Casing Material
Rope light is made by the extrusion process.PVC is the cheap price material use most for rope light casing.
LED strip lights use many kinds of casing material, such as silicone glue, epoxy glue, PU glue. And it uses different casing production processes. Such as glue drop in the surface, tube waterproof, extrusion process.
Flexibility
Rope lights, because of the big PVC material around, it is don’t do well at large bending angles. There is wiring inside, which can be damaged if bending too much.
Strip lights are more flexible, allowing you to bend them over 90 degrees without breaking. You can attach them even at sharp 90 degree turns, such as wall corners. And some of them can use for advertising letters.
