Govee COB LED Strip Light Pro, LED Lights for Bedroom Compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant and Matter, RGBICW Light with Warm White, Smart Strip Light, LED Lights for Bedroom, Color Changing, 9.8ft

I really didn't have high hopes for the brightness of these lights because the Govee monitor lights I purchased, while nice, weren't terribly bright, hence the need for additional behind-desk lighting. I had also previously purchased a Govee led light strip, and ended up returning it because the leds just weren't punchy enough. The price seemed pretty steep at $99, but since they were down to about $70 on Prime Day (and they often seem to go on sale or offer coupons to bring this down to around this price), I decided to give them a try, along with the Govee RGBIC neon lights (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQQ85ZK3?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1) to see which one would suit my needs best.The unboxing experience of these lights was pretty incredible. I was shocked at how premium they made the packaging on this (but it would be nice if maybe they could offer the product at a slightly lower cost if they didn't spend so much on the box???!), and first impressions of the pliability/flexibility and feel of the light strip itself were super favorable. In fact, I would say that I was pretty blown away by how great the housing felt. I unboxed the RGBIC neon lights as well, and while also nice, they were different.I plugged in both sets and it was immediately clear which set was brighter - these won by a fairly large margin, so I immediately put the neon lights aside. I ran through all of the light settings, but already essentially knew I'd be using the warmer colors. I'd hoped that orange was possible, but as with most of these led lights, it seems like the lights want to cycle right past orange and will either only display red or a cooler yellow. There are shades that are sort of approaching orange, but still aren't quite there. All the other light settings work really well, although the app is kind of annoying and without a lot of clear instructions.I'd originally hoped that I could mount this with 3M Command picture hangers, but when that failed miserably, I had to give in and use the included adhesive.My intention was to use these on the back edge of my desk to illuminate the wall behind it, but I ended up actually wrapping the lights behind and to each side of the desk because the strip was so long. It turned out to be incredibly fortunate that the strip was long enough to do this because now some of the darker areas of my office have a gorgeous glow, including the area underneath the desk. The photo I uploaded doesn't show it that accurately, but the COB light strip is probably twice as bright as the lights illuminating the wall behind my monitor. The one issue I have is that the adhesive on the end of the strip farthest away from the power source isn't very strong, and keeps coming unglued from my desk. It sticks up awkwardly, and sort of ruins the look of everything a bit. I'm also not sure what will happen if/when I need to replace my desktop, as I've been considering buying a larger one, and it doesn't seem like the adhesive is replaceable (or really very moveable).Despite it's pretty hefty price tag, I'm already looking for other places in my house to mount more strips because they just offer so much ambient light and have such a clean look. Best Govee product yet!

The media could not be loaded. I had been looking for some rope lights that were good quality, bright, and stuck to my wall (without needing brackets to hold them up) and these are IT. They stick to the wall excellently and look awesome. Super easy to setup + great connectivity and app.I'm a gamer and streamer and these are the lights of my dreams.. like for real. I was not only impressed by the quality, but how bright/vivid they are. I got the 16.4ft and have them in the corner of one wall and they light up the entire room.Absolutely obsessed with these lights specifically out of all of my govee lights so far.Would buy again. Worth the investment!

These LED strips look amazing. There are absolutely no individual LEDs that can be seen, even up close. I was looking to replace some standard LED strips that I used to backlight some artwork. I hated the fact that as you entered the room you could see the individual LEDs from the side of the frame, not anymore. These lights are absolutely stunning. They're defiantly not cheap, I purchased these on sale and they were still about double what I paid for the original LED strips, however, the look is worth it. My single and only complaint is these light strips are very bright. I wish I could dim them even more, but set at 1% they are pretty bright. They almost look like a neon light but warmer in color. These were very easy to install, I removed my old strips and used the provided attached tape to wrap them around my frames. I was able to pair these directly with SmartThings through the Matter protocol, one thing that I could not find in the documentation is these are Matter over WiFi and not Matter/Thread lights. Still, with Matter I was able to join them to my smart home and natively control them in SmartThings, which I what I was looking for. Lights that are WiFi only usually require their own app or sometimes they'll work with Google Home or Alexa and I have to create a bridge from SmartThings to be able to control them. There are some pretty interesting/fun effects that can be created in the Govee app and I played around with a few of them just to see what they could do, but I was really just interested in adding some backlight to my framed artwork to make them stand out. I highly recommend these if you're looking for light strips that will be exposed and you don't want to be able to see the individual LED segments.

The media could not be loaded. These lights were very easy to install. Very much more flexible than rope lights or even desk lights. They look awesome on my cabinets if I do say so myself….. also know that it wherever you put them is where they’re going to stay… for eternity. Adhesive is so strong that when I had to remove one, I had to use a knife and cut the adhesive off of the actual light itself and leave the adhesive behind or it will tear all the paint off of my wall. It’s a good thing that they’re very strong adhesive wise. Just make sure that you know exactly where you’re putting it and that you have measured properly and if you’re going to cut it, make sure that you do that before you start putting it up. Also, a big deal is that these are neon colored and very bright! If you are trying to match something like dream view, for instance (I did) they will not match with the other lights at all not even close.They don’t even match the desk lights that you see in the video along my countertops. I have to turn the brightness down or it overpower the entire kitchen and other lights.

Beautiful everything, decent app, intuitive function, excellent packaging, great brightness and vivid colors, but white is kinda not that white.