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These are great. I’ve been using WLED for years but I used to spend so much time making my own controllers. Flashing ESPs - soldering mics, buck converters, and any other components that I needed - configuring everything - designing and 3D printing cases. This takes all that work out. I love it! I can spend half the amount of money by making my own controllers, but the ease and time I save by using these controllers make it worth the price, in my opinion. I really appreciate the ease of connecting the wires, no soldering needed and very easy to disconnect if needed. It’s fairly compact. I still have to make my own controllers if I’m super limited on space (I enjoy making RGB lamps and some designs just don’t have room for this controller). But this controller works great for most situations. Highly recommend!

Nice little unit for your WLED project

Works flawlessly as expected. Love the flip connectors for ease of use to connect the wiring and the barrel plug for power supply/ along with wled built in amazing product!

Good things sometimes come in small packages, and so it us with this addressable LED controller. I'm using it to control 650 RGB LEDs in a 45x15 array to light up the edges of my stairs, and so far haven't had any issues with it other than the typical deplorable documentation. Some good things: 1) Controls my 650 lights in two banks of 300+ each with no flickering. 2) Despite being powered from a meer scavenged Amazon 15w (1.25 amp) power supply, actually lights up all the lights (although I have it dimmed to the max begging a much beefier 30 amp one). 3) Has survived multiple accidental short circuits between the power and control lines without smoking or other issues (I don't advise doing this on purpose however!). 4) The recommend controller software (WLED Native) is very full featured, and easily works from my android phone on my home wifi network. Lots of settings however, so not for the timid. The WLED Native help website does have a bunch of resources, so you're not totally out of luck. They even provide access to the souce software if you're really adventurous. The only real downside is I haven't yet found a way to control it via Alexa voice commands like many of my other lights. So in conclusion, if you have less than 800 or so LEDs llyou want to control, the GLED controller is a pretty safe bet. Rugged, lots of options, and the controlling software is pretty good but can be overwhelming.

It's a bit pricey considering a DIY option costs about $5, though the DIY option won't have the same flexibility and features. If you were to try to spec this out to match something like a govee light, you will be spending considerably more. This is $30, plus $15 for a power supply, plus LED strips which range from $20 to $40 per 5 meters, and the costs add up fast. What this does have is the ESP / WLED ecosystem. Unlike most other things, there is no internet required. WLED is a good and well supported open source project, and well integrated into home assistant. You get local control and flexibility at the cost of some cost and polish. If they could get the price down to around $15-$20 I'd have few reservations about buying and deploying this, but at $30 it's a pricey spend. I'm glad to have one around to use for testing strips and preparing projects, but I will otherwise DIY ESP options specific to the task at hand. Some improvements that could make this a more compelling buy: - Reduce the size, it's kind of big. - make a version that'd accept 24V in and step it down to 12V and 5V if the case calls for it - or make a version with the power supply built in