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Hi All,
Another Moving head fixture for those wanting to know a little bit more about them. This thread is to share my first impression of these fixtures and how they compare to other moving head lights that I have in my show.
Some of you may remember that I had a 1200w bulb fixture featured in my show last year and was a huge success with my audience star gazed of a light beam projecting gobo's onto the clouds.
As I do multiple houses in my street for my display there are some spaces that I find need a bit of light and I physically cannot put pixels there. A Moving head seemed the right choice for me as if I wanted light in the dark areas I just insert a gobo some colour and change the whole show.
Originally I was looking at what the other enthusiasts use in the states then I found out the price and knew I really couldn't afford the fixtures. Some looking around later led me to Aliexpress where the fixtures were a reasonable price and offered free shipping. Little did I know it wasn't free shipping. They provided a quote after capturing your payment with a $120 USD shipping fee.
Then I looked on amazon for something around the same price range and found a cheaper fixture offering the same thing but cheaper than Ali.
Introducing the Generic "Moving Head 230w Beam".
I'd say this fixture produces a brighter beam than my 1200w fixture. You can tell that the lenses are designed for forming beams and not as a spot light. For having a third of the weight and quarter of the size of the 1200w fixture they are going to be easier to waterproof / setup.
The fixture has some weird setting and you can definitely tell it is a Chinese fixture. (The amazon spelling is enough to give you an idea) but the fixture has some unique bugs.. or I guess you could call them features. The fixture has the function of splitting multiple colours and due to the beam lens makes a pretty cool helix pattern
Here is a video of the auto / sound function that you can enable on the fixture to move / change colour to music.
The focal length of the fixture is pretty large and to get a clear image there is a lot of tweaking to be done as you can see with this gobo which is approximately 5 meters from the fixture going to 15 meters on the driveway.
If the show goes on channel 7 again Im sure these fixtures will be able to be seen! if not they'll be in my show videos.
There is another 3 on its way now the first tests have been completed.
I'll update this thread with any new discoveries I find with this fixture. Anyway hope you enjoyed let me know if you have any questions about the device!
Another Moving head fixture for those wanting to know a little bit more about them. This thread is to share my first impression of these fixtures and how they compare to other moving head lights that I have in my show.
Some of you may remember that I had a 1200w bulb fixture featured in my show last year and was a huge success with my audience star gazed of a light beam projecting gobo's onto the clouds.
As I do multiple houses in my street for my display there are some spaces that I find need a bit of light and I physically cannot put pixels there. A Moving head seemed the right choice for me as if I wanted light in the dark areas I just insert a gobo some colour and change the whole show.
Originally I was looking at what the other enthusiasts use in the states then I found out the price and knew I really couldn't afford the fixtures. Some looking around later led me to Aliexpress where the fixtures were a reasonable price and offered free shipping. Little did I know it wasn't free shipping. They provided a quote after capturing your payment with a $120 USD shipping fee.
Then I looked on amazon for something around the same price range and found a cheaper fixture offering the same thing but cheaper than Ali.
Introducing the Generic "Moving Head 230w Beam".
Areyourshop 230W 7R Beam Moving Head Lights 8 Prism Strobe DMX 16Ch for Party Disco : Amazon.com.au: Musical Instruments
Areyourshop 230W 7R Beam Moving Head Lights 8 Prism Strobe DMX 16Ch for Party Disco : Amazon.com.au: Musical Instruments
www.amazon.com.au
I'd say this fixture produces a brighter beam than my 1200w fixture. You can tell that the lenses are designed for forming beams and not as a spot light. For having a third of the weight and quarter of the size of the 1200w fixture they are going to be easier to waterproof / setup.
The fixture has some weird setting and you can definitely tell it is a Chinese fixture. (The amazon spelling is enough to give you an idea) but the fixture has some unique bugs.. or I guess you could call them features. The fixture has the function of splitting multiple colours and due to the beam lens makes a pretty cool helix pattern
Here is a video of the auto / sound function that you can enable on the fixture to move / change colour to music.
The focal length of the fixture is pretty large and to get a clear image there is a lot of tweaking to be done as you can see with this gobo which is approximately 5 meters from the fixture going to 15 meters on the driveway.
If the show goes on channel 7 again Im sure these fixtures will be able to be seen! if not they'll be in my show videos.
There is another 3 on its way now the first tests have been completed.
I'll update this thread with any new discoveries I find with this fixture. Anyway hope you enjoyed let me know if you have any questions about the device!
