Stairville Show Bar TriLED 18x3W RGB

The Stairville Show bar triLED light is well made from metal and comes with three mounting brackets. Two brackets are on the sides for floor mounting or attaching to walls, ceiling or trussing. This are detachable via threads.
The third bracket is on the back of the unit, more like a handle. Nice little feature is that it can slide up and down the light for better positioning.

DMX in and out is at one end of the unit, power in and link at the other. I would have like the power connectors to be Powercons but at this price you can't argue.

The settings screen is LED read out not switches, however 1 of 4 screens has already failed straight out of the box.

LED's are bright and can be controlled individually. Free UK power cables included!

Good units. Will most likely be buying another 4 in the future.

I bought 4 of these and they are great! having 18 separate programmable LED's (when on the correct mode) makes for some great effects and can really get creative with it. Pixel mapping makes it even simpler. Very punchy. Although a lot of pixel bars now have this, it is also handy to be able to chain their power so can power more than one from one socket. The dimmer curve could be a tad sharper. I did find when the fixture gets down to below 4% intensity it steps down rather than fades before it goes out.

One did break on me after a few times of using it. It was, however, sent back to Thomann and they dealt with the issue very well and offered to fix it as was still under warranty.

All in all, a great addition to my setup!

I bought 10 of these to replace some 15 year old ADJ panels that are now failing the insulation resistance element of their PAT test. So this TriLED Show Bar seemed like a good choice given how consistently well Thomann's Stairville lights have served me in the past.

Bright would be an understatement. I used them in a 600 capacity venue this weekend as part of a rock show, and they were so bright I had to actually disable them and use them very sparingly! That's even with 40 LED wash lights trained on the band, and two large 350W LED follow spots following the lead singer and guitarist. I'm going to have to rethink how I use them.

I set them to 27 channel mode so they can work with my existing lighting programmes and use only 135 DMX channels over five fixtures. I also tested some of the built in programmes to satisfy my curiosity. They're quite basic but usable, and the video on the main page is a very good representation of what this unit is capable of.

I think the best part is they're fairly light weight, and I managed to fit five of them into two existing 120cm long cases, that are about 30x30 in height and depth. In terms of foot print they don't take up much room, weigh very little, and when they're not operating are almost invisible in a dark venue. Highly recommended, especially in DMX mode if you have a desk capable of pixel mapping.

Over all a very solid LED bar which is extremely bright. It is in fact so bright that I usually only run it at 10% on the dimmer. The build quality is solid and the sliding mounting bracket allows for a lot of flexibility when mounting the LED bar to trusses. The feet on the side are also very robust and made of thick metal, as opposed to the thin flimsy feet that you see on most other cheaper LED bars.

One downside, and something to keep in mind depending on your use case for these LED bars, is that they do not feature a built-in dimmer channel or shutter channel. While this is great for using them in for example Resolume, this can make using them in your lighting show a bit of a challenge. For me it's mainly the lack of a shutter channel which makes combining dimmer chases and strobing difficult. Also keep in mind that these LED bars are HEAVY and mounting them sideways using the sliding bracket might result in them hanging down slightly due to their weight. So far, none of these issues have caused me to not be able to use them but it still definitely is handy to keep these things in mind.

All in all a really good value for money and I have a feeling that these LED bars will last me a long time!