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The Robo Scan 518 by Martin Light is great for stage lighting. I have seen this in use plenty of times throughout my music career. This stage light is used in several local clubs in my area and I must say it seems great. It has rotating gobos, and a fixed 3 facet prism and now the robo Scan 518 features 16 degree wide angle optics. It is fixed 3 faced prism frost filter combined with mechanical dimmers and shutters.

But now the Robo scan 518 is discontinued and is no longer produced so good luck finding one, but if you can the price shouldn’t be too bad, but since its no longer made if it goes out on you: you might have a hard time finding parts and or bulbs to run it. Even if you call the company that makes them they might not help you fix it they will probably try to cross sell you or get you to upgrade.

Overall this is a great stage light but I don’t think its worth the risk on investing in a product that is no longer produced and has had some issues in the past that’s why they have discontinued it, it does look great though and actually its very affordable which is why a lot of clubs and bars choose to go with the robo Scan 518 Martin Light. This light is made by Martin and they are a company of entertainment control and intelligent lighting and effects. Martin makes several products that uses high quality parts used in the entertainment industry, but I think they fell short when creating this one. Not too sure what happened to get it discontinued. But for the most part it’s a great light and if you can get it in working condition for cheap it’s a steal and you must get one.

These lights are amazing they have some great features that many other scanners don't like being able to split the beam three ways without losing gobo shape or brightness giving the effect of three times the amount of lights. They are very well built and sturdy every gig I do I get customers coming up to me saying things like "WOW they must have cost you a fortune your light show is awesome" The only down side is they do require a lot of power but no more than similer priced fixtures.

These lights do the job well for the price they are unbeatable I have had 8 of them for roughly 14 I can't remember the exact date I baught them, but I know I have done well over 1000 gigs with them over the years and have only ever had to replace the ocassional bulb they are still running purfectly.