Photo Hack Episode #3: Strobe Battery Pack

[@jimpurcell]

Great idea about buying the battery on location!!!

[@alcabriphotography]

Great idea, you can find a small portable solar panel to keep your battery fresh at all times as long as there's sunlight, they are about 8x10" I use it while at remote areas.

[@kirkdarling4120]

Oh, heck, I've actually got a couple of those old Buff Vagabond inverters in my closet.

[@cecilsharps]

You want a samilex 300 watt pure sine wave inverter. And a battery at least 12 amp hours to mimic a vagabond. You can pick up a lightweight litium sla equivalent for 50 quid.

[@bthemedia]

This was a classic portable power hack about 10 years ago! (2007?) thanks for bringing back the classic Vagabond to memory! 😃 I wonder if a normal inverter would work - though perhaps not pure sine wave.

[@jflores7585]

Nice hack Joel, thanks for the tips...

[@MichaelJordan_MJProPix]

I used to use my inverter before I the Vagabonds.

[@stephengatley8144]

What you need when you buy an inverter is a (Pure Sine Wave) type & get a deep cycle marine battey or head to the wreckers for a junker!. Marine batteries can be used until they are dead flat & will be able to recharge, if you drain a normal battery to nothing it may not be able to charge!.

[@kirkdarling4120]

The Paul Buff inverter is pure sine wave--that was always the big deal about them.

[@chriskay3058]

I'm not finding the original Paul C. Buff inverter anywhere. So I was considering getting a 2,000-watt pure peak sine inverter (there are many varieties and sources available) and a 12 volt / 35 amp garden tractor battery to power 2 Godox 200 watt studio strobes. Is there anything else that I should be considering ?

[@gregostudiogregox]

Joel, what recycle time do you get at full power with the car battery? what was the amperage on the optima battery

[@sibaraku2023]

Anyone knows where can I find this inverter? Or any other brand making similar stuff?

[@leifnilsen7079]

Thank you

[@luissalazar2021]

Walmart battery’s are really bad bro😎

[@mambo7668]

Or better get a godox

[@kirkdarling4120]

You didn't notice Joel's Godox in the background? He's talking getting ten times the full power shots on location than you get with the Godox.