Led Strip recommendations (but with some caveats)

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I am looking for Led Strip recommendations, but I have some limitations to save myself some trouble.

  • No DIY LEDs. I don’t want to have to buy separate LEDs and controllers, and have to solder. If there is no soldering then it’s ok.

  • Wi-Fi only. No matter, thread, or any of these fancy new protocols. Wi-Fi is good, reliable and simple. Also no Bluetooth, infrared, Zigbee or Z-Wave.

  • Local communication only obviously. I don’t mind if I have to use an app or the cloud for the initial setup.

  • HA integration of course. It would be good if it was official, but custom is ok also.

Any suggestions are welcome, preferably from personal experience.

Thanks

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You forgot to mention what kind of strips…
Analog or addressable?
Rgb or white? Or warm/cold white? Or RGBWW?
How long strips? What luminous power?

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Analog, RGB, 2 meters. I haven’t thought about power. I don’t really need them to replace light bulbs. Just for decoration.

I found these
https://tr.aliexpress.com/item/1005010168684157.html

Which are cheap, and support Tuya, which I think makes them compatible with home assistant, and the local Tuya integration.

But it would be good to have options from other brands.

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I would go with Shelly RGBW PM and any 12-24V LED strip you happen to have available.

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I love shelly, but €30 per led strip is just too much

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Bro they’re half what you’d pay for any Hue product.

If you want many LED strips and cheap, DIY is the only way.

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Add the strip and power supply. +15eur.
Still my preferred option for permanent installation.

If you want 10eur gadget, AE is full of them. I have used some 5V strips like that, I just throw the controller to trash and replace it with esp32 / Wled.

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if you are going cheap LED strips at the very least stay away from Tuya Wifi based devices since they need a cloud connection to work… get the zigbee version to try out instead:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007457823504.html

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