BarFly 200/100 Highlights

• 2-Lamp & 1-Lamp remote fixture
• Fixture includes 90° Honeycomb Louver, Gel Frame and built-in head extension
• Same fixture takes daylight and tungsten lamps
• Mounts to stand
• Removable center-mount
• Fixture runs up to 75 feet (24 meters) from ballast
• High-output, flicker-free ballast
• Instant-on, dead quiet
• Individual lamp switching – no color shift
• HO/Std switching
• Operates at 1/10th the power of conventional tungsten softlights
• UL listed, CE approved

BarFly 200 & 100 System

The first thing to note about the BarFly 200 & 100 Systems is that they consist of three components:
BarFly Fixture w/ 12ft (3.6m) head extension (fig. 1), Mounting Plate (fig. 2) and Ballast (fig. 3). 
It was designed in this manner to allow the greatest flexibility when working on film production where the
gaffer and DP are constantly being challenged to light unique locations and problem solve at a moments notice.

The BarFly family is most at home on location and studio sets for television and feature film production,
but many in the electronic field production and ENG community have discovered it for a small, two point or
three point lighting kit to complement such popular location lighting instruments as the Kino Flo Diva-Lites. 

The BarFly series is also available in a four-tube model, BarFly 400.

BarFly 200 System

BarFly 100 System





BarFly 200 and 100 Kits

The BarFly 200 & 100 Fixture

    

             BarFly 200 Fixture                               BarFly 100 Fixture

The BarFly Fixture houses the lamps and is comprised of a sturdy alloyed fixture, Gel Frame, removable 90° Honeycomb Louver with built-in Reflector and built-in head extension.

The BarFly 100 is only 2" deep, 6" wide and 15" long; the BarFly 200 is 9 1/2" wide. 
At six feet the BarFly 200 puts out about the same amount of light as a 500W softlight, and draws only two Amps of power.

BarFly Louver

 
        BarFly Honeycomb Louvers                                Louver and Gel Frame Holder

The BarFly 200 & 100 fixture includes a 90° Honeycomb Louver.  The Kino Flo specially designed metal foil Honeycomb Louver controls and focuses the light which narrows the light spread with minimal light loss. 
It is also available in 60° and 45°.

Gel Frame

A Gel Frame is provided to hold colored gels or for standard diffusion materials.

The Louver and Gel Frame are held in place with accessory channels.

Inserting Lamps

Insert lamps at a 45 degree angle and align pins with lamp holder.  Press lamp securely into lamp clip.

Fixture Accessories

       BarFly Snoot

An optional Snoot to cut the beam angle and control side spill is available.

Mounting

                 
       Removable                Center Mount    
    Center Mount                on Fixture       
 
One of the design features that makes the fixture so popular is the 4 inch twist-on removable Center Mount.  The 2 inch depth fixture mounts easily to a light stand or can be hand-held or hidden in a space too small to place a stand-mounting fixture.

Mounting Options

Mounting options include MTP-BL41S Mount with Baby Short (16mm) (included),
MTP-BL41 with Baby Receiver (16mm); MTP-KL41 Mount with 3/8” Pin (10mm).

MTP-BL41S	MTP-BL41	MTP-KL41

Note: The lollipops on all these mounts are interchangeable

MTP-L        MTP-LB       MTP-LBS

Kino 41 Lollipop w/ 3/8" Pin (10mm) Kino 41 Lollipop w/ Baby Receiver (16mm) Kino 41 Lollipop w/ Baby Receiver Short (16mm)

Mounting with Edge Mount

    
          Edge Mount            BarFly 200/100 Edge Mount

The BarFly Edge Mount w/ Baby Receiver (MTP-BFE) can be used in conjunction with a grip arm to enhance the fixture’s narrow profile making it easy to hide in the shot.

The BarFly 100 & 200 Ballast

  
       BAL-107-G120                             BAL-207-G120

All the features of the BarFly 200 & 100 fixtures would be useless if Kino Flo had not developed its own
ballasts that could run the fixture heads remotely.  Unlike conventional architectural ballasts that need to operate three feet to six feet from the fixture head, Kino Flo ballasts can operate the fixture heads from up to 75 feet (3 x 25ft) extension cables.

The BarFly Ballast is a high output, high frequency electronic ballast that can operate lamps up to 75 feet between ballast and fixture.  The ballast sends a high output current to the lamps to drive the light as brightly as possible.  Its high frequency electronics prevent any type of flicker as well.  A special heat-sink design and custom electronic engineering ensure stable operation without magnetic hum or cooling fans to interfere with the sound recording on set.

       BarFly 200 Ballast detail

There is no delay when switching lamps. The ballast operates the lights on/off instantly.  There is also a special Select switch to raise or drop the wattage in the tubes for light output and color control.  Keeping
the ballast remote from the fixture and lamps makes the controls more accessible to lighting crews who might need to rig the fixtures into set designs or high up in a lighting grid, but switch them easily from a convenient location on the stage floor.

The Kino Flo BarFly 200 & 100 ballast accomplishes all this and still out performs tungsten lighting instruments 10 to 1 when it comes to energy efficiency.  In other words, the BarFly ballast uses 1/10th as much power
to produce the same amount of soft light as incandescents.  The ballast works reliably under most normal conditions, but it’s also trustworthy in more harsh conditions, such as extreme cold:  The BarFly ballast series is designed to operate at temperatures from 14F to 122F (-10C to +50C).

In extremely cold temperatures, the ballast may not strike the lamps initially because the lamps may need to warm up.  Switch the ballast to Off, wait seven seconds and try again.  If the ballast does not strike after
two or three attempts, turn off the ballast, check that the extension and harness connections are secure and re-strike.  Once operating for a few minutes, the lamps should re-strike instantly.

The BarFly 200 & 100 Extension Cable

  
                    X09-G125                                                  X09-G225

Up to 75 feet (3 x 25ft) of extension cable can be used between the fixture and the ballast. 

The Kino Flo Lamps

 

          Quad Lamp                 Lamp Carry Case

The BarFly lamps come in daylight and tungsten balanced versions.  Kino Flo’s new True Match Quad lamp technology combined with energy efficient remote electronics guarantee versatility and portability.  These are the only high color rendering fluorescent lamps made for the professional film and video production.