What are your goto drivers?

I know we are creatures of habit, and once we found something that works OK we tend to be very slow to adopt new ideas.
For me that habit has been the, shall we call them constant voltage drivers, i.e. 48A vs C1050 or C1400 etc.
I've been simply paralleling them and the large number of diodes per connected board seem to balance them out OK.

I do notice many people batting for the other team and using the constant current only drivers..

My main objections are, Running voltages above 48VDC, I also don't like the potentiometer on a wire thing. It requires an expensive box and seal system to retain IP rating. It would probably be easier (cheaper) to rig a 1p3t switch with hardwired resistors for 3 settings with a sealed toggle switch in a little IP67 box. But it still is an unnecessary piece of hardware hanging on my stuff.

My lights are simple designs with 3 or 4 Samsung strips on a 48A driver of whatever Wattage...

Where do you stand on this?

Both here CV/CC

Meanwell Cc makes sense if:
- youre working with 36V chips
- want run 2 separate chips on the same string (board + red supplementation)
- have small max amp margins.
- if you need high voltage for very remote ballasts.

Yep, CV/CC drivers here - because you can current limit them but you can also voltage limit them to guard against thermal runaway.

One of my favourites is the HLG-240H-48A - they are cheap and consistently punch above their weight, putting out up to 300W or more.

I've built lots of strip builds and wired lots of panels together - all in parallel - and never had a problem. The only real issue is ensuring connectors can handle high currents if you are wiring boards together in parallel.

The 185-48A is nice aswell, its voltage goes all the way up and over 53V which means you can sneak in a 50V chip, or 2x 25V strips, or 54V chips run softly. The 240 can do this aswell but with much tighter margins.

Yes, that's the other advantage of the "A" drivers - they can supply over 48V. Our boards at 50V boards and all the 48V A drivers I've tried will match that voltage.