Vlog - In Depth Look at the Chauvet Scorpion Dual RGB Laser Light

I have been in the market for a real good Laser light that had a good variety of options. I saw the Chauvet Scorpion Dual RGB light and that I would give it a test drive. Here is an in depth look at the light.

[@MrBoogaloo86]

"GREAT VIDEO! About time someone understands that lighting needs DMX demonstration: Big thumbs-up!"

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching

[@OmizaruHaven]

Fantastic review, gave me the confidence I needed to get my own! I absolutely love the unit. Always turns heads!

[@Housemix10]

Great, thanks for watching.

[@forrestdaniel427]

Been waiting on this video for a long time. Thank you very very very much

[@Housemix10]

Thank you for watching

[@stevesurfaro]

A SERIOUSLY AMAZING, COMPREHENSIVE VIDEO! Thank you. The channel by channel summary is something you never see in any other RGB Laser video.

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. I am glad that the video helped.

[@DjVersatil94]

Fell in love with these, going to get two for sure 👍🏽 great video man

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. Glad the video helped.

[@freddieriojas6818]

Absolute amazing review very thorough and straight to the point got my sub

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. I like making these video's and I am glad to see they are helpful.

[@ericengelbrecht4064]

Thank you for posting this review. I find it odd Chauvet would not release a video for a new laser product they are trying to market.

[@Housemix10]

Yeah I did too, that is why I did this. Hopefully it helps anybody else out there looking at this light.

[@jasongaretthatcher]

Great video. Thanks for the demo.

[@mikerose8053]

Fantastic video (and track selection). I was a little hesitant about buying one of these because of how limited DMX controlled lasers have been in the past, but this thing seems to do most things that "pro" lasers costing thousands will do!

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching.

[@djjohnpiazza7043]

Great video man! Wow Chauvet! Getting things done!!!!

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching.

[@djjesse1294]

Nice video Leo. Hope to see some more logs. Take care from So, Cal

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching

[@josephrivera2062]

Excellent video!

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching

[@croissantproductions]

Nice vid! Love the dmx demo

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching

[@LuisRosado73]

Good video

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching

[@jasongaretthatcher]

Can you recommend a good stand that works with the scorpion mounting hardware?

[@davidybarra7713]

You can tell I don't know much about these things I find it fascinating and I like to learn do you think or can you tell me can you aim the beam towards the floor like a ballroom floor or does it have to be in the are away from people's eyes

[@1000eyes55]

Nice video! I'm in the market for some cool effect on stage lighting for my band. I was wondering how wide is the light beam and do you think I would need 2 of them to do Clubs?

[@Housemix10]

First off, thanks for watching. The light has a 36 Degree coverage angle. I filmed this video in my garage. The light is pointing towards my garage door and width of the light is around 8 feet. The actual unit was around 20 feet away from the garage door. So use this to determine the coverage for your venue. I always feel that Laser lights are really skinny and for a band you would want a "fatter" beam to either point up or to place behind the band. I like this light but I don't think it will give you much for use with a band.

[@davidybarra7713]

I love it just have two questions are they very expensive and do you need to use a fogged up room in order to be able to use it

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. This is right in the middle when it comes to price for a good laser light. I would only use this light if I can fog the room. Otherwise you will only see the light on the target it is pointing to. You will loose the body of the light without any particles in the air.

[@LaserPictures]

Would you say the laser can cover a large room or does it only look good up close? Also, have you ever compared it to the regular scorpion dual?

[@Housemix10]

Yes the laser can cover a large room. I used it in a School Cafeteria and it looks good. I needed to fog up the room for the light to have some good body. I have seen some other scorpion lights and I would say it is better because you can change the laser color to multiple colors.

[@djsarizzle]

What type of controller did you use? what are your recommendations? Not looking for anything crazy. I saw the Obey 3. Thanks for the video, really helpful and straight to the point!

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. When I recorded this video I used an Obey 70. If you are going to use a controller with this light you want a controller with at least 10 channels.

[@djsarizzle]

@@Housemix10 appreciate the reply! After much research I'm digging the obey40 as I also have a fog machine. My light arrives tomorrow. I'm beyond stoked

[@Housemix10]

@@djsarizzle Cool, enjoy

[@Vekktone]

Good video, I just got this light today and I’m having some trouble with the sound active mode. I have 2 kinta FX and those sound modes work great (both at full mic sensitivity). However the scorpion seems to act differently: when I set the mic sense to 1 (lowest), it never turns off even when I stop the music, and when I turn it to max sense (9) it barely reacts. Not sure what’s going on? Any help would be appreciated.

[@Housemix10]

Download the Manual from the Chauvet website if you don't have it. Check this.. You have two settings to check. First press the Menu button until you see AUT. This is the Automatic Program settings. Choose up or down until you change this to So1-6. These are the Sound Active Programs. Then also change the Sound Sensitivity settings by pressing menu until you see S 0-9. This is better explained in the manual, page 9

[@deanakennedy3878]

Sound activate modes on all the lasers I've ever owned have been rubbish. So you're not the only one having this issue.

[@SinaRan301]

Nice video Leo. Doesn't this come with a remote control for those of us not using a DMX?

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. No it does not come with a remote.

[@styxtar]

So can you control the brightness of each individual laser? Like what if I want just one solid beam or the beams to be at drastically different angles. Is that an achievable effect with this light? If not, is there a better product for doing that?

[@Housemix10]

Hey thanks for Watching. No this light does not have a Dimmer control. The laser is either on or off. There is a Strobe feature but you can only control how fast the laser strobes. Maybe if you connect multi of these lights up to some DMX software you can achieve what you are trying to do. But from one single light I am not sure if they come with dimmers at this price point.

[@styxtar]

@@Housemix10 Thank you for the reply

[@meldmagic]

Do you use any protective filters for your camera when you shoot head-on?

[@Housemix10]

No I don't. Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for watching.

[@WaferMan2012]

Does it work like this straight out of the box? Because I bought a kinta FX that seemingly does more but I can't make it do much Beyond some basic stuff without special tools I think

[@Housemix10]

Out of the box most lights will just to 2 or 4 standard programs. If you want to have total control over your lighting you need to hook them up to a DMX controller. That way you can set all the different options the way you want and make any type of combination your light is capable of doing. Thanks for watching.

[@hmbv1591]

I've noticed that one of the beam on mines is off- set/crooked. JW if yours the same. Or did the manufacturer purposely angle the beams like that? Does the beams on yours shoot out evenly? Also do I need some kind of controller to do the effects you did on yours.? If so what do you use?

[@Housemix10]

Yes I noticed on one of my lights the mirror is slightly off. I don't recommend this but I tried to adjust the mirror by loosening the support screws and then adjusting it. It worked a little bit. But again I don't recommend doing this because it will void any warranty you might have.

[@skymiller530]

What about speed? Suppose you wanted it to do a vertical sweep from high to low. Does the programmer have control over how fast it sweeps?

[@Housemix10]

Yes, the DMX channels allow you to control the speed of the moment along the X, Y, Z and W Axis.

[@smsproductionsprofessional7960]

Does your unit make a loud sound from the movement of the internal parts? Mine seems to work well, but it is louder than expected. Of course, it can't be heard over the music.

[@Housemix10]

Yes, these units do hum and make noise while on.

[@polo4life90640]

I have not been able to control my scorpion rgb dual like you were able to. I wanted ask what channel this you select on the unit to enable your dmx controller to have such control???

[@Housemix10]

As long as the light is set up to the channel that your DMX controller is set up too you should be able to control the light. Try making is to Channel 1 and set your controller to address 1 and try to control the light.

[@InvincibleDJs]

Hi Leo, I just picked this light up and I find that it's not very bright. What are your thoughts on that? I'm considering returning it.

[@Housemix10]

Most lasers in this price range are not the "brightest". In order for this light to really POP you need a dark room and there must be something in the atmosphere like fog or haze. If you check out my video "Behind the Mix- Quarantine Edition Vol 5" at the 11:58 mark I am using two lasers and there were pretty bright. Let me know what you think.

[@DalesBadBug]

How heavy is it ? I Own the Original scorpion dual and if i have a lighter weight light on the other end of my T-Bar,the scorpion dual overweighs and makes the "T" Tilt to it's side and makes it krooked.

[@Housemix10]

It weighs 3.8 Lbs. Super light weight. Thanks for watching.

[@DalesBadBug]

@@Housemix10 cool ! thanks.

[@djgyver]

How did you get yours to line up so well? One side seems higher then the other on my lazer.

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. From what I can tell it seems to be the luck of the draw. I have two and the other is a bit off also. You can mess with the arm and attempt to adjust this but a warning that would VOID any warranties because you would break the Warranty sticker.

[@dustinraney23]

Hi, I noticed your laser beams are perfectly lined up, is this because of DMX? Right out of the box the lasers appear to the offset, please help!

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. Yes the DMX controller helps line of the lasers. The mirrors can seem to get off line.

[@paulbaisley228]

How long can you run the laser before turning it off to cool?

[@Housemix10]

When you power it on the light has a continual movement and a cooling fan that is always on. I have had the light shinning for about 20+ minutes at a time. I don't see a Duty rating in the manual. I don't want to tell you that you can have this contently on for hours but I don't see why you could not. Thanks for watching

[@mysticrainbandsatexas6297]

curious ...what dmx controller are you using..?

[@Housemix10]

When I recorded this video I was using a Chauvet Obey 70. I am currently using it with ADJ My DMX3.0 without any issues.

[@justinriordan5106]

What would be some or one dmx controller you’d recommend?

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. It really depends on you and how much control you want over your lighting. If you are fine with just using Sound Active Mode then you can you any one of the Chauvet Obey controllers or others that are similar. Just make sure the unit has enough channels to cover your lighting. If you want a little more control but not really ready to get into Scene design then look at the Lighting Applications like MyDMX Go or even hardware like the ADJ WMX1. These are powerful applications that have a lot of cool present features. Just note, like most things I have dealt with once you get a taste you are going to want more. Eventually you are going to end up using a flow blown software DMX package. I use My DMX 3.0 and it is great. With the DMX Software you are fully in control or everything.

[@michaelmachado3011]

dont know much her but can you control this with midi plus some sort of converter?

[@Housemix10]

If the signal would work for any other DMX light then yes. Thanks for watching.

[@christopherAwaite]

Have you ever had any issues with the mirrors falling off

[@Housemix10]

Thankfully I have not had any issues like that. Sounds really sucky. Hopefully the Retailer you bought it from does the right thing and replaces it or give you your money back. I do like the light, it is worth the buy.

[@theunoriginalsonsteroids]

Hey man I’m still having trouble on how too change it to multi colors

[@Housemix10]

Are you using a DMX controller? If you are make sure Channel 1 = 017, Channel 2 = Any Number for a Pattern, Channel 3 = 031 through 126 for the different colors. Thanks for watching

[@zackbapty]

Can you set this to be sound reactive from the unit without messing with DMX, like you can with the Storm FX RGB?

[@Housemix10]

Yes you can. You have 6 Sound Active choices to choose from.

[@FPVMgunit13]

@@Housemix10 I can't find no solid vids on the sound mode for deno... can you make a video lop

[@Housemix10]

@@FPVMgunit13 The Sound Active mode flips through all the colors and shapes. Let me see what I can do.

[@FPVMgunit13]

@@Housemix10 thank you

[@FPVMgunit13]

@@Housemix10 does this have the ceiling effect... it looks like it has alot of stuff.... but I saw many vids on the scorpion dual fat beam which is like $169 and this being only $100 more looks better because more colors... nut was wondering how good sound mode was...and I forgot if u mentioned if this has a remote

[@poolhustler007]

Great track! What's the name?

[@Housemix10]

Thanks. Maghic by Antoine Clamaran

[@davidybarra7713]

Do you think they would be very hard to learn how to use

[@Housemix10]

Not really. It is best to use these lights with a DMX controller. If you use a DMX application then it is even easier. You can set up different routines or control the movements on the fly.

[@jayrobopro]

Would you still recommend getting this light today

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. I would recommend the light considering the price and it's ability to produce all of the color mixing. I knew going in that I would only use it where I could also use Fog or Haze so it is not an every event type of light. I have since use some stronger and brighter laser lights. But they are much more expensive.

[@jayrobopro]

@Housemix10 What the name of a good lazer that a little more expensive

[@Housemix10]

@@jayroboproWell, I am good at spending other peoples money. I would look at the X-Laser brand. Look for anything that has a high mW rating. I used a light that was rated 3000mW RGB and it was super bright and looked great with Haze in the air.

[@blastkings329]

Should I get 2 ?

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching. Totally up to you. But I love spending other people's money. So Yes!

[@northwestaudio]

Have you noticed that the unit is a little noisy?

[@Housemix10]

Yes, the motor for the mirrors is always running and a little bit noisy. Thanks for watching.

[@marklavita]

Hi housemixer Leo D...thanks for the video...how does the chauvet scorpion behave outside, for example projecting against a wall and without fog? Is fog absolutely necessary?...i am interested in this laser for home partys only or just to add some effect when listening to some music...inside or outside (backyard). Just for fun no business attached and no other complimentary lighting. I had the ADJ micro 3D II (i think you mentioned you also had one), which had a cool effect and did the trick (beautiful projections against walls and trees and also inside) and i was happy with it, but it broke so i am looking for something a bit more sofisticated and modern. If you have other suggestions i will be pleased to receive them. Good remixing also by the way. Congratulations!

[@Housemix10]

Hey thanks for watching. The light is just ok when you use it without fog. When you project the light toward a wall you simply get the lines. Lasers in general without any fog are kind of boring to me. The fog or any atmospheric particle in the air give the lasers body. That is where you get the most out of them. For the price point I feel this is a good buy since you get a light capable of generating multiple colors instead of the standard laser colors (Red, Green, maybe Blue). I don't know if you are interested in the higher, pricier laser lights. But again the laser beam is still a single light and without fog you really do loose a lot of the effect. ADJ used to have a light similar to this called the Ruby Royal. It is discontinued now but you seem to get more from light because they distorted the laser to make it seem "bigger" or more spread out. Something like that might work outside.

[@marklavita]

@@Housemix10 thank you very much...i will have to consider my options then...i just love these air effect lasers in clubs so much that i said i wanted one for my home...but since i also throw some small gatherings outside in my backyard (where i would set up my adj micro 3d) i need some kind of compromise.Thought maybe i can just get the ADJ Boom box FX2 and get a bit of everything. Probably have to leave the Scorpion for another time in the future. Thanks once more.Cheers

[@masterpdj2623]

That's odd I had this unit for over 4 years, matter of fact I have 3 of them. But it is a great unit.

[@Housemix10]

Cool, I believe this new unit has some new features. Thanks for watching.

[@croissantproductions]

The rgb is red green blue lasers and the other one is just green.

[@macmadushan177]

Nice review! Do you think will it be long time we could use and I need to know the real dimensions please like L*W*H

[@Housemix10]

Thanks. I am not sure what you are asking here. The light is available now. I feel the light can be used for a long period of time. Dimensions, Length 8.5in (216mm) x Width 6.3in (161mm) x Height 7in (179.5mm).

[@macmadushan177]

Housemixer Leo D thank brother ❤️🙏

[@memesmoke1206]

Its not gonna blind you?

[@Housemix10]

There are safety warnings in the manual. The light is pretty safe but it does say to not stare directly into the light. Common sense stuff.

[@bryonday6842]

How did you get both lasers lined up with each other? mine are off one is higher than the other...

[@user8002]

Bryon Day, I have the same issue and as I have reviewed other videos on this laser, the unevenness seems to be the rule. I even called Chauvet and they said it was normal for them to be off. Leo D may have the only one that's lined up like that.

[@bryonday4337]

BK Ray I think the problem is in the mirror. If you turn the laser off and look into the glass you can see the left side of the horizontal glass is lower than the right side.

[@user8002]

@@bryonday4337 Yeah I noticed that. I wonder if order another one will it match. Wish there were some way to adjust it so you could have the mirror straight or angled.

[@neuey2012]

My brother just bought 2 of these and I bought 1 and noticed that his were off but mine is completely lined up..came here looking for answers lol

[@dustinraney23]

@@neuey2012 what the fuck, Chauvet has horrible quality control

[@Ezduztube]

Well the laser is not too small Chauvet has very tiny lasers. This is a good size.

[@Housemix10]

Thanks for watching

[@kuleeto]

Gracias Bro: me comprare uno

[@Housemix10]

Gracias

[@LoVeAmBiEnT]

The light is a little noisy but hello you use it at shows that have music not sure which light show that requires silence never heard of it so who cares if it's noisy

[@Housemix10]

Ok thanks.

[@deanakennedy3878]

OMG, this guy sounds just like the guy off Seinfeld that collected the TV guides and wanted to date Elaine!

[@Housemix10]

Thanks that is what I was going for That is one of my favorite episodes.

[@deanakennedy3878]

@@Housemix10 Didn't mean it in a bad way either, and yes, I too love the video, I have have 2 Chinese made V show lasers, they're ok for the price, $500 for both of them, full 1 watt too. But they're a nightmare to program, I usually just let them roll with the built in patterns.