Power Tool Drawer Organizer Diy

Such a great lighting tool, really love the quality of the light and use it for all my fashion ecomm work. Provides a crisp and even light with soft fall off. It's huge at 75 so not for everyone or every situation. With it's size it does need a lot of power, I'm looking to start using a Profoto twin tube with this as it'll give me the power I need and help cut my recycle times (I usually shoot at f/18-22). The only down side, but easily resolved, is the horribly designed stand mount. A lighting tool of this size requires a much more stout mount. The one included is toy like with all it's plastic parts and will not last. I strongly urge everyone to replace it with a hollywood grip head immediately! I've attached images of the upgrade, take 2 min to swap them out. I recently replaced a broken rod, Elinchrom/MAC Group was super helpful and sent the rod for a DIY fix. I could have sent it in for repair but opted for the DIY at a fraction of the cost ($22 w/shipping). The replacement took about 20-30min and was easy just requiring a phillips head screw driver and steady hand (several small pieces inside).

A handy tool for the DIY folks

This is a must have organizing tool for your battery drawer. I've used them for years and everyone wants to know where to get them! B&H...of course!

I didn't use the divider kit in a Pelican case, but rather as an organizer for my camera gear in an existing drawer. The flexibility of the kit really allowed me to get everything exactly as I wanted.

Organizer, great tool for this 1510 case

It's a drawer.

It's an equipment rack. Came with a nice power supply, a light, and a lockable drawer. Well made especially for the money! As always, B&H provided great online service!

I got this to house a wireless receiver, mixer, and power distribution unit. It works very well. I also put a drawer in the bottom to hold cables, batteries, etc.

Perfect size case for my rack mixer, power conditioner, headphone amp and drawer. Great value and well built.

OK, so after using this for a couple of weeks, I can say that this grip is darn near as good as the Sony version. The key difference is that the Sony version has a cartridge for the batteries to snap into then slide the cartridge into the grip then lock the battery door. The Vello grip has a more standard drawer type mechanism where the batteries are inserted into the drawer then slide into the grip and locked in in one motion. Basically the door of the Sony unit is attached to the Grip, the door of the Vello Unit is attached to the drawer. Other than that, the grip is as comfortable at the Sony version if not more so. The Vello grip seems to have a more grippable tactile surface. BOTH of the units display the power charge of each battery on the LCD. One feature I prefer on the Vello unit over the Sony is that the power switch is on the back of the grip where you can easily turn it on and off with your thumb. The Sony unit has a twist type knob that sits near the shutter which always required me to use 2 hands to power the unit ON. I find I can switch on and off the Vello Unit much easier and more quickly than I can the Sony. I tend to keep my grip powered off when not using it in vertical mode so that I don't accidently half press on the vertical shutter button with the bottom of my hand when shooting horizontally. NOTE: The power switch on BOTH units just turns on the shutter button and other functions of the grip. It does not power the camera on and off. So with all that said, save yourself near $300 and buy this over the Sony.