Ultimate guide on buying best LED strip lights in 2023
Ultimate guide on buying best LED strip lights in 2023


Use
|
Lumens Required Per Foot
|
Accent Lighting and Mood Lighting
|
150 to 350
|
Under-cabinet lighting
|
175 to 525
|
Task lighting near source
|
280 to 450
|
Task lighting far from source
|
500 to 1000
|
Indirect lighting
|
375 to 575
|
Signs
|
500 to 950
|

Temperature Kelvin | Light Color | Applications |
5000K-6000K | Daylight |
bathrooms, basements, study room,
security lighting, hospitals, factories,
and workshops
|
3500K-4100K | Cool White |
Bathrooms, Garages, offices, lobbies,
schools, garages, and the kitchen
|
2700K-3000K | Soft White |
Bedrooms, Living Rooms, lounges,
cafes, bars, and restaurants
|

Color Rendering Index (CRI) is a way to measure a light source's distinctive attributes. It is an assessment of how the light source shows object colors "naturally" when compared to a familiar basis of reference, either incandescent light or daylight.
Here is the reference for you:
CRI | CRI level | More explanation |
95 - 100 | Phenomenal color rendering |
Colors appear as they should, subtle tones
pop out and are accented, skin tones look
beautiful, art comes alive, backsplashes and
paint shows it's true beautiful full saturation.
You have to see it to believe it!
|
90 - 95 | Great color rendering! |
Almost all colors 'pop' and are easily
distinguishable. Noticeably great lighting
starts at a CRI of 90.
|
80 - 90 | Good color rendering |
You may not see items as fully saturated as
you would like, but most people will not notice.
|
<80 | Poor color rendering. |
Items and colors may look desaturated, drab,
and at times unidentifiable.
|
LED count refers to the total number of LEDs that are mounted on an LED strip light product, typically per 5 meter reel. LED density, on the other hand, is typically defined as an LED quantity per meter or foot. Both are simple numbers that will eventually tell you how many LEDs you are actually going to get per unit length.
Common LED densities are 30/60/120 LEDs per meter (9/18/36 LEDs per foot). For a 5-meter reel, this corresponds to 150/300/600 LED count.



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