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TruLight vs EverLight: The Full Breakdown
We put TruLight and EverLight side by side and compared everything: the LED chips, the voltage, the mounting method, the warranty, the app, and zoning. Here's what we found.
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Here's the Bottom Line
EverLight has been around since 2014 and has a recognizable brand. But the technology gap is real. TruLight uses a superior LED chip, runs at far higher voltage, mounts cleanly inside aluminum track instead of through your gutters, and has an app with over 11x the motion patterns plus true software zoning and music sync.
4–9x the voltage
TruLight runs 48V vs EverLight's 5V legacy or 24V new. Higher voltage means a power injection every 400 lights instead of every 10–50, fewer wires through your soffit, and fewer fail points across the system.
True zoning, not ports
TruLight zones are software-defined, so you can regroup your front yard, backyard, and pool independently right from the app. EverLight's zones are physically wired at install via add-on hardware modules and can't be changed afterward.
144+ patterns vs 13
Plus density control, animated house preview, motion sensors, and a true music manager. EverLight's app has 13 motion effects, no animations, and no music sync.
Full Side-by-Side Specs
| Feature | TruLight | EverLight |
|---|---|---|
| LED Chip | UCS7604 (RGBW) | WS2811 (RGB) |
| LEDs Per Node | 6 (3 RGB + 3 warm white) | 3 (legacy) / 4 + 2 sub-LEDs (new) |
| True Warm White | ||
| True Pure White | ||
| System Voltage | 48V | 5V (legacy) / 24V (new) |
| Wire Gauge | 16 gauge | 18 gauge (legacy) / ~20 gauge (new) |
| Wiring System | 4-wire (redundant data) | 3-wire |
| Expected Lifespan | 100,000 hours | 50,000 hours |
| Power Injection | Every 400 lights | Every 10–50 lights |
| Warranty (Flagship) | Lifetime | 15 yrs (legacy) / 3 yrs (new) |
| Mounting | Aluminum track below the fascia | Through gutter / on-eve caps |
| Controller Ports | 4-port (always) | 1-port |
| Motion Patterns | 144+ | 13 |
| Density Control | ||
| Background Coloring | ||
| App Animation Preview | ||
| True Global Zoning | ||
| Motion Sensors | ||
| Music Sync | Music manager + Bluetooth | Not available |
| WiFi + Bluetooth | ||
| BBB Rating | A+ | F |
*True Warm White: EverLight's newer light adds a small "sub-LED" yellow channel, but it is not a full dedicated warm white channel.
*Power Injection: Lower-voltage systems require power re-injection more often. EverLight's 5V legacy light needs injection roughly every 10–50 lights; their 24V new light is roughly every 30–50.
*Warranty (Flagship): EverLight's legacy 5V light carries a 15-year warranty. Their newer 24V light carries only a 3-year warranty.
*Mounting: EverLight is commonly installed by drilling through the gutter or screwing caps into the eve. TruLight always mounts inside aluminum track installed below the fascia or soffit.
*Controller Ports: EverLight zones are determined at install time by which physical port a section of lights is wired to. Adding a zone means installing another hardware module.
*BBB Rating: BBB ratings are public and verifiable. As of recording, TruLight is A+ and EverLight is F.
How TruLight Mounts vs How EverLight Mounts
TruLight installs inside an aluminum track that mounts below your fascia or soffit. The track is the same color as the trim, and the only thing visible from the ground is the small face of the lens. Nothing is drilled into the gutter, and the track is hidden until the lights turn on.
EverLight is most commonly installed by drilling through the gutter itself, then capping each light with a screw-on cover. Some installs use track, but you'll often see dimples on the gutter line where the lights poke through. That's a mounting choice that puts holes in your drainage system and leaves visible hardware on the home.
See the mounting walkthrough at 2:18 in the video5V vs 24V vs 48V: Why Voltage Matters for Install Complexity
EverLight's legacy light runs at 5V. Their newer light runs at 24V. TruLight runs at 48V. The reason this matters is install complexity, not anything about brightness or dimming.
Lower voltage systems can't carry power and data as far on a single run, so installers have to splice in a new power injection every 10 to 50 lights on a 5V system, or every 30 to 50 on a 24V system. TruLight's 48V system needs one injection every 400 lights. That's the difference between a clean run with a couple of injection points on a typical home and a network of injections threaded through every section of soffit.
Every injection point is another splice and another potential fail point years down the road. Fewer points means fewer things to go wrong.
See the power injection breakdown at 19:57 in the videoWhy Is the Warranty Shorter on Their Newer Light?
EverLight currently sells two product lines. The legacy 5V light, which they've been installing for years, carries a 15-year warranty. The newer 24V click light, released more recently, carries a 3-year warranty.
That's an unusual signal. A new product is normally backed by a longer warranty as a confidence signal. A shorter warranty on the newer product is worth asking your installer about.
TruLight is a single product line backed by a lifetime warranty on the lights, with the WS2811 chip rated for 50,000 hours and the UCS7604 rated for 100,000 hours.
See the warranty breakdown at 5:21 in the videoPorts vs True Zoning
Zoning is one of the most misunderstood features in permanent lighting. EverLight's zones are determined at install time by which physical port a section of lights is wired to. Each zone needs its own hardware module mounted in the eve. If you decide later that you want your pool lights on a separate zone from the back patio, you have to add another module.
TruLight handles zoning in software. You can group, regroup, reverse, and reassign zones from the app at any time, regardless of which physical port the lights are wired to. Front yard, backyard, pool, and walkway can each run their own pattern, color, schedule, and motion-sensor behavior simultaneously.
See the zoning walkthrough at 15:55 in the video13 Patterns vs 144+, and Why Animation Previews Matter
EverLight's app ships with 13 motion patterns. TruLight's app ships with 144+. You can adjust speed and brightness in both, but TruLight adds a density slider (how busy a pattern looks) and background coloring (set a base color behind any moving effect).
TruLight also shows an animated preview of every pattern on a sample house, right inside the app. You can scroll through and see what each pattern actually looks like before applying it. EverLight's app doesn't preview the patterns visually, so picking one means walking outside and watching it play on your home.
TruLight App
- 144+ motion patterns
- Density control
- Background coloring
- Animated house preview
- True software zoning
- Motion sensor zones
- Music manager with Bluetooth
EverLight App
- 13 motion patterns
- Density control
- Background coloring
- Animated house preview
- True software zoning
- Motion sensor zones
- Music sync
Why TruLight Has a Music Manager and EverLight Doesn't
TruLight has a built-in music manager. You stream audio over Bluetooth and the lights match the beat in real time. Upload a song or play it from any source on your phone and the system reads the rhythm and triggers patterns to it.
EverLight has been promising music sync for several years. As of recording, it isn't in their app. If music sync is part of the experience you're buying, it's worth confirming with your installer whether it's currently shipping or still on the roadmap.
See the music sync breakdown at 25:51 in the videoStraight From the Video
“The only reason we have these EverLight fixtures to film with is that customers had us pull them off and replace them with TruLight.”
“They warranty the legacy 5V light for 15 years. The new 24V light? Three years.”
“EverLight zones are determined at install. There is no way to change them in the app.”
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