What Effect??

[SC Events]

Hi all,

As part of my overhead lighting rig, i've got two cheapo moonflowers, positioned at each end, purely lighting the dance floor.

Now, as they're getting on a bit and are not DMX-able, I want to replace them with a better effect. They are not bad effects themselves, but lack of DMX etc lets them down.

I like the NJD Datamoons but realise they have been discontinued for some time, however there is a pair going on eBay for £150 incl Flight case and Controller and am tempted.

If not the datamoons, is there a similiar effect, possibly LED, that is on the market? I don't want Barrell Scanners like the ADJ InnoRolls as I already have similar effects.

Thanks all

[DJ Jules]

In the DMX LED moonflower camp there is basically the Acme Cougar (£249 a pair), Acme Cheetah (£600 a pair) and the Chauvet Obsession (2.0 LED version - now discontinued I believe, but around £200 a pair). The obsession is most reasonably priced one of the lot, the Cheetah's are a huge amount of cash for what they are (but they do have a 50w LED, separate colour/gobo wheels and are very smooth).

If you can do without DMX then there's the Acme Gobo Flower for not a lot of money and the Acme LED Stormbird is worth considering as well (15w LED moonflower with rotating prism)

Julian

[DJ Jules]

While I was looking for something else I just discovered that Equinox now do a DMX "Power Flower".

It's a 20W COB LED Moonflower effect with 11 gobos for between £99 and £129 (depending where you shop). The only limitation (from what I can see) is that they've used coloured mirrors on the reflector dish and metal gobo's - meaning that every pattern comes out multicoloured.

Looks good for the money though!

Julian

[SC Events]

Cheers Jules, i'll give them a google and have a butchers!

[ianforest]

Yep, I keep looking at those COB power flowers...but some time ago I also noticed they do a slighty different version called the Impact Flower. This is basically the same as the power flower however you get gobo's that are all the same colour. It's a fixed gobo/colour wheel but it is DMX and it's very very smooth

http://www.prolight.co.uk/DJ/item.php?id=510061

Here's Mike @ Phase One's video review...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvHQe62Kdn8

Same price as well, about £99

[ianforest]

Not forgetting also Acme's Dynamic 25 Spin which uses a 25w CREE LED...

[DJ Jules]

Yep, I keep looking at those COB power flowers...but some time ago I also noticed they do a slighty different version called the Impact Flower.

Good spot! I didn't notice the difference when I went through their site earlier.

Not forgetting also Acme's Dynamic 25 Spin which uses a 25w CREE LED...

At £185 a unit - I have a suspicion that the Cougars might be discontinued soon as these are basically the same unit with an uprated LED

Julian