Cheap and half decent LED par recommendations

[sunray]

6 hours ago, david.elsbury said:

Agreed. Pure spam

I have some that look just like those IIRC they were £69 for 4. But I assume I only have the one function model.

[gafferted]

For the money I've not come across anything to beat these. Solid aluminium construction. Straightford 4ch rgbw, fans that cut in when needed so silent a lot of the time. The only annoying feature is that the displays flash when receiving DMX, solid when not. Very distracting so mostly get taped over!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402892668921

[delicolor]

On 3/1/2024 at 10:03 PM, gafferted said:

For the money I've not come across anything to beat these. Solid aluminium construction. Straightford 4ch rgbw, fans that cut in when needed so silent a lot of the time. The only annoying feature is that the displays flash when receiving DMX, solid when not. Very distracting so mostly get taped over!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402892668921

These look good for the price, but how are they 25, 45 and 60 degrees? Or is it just shoddy cut & paste?

[Alec]

OP asked for cheap - these 12xRGBW come in at just £20.  I've had 4 that I've used for years.

They're plastic, and the yokes are pretty thin metal.  Fine for personal use, but wouldn't lend/hire them to anyone.  Whiny fan, but never a problem in a band scenario, and wouldn't be in a bar with music.  I like the fact that the sockets are side mounted, so the units will sit on their rear as uplighters, which is how I use them.  The colour fade pattern is less smooth than I'd like.  But DMX control is great.  Blinding on axis - fairly narrow bearm angle.  At that price, they're disposable.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32984755709.html

[Stuart91]

AliExpress are adding VAT automatically these days, so £20 magically becomes £24 at checkout for non-VAT registered people. 

I've seen a very similar design with a (budget) brand name attached to it and they seemed fine. 

[partyanimallighting]

Chinese? I bought outdoor rated RGBW LED PARs from Longman Lighting in 2013. For the past 11 years I may have changed 2 power supplies, a couple diodes and a couple amperage control boards. Still in service, still going strong.