American DJ Stinger

I bought a pair of the ADJ Stingers for my rig, the aim being to reduce the amount of kit being carried and hence set-up and breakdown time. These fixtures incorporate 3 separate effects into the one unit - a Moonflower - a Cluster Laser - and Strobe. The unit produces a great moonflower effect with an unusual Pink LED included. The spread of the moonflower is quite wide, 2 together will cover a medium size venue from floor to ceiling with ease. The beams produced are bright and look great, a bit of smoke or haze finishes the effect nicely, but this isn't necessary if you are just looking for a room filling effect. The lasers are red / green cluster type and scroll through the usual types of pattern that you will see from small cluster lasers. They look good, particularly when the are operating in conjunction with the moonflower, giving that little extra zing to the effect. The strobe on this light is bright, particularly when you consider that it is only produced from eight 3watt LEDs. The effect is not as bright as a dedicated strobe fixture would be, but it is still quite impressive, particularly when using a pair of Stingers - perfectly acceptable. One great feature of this lighting unit is that the show modes (there are seven of them) allow you to select which effects you want to run. As DJs we are cautious to the use of lasers and strobes, these effects can be switched off by selecting from the available modes, the instruction manual lists the various configurations available. The units have the usual sound active on / off and master / slave operation available. Operation of the various modes available is via the now "usual" four unit LED display on the rear of the fixture. The unit is sturdy, not too heavy and you can fit a pair in an AccuCase AC-160 bag. All in all I am pleased with the Stinger, it reduces the kit you need to carry to provide a multiple effect light show and reduces set-up and breakdown time, looks great in operation and covers a wide area. The usual great service from djkit.com - thank you guys. Recommended by meal, gets 5 stars.

Wonderful product easy to setup and additional bonus point is build in laser and bright light.

I have many high end light's, most of which are Martin Discharge variety. However, this must go down as a ground breaking development for the mobile DJ, in all of my years in the business this has got be the best light in it's field. How these small LED's from the Stinger can outshine the some of the high end brands is astonishing, it can light up very large halls and if you have two of the DMX linked then you have more or less a complete show. All you need is some haze and you have a stunning set for an affordable price. At some stage in the next month I plan to sell off all my Martin equipment and go all out LED, less power, lighter and so much easier to setup. Just noticed that it has now been super-seeded by the Stinger 2.