2x 135W Continuous Lighting Kit 20"x28"/50x70cm Softbox Soft Box Photo Studio Set Light Bulbs Lamp 5500K Photography E27 Socket Softboxes UK Plug

This is a game changer for pics. I run an upcycling business deevintage.com (Free plug, why not) It has given me the freedom to take pics of my pieces in any room at any time of night. I have used it 4 times now and can assemble and disassemble very quickly now that I am used to it. I am so annoyed that I didnt invest in these sooner. My one tiny issue is that the tripod legs can sometimes seem to not take the lights and can seem like they are going to topple over. To combat this I make sure the handing bit of the light is over a tripod leg. Definately worth every penny though! The 1st pic is without the lights. The second pic is with the lights using the same camera. I did change the room so that I could set the lights up in front of the drawers. Amazing product

This product may be assembled with consummate ease and they produce so soft a light that shadows are barely discernible. Lamp replacements are around £9 in the UK and much cheaper in the US of A. The stands are quite sturdy and adjustable in height . What I like about this lighting kit is that it can be carried by a child, they are so light. Another big plus for me is that you cannot get burnt when handling the assembled light, unlike tungsten lamps of the past. I took the trouble to measure the temperature inside the assembled light. With an ambient room temperature of 20C, the temperature inside the assembled light was 31C after half-an-hour of continuous use. With care, this lighting kit will last a lifetime. Many photographers and videographers suffer lamp breakages due to screwing the lamps into their holders too tightly and/or by gripping the glass spiral.. Once their contact is made, they only need an eighth of a turn applied by holding their BASE. NEVER HANDLE THE GLASS SPIRAL. They have a LARGE BASE which is DESIGNED TO BE HANDLED. With some lamps, potassium in the skin causes envelope porosity and they will suffer early failure. Keep them clean and free from fingerprints ... NO TOUCHY LAMP ENVELOPE SPIRAL.

Delivered with a damaged bag. Too tired to return and just kept it. Otherwise, it’s okay.

This might be a top purchase for the year. They are fairly easy to install (I had to think abit about how to get the shades to fan out properly but worked it out myself quite quickly). They give you some serious illumination. They are also really light when packed up. For the price, I'm not sure how they could be better! I'd never used 'professional' lights before for my Ebay selling and other random uses and its definitely a game changer if you are considering it. Its amazing how much better products look under the lights. Also, while I still find it better shooting in daylight, they make it possible to shoot at night which is a big bonus in winter when you get so few daylight hours.

These are great for your first venture into a proper lighting setup. If you're really keen, I'd instead invest in something with more adjustable settings. These you plug in and go, no up or down, just on or off. Great for a medium to big space but not so much for a smaller living room environment. If in a smaller space you can bounce off walls instead, which works for the most part, depending on what you're trying to shoot.

This lighting set has improved the quality of my product photos significantly. Very easy to set up, and compact enough to store away in its bag once dismantled. You might want to figure out a new way of storing the light bulbs to make it more practical, but in the meantime the original boxes and the polyethylene protectors provided will work just fine. I understand this particular set features the new and improved softbox by this company in comparison to an earlier one available. Although I am not sure what the exact difference is as I have not used the previous model, the ones I received are in good quality and still in shape after six weeks of regular usage.

Purchased these as I didn't have any continuous lights for photography setup indoors. I wasn't expecting much for the price but the reviews seemed quite good. Opening the package I was taken by surprise as it was better quality than I was expecting. The stands work fine, slide smoothly and lock fine. I was surprised again at the size of the bulbs, both well packaged. But the thing that really shone (no pun intended) for me was the reflectors. Having struggled furiously in the past trying to put softboxes together, these were pre-assembled and use a clever system for splaying out the sides, it was so simple. Are there higher quality lights out there? Of course there are, and stands and softboxes, but honestly for the price I paid, I wasn't expecting it to be this decent. Colour me happily surprised.

Having used it a few times now I can say that it is great. It arrived safely which was a worry when you get bulbs with anything. It was easy to set up as it comes in several pieces. It isn't heavy duty but for me, that is not an issue if I am careful. I don't have a huge amount of space to work in so every time I use it I have to assemble, again I don't mind as it gets packed into its carry case and tucked away till another day. I am not a professional photographer i use it to take pictures of my food for my website and it is just great for me.

Je suis très déçue par le produit car il manque les adapteurs des prises anglaise. Le produit est non conforme pour une utilisation en France .

Easy set up and pack down. Strong lighting.

I always had to try and play around with photos to get them look good and would often move outside to take shots - not easy with a 4 layer cake or a bunch of cupcakes! Now instead of an hour to get one decent shot it takes 5 minutes in my simple little setup at home. So pleased with these. Gave 4 not 5 stars only because I would like the option to go about 30 or 40% brighter but love the lights and great value for money.

Quality item. Shame you cannot adjust light power. Does as advertised.

One of the lights came broken, it was flopping which I couldn’t quite capture in the photo and blew as soon as I tested it. Will have to just buy another light as I don’t want to return the entire things. Also came with no instructions so set up of the actual boxes was a little tricky at first