Govee LED Strip Lights for Bedroom Kitchen Party

High-end packaging was my first sign that out of all the LED strip lights on the market, I had definitely chosen a good one. Govee's quality packaging shows that they're proud of their product and care about how it looks to you when you receive it.After unpacking, I installed the Govee Home app on my phone, clicked the "+" and followed the instructions to add the strip light lights as a new device, give it a name and connect it to my WiFi network. Once connected, Alexa picked it up so I could use Alexa, as well as the App to control the strip lights by name.The 3M adhesive on the back of the strip is extremely sticky - I installed this strip by just pressing it around the edge of a window frame. Govee also includes little plastic support clips but I didn't need them.The Govee Home app is loaded with features:- A timer (of course you can also set up a timer in Alexa or Google)- A "Brightness" slider control (the lights are very bright at the high end)- "DIY" - a feature that lets you set custom colors and start automatic fading from one color to another- "Music Mode" - the lights dance to your music- "Color Mode" - lets you choose from 8 pre-set colors with buttons or 16 million different colors with a color wheel or a slider control- "Scenes" - lets you choose from 7 pre-set "scenes" such as "Romantic", "Candlelight". Or "light simulations" such as "Sunrise" and "Sunset"But I think the best feature of all is the great support that's built in to the "Govee Home" app. After enjoying my lights for 5-6 months I did have one small issue and instead of dealing with phone calls, chat lines, emails, etc. I reported the issue right on the "My Profile" page of the app. To my surprise, I received a response in the app in less than a day. Continuing to communicate with the Govee Tech Support people through the app, the issue was quickly resolved.I've posted some pictures so you can see how some of the colors look. These are low-quality photos - the lights look much better in real life - but you can see the fun you can have with color!Buy Govee products with confidence - you'll get great quality with great support! Who could ask for anything more?

The media could not be loaded.  Excellent product with vibrant color and seamless Alexa integration! I used it for a nerf wall that I built for my kids and it took it from cool to Epic!——positives——-Easy to installSeamless Alexa integrationApp is actually useful with presets and customizable controlsVery cool response to music featureLight is vibrantSunset and sunrise options are awesome!——-Negatives——Not a negative but the only thing you should know is that both strips must be plugged into the same plug which means if you are planning on doing two different projects, you will not be able to do so unless you purchase an extra power plug specific to the product. For example, I couldn’t use one strip for the nerf wall and another for the tv using what comes in the package.The only other thing is I wish it would go a little bit dimmer. It was too bright to use as a night light in my kid’s room for example.

I was mostly persuaded into buying these because of the advertised ability to use these with just my voice alone using my Echo Dot. After making an account and downloading the Govee Home app, I proceeded to link the device with my Echo using the Alexa app. When trying to link my account with the app I kept seeing "Cannot link your account at this time. Try again later". When I tried to discover devices using my echo it didn't find anything either. Yet it paired to my phone just fine with the Govee Home app. I went back onto the alexa app still wondering why it wouldn't be discovered and then saw that somehow it connected by itself, so that took all the frustration away and I was able to use my lights even without my phone. The commands are very basic though and you really must pay attention to what you name the device. For example, "the bedroom lights" is different from "bedroom lights". The commands I know of are "Alexa, bedroom lights; red" (or whatever basic color you want other than violet) "Alexa, light 10%" (or whatever brightness you want them at) and "Alexa, lights on/off" of course. During installation one of the strips adhesive backing came off while peeling it slightly but I was able to fix it by separating it off the discarded backing. Grateful the adapter came with two of the plugs so I could use both strips off one plug. The music mode is a great feature too although it does pick up noises that aren't there in complete silence sometimes. You have to use bluetooth on the app if you want to use the DIY mode or use music mode via your phone instead of the button on the stationary remote, but it's not too much of a hassle as all you have to do is click bluetooth and use the app. No need to pair it repeatedly before you do it. There's also a timer function in the app but I haven't used that due to my shifting sleep schedule. Overall, these are great lights. I got them when they were on sale for 50% off I believe. Definitely better than my old ones.

They are great lights! Especially how your phone can change the colors, it's convenient and great. They stick really well, they're bright and they were easy to put up.These are all great things, if you are planning on having them up the rest of the time that room is in use. I had to remove mine to repaint my room recently. When I took them down they destroyed the walls, some of the tape from the back of the lights stayed on the wall, and the tape that did come off had a 50/50 chance of taking some of the wall with it. Glad that I am repainting my room, but now it is going to need some extra spackle.I don't know how to rate the adhesion, I guess it is great because it never fell, but was a pain to get off.