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★★★★☆
Great under cabinet LED lights but....read this.
So I bought these for under kitchen cabinet lighting in my new house. I didn't want to run wires and I thought these would be a great alternative. And it was. But, if you plan on using these for under cabinet lighting, be aware of 2 things; 1: The cabinet bottom lip interferes with motion detection. There usually is a lip under your cabinet. You have to put them under the cabinet but the lip is in front of the light. This lip blocks the motion sensor, thus cutting the motion detection range. You'd have to be about 1 foot away for it to detect motion and light up because of this. I guess you could stick these on the lip piece, but that would expose the lights and it won't look clean. 2: They have to be really far apart from each other or it won't work. The motion lights only come on in the dark. I got 2. I have 3 cabinets in a row, I put one on the 1st, and one on the 3rd, skipping the 2nd one. Well, when I walked up to them, only one or the other would light up. I thought one was defective so I emailed the seller. I was advised to space them at least 1 foot away. Otherwise, one of them will think it's day time and won't light up. Thing is, they are about 1 foot away from each other. In any case, they sent me a replacement free. Then I realized they have to be about 2 feet away from each other for them both to work. This isn't ideal, especially if you want lights under all your cabinets. The 3rd picture is of when the lights are both on, which never happens. I manually turned them on for reference as to what it'd look like when both are on. In summary, if you're looking to use these under your kitchen cabinets, I'd suggest you look elsewhere. I give 4 stars because of the good service but it doesn't really cut it in my application. Update 1/13/18: One of the lights is under my coffee machine and when it makes coffee, steam comes up. This in turn loosens the double sided tape and the light falls. I've since relocated them all to my closets, 4th picture. It works great there when it's too dark to see anything. This is a great light for anywhere EXCEPT under the cabinets. Update 4/5/19: So one of the lights has finally died and won't recharge at all. Not too mad about it since I got the third one for free. Just wanted to let every know.
October 2017 · Tools and Home Improvement · verified purchase
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