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UK rental and production companies invest in Robe LedPointe

Robe’s new LedPointe moving light is blazing a trail of interest across the UK market with rental and production companies investing in this contemporary and more sustainable version of Robe’s original Pointe. LedPointe delivers 200.000 lux at a distance of five meters and has CMY colour mixing and a host of features to boost creativity. Six UK lighting companies share what motivated them to choose this white source luminaire which utilises Robe’s advanced TE 280 W HP (High Performance) White LED Transferable Engine.

South East England-based DPL recently added fifty-two LedPointes to their inventory. DPL supplies lighting, rigging, power distribution, dry hire, and production design across numerous sectors, and over the last thirty years has become a favourite for many festivals, concerts, and corporates. DPL production manager James Cobley says that with the original Pointe becoming a go-to beam luminaire for DPL, LedPointe “seemed like a natural step forward”. He highlights the classic Pointe features that have been incorporated into the LedPointe, “plus so many exciting new ones”. For DPL, the CMY colour mixing was a game changer, and Cobley thinks that Robe’s SpektraBeam feature will be a hit among LDs.

Farnborough, Hampshire-based Firebird Events’ head of production Will Coles says they were looking for a moving head spot light that could perform as well as their Robe T1 Profiles and was a bit more compact for smaller shows. “Changing up from the traditional discharge Pointe to LedPointe was a no-brainer decision for us”, he adds, commenting on the initial purchase of eight fixtures. The LedPointe’s continuous pan and SpektraBeam effect enthused the team as a way of getting new and different effects from traditional “gobo looks”. Firebird Events’ new LedPointes have been out on plenty of events including the “Q You Awards” for Q Hotels, staged at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth (LD Nathan Wan).

Oliver Gee, MD of Bedford-based Red Event Production, which focuses on lighting corporates, awards shows, conferences, and outdoor work, have purchased twenty-four LedPointes that were supplied in both two and four-way flightcases. This was part of an upgrade to their existing lighting stock. They wanted a “go-to” precision fixture, “basically something to elevate the looks and style at drinks receptions, awards nights, gala dinners and other business events”, as Gee puts it. “We were looking for the next big thing, and the LedPointe seems to be it.” They had been on the lookout for some months, and all agreed that the start of a product lifecycle is also perfect timing for purchasing.

Stephen Lauchlan is the director of the S80 Group and works with his son Alex who is aged twelve and currently one of the UK’s youngest rising star LDs. They recently bought eight LedPointes and twelve SVB1s, and yet again, the SpektraBeam is a favourite LedPointe feature “due to the uniqueness and variety it offers over other fixtures in a light show”, confirms Lauchlan. SpektraBeam is an effects module with colours, patterns, shapes, etc. This multicoloured, multifaceted prism can be combined with the LedPointes second prism wheel to produce aerial effects. S80 Group’s LedPointes have already been used on corporate events with the Hilton Group, the National Museum of Scotland and at the EICC in Edinburgh.

Sam Tamplin, managing director of Basingstoke-based TSL, also states that the original Pointe had become a “proper benchmark” with LDs through its adaptability and multifunctionality. “We wanted to continue offering the latest version of this iconic fixture type in a new form factor and with CMY colour mixing”, he notes, underlining that the CMY is “a big step forward” from the original Pointe. TSL has enjoyed a long relationship with the Robe brand.

Veo Events purchased twenty-four LedPointes to have in the inventory to service their ongoing work, which is predominately in the corporate sector. CEO Liam Peake reckons that it is “a great multifunctional fixture for the application with multiple features, compact size, and manageable weight”. They have added the optional CRMX wireless kit to all the fixtures, which, together with the luminaire being an LED Spot, Beam, Wash and FX unit, means they can be quickly deployed, offering all that versatility from a single fixture. The Reading-based company has already used its LedPointes extensively for projects around London including the International Restaurateurs Dinner at The Rosewood; the St Georges Day Festival in Trafalgar Square; the Renewables Procurement & Revenue Summit conference staged at Tower Bridge together with several awards shows at The Roundhouse as well as the Audi Sponsor Tent at Henley Festival.

(Photos: DPL/Firebird Events/TSL)

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