Are Paul Zhang lights the same as Alling on Amazon?

[Rocky the Rock]

I am looking at Amazon pixels because its getting late to order from China. One of the few that advertise 18Ga wire is the Alling brand, sold by Paul Zhang Direct-US. Does anyone know if these are one in the same? Are they actually Paul Zhang pixels? The shipping is quick and the price is pretty good. I've bought from Paul before. Here's a link

https://www.amazon.com/Alling-Diffused-Addressable-Waterproof-wire500pcs/dp/B07VHBZK24/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&m=A1HD6W29M3RXPC&qid=1604040670&refinements=p_4%3AAlling&s=merchant-items&sr=1-1

Thanks,
Steve

[djshag]

I am looking at Amazon pixels because its getting late to order from China. One of the few that advertise 18Ga wire is the Alling brand, sold by Paul Zhang Direct-US. Does anyone know if these are one in the same? Are they actually Paul Zhang pixels? The shipping is quick and the price is pretty good. I've bought from Paul before. Here's a link

https://www.amazon.com/Alling-Diffused-Addressable-Waterproof-wire500pcs/dp/B07VHBZK24/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&m=A1HD6W29M3RXPC&qid=1604040670&refinements=p_4%3AAlling&s=merchant-items&sr=1-1

Thanks,
Steve

This may be too late to matter for you now, and I'm not actually sure if they are one in the same, as I've never directly bought from Paul previously, but I have purchased around a thousand of the Alling lights, and they have been very good quality, thus far.  I definitely wouldn't hesitate to buy more of them.

Hopefully, that helps, somewhat.

[taybrynn]

I've seen a WS2811 12v pixel from ray wu that was $270 shipped for 1000 RGB bullet nodes (IP68, 18ga) with your choice of connectors.  But the thing that caught my attention was they used only 20ma / .24w ... vs. 60ma for most ws2811 12v nodes.  This power consumption matches my TM1804 RGB nodes and you power goes a lot further on 20ma / node.