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Go WiFly - Let ADJ’s Wireless Fixtures Make Your Life Easier This Summer
Undoubtedly, this is the summer to go wireless. Like me, you’ll probably have noticed the recent upwards trend in wireless... well… everything! We now live in a ‘wireless world’, and at ADJ we’re always striving to keep with the times. That’s why – with our Go Series and our WiFLY series – we’ve created two ranges of lighting solutions which fulfill all of your wireless needs.
At ADJ, we’re busy moving light into the wireless age, and both the WiFly Series and Go Series are perfect for using over the summer. Everyone loves to party and celebrate during the warmest months of the year; weddings, holidays, beach parties, and festivals – it all happens. Of course, behind the scenes, you – the lighting designers, DJs, event organizers and installers – are sat there wondering how you’re going to make the magic happen. With the Go Series and WiFly Series we aimed to give you flexibility (fixtures you can move and rearrange), ease of use (less hassle, easier to setup, and easier to operate), and value for money (buy one wireless fixture and use it in multiple locations, rather than buying twice).
GO SERIES
Every fixture in our Go Series is rechargeable and battery-powered, ranging from pars to bars to floods to UV. One that springs to mind is the Ultra Go Par7X: this low profile LED fixture can offer seven 3-watt TRI LEDs, a 40-degree beam angle and smooth, rich color mixing, making it ideal for washing stages, walls, marquees and gardens. The real bonus, of course, is that the fixture is powered by a rechargeable lithium battery, so you can set up your fixture in previously unattainable positions thanks to having no power restrictions. During the summer months, this means providing incredible lighting effects for your clients, no matter where they decide to take their party. Beach parties and clubs with young clientele are also popular in the summer, and here the LED UV Go is the perfect solution; providing luminous UV washes and lasting all night thanks to its 8hr full-on battery life. Again, no need for wires – so, whether you’re outdoors or indoors, you can still utilize the excitement of UV to engage your audience.
WiFLY SERIES
Our WiFLY Series, which includes pars, outdoor pars, bars, controllers, foggers, and now a LED Moving Head – harnesses many similar advantages to the Go Series, though in a slightly different way; it saves you the need to run XLR cables as part of your DMX linking. The Inno Spot LED WiFLY was in fact our very first WiFLY Moving Head model, which kicked off the series as an adaptation of the super-bright Inno Spot LED into the ultimate wireless moving head solution. A compact intelligent moving head, the Inno Spot LED WiFly uses a bright 50-watt LED engine and 8 colors plus white to create tight hard-edge beams of colored light, and offers a choice of 10 DMX channels for use in DMX-controlled mode. With WiFLY built in, you can easily program the DMX-protocol through any of our WiFLY controllers, or by fitting your non-WiFLY controller with an ADJ WiFLY transmitter.
One considerable problem, especially in outdoor situations, is connecting lighting and controllers in a safe and practical way. For the ultimate outdoor fixture, our WiFLY QA5 IP is an IP65 outdoor rated wash solution, again with built-in WiFly technology. This fixture offers the power of five 5-watt (RGBA) quad-LEDs and smooth color mixing capabilities - perfect for stage or wall washing. The IP rating also means the unit can be used safely outdoors – so even if that summer sunshine turns to gloomy storms, your fixture will continue to function and remain safe.
I should point out here that some of our fixtures feature both built-in WiFLY and rechargeable batteries, for instance the WiFLY Par QA5, which has wireless DMX and a six hour battery life; cutting the need for any cables at all and ensuring that the unit will stay bright and powerful throughout even the longest periods of use. This type of fixture is perfect for creating smooth mixes of rich RGBA color with which to wash stages, walls, tents (marquees) or backyard parties, and, due to being totally wireless, it can be placed anywhere.
This flexibility in positioning is a key advantage of going wireless. If you’re outdoors you can perhaps incorporate the lighting across a wider space, or place the units in places you would never have dreamed of before. If it’s an indoor event, then expand your horizons; positioning lights at the back of a hall or venue is no longer a problem, and with the wireless controllers – such as the WiFLY WLC16 – also available, you can control these extra lights from your position on the stage or in the lighting booth.
Uplighting is a common additional extra which wedding DJs and event companies offer their clients, and many of the WiFly and Go pars can be utilized as to provide this service. One major annoyance for wedding DJs – as I’m sure we all know – is when your fixtures are all setup and then a venue manager or client asks you to move them or reposition them. Usually this means ripping up taped down wires and lots of unnecessary hassle, but with our wireless fixtures it really is just a case of pick them up and repositioning them. Taping down wires and running endless cables is something that applies across the board, however, and using wireless fixtures not only eradicates the need to do this, but also reduces setup and tear-down time significantly shortened.
As you can see, the benefits of going wireless are numerous, and I know that this summer will be a big season for our WiFLY and Go ranges. I’m proud to say that we’ve managed to revolutionize powerful LED lighting fixtures and reliable DMX-controllers with all the benefits of wireless technology and battery-power, without forsaking the performance of the products.
So there you go – make setting up and tearing down a breeze this summer and go wireless!
To learn more about the ADJ Ultra Go Par7X visit here:
http://www.americandj.com/ProductDetails.aspx?Category=&ItemNumber=2237
To learn more about the ADJ Inno Spot LED WiFLY visit here:
http://www.americandj.com/ProductDetails.aspx?Category=&ItemNumber=2267
To learn more about the ADJ WiFLY QA5 IP visit here:
http://www.americandj.com/ProductDetails.aspx?Category=&ItemNumber=2271
- Alfred Gonzales is the ADJ National Sales Manager
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