My Adorama Streaklight Bundles
After a bit of arm twisting Adorama has just released the “Gavin Hoey Recommends…” Streaklight Essentials Bundle and the Streaklight Twin Kit Bundle.
If you’ve been watching any of my recent videos you’ll have seen me shooting with one or two Streaklight flashes.You can checkout my review of the Streaklight 360ws here but if you just want the headline reasons I use the streaklights it’s the amazing power (equivalent to six speedlights), battery powered and incredibly small. In fact I loved it so much I ordered a second Streaklight, the lower powered 180ws. It’s a bit less powerful but also a bit cheaper, perfect for someone like me who’s outside the US and has to factor in shipping & tax.
My essentials bundle contains the Streaklight 360ws, blastpack battery and a remote trigger that doubles up as a full remote control and you’ll save $20 USD along the way.
My twin light kit consists of a Streaklight 360ws, Streaklight 180ws, two blastpack batteries, a Remote control and a second remote receiver. It’s everything I use day to day in my small home studio and bags you a saving of $100USD off the list price.
If you’re looking for the power of a studio light but with the wireless convenience of a speedlight the Streaklights are hard to beat in my book.
No deals for a fellow Brit, Gavin?
I am in a quandary around which portable flash unit to purchase and how many ws are needed. Your “Red Riding Hood” shoot seemed to have a 600 ws unit, but how low can one go before you are wasting your money? There are 150 ws 300ws, up to 600ws units. It appears to be about a $1/ws for the portable units. There is the Flashpoint, Prophoto B1, Streaklight and Quantum units that are out there. What do I do?
Back when I started flash photography I got the most expensive lights I could afford. At the time they were way to advanced for my needs and now they’re to basic. In between times they gave me many years of service. Bottom line, don’t buy what you need now, go up a level or two if you can afford it.