$1000 budget for new lights. What would you recommend?

[b.ill]

Further than that, this guy identified himself as a mobile DJ. For us out in the field lights are a necessary investment if we want to keep working. The ROI line of thinking is not even applicable.

[BillESC]

It really depends on your market. In my particular area, there has been no uplighting done at weddings to date. I will however get paid well to hang and electrify Chinese lanterns in tents.

I have clients that have spent thousands of dollars with me to purchase fixtures for uplighting but their markets are else where, not here.

[fueledbymusic]

I invested about $1500 in my light set up. This makes a good set up for mobile. 4 ledsplash 86b, 2 colorstrip minis, 2 ADJ mushrooms, ADJ colorburst 8, LX10 moonflower, Vue 4.1 moonflower, truss, Obey 40, chauvet 9500 light switch sys, and a couple lasers. But with the lasers, I'm limiting the use of the lasers though. Having a number of different types of lights is good to have. That way I don't need to have that same one on all night, since it can get boring. For example, I turn on the mushrooms for a few minutes, turn them off and turn on the Ledsplash 86b par cans, use the show I programmed on the Obey 40 for a few minutes. Turn off the pars, then turn the mushrooms on again for a few minutes. (The 9500 timer system will work for this too)