£100ish best budget led par

[haymere]

hi all

I am looking to spec some budget led pars at about £100 per unit to use as uplighters and general colour wash, what is good

Thanks

[Mystic]

I tend to like the Stairville Brick sold by thomann. they are quite bright and have a reasonably wide opening. however they don't look like a par, because it is LEDs ;)

[J Pearce]

I recently bought a couple of QTX hex pars for £79 the pair, and have been very impressed by them. Great light output and colour mixing, useful beam angle that doesn't vary hugely between colours. Build quality is reasonable for the price, they wouldn't cope with rough handling, they need to be cased and looked after, but they're not about to fall apart of their own accord.

[ABlackmore]

I recently bought a couple of QTX hex pars for £79 the pair, and have been very impressed by them. Great light output and colour mixing, useful beam angle that doesn't vary hugely between colours. Build quality is reasonable for the price, they wouldn't cope with rough handling, they need to be cased and looked after, but they're not about to fall apart of their own accord.

 

How much variance would you say there was in the beam angle? Also, on a slightly more niche note, how's the UV output on them? I've been hearing good things on the whole and to be honest for the price I'm half tempted to just roll the dice on a few of them as a budget backup solution for certain jobs.

[J Pearce]

UV isn't hugely powerful, but is useful output. Much dimmer than the rest of the colours.

The white is a nice clean white, and the amber is useful in colour mixing. I'd need to look at them again to comment on variance of beam angle across colours. I'll have them out tomorrow, if I get time I'll take some photos.

For the money you really can't argue.

[dbuckley]

I recently bought a couple of QTX hex pars for £79 the pair...

 

Which model and where from?

[J Pearce]

eBay - Link here

Good service from the seller too.

[timsabre]

"This listing (152079610855 ) has been removed, or this item isn't available."

[J Pearce]

Very odd, I get that error if I click that link, but not if I go via my watch list to that item which is up and open? Anyhow this search is the one you want - it's the 6 x 8W devices, there seems to be 2 variants, 6 round the outside or 5 round the outside and 1 in the centre. I believe mine are the latter, I'll confirm tonight when I'm in the same building as them. Edited July 28, 2016 by J Pearce

[ABlackmore]

UV isn't hugely powerful, but is useful output. Much dimmer than the rest of the colours.

The white is a nice clean white, and the amber is useful in colour mixing. I'd need to look at them again to comment on variance of beam angle across colours. I'll have them out tomorrow, if I get time I'll take some photos.

For the money you really can't argue.

 

Very kind of you, they certainly seem to fit the bill.

[dbuckley]

Are those QTXs fanned? If so, subjectively, how loud????

[J Pearce]

Yes, fanned. I'm using them with bands, so haven't noticed at all, but when I ran them up at home the fans were around level with the general background noise. Not tornado like fans at all! Might be an issue with the most intimate of studio theatres, but everything else you'd be fine.

 

 

Beam angle wise - useful beam seems to be about 2.5m wide on a 4m throw, so roughly 30-40 deg. Photos are posted below - the only space I could find was the (slightly messy) kitchen worktop, so the throw is quite short, but hopefully shows any inconsistencies between angle across the colours. UV and blue come out the same on the camera, but the UV is a fairly deep colour, L181 equivalent really rather than proper UV. Slightly dimmer than the rest, but does make things fluoresce.

 

White http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/bangadrum/image_3.jpeg

 

Amber http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/bangadrum/image.jpeg

 

UV http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/bangadrum/image_5.jpeg

 

Red http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/bangadrum/image_1.jpeg

 

Green http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/bangadrum/image_4.jpeg

 

Blue http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/bangadrum/image_2.jpeg

[ABlackmore]

Beam angle wise - useful beam seems to be about 2.5m wide on a 4m throw, so roughly 30-40 deg. Photos are posted below - the only space I could find was the (slightly messy) kitchen worktop, so the throw is quite short, but hopefully shows any inconsistencies between angle across the colours. UV and blue come out the same on the camera, but the UV is a fairly deep colour, L181 equivalent really rather than proper UV. Slightly dimmer than the rest, but does make things fluoresce.

 

Fairly par for the course for your average UV LED then, not too bad all things considered. That beam angle variance seems fairly minimal as well - I think you may have sold me on these haha. http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[J Pearce]

I'm on no commission sadly, just a satisfied customer.

[Gerry]

Are those QTXs fanned? If so, subjectively, how loud????

Just bought 6 of the QTX 6-in-1 units.

Had all six running in my dinning room at home and sound level, measured on my Android phone, was just under 50db at 2 mtrs distance.

Expect them to sound quieter in a larger room/ theatre.

Quite impressed with the light output and particularly the smooth dim up and down from and to zero.

Much better units than any others I have used in this sort of price range.

Cheers

Gerry