by Allan Reiss, CHAUVET® DJ Product Manager

Has this ever happened to you? You arrive to your outdoor gig early to set up — ensuring yourself enough time to do everything you need to do without being rushed. You go over your client’s lighting request, start running cables, connecting fixtures and putting everything in its place. Suddenly, the rain starts. It begins to drizzle and you scramble to collect all of your gear before it gets ruined and saturated with water. Now what? The event hasn’t even started yet, your gear isn’t in its place and you just wasted all that time setting up and tearing down. Have you ever considered outdoor-rated lighting? If you find yourself doing a lot of outdoor gigs, or having to turn down outdoor gigs because the weather in your area is finicky, click here for two reasons why you should consider incorporating it into to your rig.

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