Jinbei Discovery ii 600 2 Heads Kit included Backpack/Stands and Umbrellas

Introduction

There have been for some time now different approaches on how a location strobe should be from Normans compact pack and heads to the big, heavy duty, industry-standard Profoto 7b, and several choices in between for most needs and budgets. However, some options lacked the flexibility in terms of features that some shooters needed: be it size, maximum output, power range, price, etc.

Along came the Elinchrom Ranger Quadra, which offered a compact 400Ws pack and head system that many people instantly loved for its size, weight and features. So many lighting manufacturers ventured on releasing their own version of a Quadra-like pack (including the Walimex PBS-400, which we reviewed a couple of months ago).

Although not known to many, Jinbei (Chinas biggest lighting manufacturer) has have been making battery-powered location strobes (and studio gear too) for quite some time, mostly for European and Asian markets. There have been previous versions of this pack and head, and you can see improvements in size and technology inside them with each iteration.