Corsair iCUE LS100 LED Smart Lighting Strip Starter Kit

Really neat with the lights off but I thought it would make a bigger impact on ambiance than it did. I think the lights need to be a bit brighter for the amount of money it costs. I will probably end up spending even more now on the strip lights for the back of the monitor to compensate for the weak lights.

These are beautifully defused and can be controlled easily by iCue software but installing them by the instructions is not advisable if you want great cable management. I did not use the metal plates as I found that the magnets are not very strong and getting them to stay in place was really difficult. The plastic stands containing the magnets pop right off and you can use strong two sided 3m exterior tape to mount them to the monitor or just use two sided tape directly on the plastic stands. I also did not want the controller on the monitor so I just ran an extension(provided in the kit) back towards the center of the monitor to run hidden to the underside of the seat where I mounted the controller. Two important hints, make sure you use the input of the ascending strip as shown in the directions and once you have the unit installed, don’t be alarmed if some of the lights will not light on a 2 channel setup. The instructions say you can have up to 138 leds per channel and 192 for both together. I have two 450 mm and two 250 mm on channel one behind the monitor and another four 450mm on channel two behind my desktop for a total of 192. Three leds would not light until I placed them in lighting channels in iCue. If you are going to try to use these without a computer, you can, your limited to about 188 led’s for some reason. The expectation is that you will fire these up with iCue. They are beautiful but you have to know how to set them up.

Super dope having in the PC room.

EDIT: Read to the bottom Buckle up folks. Its review time. Although the LEDs are flexible, the corsair box they arrive in bends the LEDs and gives them a pre-curve, making them not sit nicely on the magnets. The slightest bump or tug on the cords causes the whole thing to cascade down like a comedic curtain drop, except this curtain drop cost you $100. The adhesive magnetic stickies are EXTREMELY strong, and will not come off once placed on without a chemical cleaner. So make sure you put yours in a nice spot. I cleaned the back of my monitor off with alcohol and they are now a part of my monitor's DNA and possibly its future kin's DNA as well. Make sure you place your magnetic strips as close to the end of the LED strip as possible so the unnatural bending can be addressed (this was not in the instructions and should have been). My girlfriend found the curve appealing for some reason, but not so much for me. Also, the wire connectors between the LED strips are rigid, and force the already-strangely-bent LED strips to weirder angles. The LED strips also make noise while on. It kind of sounds like a very quiet chorus of ants caroling from a distance. The pros, however, is that this LED system work very nicely with iCue, and their brightness is not overwhelming. Makes for great backdrop once you start gaming. They look good, and have a wide range of options for colors and styles. I hope you enjoyed my rant-- _------------- WAIT I HAVE MORE. Been using them for a year. Really nice colors. No dead LEDs. They are absolutely incredible for live streamed music. My cats don't really mess with them so that's nice. The band band in the video is Goose. They are incredible. Gave it an extra star because of the Livestream music functionality with iCue. Everything else above still holds.

If you are a RGB fan, and have a home office desk, then this is for you ! I am using the smart lighting strip kit, fixed on the back of the screen, since few weeks now. The effects are pretty awesome ! It's of high build quality. The diffuser is very well made as it's spreading the light evenly. You won't see strong light spots just around the RGB or weak light spots away from the RGB. I didn't use the Corsair software though to customize the light effects. I am using it without the software (the down size is you can't change the lighting effect) and it's pretty lovely already, so I can't share my experience with the software. I definitely recommend this !

So, I think a bit on the high end price-wise, but if you have more than one monitor or a very wide (i.e. like a 34+) you probably will want this. Note, when you first plug them in, they may not light up in the chain until you go into the iCue software, at least did not for me. Once iCue launched and recognized, they came right on.

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Excelente kit. Por mais que não seja recomendado, ainda funciona bem em um monitor Ultrawide (21:9) de 34". Tem que fazer uma configuração manual na posição das fitas leds no aplicativo iCue da Corsair para que fique melhor a disposição das cores que ficam próximas das laterais da tela. No geral, usando há quase 3 anos, estou satisfeitíssimo com a aquisição. Não é um Amblight glorioso igual o da Philips, mas é muito bom. Curiosamente, me admira alguma empresa de tecnologia não criar um dispositivo semelhante para que pudéssemos colocar em qualquer TV/Monitor, pois este aparelho não necessita recepcionar um input de vídeo HDMI, ele simplesmente projeta o que está no monitor através de software, plugando apenas um USB no kit. Outros amblight genéricos necessitam que o HDMI seja inserido nele pra poder reportar as cores.

Two months in and I already have a dead/stuck LED.

Built very well, nice and bright