I'm working on installing over and under kitchen counter lighting. In a previous home, I installed Phillips Hue and they worked fine but I was thinking there might be better (or at least cheaper) options. I want them very bright and ability to do colors - and of course work flawlessly with Hubitat 
Any recommendations ?
I just came across the LIFX Lightstrip Color Zones - https://a.co/d/gh4SpEW
Does anyone have experience with these ?
Depends on the protocols you want to support - But I'm a fan of Matter over Wifi - So GE Cync fits the bill - See: CYNC reveal® HD+ Smart Undercabinet Fixtures (gelighting.com)
I have 4 of them in different sizes all working with HE over Matter, very fast, works well in a group of bulbs, and basically treated by HE driver as a Matter Generic RGB bulb.
All my previous under counter stuff was seperately hot wired to each previous fixture, so I ended up writing RM code to keep them sync'ed when a Cync strip is manually turned on/off (I really like that they had manual controls on them as well, for brightness, color, and on/off
If you're OK with Matter, they are worth a look. - YMMV
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Semi DIY COB Led Strips could be a good choice.
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Wled and a bit of DIY. (Cheap) Perfection.
I have these. How do they integrate ?
I'm assuming your asking about how they integrate with HE - They are using native Matter over Wifi (which has it's own pros/cons), and they are using the native Hubitat "Generic Matter RGBW Light" Driver - When I provisioned them in HE, that driver was automagically chosen. As to what specific options & commands that driver supports, see below:
They seem to work just fine in local RM rules, and integrate with hub-mesh to my LAN based C7, where they are exposed to both Google and Alexa voice commands, you can set color, brightness, etc. - Basically, all that you would expect in a RGB light.
I also have 3 of them in a HE "groups and scenes" group, as "RGB Blubs", and they respond nearly instantly together (somewhat as expected, as they are LAN based).
Not sure what else you specifically want to know about integration? - They are basically treated as a standard "RGB" bulb, and the rest of standard HE tools/apps apply.
I used plain LED light strips above and below. Connected via zigbee wall plugs. There are three areas combined into one "Kitchen Counter" group. These are motion activated and have been solid for some time...
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