High quality VS cheap low quality LED strip

author: Ivan Huang

2024-01-04

High quality VS cheap low quality LED strip

There is a huge amount of LED strip light available on the market. They are made by a number of companies, have different characteristics and quality. Knowing the distinction between high quality and heap low quality led strip light will help you choose a suitable led strip light depends on your specific needs and preference.

This post will show you high-quality LED strip light VS cheap & low-quality light strip.

The difference in raw material

	High quality led strip	Low quality led strip
LED Chip	Samsung, Epistar or Sanan Chip. High qualiy copper holder with 99.99% pure gold wire for heraeus, LM80 test approve	Chinese Alternative SMD's, alloy gold wire for heraeus, lowe quality copper or even iron holder
PCB	Thick 2oz or 3oz PCB and 12mm or 15mm wide for high wattage range	single layer or Thinner double layer PCB and less wide
Adhesive tape	Real 3M 200MP, 300SLE, 3M VHB 4229, Tesa adhesive tape	Blue Thermal Tape or Fake 3M adhesive backing
Resistor	High grade resistors stop led chip damage	Low grade resistors(can dramaticly shorten the life of the LED Chip)
Glue Coating	Real silicone glue or PU glue, can anti-yellow for 3years	Cheap PU glue, will become yellow after 6 month or even 3 month

The difference in technical data

	High quality led strip	Low quality led strip
CRI	CRI>80 or CRI>90 or CRI>95 or CRI>97, base on different quality level of high quality led strip light 1. Better richer colours 2. Better, stronger white	CRI<80 only, poor quality 1. Less rich colours 2. Less quality white
Brightness	high brightness, normally 20-30% higher in brightness	Low brightness, normally 20-30% lower in brightness
Color consistency	at least in 1color bin or sdcm5, normally it's sdcm 3 only, high light color consistency, good for eyes	low color consistency, can even see color difference for eyes
Voltage	Correct voltage for the power. 24V for high power led strip light=less voltage drop(full brightness across reel)	Uncorrect voltage higher wattage led strip using 12V=voltage drop(not full brightness across reel)
Heat dissipation	The thick PCB helps with long life. No aluminum extrusion is required for install to disperse heat when power is less than 16 watt per meter	Thin PCB means aluminum extrusion is required to disperse the heat
Colour Mixes	Deep richer colour mixes. A high quality pure white shade can be acheived.	Poor colour mixing. A poor pure white can only be achieved
Heat dissipation

The difference in quality & service

	High quality led strip	Low quality led strip
Reliability	Very reliable fit and forget product	Unreliable due to poor manufacture, soldering and the use of low quality LED's
Life	70% @ 50,000 hours	Unknown - Depends on the quality. Brightness can deteriote in as little as 2000 hours
Warranty	3years, 5years or even 6years	Can also offer a so called 3year warranty
Certificate	ETL, CE, RoHS, CB, RCM, ISO9001:2015 certificate, etc.	Fake certificate or quality of led strip is diferent from that in the certificate
After service	Normally, there is no quality problem after shipment. Supplier will help to solve the problem once there is quality problem	Easy to have quality problem, and Suppliers are more likely to disappear when qulaity problem comes

Advantage of buying led strip light from Hanron

Hanron lighting is a leading led strip light manufacture in China. We only focus on middle and high quality led strip light. After development for 14years, we've build partnerships with many lighting Brands, who have strict requirement in quality.

Here are a few bullet points to help you understand the difference between commercial grade Hanron LED Tape and the cheap alternatives