Vello FreeWave Wireless Flash Trigger LR and Receiver Kit

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Vello FreeWave Wireless Flash Trigger LR and Receiver Kit

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Quality

The materials are plastic but the build quality is way better than the cowboystudio set.

The price seems quite reasonable and i am very happy with the purchase specially if all goes well in my upcoming shoot.

10/10 was worth the money for the lols.

Well, i found a long term solution with the purchase of these vello freewave wireless units.

Price

The price was kind of in between the cheaper cowboystudio and the pocketwizards and i think they perform better than expected.

Works exactly as expected for a really good price.

Competitiveness

Using it on my canon 6d with a yongnuo flash and works great.

I also picked up a second receiver which allows me to use the vello freewave wireless flash trigger with both of my sunpak 555 flashes.

Each sunpak 555 flash has the standard non-dedicated sunpak std-1d flash module.

The transmitter mounts on my canon 30d via its hot shoe.

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This product had a total of 59 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 1 2021.

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Most positive review

Works great and I love the carrying case it comes with!

Most authentic review

*** See my video review here for a closer look ***After a few years of using my uber ch... Read More

*** See my video review here for a closer look ***After a few years of using my uber cheap CowboyStudio transmitters/receivers I finally decided to upgrade. My previous set worked pretty well in most of my shoots, but they got to a point where I was getting way to many misfires in a row. I didn't want to spend over $150 in the PocketWizards quite yet so I decided to give a shot to this new Vello triggers/receivers. The price was kind of in between the cheaper CowboyStudio and the PocketWizards and I think they perform better than expected.Functionality is extremely simple, just put them on your camera and your flash unit (you can use them with speedlites and strobes), set the channel and you are ready to go. I like it how they came in with all the needed cables to connect to my AlienBee strobes. The materials are plastic but the build quality is way better than the Cowboystudio set.Performance was the biggest factor for me. I was a bit concerned initially because I saw some reviews where people said they got lots of misfires. However, I have tried this set in several shoots and I got very few misfires. It is still not ideal to get more than one in a shoot, but you gotta consider the price. I took about 500 pictures in my last shot and I ended up with a total of 4 misfires. Not too bad of a ratio. The good thing is that none of the misfires were consecutive (which happened a lot with my old CowboyStudio set).I ended up buying two of these sets so I could use them with my two Alienbee strobes at the same time. I think eventually I will end up buying another set. The extra trigger is a spare.Overall, I recommend this set to people looking to upgrade from beginners triggers. If you can afford it, go ahead and go for the PocketWizards, but if you are in a tight budget, these are a good choice.Pros:- Affordable. Cheaper than PocketWizards.- Easy to use.- Comes with all the needed cables/adapters.- Comes with a nice bag for it.- Good material build.- Can use total of 8 channels.Cons:- They are a bit larger than I expected but not a big deal.- Still gets a few misfires but not too many. Read Less