Reddit reviews eTopxizu 16.4ft 5M Waterproof Flexible strip 300leds Color Changing RGB SMD5050 LED Light Strip Kit RGB 5M + 44Key Remote Controller + 12V5A Power Supply
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12V Super Bright SMD 5050 than 3528 Single ChipLength: 5M or 16ft. Thickness: 0.1inch. Width: 0.4inch. IP65 WaterproofRGB Color, 12V DC Input Voltage, Cuttable Every 3 LEDsEasy and Flexible installation. Ideal for home and business light decoration300LED Diodes per Reel, Double side adhesive on back for pasting
Those are 3528 LEDs, a strip of 5050 RGB like this will perform much better. For 5050, each chip has 3 LEDs, one of each color. The 3528 has a seperate color for each chip. This means the 5050 is ~3 times as bright and will offer better whites as the colors are less spread out.
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28 dollars
thanks for the reply. I purchased [this kit] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BJHGUCU/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) which looks to be the foundation of the costume. I also watched a few youtube videos such as [this one] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_b08YRcY4s) that look to do what you did (I saw you comment on some of the guy's other vids). Assuming you do it this way, what kind of wire are you using to connect the cut pieces?
I'll probably make a run to Radio Shack or something similar and get the solder part# 64-025 (already have a gun) and battery pack to power it. Any suggestion or tips on the battery pack?. After that, I think I'm all set on parts and need to build.
On the GMA segment, I told my wife you were coming up and seeing it might give me a better idea how to build it. Afterwards I told my wife you were only on for 15 seconds and bet you were wondering why you went. She said, "for the free trip to NY of course." I imagine she's right.
Also, why haven't you put paid ads on your youtube video? You could be making money on those views.
This is what you're looking for. LED Light Strip - 12V they're about as simple as you can get. If you want to get fancy, you can make a barrel jack connector for you 12V battery and run this with colors.
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How about something that can be red, white, and blue!
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Thanks for being awesome and holding a contest.
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A piece of PVC pipe, some LED strips or EL Wire zip tied around it in a spiral and there ya go. You could make something like that in 20 minutes.
To do it on the cheap and easy, order these, each strand is 9ft long. Take the battery pack to Home Depot and find a 10ft length of PVC that it will fit inside of, probably 1-1/4" or 1-1/2" and get a couple end caps.
Drill a hole in the end caps and stuff the battery packs inside each end, run the EL Wire out the hold and around the pole. Zip tie in place and there ya go.
Not fancy or anything, but dead simple and cheap. LED strips would be brighter.
An LED strip like this rigged to a 12v power supply, batteries stuffed into the PVC would work and be a lot brighter. Plus you'd have a remote for changing the colors.