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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 612504" data-attributes="member: 24285">I bought a 7&quot; reflector with honeycomb insert for my bare bulb Godox AD360 flash (although with the speedlight bowen's mount gizmo I have I can put it on any speedlight). Have not used it yet but it arrived today four days shy of a month from order to delivery, not bad for an eBay order from China. But sadly, it arrived with a ding.&nbsp; I emailed the vendor and told them they need to use stronger boxes - the box it was in was very soft cardboard.&nbsp; The reflector itself is very thin metal. The ding won't affect performance so I'll keep it rather than go through the effort of ordering another.Downside of buying cheap chinese - you really don't get the feel of it first, it takes a month to arrive, and if damaged, a bother to return.But it was all of $10 US$ so not the end of the world.If I find that it is useful I might buy a better quality one.&nbsp; I don't think I'd buy another one like this from China. [ATTACH]249049[/ATTACH]UPDATE:&nbsp; Received a prompt reply from the vendor &quot;Tomtop&quot; from China.&nbsp; Apologetic: &quot;We will feedback this problem to our related department and we will improve in the future.&quot;&nbsp; and they offered a &quot;3-4&quot; refund which I suspect means 75% off.&nbsp; I'll continue to use this vendor - but with full knowledge that quality of these products vary.&nbsp; I had also ordered a small lens case - suitable for my Lensbaby Composer Pro - with things like that I've been very satisfied, many of my lens cases are bought down by dBay.&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH]249100[/ATTACH]This is it mounted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 612504, member: 24285"] I bought a 7" reflector with honeycomb insert for my bare bulb Godox AD360 flash (although with the speedlight bowen's mount gizmo I have I can put it on any speedlight). Have not used it yet but it arrived today four days shy of a month from order to delivery, not bad for an eBay order from China. But sadly, it arrived with a ding. I emailed the vendor and told them they need to use stronger boxes - the box it was in was very soft cardboard. The reflector itself is very thin metal. The ding won't affect performance so I'll keep it rather than go through the effort of ordering another. Downside of buying cheap chinese - you really don't get the feel of it first, it takes a month to arrive, and if damaged, a bother to return. But it was all of $10 US$ so not the end of the world. If I find that it is useful I might buy a better quality one. I don't think I'd buy another one like this from China. [ATTACH=CONFIG]249049._xfImport[/ATTACH] UPDATE: Received a prompt reply from the vendor "Tomtop" from China. Apologetic: "[COLOR=#231F20][FONT=Helvetica][I]We will feedback this problem to our related department and we will improve in the future.[/I]" and they offered a "3-4" refund which I suspect means 75% off. I'll continue to use this vendor - but with full knowledge that quality of these products vary. I had also ordered a small lens case - suitable for my Lensbaby Composer Pro - with things like that I've been very satisfied, many of my lens cases are bought down by dBay. [/FONT][/COLOR][ATTACH=CONFIG]249100._xfImport[/ATTACH] This is it mounted. [/QUOTE]

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