Trixfer?

[lightbyfire]

Has anyone here seen the new product bates came out with over the summer called the Trixfer? it is an oversized molded male to female stagepin, but with a hole on the underside for SOOW cable to make it a twofer (or i suppose if you added a molded twofer end a threefer) either way they i saw a sheet for it the other day at a local supplier and it seems very interesting to me.

I was just wondering if anyone had picked one up yet. I was told it runs about 21 bucks for a 36" whip, almost bought one but decided id ask around.

[avkid]

This?
http://www.theatrix.net/main/trixfer.htm

[lightbyfire]

That would be it, i guess they just decided to remarket it.

[gafftaper]

That's interesting... that website doesn't you found doesn't exactly do a good job of explaining the product. Also oddly the Marinco/Bates website doesn't seem to list it. Maybe they are waiting for a big introduction at LDI or something?

[STEVETERRY]

Originally Posted by lightbyfire

Has anyone here seen the new product bates came out with over the summer called the Trixfer? it is an oversized molded male to female stagepin, but with a hole on the underside for SOOW cable to make it a twofer (or i suppose if you added a molded twofer end a threefer) either way they i saw a sheet for it the other day at a local supplier and it seems very interesting to me.
I was just wondering if anyone had picked one up yet. I was told it runs about 21 bucks for a 36" whip, almost bought one but decided id ask around.

So, let me get this straight: this would be a twofer with one leg of 4 inches or so where you can't knot the cable for strain relief, and the other leg of 36". Could somebody explain to me what possible use this would be?

ST

[gafftaper]

Originally Posted by STEVETERRY

So, let me get this straight: this would be a twofer with one leg of 4 inches or so where you can't knot the cable for strain relief, and the other leg of 36". Could somebody explain to me what possible use this would be?
ST

Yeah, I'm a little confused about that point too. I stared at that web page a long time trying to figure out if there was something I'm missing. I'll take a good old fashioned two fer any day.

[soundlight]

Originally Posted by STEVETERRY

So, let me get this straight: this would be a twofer with one leg of 4 inches or so where you can't knot the cable for strain relief, and the other leg of 36". Could somebody explain to me what possible use this would be?

ST

That's what was confusing me...same as Gaff...seems like a standard twofer will do the job just as well, and make life easier while cabling.

[soundman]

I think its for those times where you need one light right at the end of the pigtail or cable and the next light isnt. This will solve the issue of the coil of cable, a very speacil use item but that might be why you dont see them around.

[derekleffew]

Originally Posted by soundman

I think its for those times where you need one light right at the end of the pigtail or cable and the next light isnt. This will solve the issue of the coil of cable, a very speacil use item but that might be why you dont see them around.

Asymmetrical tufer? Non-isosceles two-for-one? But what if the line connector (female) is exactly between two fixtures? I'd rather deal with a small loop of cable than say repeatedly: "no, not that twofer, the other kind of twofer." Seems easier to make a cable shorter than longer. While I've never seen it on Mythbusters, I pretty sure there's no such thing as a cable-stretcher. I have to go wash the gels now.

All rectangles are parallelograms, but not all parallelograms are rectangles, or something like that.

By the same token, an "even" breakout is more versatile than a "staggered" one. One can become the other, but not the converse, unless you want 6 circuits 2' away from the knuckle and a big wad of cable in between.

STEVETERRY, you're not saying you tie 2P&G cables together are you? I thought that practice ended with the abatement of asbestos leads. At least that's when I stopped. When the male can't stay in the female, I won't let them be taped if I can help it. The male pins need to be spread/split, or it's just going to arc and heat and cook. Tape just covers up the problem and no one except me uses "courtesy tabs." And exactly how many newtons of force is correct to plug and unplug a connector. At least 75% of all Harj-Lock I've seen have been broken. Did anyone besides me feel the fiberglass sleeving from Kliegl fixtures made my forearms itch more than any other brands?

My new favoritist connector is the L21-30. Those new rounded edges stage pins are pretty neat also. 'Course you could tie a piece of tie-line diagonally across the square ones.

[SteveB]

Originally Posted by derekleffew

I pretty sure there's no such thing as a cable-stretcher.

Here's one !

http://www.modernfollowspotmonthly.c...fmcover1_7.jpg


If the link works

SB