Best LED Strip Lights in the UK

The Mexllex 15M Music Sync Colour Changing RGB LED Strip gives away almost everything with its name, almost. What the name does not tell you (well, the full name does but we will pretend it doesn't) is that the strip comes with a 44-key remote, letting you adjust the dimmable lights, including the brightness, colours, effects, and more. You can turn the lights on and off, make them flash, pulsate, fade, jump, the features are practically endless. What's even more interesting is the Microphone mode, using the strip's integrated microphone and make the lights automatically synchronise with the music playing around, changing colours and pulsating along.

Still, one could argue that the package is as impressive, shipping you two 10-millimetre corner-friendly LED strip connectors and 15 LED strip hooks that adopt the strongest 3M mack adhesive, so you can choose between bedroom walls and kitchen ceiling, place the strip behind the TV, around mirrors, decorate the staircase, we're just getting started. Plus, the strip connectors let you easily customise the size, featuring convenient marks on both sides.

Long story short, even without mentioning the Ehome Light app and the standard 3-button controller, this is one impressive product that will let you turn even the dullest, most uninspired corner of your home into its brightest, most attractive part.

The WenTop 10M LED Strips Light Kit is also packing not quite the same basic LED strip lights that people usually expect from this price. No, first, these lights can be controlled via both the supplied 24-button IR remote and the Magic Home Pro app. Using the app, you can adjust brightness levels, speed, and volume. You can also synchronise the lights with music and sounds (using the smartphone mic). Using both (the remote or the app), you'll be able to set different timers and choose between the lights flashing, strobing, fading, and changing the colours smoothly.

But, assuming that we do not want to leave anything out, you can control the lights even without using the remote and the app since the strip is also compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant, letting you do everything we have described above via simple voice commands. The product had to have dropped the ball somewhere though and, from where we're standing, the proverbial ball pertains to the lights being sensitive to voltage drops, a little unfortunate but not too concerning.

Setting that aside, the WenTop 10M LED Strips Light Kit claims its rightful place among the most complete, entertaining, and easy-to-use LED strip lights. Plus, the supplied fix buckles will let you adjust the strip onto surfaces with poor adhesion.

The Govee 5M LED RGB Strip Lights is the most basic package and we're fine with that. The product keeps the price affordable, flashes warm and bright LED lights, and lets you decorate bedrooms, light up kitchens, and make just about any corner a little more interesting. Five metres will prove long enough to wrap most cupboards and cabinets, so you can have them shining at night, making sure you're not fumbling around in a dark kitchen without turning on the lights.

Using the remote control, you can choose between static and dynamic modes and make the lights fade and jump. The same remote will let you manage the brightness output (selecting between six intensity levels), speed, rotate 20 colours, and even add six DIY colours.

Aside from the 3M adhesive tape, this package includes five support clips, which are especially welcome because the tape starts losing its adhesive properties within the first few years. On the bright side (pun somewhat intended), the LEDs inside the strip will not start losing their shine anytime soon, stretching the lifespan ~50,000 hours.

In other words, the Govee 5M LED RGB Strip Lights will allow you to decorate any room around the house without paying through the nose.

The KSIPZE LED Strip Lights stack up quite well when compared with most strip lights but not quite as well when compared with the ones that we've gathered here. They're not bad per se, but there's also nothing unique about this kit. As you would expect, the lights include not just red, green, black, and white but anything in-between the RGB spectrum, offering 16.8 million colours to choose from. You can switch between these colours using the included remote. The same remote will let you choose between 8 preset lighting modes as well as allow you to create and manage 6 DIY modes. The remote will also enable you to adjust the lights' brightness. Despite its low-profile footprint, the layout on the remote is pretty ergonomic, featuring decent button distribution so that you can push them with fingers and not nails.

What is a little less ergonomic is the power lead. Where most customers are/will be concerned, the lead is a tad short, so you'll be kept a touch more tied to the mains than you would probably prefer.

On the positive side, the strip can be cut along the cutting marks. Also, the lights can be folded and bent at will, which means you can install them practically anywhere, forming various shapes and patterns to make different rooms a little more interesting at night.

The Govee 10M LED RGB Strip Lights are basically the same strip(s) that we have reviewed above except that this one measures ten metres, not five. Aside from that, this is the same product, meaning that you can also choose between six brightness levels, adjusting the output between warm and bright.

That also means that the same IR remote comes with the package, so you can rotate static and dynamic modes, switch between the colours fading, jumping, adjust the speed with which they fade and jump, and more. The remote's range is even more impressive this time though, picking up the signal ~12-15 metres away from the lights. At the same time, the remote feels a little cheap, which is not surprising considering the product's budget disposition. Again, the remote offers 20 preset colours but also allows you to add six DIY colours, not quite letting the imagination run wild but close, pretty close.

Last but not least, the strip's shipped with 10 support clips. Together with the 3M adhesive tape, these clips will enable you to use most surfaces and objects.

Bottom line, the Govee 10M LED RGB Strip Lights will allow you to establish different moods and ambience, rotating between bright colours and dim romantic lighting.