Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

What's wonderful about this is that it's a perfect way to hold the excellent Trigrips perfectly. What's not wonderful is if you only want the holder and not the flash bracket, you still have to purchase both.What would be ideal would be if they created 2 options- one trigrip holder WITH the flash bracket and one without so photographers (like me) who prefer to work in natural light dont need to shell out [$] just for a reflector holder.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

I purchased this grip to help me hold the Trigrip reflector for three different applications: To diffuse sunlight, as a reflector, and to soften the light from my strobes. I think it's a bit overpriced for its use and construction, but it does come in handy when there isn't an assistant available.
So why even buy one? If you're like me, I absolutely love the Trigrip reflector/diffuser and this does extend it's functionality. I can see myself making modifications to it soon, such as adding foam to the inside of the reflector holder to make the grip more secure. I may even replace the arm that holds the flash since it does seem a bit flimsy. I may also replace the flash mount with a Stroboframe Hot Shoe flash mount.

LC

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

Works great as a reflector holder, works good with flash bracket on bounce position but not as shoot-through, it works better if u have flash on separate stand. The bracket is on the heavy side so u need a pretty sturdy light stand. Hopefully the velcro to hold reflector is durable to last a lot of uses.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

Awesome holder built for the Trigrip Difflector I just bought. It held everything in place on that last shoot with lite rain and wind.

Highly recommended.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

I purchased this for use with the 48" Tri-grip. While this bracket would hold the smaller Tri-grips very well, it does not support the large 48" to the same extent.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

This holder is a nice adddition to my lighting equipment.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

Nice mounts and everything but the flimsy velcro that secures the tri grip in the bracket falls off after awhile and the sticky side (hook)became unstuck now is useless. Had to modify with a velcro strap. After that works great.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

This clamp performs as advertised, it is much larger than I had thought but its built well and will support the trigrip reflector series with ease. The only minor issue is that the velcro strip supplied seems a bit short but it still does the job. I read few negative reviews on this before I purchased it and I was skeptical but I am quite happy with it. The flash bracket is very useful when shooting through it for some nice light diffusion. I own two of these brackets and am happy with my purchase.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

Instead of carrying umbrellas and softboxes on location, this holder allows me to use my TriGrips as diffusers and reflectors with my SB-900 speedlights with great results, reducing the bulk of equipment I have to carry around. It also allows me to work alone under most circumstances as it can be mounted on a tripod. Just beware of the wind...

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

Very bad! The product is very heavy! Mounting is not holding a reflector! (I have TriGrip Reflector Sunlite / SoftSilver 3728 and TriFlips 3696). I had to glue the rubber to the plastic holder, as the velcro them immediately tore. Flash is at an angle to the reflector. You can use it like this: strobistsi.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/konzola-fles-deznik

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

True disappointment: Metal parts too thin, in some position, Velcro can't keep the reflector in place properly.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

this is a true disappointment: the hot shoes have this metal parts that break out very easily and also make it very hard to insert the flash in it.
Also, the advertisement in Lastolite mentioned that the different flashes could be united to a wireless trigger such as PocketWizard. I have found no such support.

A real disappointment!

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

The swivel / ballhead is nicely machined and very well constructed, as it should be at this price. Unfortunately, the plastic bracket holding the actual trigrip is decidedly less fabulous. You can't clamp or screw the trigrip tight in the bracket; all you can do is secure it with a velcro strap (supplied). It works OK in most situations, but when the trigrip is at an angle of anywhere between about 170 and 60 degrees in relation to the ground, and there's any rockiness (caused by wind or vibrations), the trigrip torques under the gravity and can cause the velcro to work itself loose.

Just as annoyingly, the ONLY screw that is captive is exactly the one that shouldn't be: the one holding the cold shoe on the flash bracket. The flash bracket has three lengthwise slits that look capable of holding that cold shoe, but the screw securing the shoe is captive in the rearmost slit, farthest from the trigrip. Thus, you can't move the flash appreciably closer to the trigrip.

I still find this device pretty useful, but it really needs a version 2.0 that addresses its obvious shortcomings.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

I use this trigrip holder when I am shootng alone and need to position my diffuser or reflector panels.
The design is simple but efficient and works very well. The flash mount is very handy as well.
Excellent product, getting a lot of use already.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

I purchased this product based on reviews online. This is an innovative idea well worth a look. It hold a flash at various angles. It works in hand or on a stand. It's pretty solid in construction and flexible in application.

However, after a day in the sun -around 88 degrees - the self stick velcro let go under the strain of the elastic band which holds the handle of the TriFlip in the device. I have to ask, "What were they thinking?" Problem solved by removing the lame little strips of velcro and running another 2" wide strip of self stick velcro around three sides of the mount. This way the pressure from elastic band pulls against itself and probably won't release anytime soon. Had to disassemble the holder to fit it out but it only took minutes.

Comments about Lastolite Trigrip Holder with Flash Bracket:

I was excited by the idea of this product to shoot my nikon flash through my tri-grip diffuser. No such luck. It will hold the reflector/diffuser fine and if you want to bounce the flash off of a reflector it will also work well, but the flash sits much too low to shoot through the diffuser. I am going to be cramming it into a vice and bending it to make it work.