DDB
While you get what you pay for, these are a great upgrade as long as you have extras on hand.
I’m a big fan of these inexpensive wireless DMX controllers as these are an easy plug-n-play upgrade that simplifies my on set cable runs. While I received this set free for evaluation, I’ve previously purchased several identical JERRAY DMX wireless kits to use in small TV/Podcast sets I install for work. In particular, I use these with an Enttec USB DMX Pro and Show Buddy Active software and this setup works great.
While I’ve used a couple different brands, because of JERRAYs lower price point, I’ve used them the most (even though most of them are just identical cheap generic made-in-China tech with unique, mostly non-sensical brand names stamped onto them).
I got this kit to have spares as history tells me if you buy and depend on these inexpensive wireless DMX controllers, you will definitely need spares. My advice is to always have more of these than you need. When these work, I’ve had good experiences and great results. The main caveat is that the quality control is just not there. With the three or four different JERRAY kits I’ve purchased, I’ve had multiple individual units not work out of the box. On one kit, it was simply the cheap power adapter that didn’t work, so I was able to find another way to power it no problem. But on other kits, some receivers didn’t work out of the box or eventually stopped working with just a few hours of use.
In my situation, with the low budgets I’m working with, it’s easier to buy the JERRAYs and just make sure I always have spare receivers (I’ve yet to have a transmitter go bad but I’m sure that’s more than possible too, and that would be the catastrophic worst case as until getting this particular kit, I’ve never had spare transmitters, only spare receivers).
Overall, when these work, they work well and are a great addition to my lighting arsenal. Note that I’m not a DJ. I just do a lot of lighting of sets where I’m always trying to minimize wires and cables, so having a wireless DMX option helps greatly. That said, because all the transmitters and receivers need to be powered (these DO NOT have batteries), it’s possible you’ll just be trading DMX cable clutter for electric power cable clutter without necessarily simplifying your setup too much.
For me, there’s definitely a benefit to being able to go wireless with the DMX. Note that you can daisy chain your lights downstream of the receivers so you do not need one receiver per light. These are 3pin XLR but adapt easily to 5pin or RJ45 and still work great.
The large colored LEDs on this set make troubleshooting a lot easier compared to kits that have tiny, barely visible LEDs or no LEDs at all. On the receivers, when the LED is solid and not blinking, then it's not paired with a transmitter. When it is blinking, it means it is paired and communicating with the transmitter. In truth, I wish this was the other way around. I wish it would blink when not paired and stay solid when paired as the blinking LED can be distracting at times depending on your working environment. I haven't confirmed this, but it's possible they have it this way because the blinking indicates the amount of DMX traffic. Faster blinking = more DMX traffic, so that may be why they have it like this.
Bottomline for me is that you get what you pay for. This is a budget wireless DMX and you get budget results. And that’s good enough for me. Your mileage may vary.
