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 Works great, not durable. December 26, 2008
I've been using my PocketWizards for a year and a half now. Rock solid reliability, Does everything you ask of it, longer range than any competing project.
However, they have a serious problem with physical design.-- of my three PW+II's, two of them have broken hotshoe feet. The foot is made with a seam in the middle, and both times, the foot has broken right along that seam. Partially, that's because they use plastic for the feet, and partially, because their plastic feet are thinner than say, the ones on my actual flashes, but mainly, it's because of that seam-- I've never seen anything like it on any other hotshoe mountable device.
I'm fortunate that only one of my PW's needs to be mounted on camera, and that the others are hung off studio lights, but now I worry that the third one could go at any time.
 Pocket Wizard 2 December 16, 2008
I have been using this for about 3 months now and I believe its one of the best transmitter out there. You can use it both as a receiver or transmitter. The range is superior at 1600 ft, which means you can shoot around corners if need be. It is a bit bulky compared to the "Cactus" or "MicroSync" ones, but this one doesnt miss fire. I love it, once you go with this, you now have the best!
 Works great, but cheap construction December 12, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was torn on giving this rating because so far these do work and work well. However, for this price they could easily have a more durable metal housing and hotshoe foot instead of cheap plastic. They're very reliable in functionality, just hope they stay that way over time before breaking. 5 stars for performance, 1 star for build = 3 stars overall.
awesome November 23, 2008
these are the best. great range and easy to set up. gotta get the right cords though for your particular flash. or get a hotshoe pc sync adapter from[...] like i did. works on all flashes. cheap too.
Great Product... but overpriced October 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pocket Wizards are great and they are the industry standard, which means most pros use them. I own a single pocket wizard, because I only need it when I'm shooting at shared studios or on-location where lights are already provided, and my PW serves as a TX not RX. For my personal lighting setup, I prefer the less expensive and very reliable Cybersync RX and TX from Paul C. Buff (Alien Bees). They are 1/3 the cost of Pocket Wizards.
Long story short, every photographer should own at least one of these.
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