Review on 🔌 HitLights LED Light Strip Connector - 6 Inch Any Angle Strip to Strip, 12 Pack: 8mm Single Color 3528 by Joshua Ngo

About three years ago I created a lighting project using Hitlight strips and end connectors and was 100% successful with a total of 6 end connectors. However, changing the product to the 300 LED strips and/or end connectors I recently purchased left me very frustrated and caused a few wasted connectors before I found a workaround. A 300 LED strip that came out three years ago had a brown PCB backing/foil. The recently purchased 300 LED strip was thinner and white. more flexible base. When I tried to insert the end of the new strip into the end connector, the white backing was too thin to slide under the connector's pins. It curled instead of slipping under the contacts. First I tried to loosen the connectors a bit by sliding a thin knife blade under each pin. This allowed the filmstrip to snap into place. However, the fires did not ignite. I damaged the connector with a knife blade. I finally found that if I put a white backing next to the contacts and then use a very small straight screwdriver with a 1/8" blade to lighten the foil under the contacts everything works. good.See photo below. Insert the white pad into the end connector until the two copper dots touch the pins. Then, using a small screwdriver, angle it as shown and slide it down the entire length, applying considerable pressure . under the sockets.