Broncolor Minicom Kit

I'm in the final stages of finalising the gear I'll be purchasing for my new studio fit out and I think I'm seriously considering the following kit. If anyone has any feedback regarding these products I'd love to hear it before I part with upwards of $6,000.00 US.

Broncolor Minicom Classic RFS 3 Monolight Kit

Includes: 1 Minicom 80 600 W/S, 2 Minicom 40 300 W/S Monolights with Radios Slave Receivers, Transmitter, Reflectors, Barndoors, Softbox, Light Stands, Sync Cord, 2 Cases - 1200 W/S Total (100-240V AC)

I guess there's no Bron shooters around here?

The only one that I can think of on this forum, and I may be wrong, is Jason Cole. I haven't seen much of him around...he uses an on location kit.

Try FM, but I'm sure there will be some people on here that have some input towards this.

I've used Broncolor Pulso's, Opus and a few kinds of Monolights. (Not these though)
Good flashes. Expensive.

For that amount of money there are quite a few brands to choose from.
Any reason why Bron in particulair?

The Rolls Royce of strobes. You certainly can't go wrong with Bron.

Only suggestion I would make is perhaps buy them as separate units. That way, you can get exactly the pieces you want, including, perhaps, better quality stands than come with the kit.

mark

You may find that those units which are only 600 W.S. are to weak to do any substantive table top work. In that application you would be looking for small F/stops and you wont get that once you put a light modifier on those heads. In addition you cannot turn those heads down to an extreme down angle should you need it, because of the design of them. If you are just doing portrait work they should be sufficient. However, remember that if you are going to use one of them for a hairlight, you will need a very substantial boom as they are quite heavy. I have used those in the studio and find that the major use they get is as background lights and kickers. If you are going to do serious commercial work and are planning to spend that kind of money go to Ebay and pick up a couple of 3200WS packs.
With four to six heads which you will eventually have, you should be able to do most of what comes at you.