Stairville xBrick Full-Colour 16x3W

I have had 10 of these units for the past 3-4 years (Mk1) and toped up with 6 more (Mk2) within the last year or so, had no real issues only that they blow fuses quite regularly and 1 did get returned (Mk1) under the 3 year warranty as it failed to come back on. This as always with Thomann was easy and fast.
They have a spare fuse holder in the IEC connector so I keep fuses in them for when they blow, i probably use the lights 10 times a year for 2 days at a time and would estimate that every other time they are out a fuse blows.

If you are using the lights to uplight a wall, the stands do get in the way and are not tall enough to allow an XLR to sit in the DMX socket without caching the floor, I have got around this by adding some stands, but if you are flying these or using them as a general wash this isn't an issue.

The main feature that is missing which is a real pain for me, is the ability to set a solid colour. You have the ability in standalone mode to set either "Fade" which fades through the colour spectrum at a chosen speed, "Sound" which plays back patterns in time with music or "Colour" which I would expect to be able to set for instance red or blue, so the light stays on a pre selected colour but this setting scrolls through different colours without fading or the ability to adjust the speed.
So the only way to keep the lights on lets say red all the time, is to DMX them together and have a control desk, a real pain if you have 16 lights around a marquee and you want to alternate red and white, especially if you are uplighting the walls as the addition of the DMX lead means you need an additional stand to get the angle right with out the DMX cable hitting the floor.

All in all a very nice light but the lack of a solid colour option means that they are sometimes a pain to use. Not really recommended for architectural use as the fuses do blow.

The Mk2 update was nice with the IEC Loop out.

Great light, nice disco effect, good for washes too.

The manual was difficult, and the buttons are confusing.

I eventually figured out how to set sound-to-light vs fades - two useful manual settings - this is what I cut out and stuck onto the light for reference...hope it helps for you non-dmx people out there!

STAIRVILLE XBRICK
PRESS MENU until it says SLAVE MODE (ENTER)
UP/DOWN until it says MASTER MODE (ENTER)
now it says SLAVE MODE again (PRESS UP)
Now it says SHOW MODE (ENTER)
UP/DOWN to select SOUND/FADE/COLOUR (ENTER)
If FADE is chosen, use UP/DOWN for fade time (ENTER)
PRESS AND HOLD MENU TO ACTIVATE

I've bought two of these lights as I like them so much. Two lights are more than enough to light my three piece band either in a pub or at a small outdoor event. They are quite versatile and I use them either on a slow fade or set to give a show. They look great as backlighting on show mode with additional frontal lighting provided, particularly when they're dmx'd together.

The first light I bought failed soon after purchase, as has been discussed by other reviewers, with the fuse blowing. The fuse section has a spare fuse included, but I've bought some aftermarket fuses since and had no further trouble.

Easy to use, great light output and take up hardly any space. Wicked product!

I bought this LED light as a backdrop wash to be fixed above the drummer and facing down from about 10 feet up. Nice compact item which seems well built and has a nice bright output, coming from the 16x3w LEDs. The xBrick has a number of inbuilt programs, probably the most useful is the fade, with a configurable time - ranging from 1 (fast), to 10 (slow - probably 4-5 seconds between colours). Does the job well and excellent value for money. My only criticisms would be that the beam angle is quite narrow (easily fixed by gaffa taping some frost onto the front) and secondly the unit does get quite hot in use so we will see if this has any impact on durability.