kiwitechgirl
Well-Known Member
See, I wonder every time I see a thread like this why the USA has never seemed to have taken to the clamps commonly in use here in Aus/NZ and also in Britain. Link to them here:
50mm Stage Lighting G CLAMP Black - WhyBuyNew.co.uk
The older ones don't tend to be rated, but new ones usually have a SWL of 50kg stamped on them. I've happily hung Mac250s off a pair of them, and they have the advantage (in my eyes anyway) of not being able to slip off the bar once you've hung the light, before anything is tightened up or safetied. Yeah, you do have to lift the unit a couple of centrimetres higher, but not that much...and I've never seen one break, not like a C-clamp. Here Down Under they tend to have a 3-cornered plastic handle for tightening, rather than a wing bolt as in that link, but pretty much the same thing.
50mm Stage Lighting G CLAMP Black - WhyBuyNew.co.uk
The older ones don't tend to be rated, but new ones usually have a SWL of 50kg stamped on them. I've happily hung Mac250s off a pair of them, and they have the advantage (in my eyes anyway) of not being able to slip off the bar once you've hung the light, before anything is tightened up or safetied. Yeah, you do have to lift the unit a couple of centrimetres higher, but not that much...and I've never seen one break, not like a C-clamp. Here Down Under they tend to have a 3-cornered plastic handle for tightening, rather than a wing bolt as in that link, but pretty much the same thing.