Don't forget the additional $419 for the remote! That's $50 more than a Godox AD200 and Xpro remote.

Do you get a couple lights to keep when they give you an all expenses paid trip to Alaska?

Thank you for actually showing the menu and control functions of the units, your honesty about the features as well as the caveats. Your video is not a sales presentation, but serves to educate the viewer. I had to sort through a lot of crap videos to get to yours. Liked and Subscribed! You earned it!

GREAT video Lee!! I just bought the B1X location kit with the backpack, and now will look forward to adding this kit to compliment it! You did a great job!

$1500 for a light that's only about 1.4x brighter than a speedlight? No thank you.

One B10, or five Godox AD-200s...

Great review and I'm excited to add this to my B2's and B1X's.

Nice mosquitoes

Welcome to Alaska!!! Hope your experience was amazing!!!

The price is problematic, and I am surprised by the low output. The contender is the AD400 pro by godox. It supports Profoto modifiers in good theory. The appeal of this lights is how compact they are. It’s amazing. The downside is the non exposed bulb. Can one service the bulb?

Has Tim Cook left Apple and gone to profoto ??.... Hilarious pricing!😂😂

Does it have two card slots?

continuous light is good feature added recently I completed a museum shoot & I am always thinking of setting up continuous lighting in my photo shoot but the down side is the remote dosen't tell the flash power @ this price that sucks .

Hi , based on your experience... is it recommended for interior/ architecture Photography? Specially during light paint with beauty dish ?

I can buy 2 AD200 and a LED light and still have money left with $1600!

Thanks for this review!

I watched for fun,at 1600k I can buy Main,fill and hair lights for my studio and also buy two for my on-location shoots.All Godox Ad200. 😅😂🤣🤣🤣

Thanks for your Review. In flash! mode is there a constant modeling light available to help focus in dim lit environments?

Lee, thank you for your review. Great stuff, as usual. I see that you used the TTL-S trigger, for Sony, which is the same one I use. For some reason I always have to ensure that the trigger is inserted all the way through in the hot shoe, or it will misfire. Other than that, it is rock solid. Looking forward to a review of the Profoto B10 vs. the Fiilex p360 for video.

Great tutorial & review thanks

Superb video, thank you. Comparison to Flashpoint AD200? or the 400?

Thanks, great review.

At $1500.... the Godox ad400 Pro looks like an amazing value.

HSS available top to bottom or just at the top 3 stops ? thank you

I’m in love!

The single light comes in the same case as my Godox 200 😂😂😂 saying that I realise these lights are aimed at professionals who can probably write off the cost through tax, as an amateur I’m happy with Godox, great video and loved your review 👍🏻

Nice Lee. It looks rad

Dude! great review what's up with the new chrome dome haircut, it's cool buddy! 😀👍

Great review.

This light looks amazing, but... the price is craaaazy. I hope no one buys a single one just to boycott the price. Even $1000 is too much for a 250W light, no matter that it has Bluetooth, battery and a fancy display. I really love it, but I wouldn't be able to justify the cost in my fees.

THANK YOU for showing me how to get to the menu! I don't read user guides either -- jeesh!!! btw, the tiny knob is hard to tighten/loosen for tightening the head position, and the plug-in for the cord is hard to get at -- my thoughts. Thanks again!!

It is built from plastics, just like a tank :):) Quick question, is the output consistent at 11fps , power level 6.5 or 7? I have 1BX and it cannot do that. It fires all right, but the power output is all over the place. Thank you!

$1600 but don't worry, it has a nice soft case

BTW Godox has a new round head for AD200 and you can combine two AD200 for a 400W light. hummmmm all for a price ~700 half of a B10.

kudos on keeping it together with all the bugs! 😂😂 I would have put this off for another time!

Plz what is the battery range with continuous light ?

It is my idea that we are heading or if not already arrived at the time when gear become disposable, example I have B1, B2, A1, which are all great tools, but very expensive. Now with the new B10, my guess is that the B2 has suffered a considerable drop in value, but hey its still a great light. As a hard working full time photographer I find it harder to justify the cost of these units, recently purchased a couple of Ad200 which do an amazing job and coupled with the new ST-IV Trigger at £60 or $60 which is an amazing trigger, it feels just as good if not better built than the profoto airsync which is almost 6 x the cost. The ST-IV offers more information with regard to output vs the Profoto. So I will not be adding to my light collection with this new B10. Going to spend and enjoy the money saved, while still taking the same photograph.

Thank you for the review. I bought the B10 but they don't have apps for Android devices users. Why? If they are planning to release one when? Why companies they always delayed apps for Android? Do they have special agreement with Apple. When you think they( profoto) will release A1 for Sony? Please help me with these questions Thank you

Have been waiting since the profoto B10 released for fstoppers to cover it Best review up till now 👌👌 No one has covered the things that Lee did 👏 😍

"one of the most exciting advancements in lighting that I've seen in years" OH REALLY? PLEASE. TELL ME MORE. So basically you're holding a bulky AD250 in your hand and try so sell it as if there is no AD200 on the market. I might be wrong but you desperately need money, am I right?

How do the compare to the ROTOLIGHT series ?

Godox AD200 and their controller tells you the power output of each light. Not sure why people are still buying this stuff.

Great review, good product, terrible price. What I love about my Profoto lights is the protruding flashtube, it fills a beauty dish and strip light much better. I'm not sure I'm willing to give that up for this feature set, though I'm open to it, given that I bought Aputure 120s for video.

Well I own both the Profoto B1, B2 and 2 AD200 (that I bought later) and for me, the price difference is justified. Out in the field, lightstands fall all the time, sandbags or not. The Profoto gear is built to last, my B1 has resisted the most horrible falls, and man that light falls hard. One AD200 already died because of this. Second, if you use TTL for convenience, you're going to love Profoto's TTL implementation for both Sony and Nikon gear. Godox doesn't get it right, and in the case of Sony, it underexposes a few stops if you shoot at an aperture wider that f/4. That's a known issue that's rarely mentioned. The quality of light, that's also true: choose Nikon or Canon for it's color science, with the right WB and pair it with Profoto and you can shoot awesome OCF photos that require minimal or no color correction. A few photoshoots with equipment that do not produce reliable and consistent color of light and you're going to spend your money (or time) color-correcting like crazy, if that's important to you. I bought the AD200 to travel light, now it's time to sell it.

For sure it is very handy & nice for those who has plenty dosh in their pockets !

This is as large as an AD400pro while being only a little bit more powerful than the AD200, while being 3-5 times more expensive. People will be buying this though, just as people will buy 1500$ new iPhones.

That price is steep to say the least. In my opinion, even if you are already vested in the Profoto system, that is still a crazy expensive light that is just slightly more powerful than a couple of speedlights.

sixteenhunfreddollars/AND IT COMES IN A REALLY COOL SOFT CASE WITH A ZIPPER. Nice save?!? Great video! You guys are my go-to for all things photography!

Hey Stevie. What's up with the shades?

I bought a couple of Godox AD200 with the AD-B2 and softbox for way less than the prices shown here with twice the power and full TTL & HSS controlled wirelessly from camera !! - How can they justify the pricing ??

Lee! You were in my back yard and didn't say "hi." :) On a side note from all the bickering about the light, this video was shot at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska. Stunning location a short drive south of Anchorage. One of the best keep secrets for skiing and a beautiful hotel. Come visit. You won't be disappointed as a photographer.

Now that Lee finally shaved his head. I’m officially a fan.

At this price point I can't believe that the air remote doesn't display the power of the flash heads!

Amazing design and way out of my league.

Can you please do a review of the Canon EL-1 speedlite? You do such a tremendous job with your reviews

Is there going to be a profoto a1 for Sony??????

How much!!!!!!!! NO WAY

like how he brushes over the prices really quick with the "really cool soft case" laughable

When I was shooting in Dubai with B10, fan was turned on almost all time, but there was more than 40 Degrees Celsius.

I see everyone dissing the B10 in favour of the Godox AD-200... so, can someone confirm whether the Godox does studio (constant) lighting or flash only? If the Godox doesn't do constant lighting, it is no good to videographers at all, regardless of its favourable pricing.

I'd love to see a comparison to our beloved Godox AD200 lights.

What sunglasses do you have? I like them

Hey! Could you do a video on how George Ezras music video to Shotgun was created?

To compare the Profoto light with a speedlight you have to put a modifier to both, otherwise you're going to be fooled by the spread of light. Bare speedlights focus the light a lot. For example, if you compare the AD200 + speedlight head vs the AD200 + lightbulb at the same power level, the first one is going to give you 1.5-2 more stops of light measured at the center. If you use a softbox both give almost the same measured output. At 9:56 in your video, you can see that the lightspread is almost twice as big. If the intensity at the center is the same, that's only possible with more power.

with 2 speed-lights you can cross light (which you can't with one light :-) and if one fails you still have the other. If you want two of these then you need to carry two gear-bags (speedlights can fit in your one bag). And if you have only one B10 and it fails no light whatsoever. Plus this costs is 5+ speed-lights/led lights as the presenter suggests. If you have modifiers/stands that's a third bag to carry around :-) So clearly this whole set up is for larger-scale pro work; where you have at least 3 people on a 'shoot'. This idea of filming and photographing at the same time is also oversold. In a wedding situation you have one person doing the video and they have their own light and one or two photographers each with their own light. It beats me how you can use the same light through-out for film and video if you are doing a wedding. Not even in film sets they do that. They prepare each set with its own light and then film photography has no light of its own but goes off the filming light. But a wedding is a fluid event (not a film set) you cannot stop the process between 'scenes' to set up/alter the lights. You set them once (and this may not always be possible) and you hope for the best :-) So it pays if you are a 3-person team (e.g. 1 video, 2 photo) to be able to alter the light at the individual level.

What glasses is lee wearing?

I just chocked on my coffee when you said $1600 😆😆😆😆 I’ll stick with my rotolight neo 2 for $300

Seems pretty versatile however I am sure I am not the only one saying this but that price could be a real deal breaker for alot of people. I can see it maybe and that's a big maybe if you already have invested in alot of there other products that can work with this light but even then you almost have to have a cooperate credit card to pick these up and like you said there are much more budget friendly options on the table. Thank you so much for sharing and cheers

ProFoto lost me at $1,600

Nice I’ll be ordering a couple !!! Love the quality of light just something special about it .. especially on skin tones 👊👊

Lee.. Can you do some tests on power output vs. the B1X. Some of the other people that were at the Alaska event are saying that there is only 1/3 stop difference between the two at full power! That's insane! I just bought the B1X kit, and if this is true I would much rather give up 1/3 stop in exchange for this smaller light. A full stop is another story tho, especially here in Miami, sun with HSS. So.. I am gasping for someone to has access to both lights to make a quick, comparison video. On my knees begging LOL. Please! :-)

Apparently the magnums reflector really helps with power output.

Godox ad200 or ad400 on comparison tests more than match the output and quality of light of Profoto, only real difference is price and snobbery factor.

These sounded great until the price. Was expecting 800 not double that.

Profotos the apple of the lighting world.

The best way to get an honest review of a piece of gear is to wait for the new one to come. Not everything was really "that great" in the last one.

5 years later and their price is still crazy 🤯

I've had Sooo many Pro Fotos go down…Just can't use them at that price :(

Does it do TTL?

B1 noise? Never heard mine make any audible noise during operation.

Profoto’s price is simple. Besides being reliable and ruggedly built, they are dead simple to use! They get out of the way of photography, all while being a flexible and intuitive extension of your camera. Brilliant!!! For some unfathomable reason, other flash companies haven’t discovered simple! Why, I do‘no, third base!

Can anyone explain to me why Profoto always uses focused light? Why don't they use a normal ring-flash bulb that fires in all directions? No matter the diffusion or modifier you will always have a big hotspot in the middle where as a ring-bulb does not.

Did he say $1600 each? Are they for real?

Regarding the mains operating! According to the Profoto rep who I was talking to yesterday, I mentioned the mains operation feature. I was told that's its not recometed it more of a get you out of a hole feature. I hope he was wrong..

You convince me, to buy the Godox AD200 for $300, thanks!!

Q: What does it cost to buy a KZfaqr's soul in 2018? A: A trip to Hawaii or Alaska.

Hey +Fstoppers - Thanks for this review. I read a bunch of comments below while I was less than halfway through the video. Then I continued watching and saw that you guys gave an accurate and honest review. You stated that (although you didn't have a light meter with you) it didn't seem they were equivalent to the output of 5 speedlites. You stated that the Profoto Air remote system doesn't have two-way communication with the B10, and requires looking on the back of the B10 to see what the power level is. You acknowledge that these units are expensive and not for everyone. For all the people slamming the video, they're missing the point. This was a review, not a comparison between the B10 and (insert other brand here), it was a very fair review. Thank you!

Those mosquitoes though. haha Great video btw. :)

overpriced AD200?

Great sponsored video

Hi, two comments on the video: I would recommend recording the video without sunglasses. It looks cool but takes away from the communication between you and your audience. Also if you mention the iOS app let us know if there is one for android too! Furudal

Do a review of the Digibee800 with Cybersense controller

the AirRemote price tag is ridiculous when it doesn’t display the strobe’s output setting.

You had me at wireless!

Also to add, this video in one part didn't make sense. He says "I've been told that the remote and the flash do not actually communicate with each other, it's just sending signals to the flash". But to contradict this, he said previously that the remote DOES tell you when you have reached the highest or lowest output. So yeh - that didn't make any sense. This is an important subject, and it will put me off buying a set of two of these strobes as I've become very accustomed to my Canon wireless EX trigger showing me exposure (manual and TTL) on the camera for each flash group.

Ok so, I'm hoping Aputure makes a counter to this ... similar size & features but cheaper.

It is definitely good product, that can replace my two 60GN speed lights and compact video light (250$ all together). But single unit is not suitable for professional work, so it is good as additional light to existing B1 or you will need to buy set of two B10.

A Profoto maybe more expensive then those cheap lights from China but you have to consider the service life. I have a battery powered monolight that looks very much like a Profoto B1 and I also have two B1 location kits. The B1 look alike has already been replaced with less then a 5 months of service while the B1's just keep working. First day I had the B1 I used them to light action in a gym, fired off 1200 images in less then 2 hours, they never missed a beat.

Profoto really aren’t getting it, the days of them being able to charge insane prices for their gear is long gone, Godox is killing them in terms of innovation and doing it at a price that normally users can afford. The AD200 is smaller, better shaped, only slightly less powerful and way more versatile

PF's studio USB based radio controller does show in real time each light level on a computer. The remote not showing in real time is a baffling gaff on the part of PF.