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Our Top Choice
Fovitec StudioPRO 2500 Watt Photography Light Set
StudioPro products are made by Fovitec, who deliver quality products at affordable prices for a professional approach to lighting. They offer continuous lighting, strobes, diffusers, backdrops, and more.
Total lighting kit at a great price. Offers main light, fill light, and hair light. The 5’ boom is great for a hair light. The other two softboxes offer five socket heads with diffusers.
Initial setup can be confusing.
Portraits, product photos, art
3 light stands
(2) 5 socket, (1) single
2500 watt kit
2 softboxes
Best Value
Cowboy Studio Continuous Background Lighting Kit
Cowboy Studio supplies studio and lighting equipment for those who work in the video, photography, and film industries, at affordable prices.
Great kit for filming videos or taking catalogue pictures. Large umbrellas that are effective light diffusers. Phenomenal price.
Some inconsistencies with the light sockets reported, but very inexpensive and good for beginners.
Videos, product photos, portrait
4 light stands
4 single AC sockets
900 watt kit
2 white 32” umbrellas
MyStudio VersaSweep Photo Studio
This product is designed by Pro Cyc, a modular cyclorama background studio founded by Fritz Von Tagen in Portland, Oregon. Pro Cyc opened a tabletop studio line called MyStudio in 2007.
The choice for product photography. Offers a 53” x 96” seamless background for tabletop photos with dual 48” light fixtures that are separately adjustable.
No overhead light.
Product photography, miniatures
2 swiveling light fixtures
(4) 48” daylight bulbs
Not specified
Includes 2 accent lights
Linco 2000 W Photo Studio Lighting Kit
Linco offers user-friendly studio equipment that includes a range of lighting fixtures, boom stands, and background accessories for improved photography.
Nice studio set for photography and videography. Lots of lighting options with several diffused softboxes and four socket lighting fixtures with umbrella holes and large handles.
Reports of Linco “buying” reviews from customers.
Studio photography, videography
3 light stands
(3) 4 socket heads
2000 watt kit
3 softboxes/boom/backdrop
LimoStudio Photography Photo Portrait Studio
Limo Studio will help you set up your personal studio with light controls and modifiers, as well as complete kits to get your lighting just right.
Great starter kit at a super affordable price, making it a best seller. Two umbrellas with stands that accommodate strobe and continuous lighting, plus a tabletop light stand.
Some reports of bulbs breaking during shipping.
Studio photography
3 light stands
3 single sockets
600 watt kit
2 white 33” umbrellas