BigBabyMoses06 wrote:
Preface: I have never touched a profoto flash, and would very much like to some day. I know folks like their gear. Maybe I'm just jealous.
That said, I'll be the negative Nancy for a minute. I know their equipment is geared towards professionals and studios...but dammit, I will never get over the profoto pricing, especially from what I can tell, they are mostly if not entirely made in china just like godox and westcott. I know of many successful pros who have sold all their profoto gear and moved to Westcott (and a handful that have moved to Godox).
The new Westcott FJ250 is $399 not on sale. Same weight (0.1lb lighter actually) with double the shots per charge (800+ or 1600 with their promax battery vs profoto's listed 400).
It's just, a hard sell I find unless you are already in the profoto ecosystem and making a considerable amount of money with the gear. Otherwise, I don't see much if any point in buying profoto, unless you fall into the small (if any) ability that profoto gives over Westcott.
/rant. Sorry
If I was starting from scratch I'd definitely consider something else. I have two of the Godox 1200 packs and they're great. They have a simple menu system, work with an ac adapter and have been reliable so far. I've actually considered switching but I do like the Profoto Ecosystem. The mount has always worked well for me. The menus are really simple and easy to operate and personally I prefer buttons to touch screens. . If I'm working with someone that has never used Profoto they can operate without any instruction. Most people prefer the exposed flashtube of other models but the Profoto design does allow it to be more compact. The Godox 300 is the exception. The ecosystem offers great modifiers and an easy gel system for color matching. It all comes with the Profoto tax but overall their gear has been really reliable for me and just works. I also travel for some shoots and Profoto gear tends to be more available to rent so I can either leave my gear at home or add to what I need for larger shoots. I also know that I can get Profoto gear repaired. In the past they were terrible to deal with but the past few years I've had great service. Most people I know with Godox consider it disposable and I'm not sure how Westcott's service is. I'd probably be more likely to look at Westcott if it wasn't for the full touchscreen.
BigBabyMoses06 wrote:
Preface: I have never touched a profoto flash, and would very much like to some day. I know folks like their gear. Maybe I'm just jealous.
That said, I'll be the negative Nancy for a minute. I know their equipment is geared towards professionals and studios...but dammit, I will never get over the profoto pricing, especially from what I can tell, they are mostly if not entirely made in china just like godox and westcott. I know of many successful pros who have sold all their profoto gear and moved to Westcott (and a handful that have moved to Godox).
The new Westcott FJ250 is $399 not on sale. Same weight (0.1lb lighter actually) with double the shots per charge (800+ or 1600 with their promax battery vs profoto's listed 400).
It's just, a hard sell I find unless you are already in the profoto ecosystem and making a considerable amount of money with the gear. Otherwise, I don't see much if any point in buying profoto, unless you fall into the small (if any) ability that profoto gives over Westcott.
/rant. Sorry
If I was starting from scratch I'd definitely consider something else. I have two of the Godox 1200 packs and they're great. They have a simple menu system, work with an ac adapter and have been reliable so far. I've actually considered switching but I do like that the Profoto Ecosystem. The mount has always worked well for me. The menus are really simple and easy to operate and personally I prefer buttons to touch screens. . Most people prefer the exposed flashtube of other models but the Profoto design does allow it to be more compact. The Godox 300 is the exception. The ecosystem offers great modifiers and an easy gel system for color matching. It all comes with the Profoto tax but overall their gear has been really reliable for me and just works. I also travel for some shoots and Profoto gear tends to be more available to rent so I can either leave my gear at home or add to what I need for larger shoots. I also know that I can get Profoto gear repaired. In the past they were terrible to deal with but the past few years I've had great service. Most people I know with Godox consider it disposable and I'm not sure how Westcott's service is.
Feb 22, 2026 at 03:29 PM
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