Showlite FLP-5x8W Flatline Panel LED Spotlight RGBW

Powerful light and therefore also suitable for medium stages. As an accent spotlight also a good choice. With unplugged music, the fan can be disturbing! Otherwise, a lot of light at a fair price!

Light and robust par headlamp with good illumination.

Actually a good part for a good price! Shortcoming: The TWO built-in fans. This makes the part unfortunately unusable in quiet environments....
With Convenktionskühlung would be a first-class lamp!

top spotlight. colors are nice and bright. sufficient in any indoor area. with a small fog machine to give it the perfect effect

Due to an unavailable power cable (for connecting another spotlight), I unfortunately had to wait almost 8 weeks until I received my package. Unpacked the spotlight, screwed on the two metal brackets attached to the sides (included, the screws with washers are also included), plugged in the cable for the power supply and DMX with XLR connector (Kirstein offers this as a practical interconnect cable). Unpacked the light controller (the "small" LDO-10 MKII FS is perfectly adequate for me) and plugged the composite cable into a Schuko socket and the XLR plug into the corresponding OUT socket of the LDO-10. The power supply unit of the LDO-10 was also plugged into a socket and the light controller switched on. Now it was time to set the channel address of the first spotlight. Set the channel mode on the LDO-10 to DRGBW (= mode 6). This is suitable for the FLP-144W RGBW. Now set the address of the first channel (= slider of the LDO-10) on the back of the spotlight: 0001 and the lightshow can start. Further available addresses can be found on the back of the LDO-10 and of course in the manual.

Nothing can be done wrong (or broken). The plug connections are clear and cannot be connected incorrectly. The FLP-144W RGBW has 144 LEDs installed. These are NOT RGB LEDs but monochrome red, green, blue and white LEDs with a diameter of 10 mm, which are arranged in a ring to provide "illumination". The white LEDs can only be switched on "solo", while the colored LEDs can all be switched on simultaneously by the light controller if necessary.

Another great idea is to loop through both the mains connection (power supply extension) and the XLR extension for the DMX lighting protocol from one spotlight to the next. You should use high-quality cables for the DMX extension (such as those offered by Kirstein) so that the bytes of the DMX protocol with the control information are not corrupted. THAT would cause choas or even "darkness" in the light.

All in all, I am very happy with my purchase. I had no idea about "DMX" beforehand and had to 'educate' myself on the Internet. I therefore wrote to the friendly customer advisors at Kirstein and asked them to take a complete "look" at my order to make sure that I had selected everything correctly. The confirmation came shortly afterwards from a Kirstein employee. THAT is the best customer service. Very commendable.
Dieter