Stairville LED PAR 64 10 mm silver Floor

This is now known in our place as the house "party light".

If you're not too serious about lighting, this is a fairly cheap, energy efficient light. It's not blinding when it's on, but it has a few settings on the back for self-controlled operation.

When it's on, the party has officially started. That's for sure.

Of course with no control mechanism or brain, we are treated to a smooth transition of colours (you can set this via the PIN jumpers on the back).

I bought a DMX mixer for it, but couldn't get them to talk unfortunately. So I kept the light.

Pros - cheap and cheerful, works fine, a decent amount of light comes out.

Cons - Not that bright, light is quite focussed, not diffuse. Also, the cable is VERY short, although I'm sure it's the correct length if you were to permanently mount it on something.

Good light output from a small, light unit. However the build quality isn't great and in the past year I've had to repair 4/5 units (full disclosure - I don't flight case them, although they are kept in boxes). Most damage has come from moving the legs around (rubber washers break, threads wear). However, they are very cheap and there's a fair amount of DMX control available. They also look great and come with some useful built in colour chases and fades. The light output is nice and even, covers a decent area and there's very little fringing apparent (unless you put them right against a wall or something).

Cheap and cheerful, but be prepared to pamper them a bit.

I used to use two quad bars of led par cans to light my function band. However, I quickly got tired of carrying two full sets of lights and stands around, especially because we often needed only one set of lights.

As an experiment (which I was able to afford as this light is such good value!) I bought one of these floor standing led lights to uplight our singer with and I continue to use just one set of quad led par cans on a stand at the back of the stage.

All I can say is that I'm glad I took the gamble and bought this, it saves me boot space and the lighting level is perfect :)