BEST ANSWER:2 options, one of which voids the warranty. 1-replace the fan with a slower, quieter one. This of course voids the warranty, and nullifies part of the reason you bought it - price (don’t feel bad, I bought them because of the price too) 2: construct a duct board ‘partial enclosure’ to surround the base of the unit. It won’t eliminate the noise, but it will quiet it down. We’re actually exploring this option now, as I have 6 of these in place, and want to add more.
BEST ANSWER:2 options, one of which voids the warranty. 1-replace the fan with a slower, quieter one. This of course voids the warranty, and nullifies part of the reason you bought it - price (don’t feel bad, I bought them because of the price too) 2: construct a duct board ‘partial enclosure’ to surround the base of the unit. It won’t eliminate the noise, but it will quiet it down. We’re actually exploring this option now, as I have 6 of these in place, and want to add more.
I just installed eight of these in a dance studio and noticed the fan noise too....but as soon as we turned on the PA system and played some music, the fan noise becomes pretty much non-noticeable.
BEST ANSWER:All DMX data is downloadable from the product page to create your own profile. We do not currently work with 3rd party DMX control systems.
BEST ANSWER:All DMX data is downloadable from the product page to create your own profile. We do not currently work with 3rd party DMX control systems.
How come the spec sheet here says its 8.9 pounds, and the question & answers section says is 18.9 pounds? Which is it? Seems like a huge oversight. Weight is a huge part of hanging lights. Especially if you are using truss with very specific weight ratings.
Color mixing is great and the light itself is very bright! The movement and zoom are very smooth. My one BIG complaint is the dimming curve - or lack of. These lights get down to about 10% and then hard blackout. If you need smooth in and out dimming, these will not work for you. Theatre/church use is pretty much out. I wouldve gladly paid a bit more to have better dimming functionality. Even if they upped the cost another $100, these units would still be WAY cheaper than the name brand comparisons.
I caught these on a special deal of the day. For that price, they were definitely a killer deal. Quality control could be better, but that's what you get when going lowest price. Had to return one of two, and got the replacement in a reasonable time. The internal gears (for horizontal movement in this case) are prone to slipping occasionally, so the unit can lose its bearing until a Reset is done.
Nice and useful but beware it's limitations for theatre.
We have an 80 seat black box theatre with conventional lighting throughout. After renting several Elation zcl 360i Zoom movers for a show last year I decided it was time to start dabbling in having some in house options.. For the price, these can't be beat. They are similar in function to the Elations but as you can imagine at 1/5th the price there are tradeoffs mostly in refinements. The colour mixing is a little splotchy depending on beam setting, I assume due to variances in the LEDs. Beam spread is actually a little less diffused, but also more irregular. The biggest issue is the lack of 16 bit control over dimming. I expected this having looked at the manual so, no surprise. But, the "steppieness" of the dimming curve limits the usefulness of the device in many instances for theater. Having said that, it's the best overall I've seen in the sub $1000 price range and for its current sale price of $199, a steal. I'll put them up and find plenty of ways to use them!
I purchased these to replace four fixed-beam lights with gobos, product #612830. The fixed-beam lights were awesome, but I was looking to back-light my band, and needed the flexibility variable zoom offered. Fixed-beam fixtures work better with fog or haze as effects, and are intended to be looked at rather than used for lighting subjects, so I replaced them.
I also tried out a pair of the big brother fixture, product #612812, but those turned out to be just too much light for most of the smaller venues we play.
What I love about this fixture is that unlike other variable-zoom fixtures, the light pool is really uniform when zooming out and maintains a focused, crisp edge. The decrease in brightness when zoomed out is much less noticeable in this fixture than I've seen in others, so the optics have been optimized such that they almost resemble an ellipsoidal fixture in the crispness of the edge. Very attractive results to look at.
Since my intended use is for back-lighting rather than as beam effects, features such as pixel-mapping that you might find in fixtures costing a lot more matter little to me.
Pick up a set of these, and you'll find they're very versatile, both sitting on the floor for up-lighting or mounted overhead, for beam effects or to dynamically light a small-to-medium performance space.
