Stroboframe Stroboflip Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by:

mattbikeboy
( Professional)

Review Date
October 25, 2009

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
2 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Review 1 of 3

Price Paid: $70.00 from Amazon.com

Summary:

Great design, ease of use, nice size --- but, poorly constructed.

Strengths:

Compact design, fits DSLRs with or without grips. Flash rotates around lens and keeps everything relatively compact. Takes a day or two to get used to focus and zoom with bracket attached.

Weaknesses:

Loosens up with use -- a little locktite takes care of the issue.

Major flaw -- support welds on base fail relatively quickly with heavy use. Mine failed in less than three months (others where I work seldom get more than six months before the welds fail). Now it makes popping sounds when I move around.

Similar Products Used:

Stroboframe quickflip -- larger more awkward to use.

Customer Service:

We'll see

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Rating
Reviewed by: Marc Akemann
(Professional)

Review Date
March 20, 2003

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Review 2 of 3

Price Paid: $55.00 from Nathan Camera - Roya

Summary:

This is a great product! I use it with a Nikon F5, 24-85mm f/2.8-4 Nikkor zoom lens, Nikon SB-28 flash and a Quantum Battery 1+ almost exclusively. The Stroboflip keeps everything together compactly and is alot easier to handle than the bigger and more awkward models,...not that they don't have their place. Very high quality. I've used this one Stroboflip heavily for almost 5 years now with zero problems.

Strengths:

It works exactly as it is designed to. Smooth and easy to go from horizonal to vertical and back again. Keeps everything in a nice compact package.

Weaknesses:

None that I can think of. In fact, I don't know how it can be improved.

Similar Products Used:

Stroboframe R4-B

Customer Service:

Not needed.

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Rating
Reviewed by: SKULLY
(Intermediate)

Review Date
October 3, 2002

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Review 3 of 3

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

A VERY PRACTICAL FLASH BRACKET.YOU CAN EASILY FLIP THE FLASH FROM HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL POSITION JUST BY FLIPPING YOUR WRIST.THE BRACKET IS VERY STRUDY ON CAMERA AND SUPPORTS A LARGE FLASH VERY WELL.FLASH HEIGHT CAN BE ADJUSTED. SLIGHT DIFFICULTY WHEN CHANGING LENSES. NOT MUCH ROOM AROUND THE LENS MOUNT WITH BRACKET ON ALSO USING LENSES UNDER 3" IN LENGTH YOU MAY NOTICE THE FRONT OF THE BRACKET IN YOUR PHOTOS. THE BRACKET PROTECTS THE LENS AND THE FINISH IS VERY DURABLE

Strengths:

SOLID BUILD. ADJUSTABLE. EASY TO USE. FLASH IS ALWAYS ABOVE LENS. THE DESIGN OF THE BRACKET KIND OF PROTECTS THE LENS.

Weaknesses:

HEAVY!!! WITH FLASH MOUNTED ON FRONT OF BRACKET. HARDER TO CHANGE LENSES. LENSES MUST BE AT LEAST 3".

Similar Products Used:

NONE

Customer Service:

NONE NEEDED

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