I love the Astras and they're a big band for the buck. That said, in my experience, Astras don't do well under extreme use. Rental and daily units usually start having flickering issues after a year or two. We have a set of four 6X Astras that we use once a week-ish and have never had a problem. We also don't let anyone touch them.
I used to be a Dracast fan but, out of 6 panels, every single one failed within a dozen uses. We rented a sound stage that had newish Dracast 2K fresnels on the grid and they said about half of them had some issue. They had plans of pulling them and going with Desisti relamps. And if you send them in for warranty, you have to send them to the West coast. Sucks if you're on the East coast. That's $300 and a week in transit for UPS Ground.
I used to be a Dracast fan but, out of 6 panels, every single one failed within a dozen uses. We rented a sound stage that had newish Dracast 2K fresnels on the grid and they said about half of them had some issue. They had plans of pulling them and going with Desisti relamps. And if you send them in for warranty, you have to send them to the West coast. Sucks if you're on the East coast. That's $300 and a week in transit for UPS Ground.