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Bracket distorted and became unsafe after fist use
I bought 2 of these a while back and never got around to using them. The other night I had a wedding to do and I said why not, I'll use them.Mounted 2 small moving heads on one of them (1 each side) and put a lazer on the top in the middle. After the gig, when taking down I noticed the bracket connecting the bar to my pole was distorted. Upon further examination, it is completely mangled because the bolt is welded to a very thin piece of metal. Should be at least 5mm thick steel for this kind of thing, but it's wafer thin. Going to contact thomann and send pics and hopefully they can replace the brackets without me having to send everything back.
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Good idea, not so good execution
Bought two of these, because the premise sounds great - any speaker stand becomes a lighting stand, with integrated power and DMX signal connectors which saves time and cables. You could also possibly leave the lights attatched and connectedd so it's really easy to put the lighting together when doing similar gigs in a row. Unfortunately, the design is not thought out and the quality seems poor.
First, the bolts to attatch lights are too long, unnecessary screwing wastes time. Second, there are five power and DMX sockets, but there are only four bolts for lighting included. Third, the DMX and Powercon inputs are at the and of the bar. It would make a lot more sense to put them at the center. Fourth, the Powercon cable included is ridiculously short. Fifth, the speaker pole adapter is too wobbly. It could have used a big washer or larger contact surface, or maybe two bolts. And finally, after about 6-7 uses, the adapter attaching bolt just broke off. Will not bother with the warranty, I'll have a more suitable replacement part made. All in all, a lot of the problems described you can fix, but you shouldn't have to. They do have their uses, but I don't think I'd buy these again.
First, the bolts to attatch lights are too long, unnecessary screwing wastes time. Second, there are five power and DMX sockets, but there are only four bolts for lighting included. Third, the DMX and Powercon inputs are at the and of the bar. It would make a lot more sense to put them at the center. Fourth, the Powercon cable included is ridiculously short. Fifth, the speaker pole adapter is too wobbly. It could have used a big washer or larger contact surface, or maybe two bolts. And finally, after about 6-7 uses, the adapter attaching bolt just broke off. Will not bother with the warranty, I'll have a more suitable replacement part made. All in all, a lot of the problems described you can fix, but you shouldn't have to. They do have their uses, but I don't think I'd buy these again.
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