suitable replacement lights for kino bar-fly's (discontinued) and 4-banks

[fatman]

I'm looking to replace rental lights with purchases since the rental is just so egregious at the moment.

we have bar-fly's but they are now discontinued. SO I have no leads on a similar product of similar footprint proportions.

My 4-banks I was going to replace with these IKan's:

http://ikancorp.com/productdetail.php?id=2236&categoryname=lyra-soft-series&model=lbx40#tab

I used discontinued Ikan's of similar size and was impressed by the output, and the %dial is cool to get precise.

any ideas are welcome. The reason I like the IKan's in addition to it's similar performance to the kino's is that I can mount on a ceiling and they are so thin that I can have an easier time with not creating reflections behind my subjects because they won't hang as low.

I'm hanging everything from a ceiling that isn't too high to begin with and I have reflective screens in every shot! The bar-fly's are for back/highlight lighting and the kino's are the key's. It's a very traditional New/Sports TV style setup.

 

[Bern Caughey]

Ikan is OK at best, & if you want to stick with the 1x4’ form factor consider the Kino Flo Select 31, Aladdin Bi-Flex4, or possibly a Kino Flo 4' Fixture Shell for 4Bank with up to six of Quasar’s 4’ Q-LED Tubes.

Meet The Gaffer #61: Attaching Select 31 Softbag
https://youtu.be/bQP4iv9Z7JM

Meet The Gaffer #37: Four Foot Fixtures - 1'x4'
https://youtu.be/KrxgCNSD2Rs

For the backlights I’d likely go with Quasar tubes, probably mounted in Kino Flo’s single bank, or double bank, Fixture Shells, & perhaps with black egg-crates/grids.

EDIT: another good 1x4’ option is the LiteMat Plus 2L. Be sure to get the new ‘Plus’ version as the cables connectors are MUCH better, & I believe the output has been increased.

http://www.litegear.com/product/litemat-plus-2l/

Here’s a vlog about the larger 4 Plus.

Meet The Gaffer #83: LiteMat 4 Plus Series 2
https://youtu.be/uE4WXRj5IhE