best uplighting fixtures (LED)?

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ou812

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Hey all,
I have four MBT led par cans that I use for uplighting currently. I think they are outdated, and could be improved upon if I wanted to add to my uplighting setup.
What fixtures would you recommend, why, and cost/vendor? I may want to get another set of 4 or something this spring, prior to the wedding season...


thanks,
Jeff
 
ou812 said:
Hey all,
I have four MBT led par cans that I use for uplighting currently. I think they are outdated, and could be improved upon if I wanted to add to my uplighting setup.
What fixtures would you recommend, why, and cost/vendor? I may want to get another set of 4 or something this spring, prior to the wedding season...


thanks,
Jeff
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Well, the good news is that the nature of uplighting really hasn't changed. It depends on what you intend to do with the fixture. If you want to do typical venues and just wash some walls, the RAIN56 from Chauvet is the most popular fixture we have for that. You can select colors with DIP switches, it is equipped to stand up on it's own, and it's very affordable. If you want to do some higher-end functions, there is a whole array of upper end fixtures that are no doubt higher in quality and better featured, but you will pay for those features.

Ben
 
I'd say LED Par cans simply because they are so versatile. The problem I've found is that I can't really use them dual duty as a wash effect because they don't have the kind of beam angle that really lights up a crowd. Some LED pars are better then others, but I'm picking up a pair of Chauvet Colorstrips for crowd washing and uplighting behind my booth. It should be an interesting venture.
 
Brian said:
I'd say LED Par cans simply because they are so versatile. The problem I've found is that I can't really use them dual duty as a wash effect because they don't have the kind of beam angle that really lights up a crowd. Some LED pars are better then others, but I'm picking up a pair of Chauvet Colorstrips for crowd washing and uplighting behind my booth. It should be an interesting venture.
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I don't see why not... LED 64's give quite a beam width... 56's are narrower and 38's even more narrow.... all in all the 64's and 56's for the most part give off quite a bit of light...... just ask my cats. :sqwink:


You might want to look at the ColorPallets I have two and they really do a great job with color coverage...

Just look at the blues in this picture of mine

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You may want to look into the 1W - 3W LED stuff. Getting smaller and brighter all the time! Just saw a 1W tiny fixture that put out TONS of light.
 
jokerswild said:
I don't see why not... LED 64's give quite a beam width... 56's are narrower and 38's even more narrow.... all in all the 64's and 56's for the most part give off quite a bit of light...... just ask my cats. :sqwink:


You might want to look at the ColorPallets I have two and they really do a great job with color coverage...

Just look at the blues in this picture of mine

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Some Par 64 LEDs are much better then others, but I'm talking about flooding School Gyms and other large venues where to get the spread I need, I'd have to invest much more then I'd like to into the cans. 6+ cans isn't an option for me right now, as much as I want to... I really want to get 4 PAR 64s for uplighting, and then get colorstrips for my truss...the best of both worlds :sqwink: but that could take some time also...
 
Don't count anything out. I don't know your budget but there are great LEDs that look good at 20'+ that are very affordable. But there are other options where you will get the same coverage with less units, but they are more expensive. If you are doing static stuff you can do it cheaper as well, but you are stuck with one or two colors.

Mike
 
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