Hey guys,
I had requested approximately 18 Tri Pars in a quote for our new church building. I recently came across the Design Wash Leds and I am considering maybe going with some of them in place of the Tri Pars.

I will not be using conventional lighting, it will be all led and discharge fixtures.

My question is, for the downstage truss which will be approximately 10' away from the stage, would I be better of going with the Led Pro, or the Led 60? In other words, how does the Design Wash Led 60 compare in output to the Tri Par?

Thanks,
Justin

Well, the Designs will blow away the Opti Tri. The LED 60 has 180w of LED behind it and the LED Pro has 324w of LED behind it. The Opti Tri has 54w for comparison.

Size wise, the DWLED 60 only has a 15 degree beam vs the 25 degree beam of the DWLED Pro and the Opti Tri. Keep that in mind, because you will need more DWLED 60s to wash a stage then the other two fixtures. Also, the Opti Tri is using tri-color LEDs, so no color shadows. Not sure if this is an issue or not for your application, but something else to keep in the back of your mind.

Thanks Serra. The Tri Color leds were one of the reasons I was going with the Tri Pars after seeing them used for front lighting in a church.

I just wonder how well the white leds will perform if blended with the rest of the color leds for front lighting. Hopefully, some pictures of these will come out soon.

They will probably add a 4th color shadow unfortunately.

I love the tri-color stuff. And something else to keep in mind is generally your front light doesn't have to be has powerful as your back and side light for effect lighting. Stuff on the ground shooting into the air for air effect has to be the most powerful since it needs to cut the haze along with all the other light on stage.

The Tri par LED white is a very nice white light that comes from the unit. I have played with them firsthand and they are nice fixtures.
Sincerely,

I agree... Video cameras LOVE the light from those things.

Let me ask you this. Are there any plans in the works to do a moving wash with the tri leds? If not, I am considering using some "Right Arms" by Apollo.

Thanks,
Justin

I wouldn't know about it if there was. not my dept.

Sincerely,

Can someone at Elation answer this?

I would think this would be something you are working on since you have had such great results with the Tri Leds.

Hi EBAC Lights,

Yes we can answer this but nothing we can put on the public forum. Trade scecrets and all...feel free to keep the comments coming and feedback - we do listen!

Best Regards,