SINGAPORE – Roy Chooi, head of Highlight Systems, recently placed an order 36 Robe ROBIN 300 Spots for the five-year-old company's rental stock. Based in the central Ubi Avenue area of Singapore, Highlight's core business is lighting design – and for these projects they will also usually supply the equipment, as well as doing direct rentals and installations.
Chooi bought his first Robe moving lights (ColorSpot 700E ATs) two years ago from Louis Teo at Robe SEA (South East Asia), and credited the gear for performance and reliability.
Robe SEA also provided a demo of the ROBIN 300 Series. Chooi liked how the smaller, lightweight and low power fixtures complemented his existing moving light inventory, and placed the order, weighing the gear for its value as a creative tool, and not just how often it gets specified.
"I like the brightness and the features/functionality of the ROBIN 300 Spots" Chooi said, "and of course the fantastic support and service from Robe SEA."
He also credited the fixtures for their zoom, and the CTO and CMY color flag system, designed to produce smooth fades and color mixing. Their light weight gives them an advantage in medium to small venues, and the low power consumption is a bonus – in many Singapore venues, the power supply is restricted to a single 63A 3-phase supply to be shared by all production departments.
"The fact that a respected designer like Roy has endorsed this product means a lot in Singapore," Teo noted. "Many people look to Roy and other proactive lighting designers, and take their lead from the products they are using and specifying."
Since the new ROBIN 300 Spots were delivered, they have been used for numerous University Cultural Centre dance shows in several different theatres and for a THK-produced charity variety show for Channel 8 TV, shot at the Mediacorp broadcast studios.
The LD of that show, another Mr. Teo who is no relation to Louis, was very impressed with the intensity of the ROBINs, which is maintained even when the unit is shuttered right down and used for tight collimated beam effects.
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