OK, I'm a light nut. I fabricate my own LED light painting tools, room lights - even friends ask me to create lights for their daughter's doll houses. I have spools of LED lights on hand, and every part to make them work. So why exactly would I order this? As I said, I'm a light nut and I'm curious.  I swear that there are only a couple of factories in the world churning out parts for LED's.  The controller, remote, connectors - these are the same generic ones I have in my parts bins.  So why pay a premium price for this kit? 1) You have a warranty and it ships from the USA. 2) No soldering (and those four tabs are mighty close!), 3) it's ready to go.All the connectors are already soldered in place, you have all the wires and parts you'll need. No guessing n voltage, connectors, compatibility and the like.  Plus the LED strips are black, not white, so they blend in.  If you've ever used self-adhesive LED strips, you know the adhesive is questionable. It works great or it falls off. The LED strips included in this kit use 3M VHB tape. VHB has been voted one of the top 20 inventions of the past 10 years. The stuff bonds to almost anything and stays in place. This is the only LED strip I've seen to use VHB. VHB does take some pressure to adhere, and it increases it's bond over 72 hours. The surface has to be clean, free of waxes and grease, and dry.You can plug this right in to any car outlet. I still call them lighter sockets.  Now, these LED's run on 12 volts.  So if you're handy, you can cut the cable from the car adapter and wire it up directly.  The controller module also contains the sensor for the remote control, and this needs to be line of sight to the remote.  You have about 6 inches of wire to play with, so you can hide the controller and just leave the wire exposed.  The controller attaches with a screw or two sided tape (a square of tape is included). There's also a small strip of two sided tape included.  These are not VHB tape. You'll also need a way to secure the wires. 3M makes some command hooks in clear plastic designed for small wires.  Alternately, if the LED's are out of sight, you can just tie-wrap everything in place (but you'll still need a way to secure the end of the wire with the remote sensor.)You can install this in as little as 30 minutes, or, if you want to hide everything, an hour or so.