As a DP this is my favorite channel on YT. The world needs more gaffers life you!

If you're an aspiring professional and you're not watching this channel, then you're cheating yourself out of at least a 10 year head start on experience and free practical education when it comes to gear and what to look for in different situations. Excellent honest review.

That anecdote about how the control unit charges batteries silently so you can sleep in your hotel room is why I love this channel.

Best review of the 600D I've seen. It's great that you're not afraid to point out the flaws, whereas other reviewers tiptoe around them.

*hits pause* 10 min into the video and you're already bringing up point no one else have talked about. Really thorough work, Andrew! *hits play*

I swear, it feels like Aputure should pay to get early units to you for suggestions on the stuff you bring up. You're a treasure, Andrew - super informative reviews.

Andrew is by far the best and most in-depth technical reviewer, pointing out every crevice of a product and how it applies to everyday situations.

Thorough, detailed and honest. No BS just hard facts. Only reviewer I trust. Great work.

An Aputure package with the 600d, F10 and 10" barn doors in a single custom case would be a very attractive package. Stack 3 or 4 of them on a hand truck and wheel them on the set. Aputure should have a suite of Fresnel light kits for each of their bowens mount lights. Light, Fresnel and barn doors in a custom case. One case for all of the pieces. The number of cases at setup and teardown makes a huge difference.

This was incredibly well put together. I've been wanting a review from someone who's familiar with higher end cinema lights and you absolutely knocked it out of the park.

Another awesome review. Thank you! I preordered my 600D and F10 Fresnel... it’s will be here later this week and I’m so excited!

Amazing Review Andrew, Informative and concise as usual and bringing up some really great points with the head lead length! Thanks so much.

Man, I love your reviews. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us. I especially like how you touch on real world use cases and potential pitfalls. The issue with regards to different fan noise frequency is something I hadn’t thought about. Thank you!

Your videos and information are incredible - I honestly learn something new every time I watch one of your reviews. Fantastic review!! - I hope Aputure sees this - best detailed video review I have seen

Much better review than mine, per usual. Maybe I can just hang up my review hat and stick with the walk-throughs and other rants🤪 Thank you for setting the standard.

You never fail to impress! Even though I am not in the market for a super powerful cob, I wanted to watch because I never come away from one of your videos without picking up a valuable tip-or two as to a light itself or the power systems available or complexities with DMX system commands or such things as buckling light stand warnings! Aputure should pay you consultation fees before they release their fixtures, you would help them take their products up to the ultimate professional level! 👏🏾🙏🏾

Hands down the best light reviews. Thank you for making this channel.

Incredible Review! You're so thorough and you're opinions aren't biased at all. Thank you!!

Another amazing review, keep up the good work. Just ordered my own 600D due to your convincing review, thanks again!

Finally the review I've been waiting for.

Love this review. So much good points made regarding details of the product, details that ultimately make you decide if it's the right tool for the job. I hope Aputure sends you their new Amaran COB lights. There's countless value in watching a true professional analize a tool while thinking of a real set scenario.

Thorough work, I was interested in this light, but glad I watched this video to see the limitations before I buy it.

So excited for your review! Yes!

Another very good, honest review. Thanks for all your diligence, Andrew!

Extremely valuable and thorough content! Thank you for your work!

Finally this review came out! Watching now

what an in depth review! FANTASTIC - THANK YOU - and ho smart Apurture is...with that jumping in different increments etc. so well thought out!

Love to see Aputure's innovations and disruptions in our industry. IMO it is great to know that rental house quality is now in my budget and I can't wait to see how other manufacturers respond!

You are very thorough Mr Lock, thanks for the upload.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am so happy I found your channel. I have been watching a lot! Your reviews are based on actual use, not somebody reading from the manufacturer's specs.

Another great product breakdown! Thank you, sir!

The 600D review I was waiting for!

Outstandingly thorough review. Thank you! I had to check the sub count twice. I was expecting 145k! Keep up the great work!!!

Best review I see So far Top quality Info love it

Brilliant review thank you. Great to hear from someone who actually works in the industry rather than a youtuber.

A more thorough review is not possible, the best reviews by far.

lovely content! please keep doing what you are doing, andrew!

Thank you as always for your thorough review of this light!

Amazing, really thorough review. Thanks!

Thanks for the review! Its perfect. Yesterday I saw another review, from another gaffer...and sorry, too much hype and nothing useful. You said about negatives, thats the important part. Everyone knows about the positives. Your review is honest. I decided to buy another one Forza 500, because: Its lighter, cheaper, easy to mount it overhead on a boom. Better reflector system. Yes I had issues with the knob on the stirrup and had to replace it with Manfrotto adapter . Aputure has great build quality and firmware, true. In my country, the difference in prices are 50%+ over Forza 500, but the light output is not twice for the double price. If I run two F500 together, will be fine.

Hello Andrew, again and again you prove yourself to bring the most interesting and useful reviews about lightning gear anywhere. You never disappoint commenting on crucial details that most reviewers seem to forget or simply ignore because they don't use the equipment on a regular basis on professional environments. I wanted to highlight that you asked Aputure the reason why the batteries would not give you 100% of the power the 600 D can deliver. It seems you are the only one who realize these little things that and the end of the day will make a WHOLE difference while in the field. Hopefully Aputure will let you know when they release a firmware that will make this light more powerful while running on batteries. I would love if you gives us an update when you get the Fresnel.

I was waiting for this review :D 🙏

thanks for the comparison! I just want to buy one of these units, and for a week now I have been checking youtube for this movie ;-)

Aputure needs you as a consultant. Great video.

Once again another GREAT REVIEW! In short.. NEVER BUY TILL YOU WATCH ANDREW'S REVIEW.

Great review! I'm always waiting to hear your perspective on the aputure lights before I buy them. Usually to know if I need to wait for second batch like with the nova. 👌

Best 600 D review out there!! Thank you mate.

Thank you for your good work!

Thank you so much for your work! Love your channel!

Congratullations for the video. Very clear and sharp

12:40:00 Haha! Aputure looked into the future and saw that you would gerry-rig a solution! Love you channel!

great review as always

Spot on Andrew... This is what I like about you... You bring experience to the table unlike most that doesn't even mention the hotspot...

Once I saw the announcement from Aputure, I immediately have been checking your page for your input ever since. You are one of the only trusted sources I use for video reviews of gear out there. Thanks for all you do, cheers mate.

„If you are smart enough to cross a road, without somebody holding your hand ...“ may I borrow this analogy? 😁

Great job! Cheers, and thank you! Don't forget to check back in with us when you have some on-set experiences. I'd like to hear you talk about how this fits in your kit and benefits you the most. THX

Man, this video puts all other reviews of this light to shame. I want to know how it stacks up to HMIs and the format 500 not a basic retelling of what apurture has already said about it. thank you for this awesome review! Answered all my questions like always

Thank you for that battery explanation! I was sitting here wondering why you weren't using 26V batteries for the 100% output....sure enough a minute later you said why.

Thanks a lot for your vidéos, exactly what I m always looking for

Thanks for sharing!!!

Awesome review, now I know.

Its build quality is crazy. I love that I can use my Bowens softboxes and reflectors too.

Great review. Hope they do something about the fans in the next firmware update. Bottom 1% drop off shouldn't be a problem through any diffusion, so not a worry. Hope for new batteries & firmware change soon, too.

Awesome stuff! Always appreciate your perspective from the professional's perspective.

I love this light. I want 3!

It's Master Class review

I firmly believe that Aputure should allow to review their lights and upload the videos before anyone else does. I believe that will help bring more views to your channel and possibly more followers. You deserve it because your reviews are the most thorough and clear on KZfaq.

I love your videos! would you consider do a series where you talk about which lights are the best for different situations ? For example lets say you have to film an interview and need to choose a light, would you bring a Light mat, Tube Light, Hmi ect

Good Work sir

Thanks for the information and in-depth review. One thing that annoys me about this, and the 300d ii is that they don't include a 'fire' effect. Even though I feel like they have said you can do it in the past. Anyways, looking forward to using one of these some day soon!

Just for the record, Aputure released a firmware update that allows you to select the fan speed on the 600D. You can choose between Smart Mode (Auto), High, Medium and Low. So you can disregard that particular "con" listed in this video.

Very nice sir 👌

I’d love to be a Gaffer after I finish Uni, but when I look at your fabulous lighting collection, it’s a little daunting to think of how expensive all that gear must have been!

Great! Thanks

What a monster! I miss tube lights from Aputure. Seeing how well they’re doing, it is, to my knowledge, the only fixture type they don’t have yet.

Excellent work. Can you provide any links to articles or videos that show how to correct using gel? More specifically, any video or article that shows if you have a delta uv of say, +.0024, then a 1/8 Minus Green gel is recommended? I love these videos specifically when you speak to the color quality and accuracy. Keep up the solid work!

I really enjoy and appreciate the thoroughness of your reviews. While I understand it's not practical to purchase or review all lights, I would love for you to dip your toes into other brands ecosystems. What are our chances of seeing reviews of Digital Sputnik, Cream source, or Hive? If local owners or rental shops made them available to you would you be interested?

hope they get you one off those new amarans to test

Thanks Andrew, I always learn something from your videos. Great note on the variable speed fan for sound recording. 2 questions - you mentioned testing flicker to 1/17000.. was that with the light at full power? Our unit is showing some flicker at 1/6400 when it’s dimmed.(and none at full power up to 1/71000!). Also curious whether you tried the Forza reflector on the 600d to see if that evened out the beam..it would be a nice option if it worked.

Andrew, a big thank you from the other side of the globe (Austria) for this review. Very helpful for making the decision to put that into my rental kits. It would have been interesting to see if the reflector from the Forza 500 would do a better job on the Aputure 600d than its native reflector. I found the evenness of the 600d version a bit disappointing because AFAIK the reflector on the 300d MKII has a more even spread. Looks like they went with a smaller diameter to better fit it into the bag? And do you know if the new Fresnel lens will have a bag for transportation too?

Fantastic review, best of the bunch as usual. Two questions: 1. Will you be getting (more of) these lights for your business? 2. On Newsshooter.com there was a rumour of another big COB light coming early in the new year - you know anything about that?

Wonderful review (as always), Andrew! If you still have the review unit, could you please test the current barn doors (if you still have them too) on the reflector dish to see if gels melt at 100% brightness? If not, do you think they would?

Definitely looks to be a superior unit to the Forza500, but at the moment a lot of Aussie dealers are doing a Forza500 + fresnel & barn doors + Forza60B for $2700. I think there's a lot of value in that if you can make use of a 60B in your kit.

As usual. Great reviews. Out of curiosity, did you ever give it try with the spotlight attachment? I know it isn't optimized for it, but was just curious.

Awesome review!! Were you ever going to finish that review of the Kupo grip? I just purchased a 300x and have been eyeballing the Kupo junior boom stand! Just trying to find the best junior boom for the 300x

Grt review as usual. Thx. You mentioned portability as the main reason to go for the Forza...but does the narrow concentration of intensity with the reflector present an issue for you in practical use with the 600dPro?

Another great breakdown, thanks! Wondering if the Nanlux Evoke 1200 has caught your eye yet... any plans to take a look?

Hi Andrew! Great review thanks! Just a few questions that I hope you can help with : 1 - How does this work with the 300D II reflector in regards to that intense hotspot? 2 - Does this work well with the Aputure spotlight mount? 3 - Do the barn doors for the 300D II reflector also work on the 600D II reflector?

Such great and thorough info. Thanks! Maybe I missed it, but do you have a review of the LS 600d Pro vs. the non-Pro version? My budget is tight but if the difference is significant, I'll save for the Pro version.

Thanks again for a great review! Looks like this doesn't have fire effects? or can you access this with the app?

Hey man I would really appreciate a video and advice on best generators to buy. I’m looking for one as you advised but not sure what to get

Thanks a lot for the Video! :) I currently have a Nanlite Forza 500 ... and i really don't know if i should keep it because i hate how loud it is ... soo idk i would be VERY thankful if you could make a in detail comparison of both. Selling a used light also would mean i loose money :/ so ... idk

I have received the fixture a few days ago and have to say the noise level (the unit came with the firmware update) is way too audible for interview session. I love when manufacturers pushing boundaries, Aputure is a flagship on that ocean of innovation. I am really disappointed that I have to send this back, it's not going to work for me. The light is amazing otherwise, but I can't justify a $2000 light that I can only use when sound is not needed. It's a great tool for music videos, photoshoots, exterior applications when hitting interiors from the outside through windows...for those gigs it's absolutely amazing. I would wanted to use it for interviews in larger areas where all its power would have been utilized but that would be way too noisy. I also really doubt that 'Silent' mode is 60% of full power as it advertised. Again, amazing build quality and if that double fan technique were implemented in this one too like in the 300D II. then I would have kept it. I watched this review several times before pulling the trigger on the unit, thank you Andrew for constantly championing lighting reviews. P.S.: It really amazes me that (the 600D Pro being on the market now almost a year) videos do not address the noise issue in detail. They could have saved me a purchase for sure.

GreatGreat review. Can you review the 600d with the F10 fresnel bowens mount adapter and the 10" barn doors? What does the complete package look like. Will it work as a direct replacement for a high power HMI light on set?

Don’t love that hot spot on the 600… I think the forza has an advantage over the aputure in regards to the hot spot. I rarely use the reflectors on these types of lights, but when I do, having a consistent beam is important in my opinion.

Can you make a video on how to read all your spectrometer graphs in greater detail? Things like how to measure how much +\- green/magenta you need according to the duv reading etc

Thank You very much! Could you do a review and a comparison with the Godox 600D. Thanks!

Great review! Thanks. Started renting this for shoots now. Had an issue where, when running off batteries, it would randomly switch off. Fairly frequently too. Has anyone else encountered that? Was a pretty high humidity location I wonder if that could have anything to do with it?

If you put the clamp on an aluminum light stand right above a tightening collar, then it won't slide down and you don't have to tighten it very hard, right?

I have one question about the big lantern. I am a one guy shooter - in one hand my BMPCC4k in the other my stand. 1) Do you think that the bigger lantern is a lot heaver and more inconvinient or is the softer light worth it? Thanks for the help :)