I bought every LED Diffuser channel on Amazon to find the best one. Mission Accomplished.

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What makes one LED Diffuser channel better than another? Color, thickness, depth, and mounting solutions are ALL important and in my testing there were two CLEAR winners.
Best LED Density (60 LEDs/m): amzn.to/3Ze2P3U
Best Overall Diffuser (Shallow Aluminum + Tented Diffuser): amzn.to/3C7p2VP
Most "Spotless" Diffuser (Deep Aluminum + Spotless Cover): amzn.to/3hhhJRB
Other LED Diffuser Channels Tested:
Deep Black/Gray: amzn.to/3tdHSGD
Deep Black/Spotless: amzn.to/3vjoQkJ
Deep Black/Flat: amzn.to/3siRoZM
Shallow Aluminum/Flat: amzn.to/3Iqg9Jc
Deep Aluminum/Flat: amzn.to/3Ioxu5f
45 Degree Aluminum/Curved: amzn.to/3M0TKV1
45 Degree Aluminum/Flat: amzn.to/3sn1aKp
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@FrankGraffagnino 2 года назад

man... no one puts in the amount of work, and the engineering/scientific approach like you do. You've definitely found your voice when it comes to accurate reviews. Thanks so much for keeping the quality of these reviews so high!!

@michiganmitten 2 года назад

agreed 👍

@davidamoritz 2 года назад

You obviously have never been to Project Farm's channel

@FrankGraffagnino 2 года назад

@@davidamoritz I watch project farm all the time.

@zachwerrlein2768 2 года назад

@@FrankGraffagnino nerd

@user-bp1us2kq3d Год назад

definitely. you could also ask your electrician. but definitely.

@eltonnoway7864 10 месяцев назад

The fact that he pays for everything out of his own pocket and does not have sponsored reviews wins my vote. Great to have a source for unbiased and honest reviews!

@mt7810 5 месяцев назад

he’s an affiliate so he makes bank off the purchases in the links

@eltonnoway7864 5 месяцев назад

@@mt7810 True, but that doesn't mean his reviews are biased or dishonest. The Amazon purchase price is the same to a buyer whether they find the product their own or use one of his affiliate links. When someone clicks and completes a purchase via one of his links he receives a commission. Amazon commissions range from 1% to 20% depending on the product category.

@jimbates6227 2 года назад

I think I just sprained my brain trying to absorb all that info. But, you've given us tons of information and your recommendations. I would have used trial-and-error and you've eliminated that. Thanks again for the thorough work.

@korg47237 2 года назад

Hah agreed. Think I'll just write down the recommendations at then end for future reference.

@williamterry3177 2 года назад

Don't bother to write anything down, show your support by just clicking his link.

@DRacer90 2 года назад

ORRRR, you can just add his video on your favorites link (like I did) LOL

@ryanyeackley3627 2 года назад

Wait a Hawkeye fan can eat corn and learn. Iowans are evolving. I’m scared. But agree amazing content

@a..d5518 2 года назад

@@DRacer90 or do both, use his link and save this video for reference when it’s time to build your lights.

@JeremyEllwood 2 года назад

Lighting designer here. A little tip... if you get the deep channel and line the back side (not the actual diffusion side) with slightly wrinkled aluminum foil, it will assist with diffusion and will improve light intensity. But it does take some work.

@PandaPuppyFTW Год назад

Meat hammer on carpet or cushion, softly, to quickly "dimple" the foil.

@RealJerb Год назад

What about metal tape? like they use on HVAC. Reflective enough? How significant would it help vs just bare aluminum, which is somewhat reflective

@pancake8133 Год назад

@@RealJerb The metal tape will help improve the brightness but not the diffusion. You want the wrinkles to help scatter the light more. Alternatively, mask off the outside surfaces and spray the inside of the channel with matte white spray paint so you can keep a dark exterior with an efficient interior reflective surface. Matte paint will scatter the light more than glossy paint.

@dporrasxtremeLS3 Год назад

@@pancake8133 Perfect!!! Great guidence and experience! Thanks!

@kittycat1302 Год назад

@@pancake8133 Is it necessary for function to keep a dark exterior or is that just for aesthetics? And we are talking for use without a diffuser correct?

@hendrikwikner 2 года назад

It's just such a relief to not having to buy a product and being worried about it being the right choice for the job. Comparing the most used items within a genre and comparing them the way you do is simply brilliant. I thank you, for me not having to waste time.

@dporrasxtremeLS3 Год назад

And MONEY!!!

@JakeEyz 2 года назад

I needed this so much right now. No retail shop really sells these so such a risk buying online without any good information. Thanks!

@Hungry4Mor 2 года назад

At last a comprehensive breakdown on such an important yet usually overlooked issue. Excellent work. Much appreciated.

@Minijuice24 2 года назад

Fantastic video!! Ended up buying several different types a few months back and settled on the deep aluminium + spotless cover as well. They're indoors and I've had no issues 👍

@billcrawford4547 Год назад

These types of videos are best when I have to pause it to keep up, instead of twiddling my thumbs waiting for someone to get to the point. The pacing of this video is fantastic: quick, to the point. Subscribed right away. Keep it up!

@jucaviapri Год назад

What a great video man! Thanks for all that info!

@GustavoHernandez1 Год назад

Simon mi apa

@yepyep111 Год назад

I can't thank you enough for posting this. It is incredibly well made and saved me a lot of time and money!

@jeremywhitelaw1368 Год назад

Thanks, your videos are so thorough and unbiased. Your teaching skills definitely come through in your videos as you impart heaps of info in a really easy format to watch. Really appreciate the effort and time this must take.

@dporrasxtremeLS3 Год назад

YES!

@djosearth3618 4 месяца назад

fully agree :)

@kingjamez80 Год назад

I really appreciate this video. I spent hours doing research and fretting about which aluminum channel to buy... this was such an incredible help. I went with the U108 and am super happy with the result.

@adambeck7 Год назад

Thank you and keep up the incredible work. I found your channel a couple years ago when looking for the permanent holiday led setups. I just watched your golf simulator video and was blown away.

@TheHookUp Год назад

Thanks Adam! I was/am pretty proud of the golf sim video. It’s a shame more people didn’t watch it. lol 😭

@dsnuts9987 Год назад

Just stumbled across your channel. You answered a question that had been burning in the back of my mind for Months now! Ive been too scared to do exactly what you just did in this review for me. God bless you kind sir... A token of my gratitude for the time & money you just saved me. 😁

@johnnyvandenelzen2250 10 месяцев назад

Oh my, this is probably the best thought-through video on this topic out there! It's pure genius! Thank you!

@mikewalter 2 года назад

Ahhh! Where was this a year ago? Thanks for doing this. I bought and returned a few because I couldn’t find the right ones. I ended up with some decent ones that I’m happy enough with. I hope,this helps so many others.

@kes9127 2 года назад

Your videos are so good. I've watched only 2 of them and I feel like I know almost everything I need to know about LED strips.

@DIYDumpRat 2 года назад

Thank you so much for making this video. I'm doing RU-vid's most in-depth Home Theater build at the moment and I literally just released a video of me scrapping 60 LED backlit tv's just to get the back light diffuses as well as the acrylic diffusion layers out of to use in my audio diffuses, which I also want to have LED lights running around the perimeter of. I didn't even know these things existed. So you have done the hard work if I choose to go this route. Appreciate it 🙂👍

@DIYDumpRat 2 года назад

BTW I probably will go this route now. Looks way easier than sticking a single diffuser over each LED 😅

@SeamusHarper1234 Год назад

I've got an all-silicon diffuser (extruded silicon). These types do a "OK" job in diffusing, and you can get really creative with them, when it comes to shape.

@DerekAllDigital Год назад

The amount of detail you put into your testing is the type of information I enjoy. Subbed

@321tryagain Год назад

Really useful to see the brightness comparison along with the effectiveness at hiding individual spots

@gregnelson7349 2 года назад

When I installed LED channels on my house I was not chasing a perfectly diffused look, but I was looking for a channel that had room to run at least a 14awg power bus wire for injections. I ended up with 15mm high by 18mm wide channels that had room for the wire and do a decent job of diffusing my 30/m LED's. The other thing to note is the viewing distance, outside from a couple of houses away they look fully diffused.

@demiwaldron479 Год назад

i enjoyed every single second of this video. this is a dream come true for someone who cares about lighting like I do. thank you SO much

@Berkeloid0 Год назад

This was really interesting! It would be interesting to see comparisons against the ones from Aliexpress as there are dozens of other designs there, including shallow channels with extra thick covers, which would appear to get you better diffusion in a much shallower channel. They also have ones that fire the LED strip sideways, having it bounce off the side of the channel before hitting the cover, to further diffuse the light and allow lower density strips to be used. They also sell ones that are entirely white plastic which presumably would reflect even more light than the aluminium ones.

@user-tr2dh4xx6u Год назад

Thicker diffuser = less light

@travisshowalter633 2 года назад

Thanks for The Hook Up on LED lighting installation options. This has answered a lot of questions I've had. Keep up the good work, much appreciated!

@prescriptivegrammarian8721 5 месяцев назад

This and your LED strip video together are outrageously helpful. Thanks dude.

@CarJo196 Год назад

You put so much amount of work into this video. Thank you very much.

@JamynShanley Год назад

You killed this. Thanks for putting in the work and sharing with the rest of us!

@DrGeta666 5 месяцев назад

Straight forward. right to the point. side by side examples and every kind of test that i would have personally wanted performed,. amazing video! keep it up.

@WillWorkForDopamine Год назад

this is amazing, thank you for the work and awesome that you added tiny pictures to the descriptions, it's way easier to follow!

@theFLICKpick Год назад

Never thought I'd find a video for exactly what I needed, great breakdown!

@Flybert 2 года назад

Thank you for doing doing this. Trying to figure this out through Amazon reviews and pics was pretty much impossible.

@marknpb 2 года назад

Thanks for this, I am planning a home bar and will be installing 8 strips, 32" long, one per shelf, using the angle bracket to light up the bottles. I was fairly sure I wanted a denser diffuser, but now I know I also want the curved diffuser and at least the 60 light density.

@Sirron2007 2 года назад

This is exactly the kind of information I need! Thanks for the work you put in for this.

@mattmitchell5073 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much for the time, effort & cost required to do this breakdown! It is very much appreciated sir

@LugnutsK 2 года назад

This is exactly what I want from a comparison review video, fantastic job

@Madfeast 2 года назад

I was thinking the same thing 1 week ago and now I found this. Amazing.

@Marc_Miller Год назад

Thank you Robert. Always great stuff.

@wesheim 2 года назад

Yet another extremely thorough and generally great video!

@John-fh3rx Год назад

The most fantastic video I have ever seen in my life. Bravo.

@atrium12 2 года назад

Very useful. Been searching for a video like this for a couple of months now. 👍🏾

@LooksFrosty 2 года назад

ive been waiting for a video like this for so long....THANK YOU!

@ShadowWolf1307 Год назад

thank you so much! the previous tenant of out flat left an ugly LED Strip around the biggest room. My bf didnt want to have the hassle and we both had no knoledge about LEDs before this, but i knida knew that they are expensive and wanted to reuse the thing. Thanks to you i understood what i need to get and mount in order to reuse the thing and have a nice looking living room wall :)

@VideoNOLA 2 года назад

I had been wanting to see this exact series of tests, so thanks!!

@kimberlyswank8386 2 года назад

Excellent videos. I feel so much better and educated in installing these lights! Thank you for making these videos.

@twobluestripes 2 года назад

Love these succinct, info-packed comparisons!

@Dannerrrr 2 года назад

Cool! Couple months late for my 150 meters of LEDs, but I'm happy with the brightness of the shallow channels.

@kevinfletcher1999 Год назад

I needed to span a 1.5 metre gap between 2 kitchen cabinets so I chose the 45 degree angle channel and made a small dowel to slot into the triangular hole to join 2 pieces. That and offsetting the diffuser made a perfect joint. Can’t to pull ups on it but hey! It works.

@twinluis07 2 года назад

man this is an excellent study !! This is exactly what I needed a week ago installing my kitchen LED's. For the next project :D

@CeJayiZSicK 2 года назад

You missed my favorite kind of profile: 20 mm wide angled. It's a bit harder to find but offers almost spotless diffusion at 60 led/m and it's perfect at 72 led/m because the distance to the diffuser is doubled. You can also fit 2 strips side by side, a good option if you want to do both primary lighting with a white or cct analog strip and effects with rgb digital strips. The hole in the back is also big enough to fit up to 3x12 awg wires which makes it actually usable for power injection.

@paxwebb 2 года назад

Not sure about Amazon, but here in China there are a lot more options than just these too. PC diffuser comes in various colors and thickness qualities. For example, opal, milky, frosted.… 0.8mm, 1mm and 1.2mm thickness. And the bare aluminum profile isn't bare, it's anodized. Usually it's anodized silver although there are other anodization processes too. Great job actually trying all these out. I never had the time to do that. Appreciate your work on this. I was surprised about the "tent" diffuser

@esrevinu. Год назад

Excellent video, and its nice to see some real science and data in this!! Great work, and thank you for handling all the "leg work" on this research for us!

@huauqui1 2 года назад

Thanks for doing all this work! Greatly appreciated.

@ProtonovaR54 2 года назад

Wow nice timing, for the past 2 weeks I've been searching for good diffusion channels with good thermals as well. Appreciate the reporting :)

@Spiriax 6 месяцев назад

Just the type of video I was hoping to find. Thanks dude.

@tecknojunky Год назад

Exactly the info and demo I needed. Thanks for creating this. Will definitely use your referral links if/when I go ahead with my project.

@RichardBronosky Год назад

This is a stellar analysis. You are approaching Project Farm quality!

@Mrcaffinebean 2 года назад

Hahaha the pause been “exposed” and “LED” was perfect.

@qchatgreg 2 года назад

my mind is spinning .. very timely for me .. thanks for your great efforts, timely, relevant, informative, …

@dadfixdit Год назад

This was really well done and comprehensive, thank you!

@Shockwave_App 7 месяцев назад

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for, thank you!

@Mare0912 2 года назад

Wow, that's what I call an awesome comparison! Great work, keep on going!

@modelsupplies 2 года назад

Thank you! I didn’t know what to call the LED diffusers to search Amazon. I’ve been watching a lot of mansion tours on Enes channel and see them in every home! They are so gorgeous! I have the LED tape, but can see the dots and definitely don’t want that look.

@CesarGamino 2 года назад

I didn't even know I needed this video BUT WE ALL DO!! Saving this for purchase day!

@ricl11 2 года назад

OMG, thats exactly the information I needed. Thank you

@youtubechannel12371 Год назад

Yooo this was next level. Thanks for all your hard work. Seriously!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

@theheck5176 5 месяцев назад

Wow - Great work ! I didn't even know anything about led diffusers until now. Thanks...

@janklamer 2 года назад

great info. after already installing about 50 meters of LED in various channels and forms, I appearantly made no "violations" to your advice haha. the rule of thumb distance LED = distance diffuser is a good one to remember! thanks

@67davejb Год назад

Well done for the effort put into this review. Saved many other people much head scratching and agonising

@Electriangle 2 года назад

"to avoid individual bright spots your LEDs should be farther away from the diffuser than they are from each other" Thank you for the info! I have been trying to figure out the best way to get the diffusion spacing right when I build with LED strips. I've just been guessing the spacing I need for my builds, but now I've got a simple trick I can use :D.

@viviatal Год назад

I'm looking for diffusers for my 50 led/m strip, and this is the video i always wanted to found!

@sunwukong6268 2 года назад

Damn, now this is a short, yet complete review. You even checked the brightness reduction. I am really looking forward to seeing more, now. I guess I´m just muting my boss on binge watch your channel while working at home 😀

@NWGR 2 года назад

Simply amazing. Your effort and time are much appreciated. Subscribed!

@davidliptsyn7883 Год назад

Appreciate all your work on this!

@NateWithWho Месяц назад

amazing coverage...thank you for making this video!

@ontherocks_offthegrid 2 года назад

This was so incredibly helpful, have been trying to figure out channels to diffuse led strips in our skoolie build and this answered all my questions and helped me find exactly what we needed! Thank you!

@MightYoungJoe 2 года назад

Great video, Short to the point and provides enough detail!

@jayf9259 2 года назад

I just found your channel ... I wish I would have found it sooner, your videos and info are awesome and much appreciated!

@AlonaTiara Год назад

your efforts are sooooo appreciated thank you !😅

@GraViTaTi0nHD 2 года назад

RU-vid Review Gold Award for this video!

@ChrisMaherDIY 2 года назад

Great video as always!!! Love all the comparisons!

@TheHookUp 2 года назад

Thanks Chris!

@TheTwitchyBrownGuy Год назад

As someone that does an insane amount of research for rather useless items before purchase, this video is a godsend

@HawksNestYT 2 года назад

Answered every single question I had incredible video and presentation!

@Tunometecabra96 Год назад

This is truly a Masterclass👏👏. Thank you Sir

@uzi578 Год назад

I bought the tented diffusers based off this video with the Govee M1s. Straight hotspots not matter what. Amazon reviews said hot spots but I went with it. Well, they all got sent back and I bought the spotless ones I was originally going to buy.