Lixada 70w RGBW Moving Head Review 

I bought 4 of these nearly 5 years ago, have been wet, kicked around, thrown in and out vans and they still work like they should. I can't complain about them and I think they cost me $230 for the 4.

Bought 6 off of eBay in March 2019. Colors match across all 6. Color reproduction at lower intensities is not good. No issues with fan noise on stage (not more than the total fan volume from the total number of fixtures). This review is more of David’s opinion of China and less of the technical. Doesn’t mention that the master dimmer and strobe functions are combined into one DMX channel. Makes any FX with intensity swing values a pain. Doesn’t mention the general dimming smoothness (or lack thereof). No screen/button lock on the display. No option to turn off or timeout on the display (another use for gaff tape). No power chaining of the IEC connectors (shown but not mentioned). For $45 lights, I don’t think warranty & support are what people are shipping for. Let’s talk about the functional stuff.

We have 6 pieces of same moving head spot version. 15w RGBW . We purchase them used about 8 years ago. They have gobo and works great. We do several shows and they serve the purpose. Not much bright but with atmosphere they do the work. Without atmosphere we follow your advice to use gobo on audience or set or instruments on stage . We have 4 of them on back truss and 2 on the front of drum stage. They have small footprint, small weight. For transport we use 1 road case 40x40x100 cm for all of 6 plus Dmx cable and power chords. They are little bit noisy and it’s several drum mic ( on 3 toms, 1 kick, 1 hi hat, 2 snare, 1 ride and 2 overhead , 8 SE electronics condenser and 2 shure sm 57 ) around and I never heard them in PA, Flor wedges, in ears or when we recording shows. They are not so fast but move in black if you need speed 😉. This is budget movinghead , cheep , not so bright BUT if you’re not professional they work great. If you not use atmosphere you may pay least 15 times more price to see difference. About baying direct from China!? Manny brands by directlyfrom China put own brand logo and sell same shitty unit for twice a price. For non professionals it’s great piece of gear. What about all who will learn how to programming lights, dmx basics, develop own creativity? Buy cheep , play, learn ,sell, buy expensive . If you you are talented maybe you don’t need buy expensive units with your many. Maybe you do lights touring bands. And don’t forget to follow Learn stage Lightning!

Any content on these lights will be greatly appreciated. Great video as always

Had two of em for 3 years. Honestly wasnt expecting them to last this long but ima keep running em until they break.

I would like to see a teardown and fan mod. These are very tempting for a church youth group setting. Maybe just to get us started with moving heads then move on to eliminator stealth lights

Thanks for the honest review. I'm looking to get back into lighting (bars, small clubs w/ live music) and these were one of the models I was looking at getting. I may invest in higher quality if things pan out, but this really helps in my thoughts.

I have 2x of these and I swapped all fans with silent counterparts and its waay quiter now and is working solid so far.

Would love to see a tear down. Was always wondering if the fans can be replaced with a computer fan to quiet them down. Let us know! Thanks!!!

These lights are great I bought 2 of them and now I'm gonna buy 4 again

Definitely tear it down. Also if you have any U King branded Chinese heads, please try swapping out Gobos. Thank you for making your videos

Could you do a video of use with them? Thanks.

I got 4 of these. In one of them a piece of plastic was broken inside the moving head. Called support but they had a vacation. After two weeks they told me to go to a local repair shop. I demanded money up front, or better send them back and get a refund. They offered 30€. Still waiting... so I opened up the light and luckily it was not something critical. Removed the piece of plastic. They are still working fine. Mounted below loud vibrating speakers, outside, loading in and out. 20 gigs, still working fine. I take them apart myself (garanty is a joke anyway) and check for loose ends, changed the power cords and dmx cables. So it’s a gamble. Be prepared to receive a bad piece. I think these lights are the products that did not pass the quality control, fixed up quickly and sold on. But for the money, to learn and if you are not afraid to open these,they are the best.

I bought several cheap mini moving heads from China for the purpose of learning about dmx lights and to use with my mobile DJ business. The first Moving Head was bad and they shipped a replacement immediately to my surprise. So far, they are working great for my mobile DJ events. However, they are in no comparison to Chauvet, ADJ and other major light manufacturers. Now that I learned DMX lighting, I am planning to purchase moving heads from a major manufacturer. You are right, it is the little things that make a huge difference, such as UL, IEC, Prism, LED, clear instructions, warranty, etc. In summary, I am glad I purchased them but I am ready to move forward.

These do seem to be a very common light. I have 4 from a different brand and the fan noise is much much less. The fans only start to come on when they're at high intensity. Quite happy with them for what I paid, and for what I do with them (small bands), I couldn't justify spending more. Would be interesting to see inside them though.

Would love to see a teardown/hack.

how about U'king mini moving head ?

Is there a safety eye on it? I know a lot of cheap Chinese moving heads don’t have them

Hey csn you review Something from sheds? Im willing to buy their 19x15w moving wash zoom

Have 12 of these in our church setup except under a different name. Haven't had any problems with fan noise, but one of them lost its red. Other than that ours are pretty good for what we want and don't blow the budget.

hi, can you do a review on freeware called freestyler dmx and its udmx? im using it instead of light board and it seams ok to me. i want to recommend it to a friend but i need a professional opinion. thanks.

Can you do a review for the Martin MAC Aura PXL or the Vari-Lite VL800 EVENTPROFILE?

I just got two if these and switched them on and is was really funny that they sounded like some huge lights from a Rammstein show. Are these fans really absolutely necessary? They will not move that much... hm

This might be a good idea for the very new and budget friendly people. Setup and show a small show using these less desirable products.

Cheers for the review. Price wise the middle or the road distributors need to bring the price down on their rebranded chinese fixtures, QC does not inflate cost by 400%.

I worked for a conference center with all new chauvet lights and the fans where to loud for use with the presenters, when they complained to the seller, the seller came out cut the fan leads and left every light died after that.... Quiet fans are a good feature to have.

If you're on a budget, you should go with the Talent SSL2 through Parts Express. They're a bit more expensive ($80 per fixture), BUT they have a 5 year warranty.

Most of the light that you are buying in the U.S and Europe are also made IN CHINA. The trick is to buy the same models that they are making for U.S. or European markets.

I've just always wondered who actually manufactures these. Obviously Lixada and U'king and all the other brands just stick a sticker on it with their name, but who actually makes them?

We’ve got four of them they’ve had the shit beat out of them you’re still working

Most of Stagelightnig is made in China. It does not care witch Name. Also professional equipment is made there. The Quality depends only on different product lines. These are the cheaper one, thats all.

ONly harping about fan noise. What about the rest. Movement responsiveness. Is it 8bit or 10 bit res movement ? How far does the light reach in a darkened room, how big a stage could you use 6 of these in, does it remember the DMX address once set even if you power it off and travel to another venue ? .......................You call this a review, when you hardly even touched upon any of these ?