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Your blog post says "Everything in the photo above is included in the kit which costs around $265USD."

 That almost sounds 'too good to be true', 3 lights with stands and soft boxes, 2 background stands, background, and a case..

does that price u paid actually include 3 lights a background and a case?

Does sound too good to be true. When I sent the cash I was not sure and had fully expected it was a scam.

But the stuff turned up very fast. Also Gino stayed in contact all the way. The customer service is fantastic.

Yes everything in the picture is included. Check out their website for other packs.

Of course what happens is a wholesaler buys them, adds 30% margin, then sells them to a retailer who adds 30%. While I have not asked, I believe you can order them in quantities with your own brand name. Which is probably what usually happens.

By the way, the  title of the story is the link to the website. There is no referral for me.

Check out their wicked generators and battery packs.

it is worth asking for a price list just for . of it.

I  have seen this gear before with a famous brand name on it. Interesting. I wonder if they actually make these famous brand names!

I have got stuff from China before and it looked and felt cheap. These lights definately do not feel cheap.

Good point Jack. Once had an old set of Smith/Victors

Found one shop in Sydney which sells one of their smaller packages for A$1300.
http://www.photo-shop-studio.com/eng/itemdetails.asp?id=TK%2D1100WS&rec=0&sql=select+%2A+from+Item%5Fe1+WHERE+Status%3C%3E%27Hidden%27+and+ItemClass1%3D%27Studio+Lighting%27+and+ItemClass2%3D%27%2D%27+and+ItemClass3%3D%27%2D%27&PriceCurrency=1

Not such a sweet deal - for about the same amount one can get a pair of Elinchromes BK400 with stands and umbrellas.

lmao at me ... I tried to delete that blog but it wont let me ...

I just got a reply, and gino stated that these are unavailable in 110 v - ie for north america - oh well thanks for the heads up anyway

that set is different one from litifetas, I have emailed for pricing, it will be interesting to see the markup coz at that price I drop a light and pickup the elinchrom d-lite 4 kit

phil

at the price you paid for yours it looks great, I use a couple of vivitar 285 flash's and I couldn't buy 3 of them for that price let alone stands etc (and not to mention the 10-20sec recycle time

thanks
Phil

If one wants something which beats Broncolor monolights  then look no further than here:

Comparison table:
http://www.dragonimage.com.au/testiomnials.asp?id=12

and some of the flashes:
http://www.dragonimage.com.au/product.asp?id=578
http://www.dragonimage.com.au/product.asp?id=607

(And - this are not HK$ where the price is given).

Well - they look good, but it would take some doing to beat Broncolor at their own game.

Well - I am not sure. The stuff looks good, has some impressive specs, but God knows how long it will be around and what kind of support one may expect in 5 years time. That's why I am getting "budget" White Lightning set (4 monolights with 300" Ws total).

Thanks for introducing us all to Boling. I had a good chat with Gino via email and ended up buying one of the portable kits they sell and a couple of softboxes. It's a nifty little unit and features 2 x 300w strobes that run off a battery pack. You can plug into the mains as well so you could use in a studio.

Quality of softboxes is fantastic, lights seem well made and use standard flash tubes. Haven't used them in anger yet but they recycle quickly just in a test. The package all fits in a nice little box which was supplied.

Communication was good, paying by Western Union was a painful process but the goods turned up very quickly.

I asked why they don't use Paypal and it seems Paypal impose a few restrictions on them because of being in mainland China.

Cheers
Gary