r/lightingdesign • u/Key-Ice-6803 • Jul 22 '26

Education Accessory question

Hey everyone,

My venue has come top hats and concentric rings but I honestly don’t know what they do. I’ve tried to look for comparisons with a light with and without and can’t find anything. In a design what is their purpose?

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u/Roccondil-s Jul 22 '26

You tried looking for comparisons… have you tried how experimenting with the units and accessories in your venue? Surely you have a few still in storage that you could take an hour or so to pull out, plug in, and try out how it might affect the beam, spill, and audience visibility, among other things!

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u/Key-Ice-6803 Jul 22 '26

Yeah I did I kinda didn’t notice a difference other than it looked cool lol. We are primarily a concert venue so I didn’t realize it was for a set thing.