Resurrecting this slightly older post for current info, thank you. Looking to do a large outdoor project with extruded channels and tape. Have zeroed in on Flexfire and Colorbeam to wrap the soffits of a barn and also handle hardscaping needs. Any feedback on these guys, and/or someone else I should be looking at? Superbright LEDs is a little kludgey to navigate, and would like to have some solid BoM assistance and support from a provider.

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I have been immersed in lighting design for the last couple years. I feel like I started a new career. There is much more to know than I realized. I have overhead, recessed fixtures down, and moved on to LED strip lighting. There is as much to know, or more, than overheads. Voltage, wattage, lumen output, CRI, color temperature, maximum strip length, drivers, etc.

Have installed RGB, RGBW and color tunable strips. I have found the simplest installation involves a static color (typically 2700-3000), using a dimable power supply, that is compatible with a triac or ELV dimmer. Using RGB/W will require you to add a DMX or multichannel LED driver.

Consistency is our goal, and much of what I found on Amazon were toys, and very inconsistent. I'm sure there are some better suppliers on there, but we switched to Environmental Lighting. They have good introductory training videos, a large variety of lights, drivers and channels. They have been very responsive and helpful.

Good luck and have fun.

Great input Brad- thanks!

I've also been using Environmental Lighting with good results for he last 5-6 years.

“Reddit”, thanks kindly!