Rextin WS2811 Pixels Digital Addressable LED String Lights Waterproof RGB Full Color 12mm DC 12V (DC12V 500pcs)

I tried a different brand and had nothing but issues. I have over 3k of these pixels and all work great. The only negative is that the connectors are not waterproof and will corrode if not kept dry. Still a great product and reliable.

I bought 2,000 of these lights a year ago and installed them permanently on my home under the eves. I mostly followed a video guide I found online from a DrZzs on youtube. I recommend the 12V version of these instead of the 5v. These are very bright lights. In the 2,000 lights I received, I only had one pixel that stayed red no matter what color it is supposed to be. It is easy to splice in a new pixel, just make sure you maintain the proper direction. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ***** These only work in one direction!!! ***** what that means is if you cut and splice sections or pixels, make sure they are all fed from the same end of the strand (male vs. female). If you accidentally get one backwards it will not work. Big bummer after you spend 2 days putting them up on your house! I found that if I plugged in more than 7 strands (70') they started acting funny. The voltage dropped from 13.5V to 11.5V after 70'. Instead of injecting power every 70' or so by running feeders from the power supply, I just bought (3) power supplies and fed them from both ends and the middle. The 12V DC power supplies I bought on Amazon were $18 ... cheaper than the wire I could buy for feeders. I also used the Magic LED SP105E controller, which connects to your phone via Bluetooth and allows you to change the lights to one of 200+ shows. Absolutely highly recommend these lights as you can use them for all holidays, parties, or whenever!

Great Product, can be used with both Adafruit Neopixel library as well as Fast Led open source pixel library. Tip, Fast LED has a nice Calibrate sketch for Arduino which will help you determine the RGB order of these as well as other Pixel LED Strips.Spoiler: In my case the RGB order was as follows for my purchaseRGB Order = BGRAlong with NEO_KHZ800 if using Adafruit's library!!!!! ALSO VERY IMPORTANT STEP !!!!!!WHEN USING WITH AN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY AND ARDUINO DO NOT FORGET TO CONNECT THE GROUND OF THE PIXEL STRIP BACK TO THE ARDUINO'S GROUND PIN. IF YOU DO NOT DO THIS STEP THE COLORS WILL BE RANDOM AND YOU WILL BE LEFT FRUSTRATED FOR SOME TIME. I SCRATCH MY HEAD FOR HOURS AS MANY ONLINE NEOPIXEL TUTORIALS DID NOT MENTION THIS STEP. ALSO, ME BEING AN ELECTRONICS NOOBLET IT WAS NOT CLEAR AND SO I ONLY CONNECTED THE PIXEL DATA IN TO THE ARDUINO PIN AND CONNECTED THE POWER LINES TO AN EXTERNAL 12V POWER SUPPLY. THE ONLINE TUTORIALS LEAVE THIS STEP OUT PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY ARE TYPICALLY 5V TUTORIALS WHICH ARDUINO CAN HANDLE. SO NATURALLY ONE WOULD CONNECT THE PIXEL'S GROUND BACK TO THE ARDUINO'S GROUND PIN. HOWEVER, IF PURCHASING THE 12V STRIP YOU WILL NEED AN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY AND THUS THIS IS LEFT OUT OF MOST TUTORIALS I CAME ACCROSS. !!!!!!!I HOPE THIS HLEPS SOMEONE AS I STRUGGLED FOR SOME TIME FIGURING THIS OUT.

Great lights for the price.

The media could not be loaded. I spaced my pixels 2.5” apart in j-channel. Definitely pushing it because the amount of wire between pixels varies a bit. If I was to do it again, I’d go 2” apart. Overall, I’m pleased. It turned out nice.

I am planning to use these as permanent lights. Tested them on the ground. Works as expected. To make them work, I used 12V power supply, quin LED controllor, and data booster.I had to work quiet some time to get them up bcz of the controller set up ete...

The media could not be loaded. First off, these are GBR color order, not RGB. I’ve tried them in two different controllers (of different brands) and they all flicker like crazy, to the point they won’t even stay on steady with one color. I know it’s not the controller as it works fine with all my other pixels. Just not these. Returning and wouldn’t recommend this brand. They are also resistor based instead of regulator based. So you’ll have more problems with voltage drop and brightness if you don’t power inject like crazy.

Nothing amazing here. But exactly what I expected.