{"id":10985,"date":"2012-05-29T20:19:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T00:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=10985"},"modified":"2017-11-28T22:28:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T02:28:42","slug":"review-impact-quikbox-softbox-24-x-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/review-impact-quikbox-softbox-24-x-24\/","title":{"rendered":"review: Impact Quikbox Softbox (24″ x 24″)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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review: Impact Quikbox Softbox (24 x 24″)<\/h1>\n

My favorite diffuser \/ modifier for off-camera flash, is the Lastolite Ezybox 24×24 for speed lights<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>).\u00a0The Lastolite Ezybox has\u00a0featured\u00a0often on the Tangents blog. (Here is the review<\/a>). It’s easy to use and super-easy to set up. And in its original configuration, folds up to a surprisingly small bundle.<\/p>\n

The good news for photographers who have been curious about the Lastolite Ezybox, is that Impact now makes a softbox – the Impact Quikbox 24×24 softbox<\/a><\/strong> (affiliate<\/em>), which is virtually identical, at a lower price.<\/p>\n

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The main advantage of this type of softbox, is how it folds open, and clips onto a “lollipop”. None of the metal rods that need to be flexed into a speeding, like you’d have to do with more traditional soft boxes. This makes the Impact 24×24 softbox supremely easy to set up.<\/p>\n

The Impact Quikbox also comes with two diffuser layers (or baffles). The inner baffle attaches via rings that clips into hooks, and the outer baffle velcros onto the inner edge of the sofbox. Dead simple<\/p>\n

The one significant difference to the Lastolite Ezybox, is that the cold-shoe to which the speedlight attaches, has a thumbscrew to secure the speedlight’s foot. The Lastolite has a tendency to slip out because of the slipperiness of the plastic coldshoe. Not a problem with the Impact Quikbox.<\/p>\n

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The one thing I didn’t like about the Impact Quikbox, is that it comes in a large triangular soft bag. The original Lastolite folded up double, and fitted into a much smaller bag. Lastolite appears to have changed that configuration though, and only offers their Ezybox in a large soft bag too now. Oh well.<\/p>\n

It’s easy enough to recommend the\u00a0Impact Quikbox 24×24 softbox<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>), when it works so well, and brings a grab design in at even a lower price.<\/p>\n

I would still recommend these two accessories to make the softbox even more flexible:<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tI’m impressed with how easy it is to set up, and how compact it is. There are no metal rods to insert. The softbox flips open, held into place by internal plastic ribs, typical of the Lastolite reflectors. It is lightweight because of this lack of metal rods and other metal parts. The clamp holding the softbox to the light stand or monopod, is mostly made of plastic. Even the speedring is made of plastic.<\/p>\n

The cold-shoe for the speedlight can swivel around and lock into different positions. This makes it perfect if you use wireless TTL flash, and need to turn the slave flash around so that the sensor faces your master speedlight.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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Back to the photograph at the top.<\/p>\n

To see how this softbox worked in practice, I met up with a model, Molly K<\/a>, in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

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