ASOKO Dimmable Led Under Cabinet Lighting for Kitchen – 6 Pcs 12 inches Linkable Led Counter Light Bars, Cold White 5000K,DC24V,18W

Nice, bright under-cabinet light that works well with a smart plug
These under-cabinet lights really helped light up the counters all the way around my kitchen. My kitchen was previously lit just by a fluorescent fixture on the ceiling and was relatively dark, especially on the counters. I installed 4 of these 3-packs and the whole room feels much brighter now. The counters are now very well-lit. I would really probably rate these more like 4.5 stars, but that’s not an option and I don’t think the minor issues I had with them were worth knocking a whole star off.The customizability of these lights worked very well for my use case. My kitchen has cabinets in 4 different disjoint sections (one on an island, one on one side of the sink, one between sink and stove, then one on the other side of the stove.) Installing a hard-wired solution would have been a huge pain (and also quite expensive,) requiring running new power lines through the walls in several places. Being able to just plug these into the AC outlets along the wall under the cabinets saved tons of effort and likely at least hundreds in installation costs. Plus, if/when I or a new home owner wants to replace these, it’s far easier to do this way than with a hard-wired solution.Being able to install these without the switch in-line and instead plug them into smart plugs worked out great. I had already installed a Kasa smart switch on the main light in my kitchen anyway, so I just got 4 Kasa smart plugs and set them to turn on and off with the main light, then plugged these four sets into them. This way, there’s no need to run wires through the walls or behind the stove or anything like that. Each set is just plugged individually into an outlet with a smart plug and the whole room lights up when I turn on the main light.The customizability of this set is hard to beat. Each strip can be connected either with a short barrel adapter or with a cable. The cable worked great for turning corners or when the strips just needed to be a little farther apart and the barrels generally worked well for when the strips needed to be placed end-to-end. The only problem I had with this was one of the barrels apparently just wasn’t making a good connection and was causing the strip downstream of it to occasionally flicker or run dim. Since I had unused barrel connectors, though, I just swapped that one out with another one and it’s been working great since then. Being able to simply leave the switch out of the circuit is a great for my use case, since I want the lights to come on at full brightness whenever the smart switch turns on anyway.Installation was relatively straightforward. Just make sure to peel the plastic cover off of the metal strips, attached the adhesive strips to them, then place the adhesive strips underneath the counter where you want the supports to attach. Once the metal plates are installed in position underneath the cabinet, then you just snap the supports onto the light strips and then they hold magnetically to the metal plates. I’ve had these up for several months now and no issues at all with the lights detaching from the metal plates or the adhesive that holds the plates to the cabinets letting go. Do make sure to remove the plastic backings, though, as they won’t hold up with those on.I have had a few relatively minor issues with these as mentioned at the beginning, though:- One of the barrel connectors was apparently defective. No problems after replacing it with a spare one, though.- The adhesive on the clips designed to hold the wires up against the under side of the cabinet is rather poor. These all fell off very quickly. I replaced them all with Command strip hooks and that solved that problem. This only applies to the clips designed to hold the wires up, though. The adhesive that holds up the lights themselves works great.- There’s about a 1-second delay between when the lights get power and when they actually light up. This is really just a slight annoyance, but it does create a noticeable delay between when the smart plugs turn on and when the lights actually light up. I know the delay is in the lights and not the smart plugs, as I can hear when the relays in the smart plugs switch. This is not a huge deal, but it’s a minor annoyance that’s worth noting. Of course, the lights do turn off immediately when power is turned off.- The AC/DC transformers on these are quite large. The transformer is built into the plug, so the only way to mount the transformers up underneath the cabinet out of sight is to use extension cords. This is especially true when you also have a smart plug between the transformer and the wall outlet. It was really a lot of bulk sticking out of the wall and looked kind of unsightly until I got some short 90-degree plug extension cords that allowed me to mount the transformers and smart plugs up underneath the cabinets where they are out-of-sight.- The light strips do get pretty warm. Of course, I’d expect that with incandescent bulbs, but it seems surprisingly warm for LEDs. This hasn’t been a problem at all for me, but you’d want to make sure that these are placed where kids or pets wouldn’t touch them and get burned.Overall, despite a few minor annoyances, these paired with the smart plugs have worked great for my use case for getting under-cabinet lighting that’s easy to control without expensive tearing up of walls and installation of new AC power lines by an electrician. My kitchen is much brighter than it was before, which makes the kitchen feel nicer overall, but also makes food preparation easier by lighting up the counters well.

Work great for under my kitchen cabinets.
I bought these to replace my old under counter LED lights that I bought back in 2011 (mouse chewed on the cord coming out of the power block, and shorted the whole thing out). Anyway, after a lot of searching and reading LOTS of reviews, I decided on these. The price was right and they had lots of great reviews (and some not so great), anyway, after weighing all the pros and cons I decided to give these a try.The lights were very easy to install using the adhesive strips that came with them (just make sure you clean the area you’re going to put them with rubbing alcohol and let dry, not a surface cleaner). Just follow the instructions and they adhere really well. After letting them sit for 24 hours, I pulled on them to see if I could get them to come off… nope, they’re stuck good. Over my stove, I used the magnet clips that come with them to put one under my range hood at the back and it sticks really well too. The other two are under the cabinets on either side of the stove. I like the color the lights give off and how bright and dim they can get. They work great with an Alexa or Google Assistant enabled smart plug. You can turn them on and off via voice command, or you can set up a routine to have them turn on and off at specific times, which is what I did (they turn on half hour before sunset and off half hour after sunrise). I use them as a night light so I can get around in the kitchen without having to turn on the very bright overhead light. They remember the last brightness setting you had them at, so they turn on at that brightness every time.After reading the reviews of people saying the adhesive for the wire clips wouldn’t hold, I ordered these at the same time… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5QRW1FP?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1.There’s a lot more than I needed for putting these lights up, but figured I can use them for putting up Christmas lights too. They are small, but are perfect for putting the cords for these lights where you want them. The adhesive strips for these are very strong (just like with the light strips, clean the surface with rubbing alcohol and let dry), but can be removed like “Command Hooks” if you need to take them down. Again follow the instructions.So far, I’m very happy with these lights, and hoping they will last at least as long as my old ones.

Nice task lights for desktop computer monitors.
Usually sold as under-cabinet lights, these bar lights work even better as computer monitor task lights. I rigged up a mounting system using small L-brackets to mount these lights behind my computer monitors (see photos). The 4500 K (“daylight white”) is the perfect color temperature, not yellow and not blue. Mounting these lights behind the monitors means that there is no glare on the monitor screen, a problem with typical “monitor lights” that mount at the top of the screen front. The power cables are thin and lightweight, therefore easy to manage and hide from view.

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These feel and look great. The end to end connectors are great. The light colour is accurate and they are tremendously bright. There’s like 6 or 7 clicks of brightness adjustment and anything above 2-3 clicks is overkill even for our dingy basement apartment.The mounting accessories are weird tho. The power supply is probably 4 feet long, and then the on/off switch is on its own cord another 3-4 feet long. So you have 7-8 feet of cord you have to hide somewhere even before you get to your lights. The light to light joining cords are a little long too, 7-8” as l remember, a little excessive for my application of just rounding a slight bend on a corner cupboard. The length of wire mentioned, not enough cable clips for it all. Last but not least the power supply seems to get pretty warm during operation to the point I turn them off at night and leave the range bulb on instead. I wanted them as a night ambient light but it just gets a little warm for my liking.But I’m too picky for my own good, these are a good product for the price. There are far worse products out there for more money. Would recommend honestly.