Alex Beyer—January 9, 2026✓ Verified purchase
I bought these since, weirdly they were cheaper than 99% of "DOG LIGHTS" out there. Totally worked. Pros: -Inexpensive -Hackable at this price. If I want, and I will, remove the IR dome for the motion sensor. -NICE DIFFUSER, as you can see, on Zelda, it's a nice even white. You can't see the individual LEDs. -Accurate seeming light output claims, I buy this is 180LM. Cons: -NOT SUPER BRIGHT, as you can see in the second picture, you're getting about 10ft of throw. Which for under the counter, not bad. When I had these bars in my bathroom, the small one, it filled about 40% of it. If your cabinets are like 2.5Ft off the counter, this should throw about 4-5ft each. I'd also go for a warmer white than this, since it's very artificial and has bad CRI, so if you're prepping food, it can make the food look off and unappetizing. CRI is COLOR REFLECTANCE INDEX. Gives off Fluorescent Light vibes...So, probably would go warm. -Packaging, this came in a brown cardboard box, and it's SUPER ECO forward, but there wasn't even like a seal I had to break to get in the box. Which this gave off, returned vibes, though no LPN sticker to denote it was, and like half of them were set to MOTION SENSOR mode, which was weird. Also, they don't give you enough USB Cs to charge this. what would be cool, for a little more, would be an ability to properly daisy chain these together. Other: -They feel as much as they cost, that's to say, not great. The aluminum housing is nice. My Use: As you can see, I have these kind of large CARHART vests I got at Academy, which I use at night for obvious reasons. So, I was messing with cost efficient solutions... Was looking into light collars, eh, I have some already and they're not bright enough and my Dutch/Mal girl has a bit of a mane on her. Though being all black needs the most visibility. Her Foxhound/Rottie brother isn't much better being Black and Tan, but he usually stays ahead of me and my headlamp I wear at night, lights him up nicely, activating the reflectors on his vest. What I did was use adhesive velcro. Pretty simple, but, SUNDAY, I'm getting some PVC clear heat shrink, to slide these in and keep them out of the element when it rains, and it does rain down here in Mississippi on the Gulf Coast. It held up from the walk and accidental bumping into since the Rottie likes to ram himself into me when I tell him to HEEL. Conclusion: While not super bright, it works for my needs, you can see a light is on and floating on something, keeping my dogs safe. At night we're pretty safe since we're just walking a big loop that's two blocks and low traffic. I'll feel safer when I get that PVC heat shrink in, and I can slide this in there. Would I recommend this under the cabinet? Not 8in, I would go at least 12 inches and in Warm White. I needed 8 inches for my application, but wouldn't recommend it for under the cabinet lighting. Too small, THOUGH with that said, I think these would be great as stair lighting. I'm going to open one of these up and tinker inside it to see if I can add a bigger cell, remove the motion control sensor and some other stuff. UPDATE: PVC heatshrink came in. YAY... I also bought some adhesive USB C covers for like phones and whatnot, since these are going to be outdoor more, wanted that added bit of security. PVC: PATIKIL PVC Heat Shrink Wrap Tube 2in x 9ft Clear, cut about 10in in length, DO NOT SHRINK THEM, it's just acting as a sleeve. Real nice CLEAR stuff, plastic bag feel. The more rubbery heatshrink also nicely defuses light, this is the PVC used to make Lithium Packs and can easily fit 2 18650 cells side by side. 10in is less than 2in longer than the bars which are about 8.25in long but enough to slide the bar in without struggle, and slide the bar in far enough that if it were to rain, there's very little chance water will do any damage to the light. Velcro: I used 2in, but cut that to 8in strip loops on the vest, 10in strip hooks on the back of the PVC heat shrink, now with this, I obviously recommend adhesive HOOKS and, I did buy sew on velcro option at 10ft, but adhesive works fine, just add some heat to your vest and iron it on, at about 275F, and it should melt the glue a little better to ensure a stronger adhesion. USB C covers: 10 PCS USB Type C Anti Dust Plugs Cover by PoParttg. They're nice, and "Tethered". I first plugged it into the USB C port, then adhered it to the ALUMINUM side, with barely any tension applied. Fun discovery, and I don't understand it, it will be super hard to explain: The lights are a thin row of LEDs placed against the edge, it's an edge light diffusion system. WEIRDLY, the diffuser, when rotated around on its edge, will turn this white light to warm white. And I don't understand how. SO... at least with WHITE, you can hack it to be a WARMER white by rotating it around. Very interesting and confusing. Like if this is about 6500K (aka PURE WHITE), then this trick turns it about 4000k which is a warmer white. Read more
