Most of the flexible SMD LED strips available on the market today are mostly SMD 3528 or SMD 5050 types, so it's important to understand the difference between them.

Before delving into the different functions and benefits of the 3528 and 5050 LED strips, let us first explain the meaning of the so-called SMD LEDs, which are common names for flexible LED strips:

SMD stands for Surface Mount Devices, which are basically small, lightweight LED chips surrounded by epoxy. The so-called surface mount technology (SMT) is a common method of designing and manufacturing circuits in which components are mounted directly on the surface of a printed circuit board or PCB. You can learn more about this important part of modern microelectronics in Wikipedia's article on surface mount technology.

These flexible SMD LEDs consume very little energy, but provide powerful glare, and the ideal lifetime of flexible LED SMD strips can reach an astonishing 100.000 hours under ideal conditions of optimum temperature, current and voltage.

Now, let's take a closer look at the more powerful differences between the flexible 3528 LED strips and the 5050 SMD LED strips and compare their functions:

Basically, the flexible SMD 3528 LED strips contain only LED light-emitting chips per light source, while the more powerful 5050 SMD has three chips in a single housing, so it is sometimes referred to as a three- or three-core LED strip.

The SMD 3528 LED strips are so called because the size of the single chip is 3.5mm x 2.8mm, and they are often found in indoor applications, such as in bars and restaurants, living room decoration and more basic or low brightness or monochrome. In lighting projects - color requirements, especially when cost control is important and to save more power.

In summary, the SMD 3528 chip is more energy efficient and more economical, but not as bright as the SMD 5050.

The flexible SMD 5050 LED strips offer high performance, brightness and a wide range of options, such as monochrome or RGB color change types. The SMD 5050 RGB version requires an additional control unit, but with a highly flexible multi-color mode that can be easily adjusted to a variety of colors and color combinations. The SMD 5050 is about 3 times brighter than the SMD 3528 and is typically used where higher levels of illumination are required and can replace traditional fluorescent tubes.

The SMD 3528 and the more powerful SMD 5050 are usually available in 5 meter reels, and the average power consumption of the SMD 3528 is about 5 mm. 5W per meter, while SMD 5050 consumes more power, about 7.5W per meter, and sometimes LED manufacturers may also provide more powerful ultra-white SMD 5050 LED strips, which can emit 720lm per meter, per meter The power consumption is 14.5W.

From a cost perspective, the more powerful SMD 5050 LED strips are more expensive, and for lighting settings that require high brightness, most people choose SMD 5050 because the cost per lumen is lower than SMD 3528.

We recommend flexible SMD 3528 LED strips for general residential applications with medium power requirements, and where cost savings are a key factor, while SMD 5050 LED strips are more suitable for RGB color settings and use where luminosity is required Higher and more demanding.

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