LED Linear have been upgrading their tapelight as well as their encapsulated linear strips. There are several qualities of tape that LED Linear offers, the Hydra is the highest quality. With all of their tapes including the Hydra, they offer it in either a low density or a high density in terms of spacing. The Hydra is field cuttable in 5" and 2" increments respectfully. The benefit of the LD version of the tape is that it comes with a 30% cost savings compared to the HD. The HD, however, can be node free in an extrusion with a frosted lens and can be specified up to 1000 lumens per foot.
The ECO line is a more cost effective tape with a savings of at least 50% compared to the Hydra tape. It has the same low density and high density variations as well.
For all of their tape under 5 watts/ft, an additional heat sink is not required. Color temperatures range from 2000K to 4500K.
They are able to encapsulate their tape so that it can have an IP67 rating. However, this does shift the color to be cooler than the original tape. They have the shifted color temperature listed on the cutsheets. They recommend when specifying the fixtures that you list the desired color temperature in parentheses. For the encapsulation, it can be on the tape itself or in an extrusion. With the extrusion, the lengths are limited.
The Hydra Lux is a version of the Hydra tape that is already encapsulated to be IP67. It is field cuttable with a male feed only. It cannot be connected to other pieces in the field. It is available in a full or half reel.