Recent content by andygrif

Even our Pro range of Bowens lights from their current line-up are made in China, so it's not really unexpected. Someone did tell me that Elinchroms are all made in India now - so I guess you have to keep pace.

Personally as a heavy user of Amazon, I think on the whole they are excellent, however occasionally they do insist on using a courier (specifically one called Yodel) that is a shambles. But you can rely on Amazon, and even with the Marketplace sellers that are also on Amazon, if something goes...

Hope I can sum up the main differences for you: Esprit II and Esprit 500 were the older workhorses. They were replaced with the Esprit Gemini, which in my opinion were never built as well as the Esprit 500's. They are both of a basic design (which is why they went on working so well) two...

Completely agree - as I said earlier on, these cheapy heads will be unlikely to have the same QC of the established brands and even if they are under a warranty with the purchaser, there's not much in the way of recourse in getting them repaired as there is probably not even a workbench with...

Never saw any info about the 500's - have you got a link to anything? The 750's issues were quite well documented. I would think that if the 500's had similar issues then the fact they sell so many more of the 500's over the 750's I would have heard something - but it may have passed me by...

Just for reference, it was the 750R that had the problems when launched, not the 500R. And the items would also be covered by the Sale of Goods Act of course. I also couldn't imagine Calumet, or any reputable company for that matter, questioning any repair within the two year warranty when...