All the strips will show dots unless you put the strips in a channel and cover it with a diffuser.

What do most people do? Do they do the suggestion above or are the little dots not a big deal?

Erica- I didn't know what you were talking about so I just looked at my lights and there are dots on my counters too. It's just the reflection your talking about, right? I never noticed them until you mentioned it. For me, it's no big deal.

I never noticed it either, so just turned on my UCL's & went over to my counters. There they were - the dots. Now that I've noticed them, maybe they'll bug me, but I doubt it. I think you'll get used to them & you won't even see them any more.

We have the dot reflection also. We have Hafele Led's in a track with diffusers we got both diffusers (milk and frost) and they still show the dot reflection in both diffuser shades, just slightly diffused. If the counter is not a polished stone it may not be as noticeable, but ours are polished tops. Ours are set back about 1/2 inch or so from front light rail.

As an aside (and to add, I also have not noticed the dots, and i do not have a diffuser covering mine), be sure you install the lights toward the front of the upper cabinet if you want task light, rather than toward the back, which will just light up the backsplash).

Ours do have the reflection in our shiny granite. But once I had a few things on the counter and just got used to the UCL I didn't notice it anymore. I think your eye just stops seeing them so much. I also don't have them on full bright all the time. We put ours on a dimmer which is very useful.