Cheap softboxes from walimex - good or ad...

anna_nielsen · August 13, 2009

Yes i know - you get what you pay for - maybe. Anyway -can anyone give some advice on these cheap softoxes - maybe someone has even tried them. <a href="http://photogadget.dk/product.php?id_product=818">http://photogadget.dk/product.php?id_product=818</a> . thanks anna

anna_nielsen · August 13, 2009

The price here is aprox. 300$

bob_osullivan · August 14, 2009

If you're going to spend $300 why not get a name brand like photoflex?

misterstrobe · August 15, 2009

Anna, I bought the Walimex PRO 95, which is of the same construction as the 150, and I found out the hard way. For me it turned out to be useless, and I paid 90 EUROs (130 US $) to learn that lesson.

It is made of a thin black/white textile fabric as base to which silver or gold colored trapezoidal reflector sections can be attached to via Velcro strips. The base material is not light tight, and when viewed from the rear in operation the small punctures along the seams of the soft box appear like the milky way on a dark night. I never could get the reflector panels to geometrically match the velcro strip pattern, and the angle of reflectance of the various crumbled refector sections makes for an uneven light pattern. Taking -off the double diffusers makes the problem worse. The overall built of the soft box is shoddy, and it is certainly not worth the money.

Hope this helps

Hans

misterstrobe · August 15, 2009

What am I doing wrong?

Admin, please modify my post.

Hans

anna_nielsen · August 15, 2009

argh Hans and bob- why so late an answer :) i just ordered one - mostly because of the youtube review of Garry Edwards - hmm! Does anyone know if he is getting payed reviewing cheap ( and mis/using his good reputation) products <a href="

like lencarta flashes and now cheap softoxes - i was so close ordering a photoflex from B&H -dam! or maybe this product is like Garry says...?

anna_nielsen · August 15, 2009

correction! ofcourse he is getting payed - what i meant was that , maybe he is reviewing bad products better than they are. once got a lencarta ring light - what a mistake !!

anna_nielsen · August 15, 2009

btw Hans - is this a recipie for applepie?

anna_nielsen · August 16, 2009

Well Hans - now ive been sqeezing google for walimex softbox info and it looks like many people are satisfied with them. i choose to belive in Garrys review - maybe you got a bad one :) -

misterstrobe · August 23, 2009

Anna, sorry to get back to you so late. As to the recipie: I certainly had no intension to do so, I merely entered the text as usual, but it appeared as you see it. I had hoped the admin would correct that.

Anna, the first link you provided led to the Walimex PRO soft box, and I commended on that type.

Gary Edward, in his excellent and very useful video, was testing a different model, not the PRO.

Let me know if Walimex changed the design of their PRO model, or if you are satisfied with what you ordered.

Thanks,

Hans

misterstrobe · August 23, 2009

Anna, it seems that the excellent review by Garry Edward was on a type Walimex soft box like this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/walimex-Octagon-Softbox-140cm-for-Elinchrom_W0QQitemZ380151575253QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Photography_StudioEquipment_RL?hash=item5882ccb2d5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I am not sure about the size of the soft box in the review, it could also be the 90 cm version, but I am certain it is not the PRO PLUS you set a link to.

Hans

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