This month’s Buyer’s Guide is on Audience Lighting (aka Blinders) luminaires. All of the submitted products use LED sources, which mean less power draw and no thermal issues. These concert lighting staples have a lot more uses than those crowd-pleasing retinal tanning cues. Creatively they are used to also tone trusses, wash the audience in color, and even as production design scenic elements. Here’s a range of fixtures so you can compare features for your creative needs. To download a PDF, CLICK HERE
ADJ Jolt Panel FX
- LEDs: 800 x 0.3W RGB SMD LEDs + 48 x 5W Cool White SMD LEDs
- Number of Cells: 848
- Total Wattage: 300W
- Pixel Mappable: N/A
- Color Temperature: Cool White: 6,500-7,000K
- IP Rating: IP20
- Weight (lbs.): 14
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 16” x 6.5” x 10”
Blizzard Lux Capacitor™
LEDs: 3 x 60W Warm White LEDs + 48 x 0.5W RGB LEDs- Number of Cells: 3
- Total Wattage: 274W
- Pixel Mappable: N/A
- Color Temperature: 2,200K
- IP Rating: IP20
- Weight (lbs.): 18.6
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 18” x 19” x 16”
- More Details: Lux Capacitor™ is a blinder effect that can emit very warm, vintage 2,200K color temperature light output from its 3 x 60W LEDs.
Chauvet Professional Strike Array 4
LEDs: Warm White / Amber- Number of Cells: 4
- Total Wattage: 245W
- Pixel Mappable: Yes
- Color Temperature: 2,800K
- IP Rating: IP65
- Weight (lbs.): 28.7
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 18.5” x 16.7” x 6.3”
- More Details: An outdoor-ready audience blinder with four high-power warm white LEDs housed in independently focusable pods with selectable red shift. Multiple units can be locked together tool free with easy, onboard connections.
Claypaky Tambora Flash
- LEDs: RGBWW 4 x 100W LED reflectors & 192 x 3.7W for the Strobe White LEDs
- Number of Cells: 4
- Total Wattage: 1,128W
- Pixel Mappable: Yes
- Color Temperature: N/A
- IP Rating: IP66
- Weight (lbs.): 23.15
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 19.68” x 7.08” x 5.03”
- More Details: Hybrid fixture that can act simultaneously as a strobe, wash, and blinder; designed with a modular approach for use in a linear array. Four large RGBWW LED reflectors of 100W each, individually controllable in each function.
Elation Professional DTW Blinder 700 IP
- LEDs: 175W Warm White/Amber COB LEDs
- Number of Cells: 4
- Total Wattage: 680W
- Pixel Mappable: Yes
- Color Temperature: 1,800K – 3,200K
- IP Rating: IP65
- Weight (lbs.): 28
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 15.7” x 9.7” x 16.1”
- More Details: Two-cell version also available. Emulates the “Dim to Warm” look of conventional tungsten / halogen fixtures. Extremely smooth dimming with variable dimming curve modes and strobe effects.
Martin by Harman VDO Atomic Bold
- LEDs: RGBW and RGB
- Number of Cells: 1 x RGBW & 72 x RGB Aura
- Total Wattage: 350W
- Pixel Mappable: Yes, via DMX or P3
- Color Temperature: 2,000 – 11,000K
- IP Rating: IP65
- Weight (lbs.): 16.9
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 11.3” x 14.6” x 11.3”
- More Details: Combines a high lumen output, full color beam with a pixel-controllable RGB Aura backlight to be used as an audience blinder, strobe, pixel mapping surface, eye-candy effect light, or wash.
Mega-Lite Tiltbot Trio
- LEDs: 572 x 1W RGB & 144 x 8W White
- Number of Cells: 3
- Total Wattage: 713W
- Pixel Mappable: N/A
- Color Temperature: CRI of 90 in White
- IP Rating: IP67
- Weight (lbs.): 23
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 22.12” X 13.12” X 5.5”
- More Details: An IP rated, versatile LED fixture that can be used as a blinder, strobe, and wash. The unit’s hybrid design and features make it ideal for a variety of applications.
Robe ColorStrobe™ LED Strobe/Blinder
- LEDs: 120 x 15W RGBW LEDs
- Number of Cells: Up to 12 Zones of Control
- Total Wattage: 1,300W
- Pixel Mappable: Yes
- Color Temperature: Variable Color Temperatures: 2,700K, 3,200K, 4,200K, 5,600K, and 8,000K
- IP Rating: IP20 & IP67 Models Available
- Weight (lbs.): 37
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 11.8” x 17.7” x 13.8”
- More Details: Add color into your blinding effects with the Robe ColorStrobe™ LED strobe/blinder with super-fast bursts of high-powered pulses which can be adjusted in frequency, duration, and intensity.
Roxx Cluster Blinder
- LEDs: WW + Amber + Red or RGB + Amber + WW
- Number of Cells: 2 or 4
- Total Wattage: 260W Per Cell
- Pixel Mappable: N/A
- Color Temperature: 2,900K or Tunable White
- IP Rating: IP65
- Weight (lbs.): 31
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 19.7” x 19.7” x 7.5”
- More Details: Includes true tungsten decay reproduction; Easily connectable both horizontally and vertically via integrated C-Lok system; Multiple tool-less array configurations; scalable from a single vertical line to large matrix like arrays. Distributed by ACT Entertainment.
SGM P-10
- LEDs: RGBW
- Number of Cells: 48 x 24W LEDs with 8 Individually Controllable Segments
- Total Wattage: 1,400W
- Pixel Mappable: Yes, by Segment
- Color Temperature: 2,000K – 10,000K
- IP Rating: IP65
- Weight (lbs.): 46
- Dimensions (L x W x H): 27.7” x 15.8” x 8.1”
- More Details: Over 40,000 lumens of controllable, calibrated light. Color mixing with IP65 and CX marine-grade corrosion resistance. Ideal for any event requiring an ultra-bright and super-long throw luminaire.
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