Hardwired LED Under Cabinet Lighting - 16 Watt, 24", Dimmable, CRI>90, 3000K (Warm White), Under Cabinet Lights for Kitchen - Wide Body, Long Lasting Metal Base with Frost Lens - Under Counter Lights

This is a great new addition in our laundry room. I purchased a smaller one for above the kitchen sink and discovered this 36" one! It lights up the laundry room perfectly. Easy to install (except for being above your head!) as it's only 3 wires. Turn it on and WALA - bright light! It really works well, you won't be disappointed! It does not flicker at all, just bright light.

The 90+ CRI of these lights is great for making food look natural. They're pretty powerful; I used 8W sticks for a couple of 2' wide counters, and 14W sticks for 4' wide counters, and that was borderline too much light. I figure if you use 3W per foot to reckon the wattage that will be about right. I'm an experienced DIYer but not an electrician so don't take this as gospel, but I've found an easy way to install these lights is with metallic cable (MC cable,) that's readily available from any hardware store. Take the MC cable back to a surface mount junction box, put in some screw-in metal straps to hold it (see photo) and connect it to whatever electrical wires you have. Bear in mind the MC cable can't turn tight corners. These lights have enough space inside (just...) for wire nuts, but a good tip is to stagger them, i.e., cut each of the three wires to a slightly different length (different by at least an inch) so that the wire nuts aren't all clustered together inside the fixture. That makes it easier to get the cover back on. Oh, and the instructions don't tell you how to knock out the metal circles to get the wires in. Just take a flat-blade screwdriver and a hammer, and tap at the edge of the circle enough to create a small opening, then use pliers to grab the edge of the circle, and twist it back and forth a few times until the retaining tab breaks off.

We built our home back in 2001, 22 years ago. It came with several built-in kitchen under cabinet fluorescent fixtures. The bulbs were the T5 kind in various lengths, 24 inches, 21 inches and 12 inches. All was well until recently when a ballast went out. I could not find a replacement ballast due the old style, so I decided to replace them with new LED fixtures. I’m the kind of guy that doesn’t like to mix things up. I want the tires on a vehicle to all be the same, for example. Anyway, these fixtures looked good and had good reviews so I ordered several of the 4,000K, cool white ones. I learned that I could have kept the old fixtures, removed the ballasts, done a little rewiring and used LED tubes. I preferred to have new ones with the LED strips. I started them yesterday, Saturday, Sept. 9 and finished them Sunday morning. I did not go to church as I had a heart attack 2 weeks ago on Aug. 26, I kid you not. Total time from flipping the breaker, gathering my tools, removing the old fixtures, installing the new fixtures and returning my tools would be about 4.5 hours. Not bad for a 71-year-old man with Lupus and a recent heart attack survivor. Point being: they are not a problem to install. If I can do it, you can do it. One piece of advice I will give… rather than measure from the back of the under cabinet so the fixture is straight, I cut 2 small blocks of wood the right thickness and used Scotch tape to attach them to the back of the fixture. I held the fixture against the back and the blocks kept it correct and used the supplied screws. I used a B&D battery screwdriver to put the screws in and did not need to drill a pilot hole. Blocks were then removed and on to the next one. All necessary hardware was included with them. I like the fact that they each have an on/off switch, left in the “on” position, as a wall switch controls them. But I can turn them all off but one to use as a night light. They are bright and above all - my wife likes them.

This product is well designed, easy to install, linkable and very bright - what more could you ask. I just installed two 24 inch units linked together on the same switch. They couldn’t have designed the lights to be any easier to install. Only two screws to hold the light to the mounting surface. Everything else snaps apart (firmly) and then back together (firmly). I bought a Lutron Diva LED+ dimmer switch here on Amazon and the lights dim great (no buzzing sound with this dimmer as another customer reported using a different dimmer). I bought the 2700 degree Kelvin color which is a warm white, perfect to match incandescent lights. If you feel comfortable replacing a light switch with wires connected by wire nuts, this project is no harder. All parts needed are included - wire nuts, knock-out stress reliever and mounting screws. Instruction sheet is brief and in understandable English, but the installation steps are pretty obvious. Instructions help with disassembling the plastic lens cover and inner electronics which must be pressed firmly at each tab. The only negative is that the excellent product is made in China, but good luck finding a light like this that is made in USA. That’s why I knocked off one star in the rating.

The light isn't too difficult to install, but it has to be wired to an electrical cable. In my case, that was easy because I already had power to that location from our old light strip. The light has to be opened up by prying the cover off. I have a screwdriver with a nice wide but thin blade that worked well. A small chisel would be perfect for this. Once open the wiring was easily done and the strip was mounted with a few measurements, and a drill gun made quick work of installing the screws that hold the light to the underside of my kitchen cabinet. The only thing I didn't like was my fault. I didn't understand that I needed a dimmer for it if I wanted that capability. (It says dimmable on the box. Duh! :-) )It was not a big deal. I have a dimmer hooked up now and it does flicker somewhat when dimmed really low, but works better if just a little brighter. That isn't the light's fault though. Overall, my wife and I are thrilled to finally have a better light over our countertop. Since that light provides light to our living room as well, the dimming feature is a must. This light is BRIGHT when not dimmed.

Excellent product easy to install

These under cabinet lights are excellent. My situation was difficult as I was replacing old halogen/xenon light fixtures that wouldn’t work with just LED replacement bulbs and certainly were not dimmable. Anyway I tried a couple other options and just were all wrong - blaring light or flickers when dimmed or the wires didn't coincide with any knock-outs (see picture). These however are perfect. Light is nice and with a good dimmer switch allow a full range from very bright to just enough evening light. Super easy to install as well, enough knockouts, enough mounting hole locations etc - to the point of me not understanding why some folks struggled with installation. Well OK twisting my 67 year oil body under the cabinet was a good yoga work out :)

This LED lamp was the perfect addition to my condo which did not have any under cabinet lighting. I placed it dead center of the sink, whereu I had a small shelf and no cabinet of course), drilled 2 holes, bought a nice 3 wire black extension cord, hooked the light up and tucked the cord in neatly, securing it with wire staples from the hardware store. The light is PERFECT in the evening and at light to light up the kitchen counter and floor while not disturbing the living room connected to it. The overhead lights were too much, the microwave lights wayyyy too dim, this one is perfect and the correct Kelvin color for the evening. Not a blue white that I use overhead to cook and cut with. If your remotely handy this LED light is a quick install and priced right. I’m probably buying a couple more for my laundry area and other areas like a closet. The extension cord idea makes the light go where you need it, if you don’t permanently mount it. Plus no junction box work either. So add $10 to the price of it for the extension cord and wire staples. That will be your total expense. Built in switch is exactly what I needed also. I control it alone. Bright enough to do dishes and make a drink, but low enough to not disturb my movie nights. A+++

The BOLT for the "Cable Connector" did not fit the connector, that was with the unit. The light is more on the"Pinkish" side of colour, than warm. The installation was a challenge to put back together and have the wires tucked in neatly, but we got it done...