If you are looking for a true cool bright white light rather then a warm golden white light this is the one to get. Just plug it in and it works beautifully. We used it in a decorative recessed wall panel in our new japanese bath so we snipped off the end and hard wired it in so it worked with a wall switch. We used 4 setting timer switches and this light uses so little electric that it stayed on low as a night light even when turned off, an interesting feature of using a timer switch with these lights, that won't be the case if you use a regular wall on off switch though. Looks great behind my shoji screen light effect casting a nice white light through the rice paper into the bathroom, made for a beautiful night light. Very good quality rope light and it was here really fast. I highly recommend this excellent product!