Hey CB!
I've seen a few posts on here in the past asking about Blizzard units so I thought a review might be helpful.
LAVA has the 3W RGBA Rocklite version. This version is special order (RGBAW is stock) so you might have to wait a little while if you order it. MAP is $359.99... you will likely get it for less if you call a dealer (Mike and Bill on CB come to mind).
We played with them in the shop a couple of times and used them on the first actual show last night. We are amazed with these units! These are BRIGHT. They are about at bright as a 300W par56 in white and a LOT brighter in colors.
Saturated colors are good-- I think Seladors are the only LEDs I've seen with better saturated colors. I expected good saturated colors, but what is truly surprising is that we can get descent pastels and whites. I was able to mix a n/c pink and n/c purple with these (haven't tried n/c blue). We use them for live events (bands mostly) and they work well for front wash for that type of show. I wouldn't suggest using them for front wash for theatre or talking heads, but I think they would work well for a back/down wash for either of the above.
On the show yesterday we used 4 of them from about 25' to wash a 16' wide stage for a band. The band and promoter were both happy with them (well I'm not sure how happy the band was about being blinded, but they were happy with how the show looked!). They were so bright that we ran them at 40-50% for a lot of the show in a room with the overhead lights on.
Our other new toy from Blizzard is the wicicle WDMX. We used it for about 40' (line of sight other than when audience got in the way) during the show and had no noticeable issues or drop outs. For this application it was totally plug and play. We also tested ranges and were able to get at least 200' line of sight, a floor above, and about 100' without line of sight. Not sure if there would be drop outs in these situations as we tested quickly. These work on 2.4Ghz (wifi) bandwidth and up to 7 systems can be operated simultaneously.
I've seen a few posts on here in the past asking about Blizzard units so I thought a review might be helpful.
LAVA has the 3W RGBA Rocklite version. This version is special order (RGBAW is stock) so you might have to wait a little while if you order it. MAP is $359.99... you will likely get it for less if you call a dealer (Mike and Bill on CB come to mind).
We played with them in the shop a couple of times and used them on the first actual show last night. We are amazed with these units! These are BRIGHT. They are about at bright as a 300W par56 in white and a LOT brighter in colors.
Saturated colors are good-- I think Seladors are the only LEDs I've seen with better saturated colors. I expected good saturated colors, but what is truly surprising is that we can get descent pastels and whites. I was able to mix a n/c pink and n/c purple with these (haven't tried n/c blue). We use them for live events (bands mostly) and they work well for front wash for that type of show. I wouldn't suggest using them for front wash for theatre or talking heads, but I think they would work well for a back/down wash for either of the above.
On the show yesterday we used 4 of them from about 25' to wash a 16' wide stage for a band. The band and promoter were both happy with them (well I'm not sure how happy the band was about being blinded, but they were happy with how the show looked!). They were so bright that we ran them at 40-50% for a lot of the show in a room with the overhead lights on.
Our other new toy from Blizzard is the wicicle WDMX. We used it for about 40' (line of sight other than when audience got in the way) during the show and had no noticeable issues or drop outs. For this application it was totally plug and play. We also tested ranges and were able to get at least 200' line of sight, a floor above, and about 100' without line of sight. Not sure if there would be drop outs in these situations as we tested quickly. These work on 2.4Ghz (wifi) bandwidth and up to 7 systems can be operated simultaneously.