The round head is the only revolutionary thing. The light fall off is awesome. The fresnel heads can't come close even with modifiers.

Just picked this up for my Canon r5 after watching your video, thank you!!!

Thanks for the video! You forgot to mention that the XPro trigger can also control some of the studio flashes that Godox produces. It can also trigger X1R receivers if you want to use a regular Nikon, Canon speedlight. So, using the Godox XPro opens the door to a system and not only to the V1. Same for Profoto, for those having the budget

This flash design makes more sense..it's perfect

just ordered my first Gordox V1 last week with the accessory kit and the trigger. Hoping it works as well as you say and if so, I plan to add to it

6:28 "I don't know what you'd call that..." I've always called it a bounce card; a reference to the early days when we'd stick an index card to the flash head with a rubber band.

Just bought this flash and love it. Thanks for the useful information!

I wish they released one that works with the canon RT system, similar to what Yongnuo did.

Thank you for your video! My challenge is that we have a lot of Profoto light modifiers and have no means to adapt them to the Godox flashes and strobes. Godox makes adapters for their modifiers to fit Profoto strobes; however, there does not seem to be products that enable Profoto light modifiers to adapt to the Godox/Flashpoint XPLOR 600Pro TTL, etc. The exceptions are the AD300 and AD400 strobes.

nice vid Todd , yes I use the cheapest godox flash got 2 of them lol manual and they do the job for me just fine I also the x2 trigger . but I love the magnetic ad on the v1 !

I also have a V1 and for using off camera with modifiers, I think the Godox S2 bracket is a must. This allows you to use all Bowens mount modifiers with it.

I have invested heavily into the Flashpoint/Godox brand. Flashpoint because Adorama has a much better service center here in the United States if you have any issues than buying the Godox brand. I have strobe lights from the ad200 to the ad1200 pro. And I also have the V860ii, and the V1. The V1 produces a nice round spread of light that I prefer, the user interface is so much easier than the 860. Plus the V one has all the magnet attachments that makes it so much easier to attach something. I also like when I take portraits, I can swivel it and it swivels much better than the 860 and you can get perfect lighting on your subject. The only issue I have with the V1 is, it has a weak hot shoe mount that is prone to breaking. I actually broke mine by setting my camera down, and it tipped over onto the table. Now that was my fault it broke. But when it’s attached, you can just see that it’s not too sturdy right above the hot shoe. And it broke right above the hot shoe mount, and I did not have the insurance on it when I bought it so lesson learned and my new one I buy comes with four years of insurance. For weddings, I use both the V1 and the 860 and I will be picking up another V1 just so I don’t have to use two different interfaces during the wedding. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Amongst my Nikon 910's I use the V1 and for the money it's brilliant.

I AM TRYING TO FIND a solution but nowhere on the internet can I find an answer. 1st of all!! When you shoot with the V1 godox flash, does the modeling light come out on its own so you can focus??? Is it like prefiring so you can focus and then the flash fires off? If yes, thats amazing. But from my understanding the V1 has to be manually activated and it stays like this the whole time. Meaning that if you are in a nightclub or at a night event photography, you will be like a firefly at the whole event and that sucks. You don't wanna be the main dish for someone's event, you will be noticed enough with the flash that will go off all the time. 2nd, this is not a question but information for MIRRORLESS photography with flash. I use a Sony A7 III which means that it does not read the red focus assist beam of the flashes. But with godox there is a solution which is... you buy for example Godox tt685s and the transmitter the godox xt2s. For some weird reason the x2ts sends a bigger red focus assist beam and it works on the mirrorless camera (AT LEAST ON THE sony a7 III & A7 II) . That's how you focus at night with flash photography on a mirrorless camera. It's weird how there is no flash in the market for the mirrorless cameras.

I love my Godox V860 II, I am thinking about adding this one for set up soon. But he almost lost me when he said he switched to Fuji LOL.. I would stick with Canon, Nikon, or Sony.

New Canon user in I was surprised to see Canon still using double a on a lot of their flashes. I ended up getting the goadox v1c

Its attachment is not good? Gets broke easily?

If you’re using your Fuji X 100 V it has a leaf shutter lens and you don’t have to use hi speed sync.

Just bought one with a XT2 trigger, when I try to adjust the flash off camera the buttons do not work but they do work if I put it on camera (Nikon D850)

Thank you for a very informative video!

Hi Todd - Just watched and really enjoyed. Clear and concise! I am a Canon shooter and have only one flash - 600EX II-RT which I keep on keep camera as I have not ventured into off-camera land yet! The highlight of our video for me was how you rotate the flash 90 degrees for your set position for both landscape and portrait modes, so you dont have to do that in the moment every time you switch between the two framings. Also, the price of this unit, together with the magnet accessories, are pointing me in the direction of purchasing one - or tow? If i sell the Canon 600EX? :) Thanks! I just subscribed.

Really want that thing around the 6:30 mark.

You couldn't force me to buy any electronic that takes standard batteries... So I bought godox too.

It’s ok but totally hopeless when it comes to gordox remote device it just don’t talk with my Sony.

i just want a flash especially a cheap one at that lol to start taking pictures at night and hope my pictures come out better without the shadow. i just want the flash to work when i press the shutter button and i take the picture. so of course i want the flash to be automatic so all i have to do is point and shoot so this is the only flash i need right

the v1 has only 1 pro, it is round... but it has more cons, size, zoomrange, does not fit 3rd party speedlite modifiers . the godox v860 III so version 3 is much better in every aspect.

Very informative, thanks

Good Info! Thank you

Many comments about overheating. What do you think?

Recycle time goes down after 20-30 shots, is this normal behaviour?

very nice , Thank you ..

There's no video comparison for Canon Speedlite EL-1 vs Godox V1. I'm using godox v1, and need to know why canon ones are so expensive.

Just bought a V1, so far like it but not seeing, yet, balanced TTL that is available on Nikon speed lights. Thank you for your posr

will it work with Nikon z8 and z9 cameras?

Hi Todd, nice vídeo!!! One question if I may... Is the bounce card efficient? And, if you have no place, wall or ceiling to bounce and if you point the flash up with the bounce card on, does it bounce enough light to a person?? Thank you so much in advance

Can you use the v1 on the camera's hotshoe as a transmitter to another v1 or do you need a separate transmitter?

Will this worth with lumix s5iix

is it stronger than V860 III in terms of light?

I believed what you said as I had two Nikon SB-910s and one SB-900 and Su-800 master ( i hate two models SB 900 and 910 made batteries so hot after a few dozen shots) I got experiences on Nikon Speedlites that I hate the most was so expensive but they are not even much better than Godox 860III(I had two ) or Godox V1(I had two). Yes, we can shoot as much as you can as Godox's batteries that it lasts like forever without warm battery and free mind not mention about to change battery. Godox speedlites are easy to use than Nikon SB, only reading and you never forget as you saw it right on flash screen like TCM, sync,S1/S2 or M,A,B,Cmode etc.. just following letters for what you want to do and keep pressing button. That was why I do not upgrade to Nikon SB-5000 because Nikon is always inclining to rip off as much as they can. I love Nikon but I do not fall for Nikon flashes no more.

at 4:39. ever heard about rechargeable AA? not that it is convenient but buying normal AA batteries and being worried that you will run out? at the wedding? man....

No !

Is Godox junk?

no its not, the hot shoe breaks constantly.

No best soeedlight ever is the profoto A10

Hey Todd - do you know how the Godox V1 compares to the Westcott Fj80 11 S? At first glance, they seem to be rather identical, although I really have no idea if that's true or not.