The main advantages are:

Line of seamless, dotless light! This strip offers a fully-diffused, dot-free line of high-quality light. You will not see individual LEDs in direct views or reflections
Light Quality:  Compared to our competitors, our lights have near perfect color rendering, so you can see a big difference in how colors and textures pop versus others. We have the longest warranty for a product of this type and brightness.
Light Output: Over 800 lumen per foot. When compared to all our outdoor-rated LED strip lights, our Valor™ Series offers 50% more brightness than our second-brightest Outdoor LED strip light.
Resistance to the Elements: The strip is protected with a silicone sleeve that creates a weatherproof environment for the lights while creating a diffused line of light.
Wet Location Outdoor Protection: These LED strip lights have an IP67 rating, which puts them above all our other products in terms of protection against the elements.

Yes, your Valor™ Series LED Strip Lights are wet location outdoor rated and have an IP67 rating. Please make sure all connections and other components are also IP67-rated. Please keep in mind that cutting the strip voids the IP rating, so you will need to seal the strip with silicone and test that there are no holes (with the power disconnected of course).

Yes, our LED strip lights are made to be cut to your desired length. Using sharp scissors, you can cut this strip every 1\". You’ll see the cut marks printed on the surface of the strip. As a reminder, cutting the strip does void the IP67 nature of the strip as customer modifications cannot be guaranteed an IP rating. So you will need to seal the strip with silicone and test that there are no holes (with the power disconnected of course).

Because of our unyielding confidence in the quality of our product, we offer a 7-year warranty on our UltraBright™ Valor Series LED Strip Light. For more info, please read our warranty policy.

This is a quantifiable amount of light produced by an LED strip or other light-producing product, as seen by the human eye. In other words, this is one way we can measure how much light is produced. When comparing LED strip lights, you want to compare the lumen output as well as the CRI, watts/foot, warranty, and bin selection.

Our lights have been rigorously tested and have an expected lifespan of 50,000 hours before dropping to 70% luminosity. This means that if you were to use the lights 12 hours a day, every day, the lights would be expected to last longer than 10 years. Even after that time has elapsed, the lights will maintain a brightness of 70%. Higher-output strips require a heat sink to reach the expected lifespan and beyond.

The length of LED strip lights of your project will determine the size of the power supply you need. View our Power Supply Chart to find the exact LED power supply you need.

Color rendering index (CRI) measures how colors are correctly rendered under a light source in comparison to natural sunlight. The index is measured on a 0-100 scale with 100 being a perfect rating of color accuracy, meaning the colors appear as they naturally would under unadulterated daylight. High CRI lighting is sought out everywhere, but is particularly valuable in. The bottom line: the higher the CRI, the higher quality is the light source.

95 - 100 → Phenomenal color rendering. Colors appear as they should, subtle tones pop out and are accented, skin tones look beautiful, art comes alive, backsplashes and paint shows it\'s true beautiful full saturation. You have to see it to believe it!

90 - 95 → Great color rendering! Almost all colors \'pop\' and are easily distinguishable. Noticeably great lighting starts at a CRI of 90.

80 - 90 → Good color rendering, where most colors are rendered well. You may not see items as fully saturated as you would like, but most people will not notice.

60 - 75 → Poor color rendering. Items and colors may look desaturated, drab, and at times unidentifiable (cannot see the difference between black and navy colored socks).

The maximum continuous line of lighting in series is 16 ft (5 m). Longer connections are possible in parallel with the correct power unit.

IP67 provides more protection against the elements than IP65. What does IP mean? This is a rating system that defines the ability of a product to be able to work in different environments. IP is an acronym \"Ingress Protection\". It is a measurement of the protection an item will have against solid objects (dust, sand, dirt, etc.) and liquids.

An IP rating is comprised of 2 numbers. The first number refers to the protection against solid objects (dust, etc) and the second number refers to protection against liquids. Read an article on IP ratings, here. IP65 is made to withstand jets of water and all dust or dirt while IP67 offer some protection against momentary accidental submersion

The Underwriters Laboratories (UL) are an independent, not-for-profit organization that focuses on evaluating products for safety certification. This means you can use and install these LEDs in commercial spaces, industrial applications and in your home knowing that these are safe products.