Following on from yesterday's post on replacing my 4 par 56s, which of the following would you recommend. Budget is between £120-£150.

Illuminhaus Pro64 LED PAR 64 Can (183 10mm LEDs)

183 super bright 10mm LEDs
RGB Colour mixing
DMX Control
16.7 million colours
LED Lifetime: 100,000 hours
Pre-programmed colours and fades
Sound active/Auto running/DMX control modes
Weight: 2.5kg
£65 inc VAT


Showtec LED Wash Ultra Bright RGB 42454
The new Showtec LED Wall Ultra Bright RGB can create colourful light scenes. This RGB LED Floodlight is suitable for stage, clubs and other venues. Indoor Use
• Power Supply: AC 220V-240V, 50/60 Hz
• Power consumption: 34W
• LED/unit: 252 (52x red, 116x green, 84x blue)
• Standalone, Master-slave, Music controlled
• DMX-512
• Channels: 4
• RGB Colourmix

Price: £150.40 Including VAT



LEDJ Eco LED-56 Can Black
Short Black Par 56 can
Channels: 4
Control: DMX-512
Ultra bright 10mm LED's
Sound-control via internal microphone
Multi-colour changes
RGB Colour mixing
Master/Slave function
Sound activated
Rugged compact housing
LED Quantity: 108
Consumption: 18w
Beam 20 degrees
Lamp life: 100,000 hours
£45.65 inc VAT


American DJ Mega Bar LED
Ultra bright, indoor LED Color Bar with 252 10mm LEDs (48 Red, 108 Green, & 96 Blue LEDs)
5 operational modes, Program mode, Auto mode, Sound mode, Master/ Slave mode & DMX mode
Very smooth field with rich palettes of color created by mixing the Red, Green and Blue LEDs
Great as an architectural wall wash or for performance stages where traditional stage lighting emit a lot of heat onto performers
Smooth RGB color mixing (fast or slow color change operation)
Color strobe effect
DMX-512 Protocol
Electronic Dimming: 0 - 100%
Beam angle: 40-degree
Linkable via 3-pin XLR cable
4-button LED display on rear panel
AC outlet on rear to daisy chain power
Includes mounting brackets
Power Draw: 30W
Dimensions (LxWxH): 1025x65x88 mm
Weight: 2.8 kg
£129 inc VAT

CHAUVET Colorstrip
Beam angle: 63° x 29°
Field angle: 82° x 52°
Lux: 1,127 @ 1m
Light source: 384 (128 red, 128 green, 128 blue) LEDs 100,000hrs
Power and current: 120V, 60Hz: 33W, 0.3A operating, 0.2A inrush
AC power: Autoswitching 100V - 240V 50/60Hz
Weight: 4.5lbs (2kgs)
Size: 965mm x 64mm x 152mm
$240 incl shipping (Does anyone know of a UK stockist?)


Any other suggestions welcomed

I think it really depends on what you want to do with them.

We own a set of Eurolite PAR 64's with the 10mm LED's - probably similar to the Illuminhous you list. Use them mainly for uplighting, have quite a tight beam angle, but nice and bright. Nopw and again they get popped on an overhead bar and used for fill lighting on the rig which works quite nicely.

Also got to try the ADJ Mega Bars last weekend. Very very different unit. Same type of LED's, but give a much wider spread of light. Would say the throw is fairly similar to the PAR's, but they offer a different type of effect. Personally not something I would use on a rig, but offers a different option for architectural work. Also wasn't all that wowed by the built in sequences on the ADJ kit, but that may have more to do with us popping them on a blue drape!

It's worth remembering that the output from an LED PAR will not match that of a traditional unit.

I'm really trying to reorganise my lights (and make them a bit lighter) so I was thinking of replacing my two light stands with a goalpost and have a kam swingfire in the middle with an led par can (or 2 depending on brightness) either side and my led dynarocks on the outside of them, or alternatively the swingfire with the dynarocks either side and the light bar mount on the top of the goalpost. The led parcans are to replace my existing halogen par 56s and they will provide the 'flashing lights' whilst the other unit provide the 'moving effects'