I can seriously recommend the new DOTZ-series lights by American DJ. They are the latest generation LED fixtures and use COB (Chip On Board) technology to get a very good results. Rather than having multiple small LEDS (the oldest fixtures with a lot of LEDS in all colors) or the later version with RGB(A/W) LEDS behind one lens (but still 7-12 lenses per fixture), these newer lights look like regular lamps again. The LEDs are actually on the printed circuit boards. This way the light comes from one spot only, the color mixing is excellent and they have a very high power output. Be sure to check them out. BTW. I am not endorsed by anybody, so I don’t care what you buy :D.
+1 on the Haze and actually -1 on the smoke. Smoke has so many disadvantages, that you might – like me – end up not using your smoke machine at all. Venue owners don’t like them because of their smoke detectors, the crowd often don’t like them because of smell and the fact that it is “smoke”, it disperses really quickly so it doesn’t really help show of the light beams from your lighting gear (which I think is the most important thing because it really enhances the effect) and it uses more fluids.
Haze doesn’t have all those disadvantages. Word of warning though. There are way less hazers than there are smokers. The prices are substantially higher, even for the “cheaper” brands. It pays to get a good one though. LeMaitre makes some very high quality stuff. Expensive though as I said. If you can get one used, it probably still is better than a cheap brand new.
Just my thoughts.
Greetinx.
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