Sewing Machine LED Lighting Kit - Fits All Sewing Machines!

I put this on my sewing machine. I can’t really sew without it. It really lights up the work surface so well. The adhesive wore down after 4 years. I contacted the company and didn’t expect to hear back quickly because a holiday was coming. They responded within a few hours and mailed me new adhesive and now it is like new. I will buy again from them for my next machine. I highly recommend.

I'm not "de-lighted" in this product -- I'm LIGHTED! I've had my little Pfaff Hobbymatic -- a "temporary" step-down I made 25 years ago when my dream-machine Pfaff 1222-e died, when I was in college for the 2nd time, anticipating finishing up and having a good job, able to get a "really good" machine in another year. Then I became disabled, and I've been limping by on the HobbyMatic (the name says what-all it does NOT have -- like adequate lighting!) ever since. We were going to be able to get me a nice, new, top-of-line Juki this fall, but the funds haven't come through, so I'll make do with the Hobby Matic for another few months -- but not with the lighting -- or darking -- situation!I first bought one of the other brands of lights, and when I was installing it, the clear gel padding arching over the top of the LEDs ruptured, leaving the wiring exposed! So, send it back, find a different one to buy.I chose this one based on reviews, including the woman who wrote that hers had broken and they called her and helped her get it going again. When mine came, it had no gel over the top -- just the strip of paper-plastic with the LEDs and wiring on them, out free. At first, I thought, "Not so good," and almost sent it back. I'm glad I didn't, though. For a couple of reasons.First, I put it on and it works great (and was super-easy to install!) Even the stick-up pads provided have done a great job so far (okay - a week - jury's still out, long-term, but so far, so great -- and if they do come off, hey, I have adhesives here at the house -- I'll come up with something - even if it's only "glue on some velcro and use that.") (And remember -- Xander's uncle on Buffy had the Velcro idea first!)Second, now that I think about it, that gel arch over the top was more liability than asset. If it ruptured _that_ easily -- I barely touched it and it broke! -- how well would it have lasted?Second, my Sig Other sat up and took notice when I told him that there was a kit available to use the other half of the lights. I'd been all set to keep these lights on teh Hobby Matic, and put the other half on the other machine when it came, but since we can't get it right now, we have decided to I told him to go ahead and get the adaptor kit to use on the bottom of the monitor arm over his desk, to help him see what he's writing in the monitor shadow. He had despaired of ever getting that section of his desk lighted! He's ordering the expansion kit tomorrow.Anyway -- for the first time, I actually have a bit _too much_ light under the neck of my machine. I'm actually wishing for a dimmer switch! (Hey, Inspired LED -- do you make one for this set of lights?) It's the one thing the other set had that this one lacks, that I'd like to have. Okay, so maybe I should knock off a tenth of a star for that, but I'm not gonna. I still love this light set.

I bought this for my Juki TL 2010Q because the lighting on that machine is minimal. Love the machine but not the lighting. The instructions weren’t great but were easy enough for me to figure out how to install them myself. The biggest issue for me was deciding just how I wanted the light strip placed and I tried a few placements with the lights turned on before making my final decision. I didn’t press the lights on too hard so that I could remove and re-set and that worked fine. I put the light switch on the back instead of the side and pretty much know where to reach for it to turn it on. Very happy with how much light it puts out and for a very reasonable price. Should have done it a long time ago. I tossed the remaining light strip (you cut off what you don’t need) because I couldn’t see using it for anything.

I have a Janome 3160 QDC sewing machine, and like many others I find that the machine's built-in lighting is really pretty weak and unable to light the work area very well. I selected the Inspired LED brand of sewing machine LED lighting kit because of its good ratings by others.The kit includes the following:- LED strip with 36 LEDs; the strip may be cut into sections with multiples of 3 LEDs per section. One end of the strip has a short cable with a plug on the end, while the far end of the strip has a socket to allow additional LED strips to be added for increased length. The back of the strip has a peel-off backing paper that reveals the adhesive which will secure the strip to the sewing machine.- "wall wart" style AC power supply, 110-240VAC input, with a 12VDC output that can supply up to 1A. The supply is labeled as an LED Power Supply, and I don't know if there is really anything special about it or if perhaps any 12VDC supply of suitable capacity could work with the LED strip. Most buyers of this kit don't need to worry, since the included supply is adequate.- power switch with two sockets, one for the plug on the power supply cable, and the other plug for the cable on the LED strip. The switch has two foam pads with adhesive backings, to allow the switch to be attached to almost any surface.- two (2) clips for securing the cable(s) to the sewing machine, each clip has a foam pad with adhesive backing.Note that the LED strip, even though it comes with a power cable at one end and a power socket at the other end, really has no "input" or 'output' end. If you choose to NOT use the included power switch, you can plug the power supply cable into the socketed end of the LED strip, and either leave alone or cut off the opposite end of the strip that has the short cable. But nominally, the manufacturer has intended the power to enter the strip from its cabled end.The installation involves experimenting with different ways to arrange some, or all, of the LED strip on the underside of the top part of the sewing machine. Since the strip can be cut, with a scissors, into sections with 3 LEDs per section, you can arrange shorter sections in various patterns to get best light coverage. On my machine, it was easy to find decent strip locations under the main bridge, but more difficult to find suitable strip locations under the head near the needle area. This is because the strip cannot block the area where the thread has to pass through holes and/or slots in the body of the machine, and at least on my machine there were few areas above the needle zone that were wide enough to mount the LED strip to. I ended up running a 6-LED strip near the right end of the bridge, from rear to front, then a second strip with 9 LEDs across the underside of the front part of the bridge, then a third strip with 6 LEDs towards the rear of the bridge adjacent to the head, and finally a fourth strip with 9 LEDs along the rear of the bottom edge of the head, behind the needle zone. I still had a piece of strip, with 6 LEDs on it, left over and unused.The included instructions do not mention using several shorter LED strip sections...they just mention cutting the LED strip to a length that works for the machine. In order to use several shorter strip sections as I did, it is necessary to have a soldering iron, tin/lead solder, and some small gauge solid wire which can be used to connect one strip section to another and hence get power to all the sections. If you don't feel up to doing this kind of thing, your options will be fewer when it comes to the more elaborate lighting layouts. However, the LEDs are fairly bright, and even a single strip of perhaps a dozen LEDs, run in a single straight section, will help illuminate under a typical sewing machine.The LED strip is basically white, with tiny black resistors and yellow looking LEDs (but the light they produce is white, not yellow). From a distance the strips appear to be white over all. Since most modern machines seem to be white, the LED strips should not appear too obtrusive.Note that the LED strips, while generally flexible, are really somewhat stiff, and they can only bend in places that are in between where the components (LEDs and resistors) are mounted to the strip. You need to carefully position the strip(s) so that the most flexible areas are located where on the machine the strip needs to bend the most.I thought the included power switch was rather large, really too large to mount cleanly on most machines I imagine. I was able to mount the switch on my machine at the bottom of the right end, near the machine's power switch. But the LED power supply cable and the cable to the LED strip will be exposed, which is kind of ugly.Overall, I am happy with my LED lighting kit. I think it could be improved by making it in separate short segments, which are already interconnected with short flexible cables, to allow more freedom in layout without the necessity of having to do soldering.