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I've steered clear of unbranded lighting for the most part. I'm afraid of failures and reliability issues.
A large club in the area recently installed a bunch of THESE (https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-20PCS-7x10W-DMX-RGBW-4in1-LED-Mini-Moving-Head-DJ-Disco-Stage-Party-Light-BP-/112730068571) mini movers. I was surprised at how well they worked, but I question how long they will last.
Does anyone have any long term experience with lights like these. At around $45/ea it's very tempting.
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I've steered clear of unbranded lighting for the most part. I'm afraid of failures and reliability issues.
A large club in the area recently installed a bunch of THESE (https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-20PCS-7x10W-DMX-RGBW-4in1-LED-Mini-Moving-Head-DJ-Disco-Stage-Party-Light-BP-/112730068571) mini movers. I was surprised at how well they worked, but I question how long they will last.
Does anyone have any long term experience with lights like these. At around $45/ea it's very tempting.
Just like every other China-bay light. Some will last for years and have no problems. Some will last for days if you're lucky. Figure an over 50% failure rate....
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I've had similar ones for about a year and a half, maybe a little longer. Still working. Had one that wouldn't power up at one point, turned out to be a loose solder joint, easy fix. I've had good ROI.
I've steered clear of unbranded lighting for the most part. I'm afraid of failures and reliability issues.
A large club in the area recently installed a bunch of THESE (https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-20PCS-7x10W-DMX-RGBW-4in1-LED-Mini-Moving-Head-DJ-Disco-Stage-Party-Light-BP-/112730068571) mini movers. I was surprised at how well they worked, but I question how long they will last.
Does anyone have any long term experience with lights like these. At around $45/ea it's very tempting.
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You may get DMX channel variations batch to batch too.
You can certainly get some looks with 20 cheap movers you can't do with one expensive light the same price.
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I've steered clear of unbranded lighting for the most part. I'm afraid of failures and reliability issues.
A large club in the area recently installed a bunch of THESE (https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-20PCS-7x10W-DMX-RGBW-4in1-LED-Mini-Moving-Head-DJ-Disco-Stage-Party-Light-BP-/112730068571) mini movers. I was surprised at how well they worked, but I question how long they will last.
Does anyone have any long term experience with lights like these. At around $45/ea it's very tempting.
I've used some of those for a couple of years now with no problems. They are actually brighter than my $34 chinese RBGW pars, and they work just fine. For movement I simply use the "auto" programs. I consider these $42 lights disposable, but so far not a problem. I use them for about 25 shows/year.
A neat trick with these is to make a scene, set them to point somewhere, then on the next scenes have them point to a different location. This way, when making scene changes the lights all move, then stop. It looks great.