TruLight vs EverLight: 48V Track Lights vs 5V and 24V

TruLight vs EverLight: the bottom line

EverLight has been around since 2014, and many homeowners know the name. TruLight uses the UCS7604 chip on a 48V system and mounts inside aluminum track, where EverLight often screws into the gutter. In the app, TruLight has 144 motion effects to EverLight's 13, along with software zoning and music sync.

48V vs EverLight's 5V and 24V

EverLight's legacy light is 5V and its new light is 24V. At 48V, TruLight needs a power injection every 400 lights instead of every 10 to 50, which means 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 motion effects vs 13

TruLight's app previews every effect on an animated house and syncs the lights to music. EverLight's app has 13 motion effects, no pattern previews, and no music sync.

TruLight vs EverLight specs

*LED Chip: EverLight ships two different products. The legacy 5V light is RGB only. The 2025 24V light adds white sub-LEDs, so it does produce a real warm white. EverLight does not publish a chip for the newer light, so we do not name one.

*True Warm White: EverLight's legacy 5V light is red, green, and blue only, so its warm white is a mix. Their 2025 24V light adds white sub-LEDs and does produce a real warm white. In our own video walkthrough those sub-lights are visibly smaller, roughly a quarter to a half the size of the main LEDs, which is enough for a warm white but not for a true pure white.

*True Pure White: Pure white comes from driving the three color LEDs to a cool white with three dedicated warm white LEDs lifting underneath, all six at once. A warm white section that shares a color diode does not have the output to do that.

*Power Injection: Lower-voltage systems require more frequent re-injection. EverLight's 5V legacy light needs one every 10 to 50 lights, and the 24V new light every 30 to 50.

*Warranty: EverLight's legacy 5V light carries 15-year coverage. Their newer 24V light carries only 3-year coverage.

TruLight motion sensors sit in the roofline track and turn one zone on when someone walks up. See how they work and watch the announcement, or set yours up with the tutorial. Learn more

How TruLight mounts vs how EverLight mounts

TruLight installs inside an aluminum track that mounts below your fascia or soffit. The track matches the trim color, and from ground level only the small lens face is visible. Nothing goes through the gutter, and you barely see the track until the lights turn on.

EverLight installers often drill into the gutter and put a screw-on cap over each light. Some installs use track, but visible dimples often show on the gutter line where the lights poke through. That leaves holes in the gutter and hardware you can see from the street.

5V vs 24V vs 48V: why voltage matters for install complexity

EverLight's legacy light operates at 5V. Their newer light operates at 24V. TruLight operates at 48V. Higher voltage carries steady power down a long run, so the lights at the far end do not dim the way they can on a low-voltage run, and the install needs fewer power injection points.

Lower-voltage systems cannot transmit power and data as far on a single run, requiring installers to add power injections 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. This is the difference between a clean run with a couple of injection points on a typical home versus a network of injections threaded through every soffit section.

Every injection point is another splice that can fail years later.

Why is the warranty shorter on their newer light?

EverLight currently sells two product lines. The legacy 5V light, installed for years, carries a 15-year warranty. The newer 24V click light, released more recently, carries a 3-year warranty.

If you are quoted the newer light, ask your installer why it carries the shorter warranty.

TruLight offers a single product line built on the UCS7604 chip and backed by a limited lifetime warranty.

Ports vs true zoning

EverLight's zones are determined at installation by which physical port a section of lights connects to. Each zone requires its own hardware module mounted in the eave. If you later decide your pool lights should be on a separate zone from the back patio, you must install 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 connect to. Front yard, backyard, pool, and walkway can each have their own pattern, color, schedule, and motion-sensor setting at the same time.

13 motion effects vs 144, and why animation previews matter

EverLight's app includes 13 motion effects. TruLight's app includes 144. Both allow speed and brightness adjustment, but TruLight adds a density slider (controlling pattern busyness) and background coloring (setting a base color behind any moving effect).

TruLight also displays an animated preview of every pattern on a sample house within the app. You can browse and see what each pattern looks like before applying it. EverLight's app has no pattern previews, so you have to walk outside to see what a pattern looks like on your house.

Why TruLight has a music manager and EverLight does not

TruLight includes 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 your phone, and the system reads the rhythm and changes patterns with it.

EverLight has promised music sync for years. "They've been saying they're working with music forever," Bowdrie says in the video. When the video was published in May 2026, music sync was not in their app. If you want it, ask your installer whether it ships today.