Hey Space, in your opinion is there a significant difference between Adafruit neopixels and generics that can be found off Amazon like the ones from Alitove? They are a lot cheaper.
Is it worth it to get the skinny strips that adafruit sells too? Thanks!
To be honest, I've not tried the cheaper strips. My guess is they could be the same... but I probably won't try them because I don't trust them just a little bit (even though they could be the same) because when you put all that work and your supplies and time into making the blade, I don't want an LED to fail and then I'd get super upset lol... after all that work... to have to take the blade apart and repair. I just use the (perceived?) best materials the first time.
Also, I do think the 'skinny' option is the only option to choose because ANY extra material is BAD because it will cause shadows. You want ideally the least amount of material inside the blade, so you can get the MOST diffusion material around those LEDs as possible which will produce the best results IMO