Lastolite Hot Shoe EZ Box vs Cheetah QBox?

The Cheetah Qbox DOES include a grid. They were discontinued for a small time, but he is offering them again. He is even asking those who purchased one without a grid to contact him. I just purchased mine yesterday. I went with the Qbox mostly from a customer service stand point. I have no idea what Lasolite's service is like, but you'd be hard pressed to find someone who's had a bad experience dealing with Edward from Cheetah. All other things being equal, that in itself was enough to make the difference for me.

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Voxcap wrote in post #10406170
The Cheetah Qbox DOES include a grid. They were discontinued for a small time, but he is offering them again. He is even asking those who purchased one without a grid to contact him. I just purchased mine yesterday. I went with the Qbox mostly from a customer service stand point. I have no idea what Lasolite's service is like, but you'd be hard pressed to find someone who's had a bad experience dealing with Edward from Cheetah. All other things being equal, that in itself was enough to make the difference for me.

http://www.cheetahstan​d.com/servlet/StoreFro​nt

That is good to know. Thanks.

airbutchie, would you be so kind as to tell us the actual dimensions of the front diffuser on the Lasolite box?
Thanks.

^ Sure Pinto... I'll have the dimensions for you tonight...

- airbutchie

airbutchie wrote in post #10407300
^ Sure Pinto... I'll have the dimensions for you tonight...

- airbutchie

Thank you!

airbutchie wrote in post #10405825
... With regards to the Lasolite's mounting, it's definately more solid and stable than the QBox (or eBay knockoff) ball-head unit.....

While I'm no fan of ballheads for this application, it should be pointed out that the QBox24 has a much beefier ballhead than is found eBay generic brackets:

^ Thanks for the illustration (and correction), Dave... Much appreciated and welcomed to our discussion... The picture helps alot...

- airbutchie

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I have the Qbox 24 and the ebay knock off. They both work well. For the money, I have a hard time moving from either of them to the Lastolite product. That's a pretty large jump in $$.

Pinto wrote in post #10407824
Thank you!

Okay... The dimension is 22 inches on each side... Diagonally, it's 29 inches across...

- airbutchie

airbutchie wrote in post #10410357
Okay... The dimension is 22 inches on each side... Diagonally, it's 29 inches across...

- airbutchie

Thank you very much!

airbutchie wrote in post #10410357
Okay... The dimension is 22 inches on each side... Diagonally, it's 29 inches across...

- airbutchie

That's the same size as my first SB, the second one is a bit larger.

How deep is the Lastolite?

From the video on youtube, the QBox24 looks a little deeper.
I'm not sure how much that translate in better light quality.

airbutchie wrote in post #10400385
Hey Mark... I can only vouch for the Lasolite EZBOX 24x24 softbox unit... Construction on the softbox and mounting bracket is very good... It also has dual diffuser panels for softer light distribution... Putting it together is easy, but collapsing it back to its original state can be a bit tedious, initially... After doing it a few times, it's no problem at all... Sample shot below mounted on a mini-boom:

Was there something specific you were looking for?

- airbutchie

May I ask which light stand you're using?