Stand-alone LED uplighting

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Brian Bolly

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What's everyone using for stand-alone LED uplighting? (i.e. - columns in a ballroom)

Looking for several options - from ubercheap to industry standard.

The ONLY 'must have' is the they not only need to be able to be set to a color as a stand alone fixture, but also be able to be DMX controllable. Other that that - anything is fair game.
 
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Chauvet COLORado 3p IP is somewhere in the middle in terms of quality and price.
Products » COLORado

That's one fixture on each side of the proscenium.
 

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Although I haven't used them yet, the Well from Chauvet looks like the tits.

Products » WELL

Wireless DMX, stand alone, and battery powered. Chrome case offers camouflage in any decor. Goes 6 to a case and the case is the charger. Looks pretty rugged too, unlike the elation units I've seen.

Also, a six pack in a case is around 5k. Not too bad for all you get.
 
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Tim Weaver said:
Although I haven't used them yet, the Well from Chauvet looks like the tits.
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I have a set. Chauvet hit a home run with these. They are expensive, and the loaded case is the loaded case is a little over 200#. Other than that they are awesome, especially in situations where you do not want to run power (tree lighting, tent lighting, etc.)

You can't tell from most of the photos, but the case is mirror finished. In use they practically disappear because the case reflects the floor surface they are sitting on.
 
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I find that the battery powered units are both expensive and not as bright as the 10,000 lux plug in uplights that are now available. Anybody know the lux ratings on the battery powered units?
 
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brad majors said:
I find that the battery powered units are both expensive and not as bright as the 10,000 lux plug in uplights that are now available. Anybody know the lux ratings on the battery powered units?
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Lux is a measure of how much light is hitting a surface, and is affected by throw distance, among other things. Did you mean 10,000 candela (lux at 1 meter) instead of 10,000 lux?

The Chauvet Well fixtures linked previously are around 5625 candela, the Colorado 3 is around 7600 candela, and the Color Kinetics Blast TR (which is pretty easy to find at rental companies) is between 2050 candela (original version, wide beam) and 21,500 candela (current version, narrow beam).
 
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I am using Colorkey LED PAR 10mm and 1 watt cans. I have not really compared them to anything else but they work well and I have not had a single problem with any of them during the last several years.
 
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Rob Timmerman said:
Lux is a measure of how much light is hitting a surface, and is affected by throw distance, among other things. Did you mean 10,000 candela (lux at 1 meter) instead of 10,000 lux?

The Chauvet Well fixtures linked previously are around 5625 candela, the Colorado 3 is around 7600 candela, and the Color Kinetics Blast TR (which is pretty easy to find at rental companies) is between 2050 candela (original version, wide beam) and 21,500 candela (current version, narrow beam).
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I have been using this comparison chart as a reference: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...7sdHpaZFhZLVdRekF5dHEyZVhUbVBBTmc&output=html

it uses lux at 1 meter as a measurement but doesn't label it as candela so whatever you want to call it.

5625 is not bad!

Anyway, it all comes down to economics. If your customers are willing to pay enough extra for wireless you will profit. I would probably have to double my prices to recoup my cost in a reasonable amount of time. I find that most of my clients are not willing to pay that much extra for wireless to make it feasible for me to invest in these units.

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