Review: The UKing Mini Wash Moving Head Lights! Moving Heads WITHOUT DMX??
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- These UKing Mini Wash Moving Heads are an extremely impressive, budget friendly DJ uplight, PACKED with features.
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Is this the perfect light for the solo mobile DJ trying to avoid bringing or running a DMX lightshow? Let me know in the comments below!! - Розваги
Excellent!! I have these lights for my mobile DJ set up, didn't even realise the manual positioning via the remote. Thank-you so much for taking the time to make this video.
Thanks for watching!! The remote is awesome for what it is and I’m glad that the video helped you! Cheers
Nice break down brotha!
Clear and to the point!
Yoo man I appreciate that!! Thanks for watching bro’
I finally took time out to watch this video. Very interesting Shay! I've been shying away from moving heads at my gigs because I don't like setting them up. I'm lazy lol, but you made it look cool and easy! Got me thinking 🤔 🤣
2L! Thanks for stopping by! I completely agree with you about that, and that's why I was so impressed by these ones. They're smaller than the typical big moving head, but that also makes them convenient for those smaller gigs. It's not lazy, its wanting to save your time, effort and your back!! LOL
Great video bro 😎
Yooo thank you my man!!
Well done ... realy good video.. thanx ;-)
Hey thanks for watching and the comment! I’m glad you enjoyed it!!
I know a company that uses these as uplights. They charge depending on of they are set to a static color for the night or of they will be included as the light show. 2 different rates, same light price difference is slightly doubled. Amazing.
Thanks for watching! Oh wow that is really interesting. They are basically uplights that move so that makes sense. Only downside would be having to find power for each individual one since they’re not battery powered, but hey if they’re charging well for it then makes sense! They are very versatile!
Nice! I'm always keeping an eye out for GigBar alternatives. I have a GigBar with only Pars and it's nice, but I would eventually want to get rid of the T-bar look.
Hey thanks for watching! Your gig logs are awesome!
Exactly I felt the same - I always had an eye out for ways to do lighting without T bar, and without having to bring totems (for space and convenience sake). These have been super convenient so far. For when I need extra lighting power, I’ve bought the Chauvet Wash Fx 2’s to mount on top of my speakers, but I don’t always use them. Are there any options you’ve been looking at?
@@MrMaui38 Thanks!
I've pretty much only thought about the Wash FX2 and tube lighting. I feel like tube lights provide enough wash and are aesthetically pleasing.
I like that you mount them on top of the speakers instead of under the speakers. Under the speakers just shines in people's eyes. I wouldn't mind totems, but I'd easily sacrifice space for aesthetics.
@@Ciulla55 I totally agree about the Wash Fxs -- they must be placed elevated, hence the tops of the speakers for me. It doesn't look the greatest so Totems or even those more sleek Gravity Stands/ Chauvet Flex Stands are intriguing, but for me space wise its about the limited space I have in my car. It's nice not to have to bring/setup separate light stands!
I've considered the tube lights, but at the price of the lights + stands, I just figured I'd wait until I grow into a totem/stand + Both Lighting Wash moving head combo at a similar price. The tube lights definitely look more convenient though!
Yes Shay! Nice video brother and really good info for starter moving heads. I actually tried these moving heads, but for the stuff we do, I didnt feel they would be powerfull enough so I sent them back. I have also tried the wireless dongle with the color code thing on them. They served me well for a year or so, but I found the bigger the crowd and further the distance, the more drop outs I'd get. This makes the lighting show terrible when you heavily rely on the lighting during key moments, such as first dances. You can't have a light drop out at that moment, everyone will notice it as it'll draw attention! So eventually, I moved over to the chauvet DMX dongle system and it's been great. Expensive, yes! But, they are 100% worth it IMO. Also, I'd advise any mobile DJ to invest in a WMX1. It has litterally changed the game for me in Lighting at my events and I won't do any gigs without it. Having the WMX1 has actually made me more money, as it's allowed me to showcase beautiful lighting concepts at events. I might have to do a video on it...
Anyways, keep it up brother!
Broo G thanks for stopping by and watching man! Your lighting is the inspiration man this is just my beginner steps. I totally agree that these wouldn’t have enough output for the kinds of shows you do. Ive seen the Chauvet ones but didn’t know that they are that much better performance wise vs these Chinly/Donner dongles! Good to know
Man if you made a video on that WMX1 that would seriously be a hit! I don’t have much lighting right now, but as I build up I am definitely thinking to buy something like that to get better control of my light shows.
Bro thank you so much for watching and commenting on my little beginner light video!! You set the bar and i can’t wait to see more of your videos for inspiration!!🔥
@@MrMaui38 All love brother! Keep it up bro! Any help you need with anything at all just let me know!
@@DJG.Music_ thank you so much man 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
great video! which bag did you buy? the amazon listing has 11 options. was it the 6 par lights option?
Hey, thanks for watching! Yes, it’s the six par light option! The RLBP6. The dividers are removable so you can customize it!
Hey man. I have 4 of these and they are so great. Just one thing. Is there a way to turn off the strobe when it’s in auto mode?
Hey thanks for watching! I appreciate the comment. Unfortunately, not that I know of. I usually keep them in Auto 2 mode, but even that one has one part where they strobe for a few seconds, though I don’t mind the strobe for a short time. I think the music/sounds modes strobe more often than the Auto modes. There is an auto mode that doesn’t strobe, but I think it only stays on one color in that mode, which isn’t as exciting haha. What kind of events do you use yours for?
@@MrMaui38My husband wants me to order the 7 x 10W Moving headlight from UKing. He wants them to plug into the wall. Do you know if these moving headlights plug into the wall? Thanks for your video.
@@brandydavis6782 thanks for watching! These require power to work so yes, they have to be plugged into the wall with a regular IEC power cable. It comes with two short power cables, and you can also use any IEC cables you may already have. Hope that answers your question!
@@MrMaui38 Thanks for responding. Yes, you’ve answered my question, my husband is ordering two of them today. Enjoy the rest of your evening.
Hi Shay
How I can set this light pan&tilt inversión, just to position the lights one side (front)not back of the stage with sound mode.
Thank you
Hey thanks for watching! This is one of the drawbacks of the light, because you can’t get it to stay exactly in the area you want without DMX., but there is a way.
So when you scan through the menu, there are degree settings for first the pan and the tilt, and I believe they’re in increments of 90, 180, 270 and 540 (tilt cuts off at 180 I think). You can adjust these and see if it will get the lights to stay in the area you want in sound mode! It’s not as exact as when you if you were to set it with DMX, but can will help the lights stay more in the general area you want. Hope that helps!
Thank you
Hi
You mention on the video this can be set also reverse pan&tilt how I do that? Thanks buddy.
When you are scrolling through the menu options, you will see a setting come up that says “pan” and then one that says “tilt”. On each of these press the enter button (usually the 4th button on the far right) and this will turn on the reverse setting, which will show as “r tilt” and “r pan”. Hope this helps!
Got it thank you.
nice review bro! Great Buy I Have 2 Using Moving heads also!
Yoo wolf thanks watching bro!! Which ones do you have??
@@MrMaui38 np brother I have the U King Mini LED Moving Heads I don’t use them anymore because I dropped one and it stopped moving. I never got anymore but with this review I think I’m going to purchase these.
@@djwolfletsgo oh nice those are the gobo ones right? Yea bro these are awesome they’re basically like moving par lights and fit perfectly in that bag so you don’t have to worry about dropping them 😂 can’t beat the price too
@@MrMaui38 yes and right bro I put them in my Rockville bag that I carry my two wireless wash pars. It has 4 slots so I’m able to put to pars and two moving heads
@@djwolfletsgo haha right on bro sounds like you were doing the exact same thing as i am now. I love how easy it is to carry around like that!
Do you feel that having your lights setup on your speaker stands, essentially having the base at a 90 degree angle vs setting them up on a flat surface in which you would just set on the rubber feet; do you think that having them like you do provides you a greater lighting/wash on the dance floor? I ask this because this video is literally what i need but setting up wise i need to see how i can have the most light on the dance floor vs ceiling. thanks!
Great question! So if the goal is light on the dance floor, having them at the 90 degree angle is ideal. The other way on the feet definitely still works but they just won’t be able to point downwards. The reason is the lights don’t tilt down past 180 degrees, so if you set them on their rubber feet, the light won’t point down (from 180 degrees) from whatever surface you have them on.
Also in the settings you can set the Pan and Tilt degree ranges so that when they move they point only towards the front and not behind the lights where you may be standing, but still they won’t tilt down past 180 degrees. If you set them on your DJ table or something where the dance floor is right in front at the level of the lights, it will still shine on the floor though when they are pointing straight! Hope that helps!
@@MrMaui38such a great answer!!! Thank you! Subbed! Keep up this great stuff!
@@JimmyM921 I appreciate that! Hope it helps! If it helps, in the video during the short clips of the lights at gigs, you can see the one in the big tent, where I have the lights mounted on top of my speakers, and they’re mostly going up on the ceiling because they’re so high up and can’t point down. But then, in the other clip where I have them on my speaker stands, they are pointing much more on the dance floor. Catch you next time!
@@MrMaui38 placing my Amazon order right now! Just need to figure out how to do Master/Slave how you explained and how to invert the movements as shown.
@@JimmyM921 Awesome! it’s super easy dude you can even just run a dmx or even xlr cable between the two (which is what I do most of the time) and then the reverse modes etc are all easy in the menu!
Only thing bad about these is that they only have 180° tilt
Thanks for watching! Yes that is a great point and absolutely correct, which I did not mention in the video. These have 180 degree tilt only so when you have them right side up and mounted high say on a totem, they won’t be able to shine down past 180.
I need to get that remote ! Got 2 of these lights without remote 😢
Darn you must have gotten one of the brands that sells without the remote!! I don’t know why they’d do that. That would be nice if they sold the remote separately but I doubt it! Are you using them with DMX?
How many can you connect to each other ?
Thanks for watching! You can connect as many as you want!