This equipment is only 2 weeks old at the most and was purchased for a school concert and now I am selling it on. The lot is in perfect condition, cosmeticaly and operationaly. The kit comes with all DMX leads to link this lot up and get going and also comes with all power cables and mounting brackets/stands. This would be the perfect setup for anyone wishing to get into DMX lighting or for someone to add to there lighting rig.

Whats in this setup -
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This is a full Chauvet DMX setup. This is not a commercial package that you can buy and is made up of seperatly purchased items, all of which are practicaly brand new and have only been used once.

3x Chauvet Navigator Plus-
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This scanner features 4 Channel DMX (1=Pan, 2=tilt, 3=gobo/colour, 4=shutter) control. full Pan and Tilt motion (panning 180* in 0.5 seconds and tilting 90* in 0.3 seconds). 14 Gobos/Colours inc White/Open. Superior Optics. Surface coated Flat Mirror. Built in beat activated programs (Sound2Light). Fan cooled. Bulb = 150W.


1x Chauvet Explorer Plus-
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This Barrel scan is the sister of the Navigator and so features exactly the same gobos/colours so that your light show can match. It has all the same features as above except that it has a barrel instead of a mirror.


1x Chauvet Lazer Scan-
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This scanner features a 5mw Green lazer as apposed to the normal bulb type scanners. This allows for some spectacular looking effects. Everyone loves a lazer . This scanner features 4 Channel DMX (1=pan, 2=tilt, 3=pattern, 4=shutter). Full pan and tilt (panning 180* in 0.5 seconds and tilting 90* in 0.3 seconds). (24) 2D Geometric Patterns, (24) 3D Geometric Patterns. Lazer "Sky" Effect. Surface coated flat mirror. Built in activated programs (Sound2Light). Fan Cooled. Blub = 5mw Green lazer diode.


1x Chauvet DMX-6 Controller-
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This is an excelent controller for DMX beginners and is fully compatible with all the the units in this setup. This is a universal controller and so can be used with almost any other brand off effect. Program units individualy or as a group. Fog control button for use with some chauvet fog machines. Controlls upto 9 inteligent (DMX) units with 6 channels per unit. 9 Programs of 50 Scenes. 54 DMX Channels. Grab any Unit on the fly. Beat Activation. Blackout button.
[img]http://www.chauvetlighting.com/system/pics/dmx6.jpg[/igm]

All Cables-
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Included with the setup are 5 DMX leads (4x 6metres and 1x 1metre) and all power cables to setup and get going imediatly!


So how much?-
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With all the equipment in this setup only being under 2 week old I am going to have to put a price of around £900 o.n.o for this setup. The navigators cost around £235.00, the explorer costs around £235.00 and the lazer scan sells for around £300-400. The controller sells for around £110. All cables cost around £50.

This comes to a toal of around £1450! I think £900 is a great price for all this kit! Here are some photos of the actual units.




So how do I make an offer?-
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If you want to make an offer then pelase e-mail me at chris.dawson@ntlworld.com with your offer. With there being alot of kit I would recommend that you come to collect this. I will however deliver to the north london/ Essex area but would prefer you collect. If you cannot collect then I will send with a courier at your cost. This will be £19 with Parcel2Go.com.

Thanks for looking!

not being funny, but wouldnt it have been far more cost effective to have hired this - especially now as you are going to lose money on it!

well it wasnt certain that the kit would be sold after the concert. the school was planning on buying it off me to keep it as a permenant setup but changed there minds. I have no use for it at the moment

Chauvet equipment loses value very quickly, since their trade price can drop dramatically especially when the £ is favourable against the US dollar and some dealers are advertising these new for half the RRP.

Maybe you would get more interest on Ebay?.

yeah i have put these on ebay as well.. had loads of looks but no bids yet. if they dont go for what im asking (£900) then ill lower it to 800... I wont drop bellow what i paid for these... must make a profit heh... i will however break even

Changing the topic slightly:

Chauvet products. They dont seem to be well made. I have heard endless stories about faulty Chauvet lights.

*waiting to me moaned at

Chauvet = Crap and I DO sell their gear!! . Only Chauvet could re-launch a 250W effect as a MK2 with a 150W lamp! - usually upgrading products is an opportunity to make them better / brighter however on this occasion Chauvet chose for some reason to DOWNgrade the microscan range!. (Joe obviosuly has the slightly better MK1 250W version....lucky for him)

Their customer service has become rubbish since another company bought out and took over the UK distribution and I have had to wait 8 weeks for stock to arrive and almost 3 months for spares. The only way I finally got spares out of them was to complain bitterly to their US head office.

A nightmare for a distributor, so imagine what level of service you would get as a consumer?. I know of a colleague in the industry who is so off with Chauvet's UK operation he buys directly from abroad!!

Chuavet's UK operation appear to be cutting down the amount of stock and spares they keep in the UK and this is NOT good news!.

Chauvet's reputation is rapidly failing and the 2nd hand value is worthless, I would be very interested to see if Bushboy DID get the original price for the Chauvet stuff he had for sale. Competition on lighting effects is intense and Chauvet has always been overpriced for what it is and does.

They brought out a light which is the same as the NJD Sword called the Slasher. Is the slasher made with cheap compoments? as it is cheaper then the orginal NJD Sword!


Yes customer service is bad. They also had major problems with transformers in certain lights they made. A lot of people had to take them back to be replaced.

Prices of NJD products fell dramatically when they were bought out by *Ahem* another company beginning with "S" and all production was moved abroad. You'll find that there is vey little price difference between the NJD and the Chauvet.

I think that you also answered your own question in your post regarding which would be te best option

Chris,

Off the Topic, how good are TAS MiniScan Ultra 200msd's?
I got givin a couple and just want to know how they compare to these Chauvet.

Cheers
Adrian

Glad I came acroos this topic 'cos there are so many different makes about, one
gets lost as to what is good or rubbish, I have a few GENI products in my setup
but only one is DMX and Im looking into going a bit further with the DMX effects
and I was looking at buying the Chavet DMX-50 Controller priced @ £195.00
would I be wasting my time with this product and are most DMX lighting effects
compatable

Cheers

First I can understand ANYONE buying Chav, chauv, cha, Shove it in the bin products, let alone spend a grand on the rubbish, I know I am going to upset some people but it is CRAP.

As for the set up, why did you buy it for them ?, if they were going to buy it off you after the concert surely you would have got a deposit of some kind, or just let them buy it themselves. I would have spent that amount of money on anything unless I was guarenteed not to have it in my garage afterwards.

I know it called experience but hiring the kit in would have been the way I would have done it, then if they wanted it, give them the price and buy it in, take the kit back to the hire shop, who would then give you discount if you brought the set up and you would have many some money without losing anything.

Lastly £900 is far too steep, I don't know what your costs were but if I were you I would put a reserve on it of £550 and bite the bullet just to get rid of the rubbish, or buy a set of speakers etc and use it as another set up/back up

Also next time spend a bit more cash and get some decent quality lights that will be easier to sell on or last longer if you keep them

Just wondering, has the equipment been sold yet?

Good Point ADS, I chuckled reading through that lol

Ads - is one mans crap another mans treasure..... ?

Only if it doesn't have Chauvet written on it.

CHAVET DEBATE !! LOL

I don't know what the fuss is to be honest.

I've had mostly chauvet lights since day one and I've never had one fail!

I've bought others becuase of this to be honest.

The only other units I've had were a pair of NJD chaos but I sold them on as they seemed to blow a bulb every other gig (some bulb as obsession) and there was very little difference between the 2.

I even dropped an obsession unit down 2 flights of stairs uncased and after hammering out all the dents (it was very bent!!!) it worked first time.

The bulbs seem to last for ages in them (except the abyss)

I can't comment on customer service because in 3 years reasonable use(twice most weekends) not one has failed!