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Craig Leerman

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Re: eBay China Par 64
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2016, 09:06:34 PM »

I just bought a bunch of offshore lights and microphones from Aliexpres.com

Same stuff as the eBay sellers, most with free shipping. The mics ( from 3 different sellers) were great. I bought them cause they looked vintage for my collection.

I bought flat cans with cases. The cases are a little cheaper than regular ATA but they work good.  Should last for years with my company moving them but I would not take them on tour with stagehands du juor.

The lights are built like you expect but for around $30 a piece they are disposable up lights to me.  So far all have lasted through a few gigs so they are paid for and then some.

Save a little money and go direct.

Next I'm gonna get some small LED movers with cases
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Re: eBay China Par 64
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2016, 07:03:27 PM »

You guys have any pics of those lights in action on your rigs?  I have some 9x12W RGBAW (I know the wattage means nothing which is why I am asking).  Paid 75 or so a light.  Finally had 2 go out and looking for replacements.  I bought these off of another post here in the thread a year or two ago based on actual pictures.  Specs on lights are terrible, would be nice to see a pic or two if you have any.

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Re: eBay China Par 64
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2016, 02:15:00 AM »

A buddy of mine has some cheap lights that have an AC outlet instead of the IEC out that's on the linked lights. I like to keep things as easy as possible. I see a lot with the IEC outlet on ebay. I'll post here when I find something with AC.
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Re: eBay China Par 64
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2016, 12:07:27 PM »

You guys have any pics of those lights in action on your rigs?  I have some 9x12W RGBAW (I know the wattage means nothing which is why I am asking).  Paid 75 or so a light.  Finally had 2 go out and looking for replacements.  I bought these off of another post here in the thread a year or two ago based on actual pictures.  Specs on lights are terrible, would be nice to see a pic or two if you have any.

I have similar units (Big Dipper LP005) units deployed for uplighting behind the drums. The were kind of useless for side wash lighting (not powerful enough, and not a lot of spread). Can kind of make them out here and I think they're decent for this application:

« Last Edit: September 26, 2016, 12:10:34 PM by Fraser Moffatt »
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Re: eBay China Par 64
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2016, 12:43:04 PM »

You guys have any pics of those lights in action on your rigs?  I have some 9x12W RGBAW (I know the wattage means nothing which is why I am asking).  Paid 75 or so a light.  Finally had 2 go out and looking for replacements.  I bought these off of another post here in the thread a year or two ago based on actual pictures.  Specs on lights are terrible, would be nice to see a pic or two if you have any.

Yes. This stage is lit with nothing but cheap LED Chinese pars. About half of them (with the very narrow beams) at the super cheap $20 lights. The outer lights on trees are the $35 pars noted in this thread. The lights behind the drummer are brighter, brand name lights, such as the ADJ Megabar. The front spots are the $20 ebay lights hanging from the ceiling about 20 feet out. The white "fingers" coming down in the back are 4-play's set to that scene (fixed). Some pictures here have snow - a "snow" bubble machine spewing on the dance floor. There is lot's of smoke - I use one burst per song. The last pictures of a different band are with fewer lights (just the house).
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Re: eBay China Par 64
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2016, 12:46:29 PM »

A few more - the last 3 are the very cheap $20 lights only:

« Last Edit: September 26, 2016, 12:48:42 PM by Steve Garris »
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Re: eBay China Par 64
« Reply #16 on: September 27, 2016, 04:32:48 AM »

I'd seen LED lights on late night infomercials claiming they can regrow lost hair.  The above pictures might be proof that LED hairgrowth is a thing.
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Re: eBay China Par 64
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2016, 05:04:58 AM »

On a more serious note, how do you find the colour and brightness consistency on the 7x10 pars?  I have some other cheap led pars with slight colour variations.  Put a string of them uplighting and you can see the beams aren't quite identical. 
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Re: eBay China Par 64
« Reply #19 on: September 27, 2016, 03:17:33 PM »

Swarms of single colour leds can have colour fringes at the edge of beams.
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