lasto Hilite Extra support bars ?

[peterjones00]

I like many other's invested- in Hilite to find once up! the beast would not fold and unfortunately became part of the furniture for awhile, till I gained the courage to try to fold it again. However a member on here ( Phil-T ) sent me a video with 3 different methods on how to fold the Hilite. I have to say after looking at the video's I was able to fold it on the 2nd attempt and thereafter so I am really pleased

But i did notice on the first video that Mark takes out 5 support bars not 4 ? is it worth having extra support bars to keep the Hilite in shape? Here is the link to the video ....Thanks Phil-T

http://www.lastoliteschoolofphotography.com/different-ways-to-fold-the-lastolite-hilite

 

[BigJohn]

You only get 5 with the large version , not sure if extra bars would help it to keep its shape though.

 

[phil-t]

I like many other's invested- in Hilite to find once up! the beast would not fold and unfortunately became part of the furniture for awhile, till I gained the courage to try to fold it again. However a member on here ( Phil-T ) sent me a video with 3 different methods on how to fold the Hilite. I have to say after looking at the video's I was able to fold it on the 2nd attempt and thereafter so I am really pleased

But i did notice on the first video that Mark takes out 5 support bars not 4 ? is it worth having extra support bars to keep the Hilite in shape? Here is the link to the video ....Thanks Phil-T

http://www.lastoliteschoolofphotography.com/different-ways-to-fold-the-lastolite-hilite

No Problems! I can't say how frustrated I was folding it, I had to apologise to the missus for days after that!

As mentioned above, the 8x7 has the spare bar, which is really to just keep the front spaced away from the back, I don't think it'd help keep a more 'square' shape when viewed front on, but you can buy spares,
e.g.
http://www.spaphoto.co.uk/acatalog/Hilite_Support_Rods_for_6x7_and_5x7_set_of_4.html if someone fancies giving it a go.