FaithlessRock Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hi, I have seen various pieces of equipment in use which protect lighting effects such as moving heads and scanners from the rain when they are rigged outdoors, such as transparent globes. Does anyone know where these are available from as I have Googled them and cannot find anything. Alternatively, does anyone have anhy hints/ideas for protecting equipment from the rain they would like to share? Thanks in advance, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Stage Electrics hire out an inflatable "MACdome" unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 If you would like to place an order or receive any further information on the Clear Towair, contact us on 01844 203640, or email sarah @ airstar.co.uk For information on any of Airstar UK products, please visit: www.airstar.co.uk From an email Airstar sent me after PLASA show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunk_1984 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Martin have these accessories for that purpose: http://martin.com/productsubgroup/products...tingaccessories And ROBE have these: http://www.robelighting.com/default.aspx?c...b2-3e356457ee73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justymc Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 HSL in blackburn have the ROBE inflatable domes available for hire. We have used them a number of times and they are far better than the Solid MAC domes although Martin Pro now produce the inflatable kind as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave singleton Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Both have been discontinued by Martin now. Theres a company who are dealing with these products in france I believe. I'm just rapidly trying to remember what they were called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of lx dad Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Though Martin do not manufacture the inflatable MacDome anymore (the hard shell ones were a pain in the a***) there are many available from most hire companies. The usual suspects can all help you out. Robe also manufacture an overly complicated exterior dome, which, without retro fitting, is only designed to use Robe fixtures in my experience. Again the usual suspects such as the afore mentioned HSL or SLX have these in stock. Both products would serve you well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salazar Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Well, these folks are in the USA, not Europe but they do make outdoor enclosures for many different moving fixtures, intended more for permanent installations though, such as Disney and other theme parks:http://www.tempestlighting.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekij Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I've used big tough plastic bags before for protecting speakers. Assuming you get clear ones (obviously, the ones we used for the speaker stack had a pink tinge) you might be able to use them for lanters. Although you'd need to be careful about heat, many lanters assume they are hung in 'free air' and even ensuring the bag doesn't touch the lantern may be insuficient.You might also suffer from some beam distortion. Definately at the "cheap and nasty" end of the solution spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bleasdale Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I think stage electrics is your best bet as they stock the macdomes as the first post said, and they usually are reasonably priced hope this helps joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entbbe Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi Mark,Just to give you an idea on some costs, The designed protection for the Coemar Flex series has a recommended price of £5676.00 Nigel @ Intelligent Coemar :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyb Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Enlightened Lighting (we) have a fair few of the Robe 575 domes. A word of note is that they need an extra plastic cover if they are to be used upside down. Also, the image projection through the join of the top and the side is not great with respect to image clarity. andrew And ROBE have these: http://www.robelighting.com/default.aspx?c...b2-3e356457ee73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justymc Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Both have been discontinued by Martin now. Theres a company who are dealing with these products in france I believe. I'm just rapidly trying to remember what they were called.They are both still current products as far as the martin website is concerned. I can remember seeing some made by OXO called Condome. Is this the one you were thinkin of ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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