Stairville LED PAR 56 Pol. 151 LEDs RGB 4-stars Reviews

Solid par cans

I bought 4 of these as a bit of an experiment as I did not expect much from them for the price. However, I cannot recommend them enough. The build quality is good, they're nice and bright and function well either as stand alone sound to light units or running as DMX.

I added the lights to a current small venue setup controlled by PC using a usb to dmx adapter and Freestyler software. Although Freestyler does not have a Stairville LED fixture, I found 2 or 3 other 5 channel LED fixtures that functioned well with the cans.

I bought a roll of 'Lee Colour Filter 216 2 Diffusion' which gives you a flat colour from the LEDs rather than a mixture of R, G & B. It works really well dispite a small loss of brightness.

The lights have now been gigged 2 or 3 times and worked really well. I will definitely be purchasing some more of these.

Stairville LED PAR 56

Very durable on the road and does exactly what I need it to do,would definitely buy again.

Best value LED Par 56

Buying in quantity at these prices they are so cheap. So easy to DMX program and even easier to set to static or sound to light.

my lights

these work well with a new dmx mixer

fantastic value, medium quality

***pros***

- good light output ('good enough' compared with the 10mm versions)

- easy access / exceptional support if any problems do arise (replaceable led board + fuses under warranty)

***cons***

- no free / floor standing, needs to be hung.

- As with all LED cans, the separate LEDs are quite distinct, and diffusing filters are expensive. I made some hard filters out of an old sheet of perspex (a big picture frame, sanded and cut to size) which improved the appearance a lot.

- quality is great for price, but not amazing - an IEC socket rather than a trailing cable might solve some problems, as the plastic cable retainers can come loose, requiring dismantling the whole thing to re-attach.

- DMX support for strobing seems questionable (with freestyler software)