Stairville Tri Flat PAR Profile 5x3W 25°

Honestly, at this price I didn't expect much! Here are some of the things I like most and that made me choose this model over all the others:
- It's cheap
- It can lay flat on the ground with its rubber feet, or with its double bracket, so the possibilities are quite endless
- It has DMX IN, DMX out, power in and power out, so it's easy to daisy chain the spots in a long chain for uplighting, without needing extension cords or power distribution units
- Its light output is quite good (don't have much other lights of the sort to compare to)
- It doesn't heat up (left it on all day, it's barely warm to the touch)
- the color mixing is pretty good (you have to look very closely to see the RGB mix)
- It looks pretty sturdy with its all-metallic casing
- the colors it outputs are quite beautiful. The white is a little blue-ish, but I suppose you don't get this fixture if you're after a calibrated white balance.

Some things I noted on the negative side:
- my power-in IEC is a bit wobbly
- the infrared remote is very hard to use and almost never works (but really, it's a gadget feature... i use it for mood lighting my studio at the moment and I must point it 100% on the infrared sensor, and even then, it works one time out of ten)
- the menus are cumbersome (but again, with 4 seven-segment digits and 4 buttons, it's hard to make it much easier)
- the screen is just behind the brackets, so when using the brackets to rest it on the floor, it's very very hard to read the screen
- when using the menu to key-in RGB colors, at very low values (1 and 2 out of 255), the result is unpredictable, sometimes the led turns on, sometimes dimmer than other times, sometimes not.
- when the power is turned off and on again, it starts on random values or programs. Quite often mine starts in "strobe" mode :)

I haven't had the time to test the device in DMX yet, i only used its menus and infrared remote.

I think none of those remarks are show stoppers, and I'll most likely get 5 more of those as soon as I can. They aren't perfect for mood lighting (there are a lot of led lights on the market for that), but i'm sure they're useful in any club or mobile dj kit. Can't wait to take them on the road!

I confess to my newbie status in regards to both lighting and DMX as such, but must still point out that these lights so far delivered above expectations.

Using mainly for late evening Rock Gigs, they absolutely have supplied enough illumination. They also feel very sturdy and was very easy to setup and control.

From a usage standpoint, supported functions, strobe, colours, etc is complented by a couple of built in programs which do make one's life a bit easier.....as a short-cut !!