GLP Impression Spot One v High End Solaspot Pro CMY

[boardingbob]

Just had lovely Martin from AC in to demo some LED moving heads for our foh position.

 

Our shopping list of features was

- great colour mixing so can be used with tungsten fixtures

- wide, smooth zoom (ideally to 40 degrees)

- reliable so can be left up there all day, every day

 

We saw some great wash heads (Martin Aura and GLP x4), but were impressed by the extra features and flexibility offered by these LED spots, even though their beam edges are not so good.

 

Now, the High End had the better zoom and edges but 'steppy' fades and the GLP has fewer moving parts and the bonus of animation wheels but slightly less good colour mixing imho. Choices, choices! Price wise there's nothing in it, so it does just come down to the features.

 

Have any of you lovely lot experience of using these fellows? How have they worked for you? Thoughts on reliablility especially welcome, as they are not brands I've used much before.

 

ta!

[JackP]

We have 8 GLP spot ones in our rental stock, and love them. We recently demoed the HES Sola Spot CMY and had a lot of problems with it. These problems ranged from wight of the fixture, to design flaws, and just the features that they couldn't find room for in their already big light. In my opinion the GLP is the way to go, it has more features, and less moving parts. The one light I would tell you to look into if you already haven't is the ROBE DLX seeing as it has framing shutters. It is the next light we are going to demo, so I have not seen it in person and only know what it looks like on paper. But I will tell you this, we are always on the hunt for a better LED spot fixture than the GLP Spot One, and have yet to find one, every time we demo a new one we get reminded of why we bought the Spot One's in the first place! Also the color on the Spot One's take a little getting used to to make really good whites, but if you spend enough time with it you start to learn how the fixture likes to mix colors.

 

Happy Hunting!