phopollo Led Lights 40ft for Bedroom RGB Color Changing Led Lights Kit with Power Supply and Remote

Time span
I loved these lights so much, they were so easy to stick on my wall and they light up the room like nothing I’ve ever seen before, I’m very sad to say though after four months they have given out, the little strip piece that plugs into the actual port that connects to the wall plug is no longer working and I’m really sad about it! They are all along my walls and now I don’t know what I’m supposed to do because the lights that are stuck around my room don’t work! I’m very disappointed to say that they’ve only lasted this long considering I don’t turn them on or use them every single day so I don’t know what to do! It’s not even the lights it’s self it’s literally the strip that goes into plug in port !!! Smmhhhhhh

Pretty good…
Good enough with some small issues.I will be comparing this light set to a Govee light set that broke. It cost about double. They are decently bright and the remote has a lot of options. They are not bright as the Govee was, they are noticeably dimmer, but they are still decently bright. You can also cut the strip to size but anything you cut after a small connection segment will cause the lights up to the previous connection segment to go out. (Not mentioned in instructions). There is a connection segment about every 18 inches, they are clearly labeled but the instructions didn’t say anything about the lights going out after the connection segment. In other words you see where the strip was connected to itself and if you cut it before the next connection Point all the lights up to the previous connection point will go out. Adhesive seems pretty good, no issues there.

Sensitive to electrical noise from nearby electronics
I tested the LED light strip using the USB port on my 80″ big screen TV. The light strip we’ve had for about 3.5 years, died recently so I’d ordered this as a replacement. Knowing how sensitive electronics can be with nearby electronics, I hadn’t peeled the backing off to install the 2 light strips yet but when I did, the remote wouldn’t work. I unplugged the USB dongle and plugged it into a portable powerbank and it worked fine. The colors would cycle to different settings and there was no flickering. I thought, great! I can plug it back into the TV knowing it worked ok with the powerbank. I was mistaken. I went ahead and installed the lights (peeled off the backing and affixed both strips to the back of the TV like I’d had the other light strip that died recently, and proceeded to use the remote but nope, the light strip was misbehaving AGAIN. I proceeded to download the phone app and try the settings on the phone app and I still have problems. The solid blue setting which I was able to select, was intermittently flickering. It’s supposed to be always ON but it wasn’t. The intermittent flickering and the periodic lacking response from either the phone app or the remote that came with the purchase, caused me to suspect electrical noise. So I went back to Amazon and found a package of ferrite beads that I’ll be installing upon arrival. This should be a good fix for what looks like a sorely cheapened design. Over time, companies seem to find ways to cut costs and I think that any sort of noise filtering that was originally part of these designs has been altered or flat out removed. This is my 2nd order from Amazon where I’m having problems since the original LED strip died. I already initiated a return for the first strip which consequently, was more expensive than this one. Talk about annoying! Why don’t they make a robust design and charge accordingly? Such a hassle. I cannot recommend this particular item if you’re planning to connect it to your TV. It should work fine in other applications where noise isn’t going to interfere with the strip. Like I said, it works fine on a stable and clean powerbank connection with a USB port but it does not work as intended plugged into my TV. My TV is a Samsung, top of the line 80″ unit and as mentioned, I’ve had a light strip previously installed that worked quite nicely for almost 4 years before it died, so I’m fairly certain the TV is just fine and that the problem is the lack of noise filtering on the LEDS. Once I receive the ferrite beads which arrive in a couple days, I’ll update this review to mention whether or not the ferrites worked.

They are fabulous for kids rooms and other decorations

The connector between the strips and the IR receiver is very fragile. The issue seems to come from the 4 pins strip end. The first time we ordered, we reveiced broken strips right out of the box. Those were thankfully replaced. We then received a second set. We had 2 strip. One of them broke very early during the installation back in February this year. We didn’t mention anything because we don’t like to complain and because the second one was ok. Now we just find out the second one failed. The lights don’t lit anymore. We can manage a bit of light by wiggling at the connection point but it fades quickly and it is uncontrollable with the remote anymore. We tried to change the battery on the remote. Nothing works. We did not have high expectations for the product. We understand it is not bullet proof. However, our experience has been much lower than our expectations. We used it only during 7 months. This is under one year and some sort of guaranty should apply. We tried to reach out to the distributor Shopufe-CA, but we were told by Amazon that they desapeared. We can’t contact the maker Phopollo because we bought more than 90 days ago. So our only way of communicating with them is a public complaint. This is sad. Could Phopollo take its responsability and contact us?