I've jumped in with both feet on a large (to me anyway) batch of LED wash fixtures, and I need to work out a set of decent clamps. I own a bunch of the old iron C-clamps that are not truss friendly without some kind of protection, and they're ugly and take a wrench to tighten. I also own a bunch of light duty clamps with hand screws, but these still have the same problem of being hard on truss, and I'll presumably sell them when I sell all my PARs.
75% of the time or more I will be using these fixtures with square T-bars and directly bolting them to the bars, but I do occasionally work with truss, and so need to be able to accomodate that. I'm familiar with Light Source Mega Claws, but they're pretty expensive, and the Mini Claws are close enough in price to the megas that it's pretty silly to get the little ones. Has anyone ever tried using that style clamp on a square tube such as that on a Global Truss ST-132? It would be great if I wouldn't have to take clamps on and off my fixtures all the time.
I've also looked around and there are some lower cost ring clamps like the Global Truss Mini-360, but the wing nut looks pretty small and therefore hard on fingers.
What do you guys use on <10lb fixtures?
75% of the time or more I will be using these fixtures with square T-bars and directly bolting them to the bars, but I do occasionally work with truss, and so need to be able to accomodate that. I'm familiar with Light Source Mega Claws, but they're pretty expensive, and the Mini Claws are close enough in price to the megas that it's pretty silly to get the little ones. Has anyone ever tried using that style clamp on a square tube such as that on a Global Truss ST-132? It would be great if I wouldn't have to take clamps on and off my fixtures all the time.
I've also looked around and there are some lower cost ring clamps like the Global Truss Mini-360, but the wing nut looks pretty small and therefore hard on fingers.
What do you guys use on <10lb fixtures?
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