Once again Andrew.. Great review. Lately I ONLY buy lamps after watching your assessments.. That Fresnel verdict "The difference between this and others.. THIS ISN'T CRAP!'.. Wish all reviews were that honest and to the point

Always fantastic, practical and detailed reviews.

What a stellar review man! straight to the point, detailed, organized

Real nice and detailed review. Thank you for being so informative.

@Gaffer & Gear As usual, superb quality here. Your reviews are excellent and so appreciated. Really digging so many of these Nanlite releases and your coverage of them. Thank you!

I'm more than happy with the Forza line and this one goes to my bag, thank you for the excellent review.

Wow, this is just a fantastic review and channel, brilliant. Thank you so much for your time and effort spent on this :)

I really like your work for this channel!

Thank you for another excellent review.. I got the daylight version recently but the fresnel was on backorder so it’s good to get the low down on how well that adapter works. Give thanks

Thanks for the great review! Already have one in my arsenal which works great for hair lights and slashes on the background. The fan is indeed a bit loud, but I'll never get the angry look of the sound recorder. Just keep in mind that it indeed needs te be further than 2 meters away from any mic. Great video again!

You provide us with all things important, that was such a great work ! Thank you, and bravo. ✋😊👌

Just received this light today. All my lights are daylight balanced and was looking for a cheaper bi colour one and this fitted the profile I was looking for, not too expensive, small, lightweight, good light etc and must admit it's very very good! Love the "this isn't crap" too the point!!

This is such a good review. Thanks mate you're a legend!

By far the most competent lighting reviews on KZfaq.

great review as always

I was recently looking at buying one of these to replace my Dedolight DLED 7 Bi-Colour (thinking the Forza was heaps brighter)... so was comparing the brightness photometrics again. Because the Forza with the fresnel is 45 degrees at full flood compared to 60 degrees of the Dedo, you would have to move the Forza 60B back to 4.18 metres distance to achieve the same area of coverage as the Dedo at 3 metres. When you do that, the Forza 60B is about 360 Lux (at 5600k) compared to the Dedo at about 290 Lux (at 5600k). Given the Dedo optics are better (and I already have a bunch of accessories) I decided to just stick with the Dedo. This sort of comparison wouldn't be possible without your testing results Andrew, so thanks very much again for your great work. Just thought it was important to mention the brightness comparisons at a matching area of coverage / beam angle.

Excellent Review 👌🏽

Excellent review, exactly the kind of information I was looking for, thanks ! I've been disturbed by the quality of your sound though, kind of saturated, you may want to get a better microphone.

good review! thanks !

I'm suprised that it doesn't have messy shadows with that LED array... looks like a great value light... thanks for the review!

I wish you would review the "Nanlite Forza 300B"! You could compare it with the "Nanlite Forza 300" daylight model, with its main competitor, the "Aputure 300X", or with a power equivalent conventional lighting fixture : Maybe a 575W HMI Fresnel or a 2Kw Tungsten Fresnel. I love your reviews, they are the best. Thank you for your work!

Very informative video, i was thinking about purchasing one, but then i found out it outputs a lot less than original forza 60, so its probably better to buy the original one with CTO gels. ( And also original forza 60 is cheaper :) ) Keep up the good work!

Extremely thorough and helpful review, with a humane pace - thank you. Are you planning on reviewing the Nanlite Forza 300B by any chance (though you’ve done the regular 300 already)? Keep up the valuable work!

Can I ask, did you get round to adapting these for XLR cable? I would love to know how you did that as I am looking at purchasing some of these myself.

The battery grip can actually install on the 004 tripod and mafa

Keen to check these out, added 2 of the regular Forza 60’s to my kit after your review and they have been great, although had to warranty claim one that randomly went up in smoke one day when powering on. But was replaced no trouble at all. The Aputure Nova P300C is due in stock in the coming weeks, are you going to be checking that out? Would love to see some real world comparisons between it and the S30/S60

Thanks so much for your reviews; truly some great information. Much appreciated! How would you compare this Forza 60 w/ the Fresnel attachment to the Good S30 Focusing LED? I want to use the focusing features and barn doors as a key light for some old Hollywood type portraits. Thanks in advance.

Many thanks for that, a fascinating review and whole world of technical stuff I didnt know about! As imple question, would you say it is suitable as a continuous light for simple indoor portraits or for fill outside?

Thank you for this review. Do you think it is possible to test the intellytech light cannon x-100 projector soon?

is the fresnel standard bowens mount or is it proprietary with forza 60?

I drilled a hole in the single arm yoke thing of my forza 60 so I could attach it to safety chain on a carabiner. How do you do overhead rigging with the 60 series?

Awesome review once again. I really like your opinion from a professional point of view! Are you planning on testing the new Godox VL300? I'm thinking about getting a 300W COB Keylight for interview work. I got two Forza 60 in my kit already. Aputure 300d ii and Forza 300D look both very tempting but the price tag on the Godox as well :/ I'm just starting my career so I'm thinking about saving longer for Aputure or Forza or getting the Godox and Upgrade later. Would love to hear your opinion. Cheers :)

Thanks for some great information! I'm also interested in this light for the fresnel abilities. Have you ever used the Lupo 600? I know it's more powerful (and a lot more money), but I'm wondering how the flood/spot focus won the Forza compares to the flood/spot on the Lupo.

thank you Sir. This was great. What would you be your recommendation of the best alternative to this light? Used for both photo and video, both indoors and outdoors without AC power? Forza seems good, except slightly pinkish tint to it. Heard some good things about Godox ML60. I think I will end up with a 35" softbox to that light. Would Forza hold it up well? Thank you and All the best into the New Year!

love my Forza 60, I want to attach it to a v mount to make it the ultimate portable video light, what DTAP to DC cable does it use?

Thanks for this review! I bought a Forza 60B with the Fresnel (which is not crap!) and loved the versatility and even loved the light at 30 percent with no fan when close to mics. I'm wondering if you have thoughts on the 300B? And whether your thoughts have changed to the Forza 500 based on the 600 d Pro and the amazing Fresnel attachment. And also just generally if you prefer a 5600 k LED and the advantage of brightness over the bicolour offerings. Things have changed so much so fast, I feel now is a decent time to buy rather than keep renting. So many questions... But amazing reviews! Thank you!

This is a fantastic review, thanks a lot! I'm definitely gettin one of those. Would you be willing to share your process (or parts) for the 4 pin power adapter you're talking about? Sounds like a fantastic solution I could try too :-)

Hello, thank you for this great review. Could you please tell me did you meter lux with fresnel on maximum spot or maximum wide?

Hi Andrew, I've been watching all of your videos, thanks to your immense effort, I Iearned quite a lot, I have a question, I'm still new to lights and want to buy my first proper light, may I please ask if the Nanlite 150 mix panel, if comparing to the Forza series, in terms of brightness level, does it provide similar output level close to the Forza 300? Thanks in advance.

Thanks Andrew. Obviously Covid19 has and will put back a lot of firmware upgrades for all manufactures but apparently the China written Phone App is going to be superseded by Nantlites USA phone app at some point. Using a separate Wifi box is very 'old school' and vs the Aputure's phone app it makes Nanlite seem almost amateur in comparison. If I'd say anything to Nanlite, it would be start investing in R'n'D in light cooling technology. COB lights are just getting more and more powerful (Aputure 600 soon!!!!) but the technology behind the cooling implementation especially with Nanlite just seems like an afterthought. A noisy light on set is even worse than a noisy DOP!!!!!

I see that you can't turn the lights off with the remote. But can you dim it all the way to 0 ( for obvious reason to mimic the state of off in order to prolong the life of external batteries)?

Will be there a review of Forza FS-300? I'm curious how shadow behave with those multiple led diodes.

Great review, again :) I have 60D with Bowens adapter for the modifiers. Worth to know, that putting the fresnel for Forza 300/500 with adapter to Forza 60, doenst gives perfect results...Its a lot of "onion" light circles. If you plan to use F60 with fresnel, best solution is to buy to proper one, designed for F60...

206 lux, what did you get with the daylight only version? love your channel, anymore shoots with break downs?

Does the fan get louder relative to output? Like will the fan be louder at 100% brightness compared to 70% or is it the same?

Great! Actually I'm about to purchase my first nanlite. I thought 60 is a bit low so Im considering fs150 for more powerful output.what do you think? I'm on budget anyway

Thanks for the review. Question, what’s the light output compared to the original forza 60?

I'd be all over the Forza series, from 60 to 500, if these fans weren't an issue. In the custom-built PC space you can get quieter fans for most things by spending 20-40 bucks. I really wish light manufacturers spent a little bit extra to sort these things out...

Hi, can you tell me what is the real diameter of fresnel glass?

Thanks for the review, how are you feeling about this light 11 months later? Fresnel has held up well? Do you think the fresnel could be stuffed into the case the 60B comes with?

Very confused - I just got the F11 fresnel for my Forza 60D and the barn doors create very visible multi-shadows while this doesn't seem to be the case in your video - any idea what might be going on there?

is that the fan of the light running in the background?

Hey Andrew, Do you feel that this would be bright enough with the fresnel to punch light through a window into a room?

Hey I was wondering if you have any concerns about the longevity of investing in these cheaper LED brands like Nanlite? Even though these lights are super cheap, LED lasts a long time so any investment could be looked at from a long term investment perspective.

Hi, first, thank you for your video. I saw that you have another video with the forza 60 "mk1". Is the forza 60b less bright than the 60 mk1, a the same CCT?

Did you try 2.1x5.5mm DC Power Extension Cable on 60B?

Hey andrew, are you buying any to rent out or on your main packages? Bit hesitant with the greenshift really. They'll probably go greener over time, although they are very cheap.

Being a bicolour means that if you are using normal day light temperature you will have less output power?

This led is RGB?

What is more powerfull light - Forza 60 or Forza 60B ? Nanlite.com say, that Forza 60 can with a reflector at 1 meter 18.000 lux. NanliteUS say 12.000 lux and Forza 60B (by 5600K) 13.000 lux. So what is brighter light by 5600K - Forza 60 or 60B ?

is this brighter than forza 60 daylight?

you should get affiliate links for these products and make money off us buying them! thank you for all your info

Nanlite FS-300....

Phone app works great now, without extra box....