The BEST LED Strip You've NEVER Heard Of + WLED Compatibility!?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

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[@Koi-Koi-Koi]

hi Chris, i found this interesting touch display with integrated esp32 , M5Stack is the name of it. maybe you can do a project using this with WLED, so everyone could control his leds without smartphone, directly from small M5Stack in every room. it has also voice control and wifi. would be great if you make a cool project with it.

[@mattstroker]

@6:25.... What's a "nyangglow"?

[@graphguy]

no longer available :(

[@Lafiro]

@ChrisMaherDIY So I need to buy this setup immediately. Just had my steps installed today and I didn’t even know what cables to run so I ran a single 14ga power cable to the top step and cat6 (23ga) cables for each step. I read below that this is like a WS2811 with 3 copper leads on the LED. But then I read that the ws2815 300led are better? But it has 3 wire connections on the led strip. Can someone please guide me in the right direction. I need to know if I can get the “better” wg2815 from Amazon and if there are any other better ESP32 out there. I also started seeing posts about Quinled. I am now completely lost!!!!!

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

3:30 Screw terminal connections can become loose over time, even if the wires don't move or are mechanically unloaded. To eliminate this possibility, crimp bootlace ferrules to the wires. Don't tin the wires with solder, that can loosen over time (the solder cold flows under pressure) and it can introduce a weak spot inside the insulation.

[@jordan15308]

Best youtube channel for homemade led projects!

[@nfernandoterana919]

hands down. Chris goes to the point and has great ideas.

[@jordan15308]

@@nfernandoterana919 I'm planning to copy some of his ideas for myself.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much!! Appreciate the support my friend!!

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much buddy!

[@rpagala]

Couldn't agree more! He's been my go-to guy for anything LED related.

[@joudatfd]

If you get some Quinled controller, you can feed your esp from 12V, no need for separate voltage supply for your board. You also get fuse and reverse polarity protection for safety. And level shifter on your data pins

[@MrForksandspoons]

So if I need to put around 50ft or 20meters around my ceiling in my bedroom can I connect each strip to each other and power it from the 12v 3a power supply and usb to esp32?

[@simonsezblah]

I get 60/m ws2812b ip65 and ip67 for $10-11 in a 5 meter roll. this is only 1.5 times that density for 3 times the price and with a third of the controllability. It is cheaper and easier to power though with the 12volts. 144/m ws2812b in 1 meter strips is $6-7. that's $30-35 for a 5 meter run. that yields 1.5 times this density and 3 times the addressability. That's a lot to power though. Thanks for a different perspective on things. Your videos are always enjoyable and you are very thorough. Thanks for all the hard work. I'm staying 5 volt and doing cob strips. Keeps getting cheaper.

[@deddrunk]

Where do you get your strips from?

[@drof2th]

Nice! Do you know if these LED strips have dedicated white LED's for kitchen under mounts?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

They do not have a dedicated white. It would be nice if they did but would more than likely drive the cost up quite a bit!

[@TheBigdutchster]

What would you suggest for this type of setup with HomeKit control?

[@dannys.5689]

Hi love this setup can be I inject 12 volt to the second roll? Lemme know thanks

[@neverman3398]

Chris, how the hell do you up the anti with each video ? 😂🎉. Your creations are just so out of this world.

[@jamiebracken4132]

Great stuff! I have to try that controller and WLED (I’m a LIFX guy and they’ve stepped up their scenes recently). QUESTION- Does WLED app allow music synch through phone?

[@meierthomas]

WLED has a sound reactive mode and the ESP controlling the strip needs to have a mic of sorts. The mic will pick up ambient noise in addition to the music but I have no practical experience with this setup

[@S4kar97]

Have a look into LEDfx, that allows realtime music visualisation... And I think they have mobile apps to, but I am not 100% sure about that one.

[@Dark-Hound]

Looks like the ESP32 comes in a Type C now! I'm just now starting this project for my stairs. Does the type c board change the pin connections at all that you know of? I am in purchasing stage of the project.

[@deddrunk]

I followed everything you said. It worked...i even added a mic..THANK YOUUUU!!! 👊👊👊

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Awesome! Glad it worked!! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@rhkean]

Dude! That's amazing! Thank you! Side note: I recommend spending $10 on a metal cutting disc for your miter saw. You'll get cleaner cuts without sacrificing the blade.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and the recommendation! Thats good to know and always love to hear from experts on better ways of doing things! Appreciate it!

[@rhkean]

@@ChrisMaherDIY requires some filing with a small file to smooth the edges, but I suspect you have to do that with the blade designed for wood anyhow. 🙂

[@thezfunk]

If you have a wood blade with carbide teeth, it will cut aluminum just fine.

[@DustinWyatt]

Toothed blades are perfect for aluminum. Even blades designed for wood cut this stuff great with super clean cuts.

[@rhkean]

To be clear... I didn't say a wood blade would not work. I said a metal cutting disc is better. Rather than sacrifice my $60 wood blades (sharpening them is a pain in the ...), I'll sacrifice a cheap disc that's designed for the task.

[@MrElussive]

Awesome videos. Can you update the link on these RGB videos for the 5V Wall adapter and Micro USB Data cable on Amazon? The ones you link in your videos now say "Currently Unavailable."

[@-djs]

Hi Chris, I hope you are well mate, These remind me of the TM1812 LED strips I started out with, they were amongst the first to be digitally addressable, like these they were 3 LEDs per pixel and 12v, but they were full 5050 SMD LEDs from memory, Great find though, thanks as always for the video.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks as always for watching buddy! Thanks for the information and always good hearing from you!

[@Kaeynbrmn]

@@ChrisMaherDIYI love your videos they're so inspirational and I'm looking forward to buy the L-Shaped Desk from Fezibo and was wondering what the Size of your Desk is. Is it the 160cm or the 200cm version?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

@@Kaeynbrmn tha ks so much for watching and glad you are enjoying the videos! I went with the one that says 65" by 48" on the website. It's the middle size one. Hope that helps!

[@Kaeynbrmn]

@@ChrisMaherDIY first of all, thank you very much for answering that quick. Do you think two 27" monitors, a very similar pc case like you have and keyboard&mouse fit on the 65" by 48" desk or would it be to tight?

[@TheRoadTaken]

What did you do to hide the wires @ 7:20?

[@johnh.2405]

Can this type setup be used for outdoor underneath a deck railing?......completely waterproof?

[@vsmadhu]

I would like to do something like this in my garage. Love the Step by step walk through Chris does.👍

[@rogerWiffen]

looking for a led strip lighting that i can use on a flight of stairs. Each tread is 35 inches long and there are 15 treads. The tread overhangs the riser by 1 1/4 inches....so i could dado in the aluminum channels. Having the lights go on when someone uses the stairs would be good too. Being able to do different light colors and patterns is cool. Any suggestions you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Roger

[@Mygirlfriendlovesme]

I want to do a project with lightning clouds on my ceiling I’m struggling to choose what stripes I should use

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

If you want something simple, Govee M1 is great. If you need more specific lengths of strips then I would probably go with something like this or something from btf lighting.

[@TheRoadTaken]

Follow up question. I would like to wire up some led lights in such a way that I have a main power bus line and then branches of LED lights (picture a tree if you will). If I remove a branch of LED, the others should remain lit. If I am using a total of 5 meters of LEDs lights (the ones you used in this video actually), would I need a different power source or is what you demonstrated enough?

[@Mar-sr5uf]

This is the exact video I needed! Thanks!!

[@digitalnatalie7475]

What would be the best led strip series (addressable of course) to use to go around an entire bedroom (for my kids rooms, I think the run would be between 60-70 foot)? I'm thinking of ordering the esp32 setups, but there are SOOOO many choices of led strips! 30 per meter would be fine, just looking for something addressable that won't break the bank, but also won't draw a lot of current, as I am sure my kids will probably leave them on quite often! (kids hate to turn lights off lol) Thanks!!

[@EnnTomi1]

I know what channel I should reference back to when I start my project , saved !

[@cheekster777]

Thank you Chris.

[@CircuitCraftsmanKyle-ic9ee]

First off your the guy who got me to raise an eyebrow to all this LED lighting stuff while I was searching for PC desk ideas. Thanks! Now I'm always thinking of ways to use it everything. My question is; Is it possible to utilize a single WLED data line for a GPIO pin , directing it to a level shifter, and subsequently daisy-chain the data line on the low side, ensuring the synchronized output of data on the 5-volt side for multiple LED strips? Just a thought I had. I really like your videos they have helped me learn a lot. Any feed back would awesome.

[@udumaderek-vy2ju]

Pls what is the name of the led strip

[@JfrancoisRicard]

complete noob to led lights here, and I want to do things properly! I need to hook up 3 strips together, what kind of power supply would I need ? I found a 12v 5A supply on amazon, would that be OK (and safe?) to use? thanks. What would be the other options? Could I buy 2 of those small power supplies and power the strip at both ends ? Thanks!

[@jephbennett]

@ChrisMaherDIY , this channel is GOLD. The fast pace is perfect, great camera work and sound quality, intuitive instructions. A question for Chris (or anyone): I am planning to cut a Muzata strip in half to use in 2 8ft tube lights (WLED/esp32), each powered by it's own power supply. 1. Each uncut strip is 60 watts. So I would guess each half is 30watts? 2. The power supply shown in the video is 12v/3amp. Isn't this underpowered, at 36 watts? would a 12v/5amp be more appropriate? 3. Since I am running half strips, presumed to be 30 watts each, do I still need the 12v/3A/36w power supply or can I go smaller like a 12v/2a?) thx for any answers or ideas!

[@supraboy82]

Thanks for amazing videos! Learning a lot recently , Possible maybe to do like 1/2 year summary video's of products you love and ones to avoid? just an idea.

[@thinkloop]

Any plans to hide the wire connection on the right? If so, how?

[@ThatVideoGuyTom]

Simple question. I am powering a 16 bulb neopixel and 12 5050 LED's from an Arudino and they seem overpowered. Is there a resistor I could put before the first bulb or is that normal? It just seems like the bulbs are stressed/bright?

[@dreammix9430]

Is there a way to create your own animations and is there a way to connect it to a device that would make it beat sync animations??

[@MichaelCalafiore-dd1iw]

Thank you for the video these lights look great. But I was wondering if I can possibly rig them up to fit a 42’ space? If not can you suggest a set of multicolor lights that can please. I was going to use a 10 meter Govee and connect it to a 3 meter Govee but I was told it wouldn’t work. You’re the man. Mike

[@calistin1]

muzata channels prices have went bonkers tbh and not all their channels are even available in Canada. I would like to see more projects done with cob led strips especially for accent only projects, I feel they are really getting interesting these cob strips especially since I think you can stick then in any cheaper channels.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Yeah COB addressable strips are for sure something I'll be taking a deeper dive here in the near future. Love the tech and 100% agree that it will open up tons of options for different diffuser channels!

[@fns58]

I am also very interested in addressable COBs. Some new ones are popping out but not sure what to go for, idk if they would be bright enough as the ones I´ve seen don´t have much of that info

[@WShawn]

Thanks for this video; I went ahead and bought a roll of this Muzata LED strip and am looking forward to running it with WLED. I have a few questions, though. I can see on the WLED app that there's a field where you enter your power supply voltage and max voltage. Those appear to be set to 5V on the app but you're using a 12V supply. How should those fields be set? Also, in other demos, I've seen that person using a logic level shifter to bump up the voltage of the data signal. You're not doing that here. I assume it's working for you because you have a fairly short distance between the microcontroller and the strip?

[@GrantTheCyberSecGuy]

really awesome, would love to know if you could put this in a car for underglow or some interior accent lighting.

[@matheokoning4456]

Have you ever looked at the BTF WS2811 12v? These also have 96led per meter and also around 30 euros.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching! Yeah I love BTF lights! We do have those but they are much more expensive here. Great quality product thought!

[@cubertmiso]

Any help to how to make ceiling light with these? I am looking for high CRI light that would be like a big circle in the roof. -------- ------------- -------- Trying to make something like that to ceiling. With diameter of 1.5m (5feet) Then hang soft box canvas over it to soften it up.

[@djnyc4907]

I have a question I bought some BTF 50/50 RGBW light strips to put in a bathroom it came with 5 wires connector,,, how do I connect it to ESP 32,,, thank you in advance

[@PJgearhead]

How would you go about using these as primary lighting? Looking at using them under the back patio with an on/off switch for the white LED's for normal lighting, then have the RGB's for parties.

[@gorak9000]

Don't use RGB leds for primary lighting - they produce horrible white light. If you want both color and white, buy color and white strips - they're not very expensive. Even "high cri" white strips aren't terribly expensive these days (if you buy them from the correct places - trust me, there are places that will rip you off bigtime). For RGB addressable 5M strips, you should be getting them for $15-$20, and for white, probably like $5-6 - high CRI white will be more like $20-30 but well worth it. None of this is "new" - all of these LED strips have been around for ages

[@kerzwhile]

Awesome heads up Chris! Thanks! 😉

[@zsakosbimbo4383]

Can I add the Wled control unit for rgb cct led strip as well?

[@cristian1184]

Hello Chris, I have a question, I have the Govee DreamView T1 Pro TV and I want to add to the wall the M1 light strip but i need 2 of them of 2m to put them in each side of the bed, so can I cut one of 5m and do it 2 of 2m? I can do it, will them still work? Ty🙃 pd: by the way, because of you I can't stop buying led lights. 🤣😂

[@fusseldieb]

If you solder the end of one to the beginning of another, yes that works.

[@pgale]

Hi so question a bit unrelated have the LED's hooked up in sink with the TV ( forgot name ) is it best to have a white background Wall or darker background wall. I'm building new house was thinking of making that wall behind tv a feature wall IE darker but if whiter colour is better I'll leave as is. Thx

[@abdulmajeed-1110]

Thank you Chris. Can you do a video explaining WLED segments and how to use more than one data (GPIO) pin? Thanks.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I kinda go into this in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpympWtrn9t8aNU but hopefully down the road I can do something that goes into a little more detail. Thanks!!

[@abdulmajeed-1110]

@@ChrisMaherDIYSurely will check this. Thanks a lot 🙏🏼.

[@guitardude32787]

Can wled be integrated with the Philips hue network/bridge

[@te7607]

Would these be suitable For Sauna use?

[@MotoRiff77]

Your channel is blowing up! good work man

[@84swoodworth]

Do you have a good led strip or cob strip for outdoors 32 ft long I will be hooking up with a esp32 ?

[@jp7g229]

Hi Chris, learned a lot from you lately. i have some ws2812B led which only has 3 wires data, gnd and vin. connected to a small Bluetooth controller which has motion and sound sensor and the other end of this small controller connecting to a usb plug for power. Do you think it is possible to connect this to esp32 and keeps the motion and sound functions? Also i would love to only use power from the esp32 with phone charger.....it is enough for my setup if possible

[@saftschinken2353]

I have an issue finding a esp32 with a VIN pin, i could need some help since aliexpress doesn't ship to austria

[@ApolloTheDerg]

Been using these for a while, they work great for making an animated Christmas tree that displays animations with xLights.

[@takiofallen1]

can we use theses LED strips with the mic you used in one of you videos since you were using a 5v power supply?

[@pixelpowerbomb]

Is power the only limitation on connecting multiple runs of these strips? I am looking at options for a large space (roughly 60 meters)

[@MastahKyler]

power is not the only limitation. I believe wled can technically run 60m of these pixels but you will loose refresh rate if you do. i would suggest running at least 2 esp32s if you want to maintain smooth animations with this amount of pixels.

[@mthompson965]

@@MastahKyler or use multiple data lines. the esp32 can handle up to 5 separate lines and they all work as one continuous strip by default. eg. you have a strip on pin 2 and a strip on pin 3, Wled will treat pin 3 as an extension of pin 2, so whenever pin 2 ends, it switches over the signal to pin 3. if he uses multiple esp32's he loses continuity in the animations

[@MastahKyler]

@@mthompson965 i see, i wasn't sure if these limitations were due to data line length or hardware capabilities, thank you for clarifying

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Here is a good resource to bookmark in terms of what WLED recommends for max number of pixels. I have exceeded what they recommended and things have worked just fine but I always just recommend setting things up in a temporary way if possible and then testing things out since so much of this depends on how bright you want to run things. kno.wled.ge/features/multi-strip/#:~:text=It%20is%20recommended%20to%20use,for%20good%20performance%20and%20reliability.

[@Dxr_xz]

It can be used with led rgb ic?

[@ipon70]

Could you recommend a second best for price/value? I am using WLED to control them, the Muzata just aren’t coming back in stock.

[@sbfotome]

Can these be cut and join with some wires? I have some 12inch squares in my office in a hex style pattern with a 1.5inch gap on the wall. I plan to add some Leds to every 3rrd one. What do you recommend?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

thanks so much for watching and yeah they for sure can. You can cut at every third led and then use whatever length wire (within reason) you want to connect them together.

[@sbfotome]

@@ChrisMaherDIY I have a soldering gun and ordered some LED wiring kit. Do you know of a clear or white wiring kit? The kit I have is red,grreen,blue, and black colors.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

@@sbfotome In the past I have just purchased a big role of 18awg silicone wire that comes in white. Cheaper to buy it in bulk like! Here is the one I get that has worked out great: amzn.to/3OcUrfL

[@sbfotome]

@@ChrisMaherDIY thank you , I will check it out.

[@lordweevil]

Hi. Great video - I'm getting closer to diving into WLED thanks to you 🙂 A quick heads-up though - Here in the UK, the Amazon links don't appear to open the strips you use in this video - just a warning to anyone who gets too click-happy and ends up buying something unexpected.

[@lezbriddon]

yup almost just got me...

[@meierthomas]

Do it. I recently completed a project with 720 LEDs recessed in my outdoor deck and controlled via WLED. In addition I can access the strip via DMX as.part of a bigger lighting installation!

[@creepyz1]

Damn I fell for it, I sent the lights back, does anyone know how I get these in the uk?

[@turbotore]

Is there some semi budget eu alternative? these guys unfortunately don’t ship over here to Germany

[@geolykos]

In your newer video you’re using Aqara. Which one is better?

[@Mygirlfriendlovesme]

What led strips are better These ones or the groove M1.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and great question! This is going to completely depend on your use case. If you want to control things with WLED, govee is not able to do that. If you already have Govee products and like to have everything synced together, then Govee has created a great ecosystem for all their products to sync together. Both serve a purpose so its just going to depend on what your trying to accomplish. Another reason you might not go with Govee is you cant cut the m1 every 3 leds like you can this one or even every led like many of the btf options. If you need very specific lengths for a project, govee might not be the best option in that situation as well.

[@JamesWindland]

This newer round you posted in the deal a few days ago do not seem to be WLED compatible.

[@JamesWindland]

Update, working! It totally matters which side you run the data from.

[@OMG_Tater]

I need to figure out how I can run 60ft for my entire small theater room ceiling and these looked great. I’m new to this so figuring out a power supply for the LED’s and how much I’d need is a question I need to get an answer for so it will help me from getting super frustrated and will allow the LED’s to perform without falling out. Great channel and I love the content, you’ve inspired me to do this in my house because you lay it out an make it feel like it’s much easier than I first thought it would be. Thanks! 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼

[@wegiong8014]

The led strip lights come with controller but it can only controll 32.8ft the longgest. I would recommend you use esp32 to controll the lights. Every 3.3ft cost 12W power , maybe you need two 12v10A power would be great

[@krzybynature]

That diffuser channel.. any idea on how to mount it on a couch (I got a U shaped sectional). I've been wanting to do "under glow" for my couch but trying to figure out the best way to do this. Thoughts?

[@sunn9631]

probably screw the channels into the bottom of the couch, or as he did 3m strips or tape

[@DrZhenya]

Great vid! Love your videos but I wish all these products youre sharing would be available on the European Amazon :-(

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks for watching and yeah that would be very nice. It is surprising that unless it's a major global brand, how the products offered on Amazon in the US are not available in other markets. Even Amazon US and Amazon Canada are vastly different.

[@iamfinky]

Any idea where you buy these in the UK?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Unfortunately no. Hopefully they will expand into more markets in the future since they seem to be doing very well here in the states.

[@iamfinky]

@@ChrisMaherDIY Thanks! 🥰

[@yvonnematthews8449]

I would like some Leds that are plug and play but will not show hot spots in my diffusers. Can you recommend? The Muzata links says not available.

[@flightofapaullo72]

You're definitely my led guy! 👊

[@brentsvensson7882]

Great video as always! What would you power this with if you used 3 strips of lights?

[@brentsvensson7882]

Do I need higher than 3amp power source to run more than 2 strips. Like using 3 or 4 strips together?

[@creepyz1]

How can i get these in the uk, has anyone in the uk managed to get hold of them

[@pascalbruyere7108]

I don't understand the magic step from plugging the hardware to having control from.. what... a smartphone? an app? which app? Also, I am not interested in the animations, I want to program my own light sequences: how to do that? Can Arduino be used? Thanks!

[@cyrez]

they use wled which you can use from both pc and an app. its powered on an esp32 which im quite certain can also use arduino

[@MikeHarris1984]

Those are 97led /m according to the Amazon listing. Those are also wa2811 instead of ws2812b so they are three pixels wide for each color. And btf lighting sells 5m strips that are. 100 led/m for $22 and btf is the best quality I've used in all my projects over the years. The ws2811 is awesome.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks for watching! I use btf in almost everything as well! Although I've never seen 5 meters of 100 LEDs per meter for 22 dollars. Where are you seeing this?!

[@rodrigoruiz976]

Do you know how many lumens per meter it has and if it’s compatible with HomeKit?

[@dchurch]

Hey Chris, looking to see of there's a way to use wled in an automotive option - maybe go with a 12v strip of leds? Would lilove to pickvyour brain about this

[@timullits639]

I love the videos - even though I usually end up disappointed. Living in Europe, theres just no way to get anything remotely similar to this in our scrappy versions of amazon.

[@kalledisco]

Same here in Sweden, good led strips tends to get exspensive. I was thinking of a stage design, but the cost was high.

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

AliExpress?

[@spoonsports86]

Chris love the vids . sucks that in less than 16 that you posted this the leds are no longer available

[@Lafiro]

Awesome video @Chris Maher - is there a way to get this same idea to work but on a different scale like staircases? Like being able to control them with motion sensors? Imagine motion sensors create a different effect depending on someone walking down vs up a set of stairs?! Imagine being able to set a motion sensor on every single step if needed and make it work to only stay lit for a few seconds as needed?!!!

[@1001hey1001]

Would require a bit more work to do custom wiring, But you can setup home assistant and setup the wled plugin to control the individual led strips on the stairs. You can use one strip with custom segments in WLED. Then you can setup motion sensors on the top and bottom of the stairs. Then you can setup a custom automation in home assistant to control the animation for the stairs. This will require a bit of programming but chat gpt is pretty useful for home assistant automations but you will probably need to make a few manual fixes to what it outputs. You will need motion sensors that can work with home assistant though.

[@Lafiro]

@@1001hey1001 The problem I am having now is how do I connect each strip together from each step? And if I have to connect wires directly from the end of one strip to the end of the next step, do I have to run those wires to the very beginning of the next step or just to the closest point (left or right side as I go down to the next step)?

[@ShyamalRuparel]

What is the thing you've got to mount your headphones?

[@jesseslack2089]

It's a floating shoe display...after that sinks in.

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching! Yeah its a shoe display like @jesseslack2089 mentioned! First saw it on mattykay's setup and loved it! Here is the video for my gaming setup and I leave links to everything in that description: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZPFfHSuo9V2h7M

[@stevengeorge4393]

Your WLED had different animations than what I have. Is there a pack that you downloaded to add more than the default ones?

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I just went to install.wled.me and installed the latest from their official site. I believe its beta version 0.14.0-b3 I definitely noticed a few more animations from the previous version so for sure worth updating!

[@codebury6343]

Adapter life will be short lived. Looks Awesome.❤

[@nogardniwt]

Looks promising. Question, do you need to inject power? Won't the esp power the LEDs?

[@madsmaten]

These LED’s require 12v. The ESP can only output 5v. This is also why he uses two powersuppliers in the video

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching! These are 12v led and the esp is 5v. Maybe there is away to make it all work together but I know i'm not currently smart enough to figure it out. And even though I've certainly powered 5v led strips only using the esp32, I think the general consensus is that you shouldn't power the 5v led strips only using the micro usb charger that is also powering the esp device.

[@fusseldieb]

@@ChrisMaherDIY Exactly. Even if you got 5V leds and power everything with one charger, a normal phone charger can provide 3A at most before getting unconfortably hot, which is not a lot of leds @ 5V... You can maybe hook up 3m or so but that's pretty much it.

[@IanShreds_]

Im having problems with that power supply burning out, can anyone recommend a different power supply and/or explain why this would be happening?

[@oui.monsieur]

Can you do a wLED ambient set up for 120inch projector screen pretty please 🙏 I haven't found those content yet but I know it can be done

[@Tadcrazio]

Bought these LEDS. They actually came in a waterproof jacket making it harder to mount with just take. But pretty cool that it came with waterproofing.

[@sourrlemons]

Theres a waterproof and non waterproof model on the amazon page, maybe you accidentally picked the waterproof one?

[@Tadcrazio]

@@sourrlemons noticed that after I commented. That's definitely the case lol.

[@derekalexander4030]

Do they have a program that mimics lightning?

[@joudatfd]

Wled has effect called "Lightning", looks good

[@gilatravler2549]

Love the channel. Anyone know what song is playing during Final Thoughts? Song is sooo dope

[@josephwisniewski3673]

Two weeks from the video and they’re sold out at Amazon, no idea when they will be back in stock. 😢

[@samdeur]

Two questions if you please. 1) isn’t a led strip that has rgb-w better if you also want to do warm white ? 2) what is Quin Led used for? Is it pure safety and if you need to please led lighting far away? What’s the added value???

[@wilbso]

You could go with SK6812’s if you want to achieve more accurate whites, I’m pretty sure they offer 5v and 12v variants.

[@arp_catchall]

Thanks for a great review. Does this strip "remember" last setting on power loss and recovery?

[@tRRickedOut]

That's for the controller to do. Not the strip

[@arp_catchall]

@@tRRickedOut It has a remote (amazon link) so controller should be there. The Govee's remember last setting on power loss. Was wondering if this one does too as some dont.

[@mbrock5532]

Already out of stock on Amazon!

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

Can't find the bottom strip you show 😢

[@brentsvensson7882]

Are these not as bright as the BTF ws2815’s…?

[@meierthomas]

Great review. Too bad this is not available in Australia 😮

[@DripdropBrewing]

Need some help guys. I have bought 3 meters long 5v WS2812 ( 144 pixel light strip ) not the WS2812b. With Esp8266 and using 5v phone charger as a power resource. Put wled on it and got pins on vin and gnd and pin d4 and connected to wled on my phone app works flawlessly I now want to join X2 more exact same stripes to this like in the video and change the number to get all to light up which will be 144 X 3 X3 = 1.296. What power supply will I need for voltage and amps do I buy ( remember my strips are 5v ) please help I would appreciate it. I'm using these lights around my bedroom ceiling 👍👍👍

[@zayan_karim]

How much did your dream gaming setup you made a month ago pls tell me

[@Vin0Monster]

So what led strips are you exactly using? When I click the link I go to an Amazon page which displays several led strips, and the first one is from a brand "Diyife". Are those the ones you are using in the video??

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks for watching! When I click on the link it takes me to the product In the video. I'm in the US. Where are you located? If it's not taking you to the correct product, my guess is it's not available in your region unfortunately.

[@AllenRobberson]

Can you please review the dig2go?

[@ninjaomega14]

Awesome price point and well done video! Though, If possible I have 2 questions. 1. Can I cut this LED strip as I'll be needing about 2.5 of them. 2. What power supply would you recommend for about 43ft (13M)

[@ChrisMaherDIY]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Yes, you can for sure cut this strip! I would probably start out with a 12v 6amp supply and do 1 power injection at the end and see how things look at different levels of brightness and then go from there!

[@ninjaomega14]

@ChrisMaherDIY Awesome, I got a new weekend project now! Thanks for the help 👍🏾