Cheap LED Strips : A Viable Alternative

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Another member stated I should ask in this thread my questions about what to consider led strip wise in 2024. My last light was bridgelux gen2. If you guys were to build a light currently what strips would you be looking at? What color…is 3500 still encouraged? Another question was regarding heat-sinks or no sinks. some say they don’t use heat -sinks, my question is how hard can you drive them without sinking based on a % over the overall manufacture rating? My last light used flat bar to sink but I did push them. Here is the questions and picture of my last light in this thread.

What led strips to consider in 2024?

I’m wanting to build a new led light and am curious what brand and style of strips you guys would consider buying at current times with focus on reasonable price? The last led light I built was based on bridgelux gen 2 strips @3500k. Are the bridgelux gen3 strips doing well for you guys or are samsung doing better right now? Is 3500k still the preferred color temp? Also, last driver was a HLG but it seems like some of you are using the XLG ones. Isn’t the difference constant current vs constant…