So I have seen quite a bit of chinese knock off fixtures from random places like DJ's and churches. And it's been mostly just LED fixtures or lamps. But recently I worked a festival that had a decent amount of nice gear like Mac 2k's and Thomas blinders, etc. But then they pulled out these knockoff versatubes and LED pars. And after a while I noticed it was more and more knockoffs like Mac 250 knockoffs and supposedly had alooot of chinese shackles.
So to get to the point, what is your opinion on knockoffs vs the leading companies? At what point does it become a problem/liability/insult on the industry? If you're a professional production company putting up large tent stages for thousands of people, do you think it's time to start upgrading to the name brand gear or do you think it's acceptable to use that equipment full time?
And as for the things like the shackles and spansets, what are your views? I'm not a rigger, so I don't understand the math and whatnot to how all of that works. But is there a difference in those versus the ones that are normally used?
So to get to the point, what is your opinion on knockoffs vs the leading companies? At what point does it become a problem/liability/insult on the industry? If you're a professional production company putting up large tent stages for thousands of people, do you think it's time to start upgrading to the name brand gear or do you think it's acceptable to use that equipment full time?
And as for the things like the shackles and spansets, what are your views? I'm not a rigger, so I don't understand the math and whatnot to how all of that works. But is there a difference in those versus the ones that are normally used?