Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

As someone who works a great deal with RGB and RGBW LED light strips I am quite upset with Philips at how expensive this kit is, and how short the light strip is. LED light strips are extremely cheap in long lengths. And while I understand that these are somewhat unique in that they come with an additional cool white LED and warm white LED on either side of the standard RGB LEDs on the strip, their price per foot is out of control. The extension kits, which cost roughly $30 sonly come with around 3 feet, which makes them equally overpriced. A great way to understand how horrible this is, is to know a bit more about the market. I can (still on Amazon) get over 16 feet (more than 5 times as much as the Philips extension kit) of Weatherproof RGB SMD5050 LEDs with the same 3M adhesive backing for the same price. That also includes a remote control and a power supply. Also, that type of strip is high density, meaning you get more LEDs per foot of strip. So more LEDs per foot, more tan 5 time the length, and power supply, and a remote, all for the same price point. And that's not even with shopping around. Philips is taking advantage of the ignorance of their audience and the perceived value of their brand to inflate the price on a cheap product to ridiculous levels. I find that upsetting, and has really tarnished how I view Philips. The only reason I purchased these is because they are the only product on the market that will easily work with my SmartThings home automation system. Philips just needs to get their price point somewhere within the realm of reality. I look forward to seeing this product replaced by another smart home friendly brand at a reasonable price point, or Philips somehow deciding to not be evil and make their prices more practical. To better show how overpriced this product is and how short the lengths are, it took this kit and 1 extension kit just to go up one side, across the top, and down the other side of my 70" TV (pictured attached) That's $120 just for backlighting a TV. That same $120 would get me 65.6 feet of Waterproof 3M adhesive backed RGB LEDs without shopping around. With shopping around I could likely get around 100 feet for that price. Philips, you are on notice.