Ok so I keep popping up intermittently asking these questions every so often so I get that some folk might think I can't be bothered doing my own reseach/learning.
Truth is, I've been doing 60hr weeks in work, looking after my 3yr old little queen, managing my home garden and my allotment, and in between that, trying to scrape the odd hour to gather enough basic info from scratch to set up a decent LED system while trying to keep my eyes open.
The sum total of my night's research must be minutes before my eyes are shutting and my head's dropping. So bear with me.
I'll have a good bit more time after next week and I'll be able to spend like a full day doing the stuff I need to.
But.. I'm trying to get at least one side set up and running, and as you know, the array of options and variables with LED lighting, to someone completely new to it like me, is a bit daunting.
In a nutshell... These are, based on my limited knowledge, my barometer
https://kingbriteled.en.alibaba.com/productgrouplist-817198142/Single_Bar_L1100mm.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.88.30.702a6cb5RtEVeX
This is what my noob ass basically whittled my options down to based on the basic factors of user feedback and reviews. I never even had an Alibaba account til you guys recommended it to me.
End of the day... If I'm ordering from China and expecting at least a 8-10 day minimum postage time, I can get that done, buy my Drivers from Digikey, and then get my basic knowledge re` wiring etc during that time.
Is it worth me haggling with the Shenzen bright guy, or getting the R2T strips, or going the Digikey route?
If there's a significant difference, I'll swerve the Kingbrite strips and do that.