using them on my kids bed 10/10 will buy again.

Got the lights for a diy project got everything fixed the way I wanted it soldered all the wires to the lights and they were junk. Assumed it was something I had done and used the wiring that was pre-installed on the other roll of lights I had received to double check and they were also junk only about 2 foot of the lights lit up and multiple lights in that 2 foot were out. Absolutely will not buy again

There is obviously a solution for the people who can't program... You can always buy a stand-alone controller; however, if you're purchasing addressable LEDs without a controller, chances are you intend to program them with your own MCU. I used an ESP32 with the FastLED library. It was a pretty simple and painless process. My ESP32 is part of a larger and more complex system which is controlling many other things so adding it was a breeze for me. I was able to get this running exactly how I wanted. The only thing to consider is that these lights are turned on and off by the data pin so if your MCU is always going to get power and you want an easy way to turn them off, you have to program that too or create a manual switch to interrupt the 5v signal to the string.The FastLED library is pretty easy to get implemented for the example codes. Making your own custom shows is a lot more difficult as it requires some pretty in-depth coding work. I found the 3 channel systems to be much easier even with their limited function because each channel contains 8bit data so sending modifications was relatively easy with coding. With this library, there is no send(adress, color) function which means you can't really create a color table. For myself, I created this but did not upload. If this is the type of functionality you are looking for, be prepared to spend some time with it.Long review but trust me, if you like to tinker and code, you will love diving into these lights.

For anyone shopping for lights, the first thing to know about this light strip is that it is composed of flat SMD LEDs attached to a "tape" strip. These are not immediately usable for lighting without a controller and power supply. If you are looking for strings of bulbs for decoration, these can be used effectively, but are not "plug and play" right out of the box.With that said, this is a fully functional, individually programmable strip of waterproofed SMD LEDs. If you are shopping for these types of LEDs, this is a good choice.

I run these LEDs off of a 4S 4Ah LiPo battery (14.8 volts nominal) with a step-down buck converter to bring it to 5 volts. That gives me about 12 Amps of power to drive these 300 LEDs!In most cases you will get color fading at the end of the strip unless you feed power on both ends. I did not do this, but surprisingly, I did not notice any color fading, even when full white! I am not sure if that's my power supply, my controller, which is a QuinLED Dig-Uno, or the WLED library, but I was impressed.I used to run a 12 volt WS2815 LEDs since I wouldn't have to end-feed power, but something broke so I had to switch it out.I run them on my paramotor, so I look as cool as possible while flying at 25 mph a few feet above the ground! They are fun to have running and look pretty sweet, plus they keep other airplanes from hitting me as the sun rises or sets.I'm pretty happy with these, no complaints as of yet with about 10 hours of flights so far, plus a fair amount of driving.