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Care to elaborate what brought you to this conclusion?
Lanny and Erika stepped up from AA powered Canon 600 speedlites so the massive difference in recycle time thanks to li-on seemed to be what really sold them.
TTL is more consistent than other brands of TTL but most of us don't ever use TTL.
You still have to go in a menu to change groups or power levels, it's not like the AC3 controller where you can just turn a wheel and its done.
So the A1's advantage over a V860II is weight (since you dont need maggrips on an A1) and the smoother falloff.
Grids aren't yet out, will probably be plastic and cost a fortune.
Profoto A1:
2000$ for 2 lights, 500$ for trigger, 300$ (?) for 2 grids, total: 2800$
Godox V860II:
320$ for 2 lights, 80$ for trigger, 80$ for grid, total: 480$
So that extra 2300$ gets you smoother fall off and a slightly lighter flash. If it falls off a stand it will still break, build quality won't save you.
When you look at Erika and Lanny's workshop schedule for 2018 (all sold out) they will have earned 330k in workshop revenues only. If I made that much money and charged what they do for weddings on top, Profoto gear and the pricetag wouldn't even be an issue as ultimate reliability is what really matters.
Unless you are in that 1% though, or do flash heavy work all the time and have back problems on top, I can see the attraction. I don't think the 2300$ premium per kit is worth it otherwise. YMMV.
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