Any particular cabinet lighting setup biases?

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Breakable Bison

Feb 12, 2025
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Given the fact that there’s so many options like LED strips, pucks, plug-in vs hardwired, and many more. What’s your biases between any under-cabinet lighting in a kitchen setup? I need ideas, especially those clean and reliable installation techniques. Also, my clients wants it to look more pro without spending much. Thanks in advance, my fellow people!
 
My bias belongs to LED strips. Even lighting all throughout – no hotspots, and you can match the color temp throughout the whole kitchen lighting without breaking the bank! Pucks are not for me; I’ll go with LED!
 
For me, LED strips 100%! If you are a more of a DIYer, go with hardwired. But not for plug-in options. If you’re willing to go for an extra mile, go with hardwired – no visible cords and bulky transformers, a cleaner setup, but needs to be more DIY compared with LED strips.
 
Not gonna lie, if my client wants accent lighting or some dark spots that needs light, my bias belongs to pucks! I know! I know! they’re not great when it comes to full lighting, but it gets the job done!
 
My bias belongs to LED strips. Even lighting all throughout – no hotspots, and you can match the color temp throughout the whole kitchen lighting without breaking the bank! Pucks are not for me; I’ll go with LED!
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Agree with this, dude! Also, go with strips that has diffusers! You won’t regret how polish they are after the task!
 
Get 24V LED strips, they’re cheap compared to 12V, use a diffuser to protect and give it a nice finish, connect them into a dimmable driver for an adjustable preference of the client, and lastly, install switches under-cabinet light switch near the main ones.

All my clients love this type of approach when it comes to installation of lighting, they often like motion detector ones, it only differs from every individual. Just my 2 cents 👍
 
Me too! I prefer LED strips for budget projects due to their easy to operate feature. Very quick to install, affordable, slightly decent compared to hardwired setups. I’ll choose them anytime of the day.
 
Get 24V LED strips, they’re cheap compared to 12V, use a diffuser to protect and give it a nice finish, connect them into a dimmable driver for an adjustable preference of the client, and lastly, install switches under-cabinet light switch near the main ones.

All my clients love this type of approach when it comes to installation of lighting, they often like motion detector ones, it only differs from every individual. Just my 2 cents 👍
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Wow dude, thanks for this! I’ll try 24V strips next time, it really does make sense! How bout recessing the alum channel to cabinets? Is it better compared to surface-mount? Thoughts?
 
Wow dude, thanks for this! I’ll try 24V strips next time, it really does make sense! How bout recessing the alum channel to cabinets? Is it better compared to surface-mount? Thoughts?
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I like how you think! If its okay for the cab design, then go. If they’re not made for each other, the surface-mount would do great, just be sure to be clean when it comes to installation of it – try to match the color of the channel to the color of the cab.
 
Pucks are outdated – a big no for me! They do no good nowadays, especially when LED strips are around. LED ALL THE WAY!
 
Me too! I prefer LED strips for budget projects due to their easy to operate feature. Very quick to install, affordable, slightly decent compared to hardwired setups. I’ll choose them anytime of the day.
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It feels like plug-n-play setups are only good for renters, not for proper renovations like houses. I would suggest doing hardwired when you have clients that needs renovations to their houses. My hot take!
 
My bias belongs to RGBW strips, but mostly for premium clients – changing colors and white light for task lighting. A bit expensive, but totally worth it!
 
My bias belongs to RGBW strips, but mostly for premium clients – changing colors and white light for task lighting. A bit expensive, but totally worth it!
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Make sure that your client is techy! I’ve encountered one without any prior knowledge about this lighting, he used it just like a traditional light – white lights on into white lights off! FML 😂😂😂
 
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