Peace Stake pixel options

[CVon]

Plan to have 55 peace stakes in the show and possibly expand later and trying to figure out the best option for pixels. There are pre-made 5 pixel strings with xconnects but those will get pretty expensive. Soldering my own strings together is the most economical but is it the best choice? I don't mind putting the time in to get everything together but curious what others are doing.

[TomsLEDs]

I recently made 100 5-pixel stakes ;I soldered all of them. If I had the time and money I would have ordered them from Ray Wu as custom icicles.