Only if I couldn't afford a new light all together. Having a pre-set streaming area is very nice especially when you are new and are bumbling through so many unexpected technical problems.
No, I'd still prefer a large studio light and another on-the-go light. The elgato software control is an awesome plus for these, but I really like the Pixel G1S lights for on-the-go at nearly half the price and they have full RGB spectrum (not quite as diffused out-the-box as this though).
100% yes. I'm tired of unplugging everything under my desk, move it somewhere else while also changing heights of my ring lights and redo the settings 😅
I make origami tutorials and do origami streams with varying sizes of paper. So this use case actually fits perfect for me to move my cameras and lights around to different parts of my studio
This might just be when I pull the trigger on a key light. Never cared for the larger size ones because I didn’t need too much light! But the smaller form factor seems right up my alley
I was looking at the Ulanzi cube lights, small enough that you can put them anywhere you need an accent light, waterproof and rechargeable via USB C, for like $30 on Amazon.
5:00 One possible use at the desk (and what i am personally ordering this for) is for green screen setups. Sometimes for reasons, I need to use the green screen. However, it can difficult to get even lighting on the green screen when it is too close to my back. A light like that can be secured to the back of your chair and used to illuminate the green screen in the areas your primary lights may not be able to reach.
exactly what i'd use these for (light greenscreen better) just be carful with how close it is to your greenscreen because you'll create a hotspot making it not key properly
That's the size of the Neewer "off brand" key lights I use now, $35 for the pair and I've had them for 4 years, they work perfectly. Depending on the price, I may grab a couple of these for the Stream Deck control...
The neewer are actually brighter but don't have the temp control. It would be nice to have a portable rechargeable light but I think I'd go aputure rather than this. This doesn't look very heavy duty.
Im trying to reduce the clutter on my desk, if these new keylight minis are as bright as you say they are, i may add a couple and remove my big keylight. This year is a good year for simplicity what with beacn products as well, I'm liking the direction this is all going in.
Quick PSA: if you're interested in Elgato clamps and mounts, please check out Smallrig accessories. They are far more versatile and you'll be futureproofing for a filming rig in case you decide to go that route. Not that there's anything wrong with Elgato, but Smallrig is pretty much the golden standard when it comes to these.
Whoa, This Key light (air) mini is very well thought out. It adds all of the features I felt were lacking from the Key light and Key light air. I would have loved to have atleast hardware control on the regular ones too, atleast to adjust brightness. Had they released this earlier I may have bought this over the Air if i'm honest
The smaller one will be great for when i travel since it's small enough and battery powered so I don't have to mess with as many cords when i try to setup at hotels
I mean elgato makes excellent products, but there are lights out there that do exactly the same and MORE for Less cash. Apurture MC has full color range, with multiple different scene settings, an app to control the light, magnets on the back to mount it to (virtually) anywhere, it's smaller, comes with a light diffuser, can link up with multiple other Apurture MC lights and is able to wirelessly charge in a case if you have multiple lights. This is light is nice, but it's just a smaller, portable Elgato Keylight. *shrugs* Love the channel.
People pretty much pay more just to be able to connect them to their stream decks. To the extent that even people without stream decks get them since their favorite content creators all use them.
This seems perfect for my home setup. I have an Elgato Keylight as my Key and was debating on the Air as my fill but the footprint is too large for a fill light. This is the perfect solution with streamdeck control.
What's got my attention is that they even have. A cold shoe attachment for it which is pretty nice and probably worth me checking out at the very least.
Anything this small, convenient, powerful, and battery powered is something I need for my camera kit. I'll probably be buying two of these in the near future.
Short vids hit different. Watched this while eating my breakfast of pan cakes and felt right amount of time. Bc I finished my pancakes and the vid was about to end🤝🥞
Short form videos are great! I'll sit through a review of a gadget or whatever the topic is just for the entertainment or to see what the latest gadegety thingamabob is even if I'm not necessarily interested in buying the product because the video is not gonna suck up a lot of my time.
I see a great use case for this, lighting my greenscreen better. I have proper lighting but i also use colored lights that bounce off the greenscreen and (very minimally) there are times it has an issue with the chromakeying, i bought some $40 usb amazon lights to light the greenscreen more and it solved my issue, only prob is they aren't wireless/cant be controlled from an app or pc. Having these in the elgato ecosystem i already have built would be an awesome addition (i know my use case is unique and not the norm) Just wish these were released before I got the amazon ones xD
The only way this makes sense to me as a "keylight" is on top of a camera for vlogging. For a studio setup as secondary light to weaken some shadows maybe.
They are out of their MINDS charging that much for this. I bought TWO neewer photography lights, with stands, and they have a dimmer for less than the price for one of these. I use them for my green screen. Also bought 2 neewer "video conference" lights that are about the same price as this and they came with articulating stands, and they dim, they cost 48 bucks for TWO of them. Elgato is charging way too much for their lights and people are falling for it. This is coming from someone who bought and uses the wave3 and stream deck.
It’s because people will just buy Elgato because it’s Elgato at this point. $100 is ridiculous and I’m sure we will see a similar product for less money
It would be great for my stand setup I'm working on. I already own the flex arm so just slapping that on instead of getting the key light like I wanted would be nice. Price could be a bit cheaper so I'll likely pick it up on sale BUT it's a better option than my neewer. Maybe I got the shitty neewer light but it runs out of battery quick, even tho I always use it on low setting, and the battery barely holds a charge. It's so pointless. Not sure where everyone is getting the idea that getting a neewer light is worth it, but y'all do you. I'm sticking with Elgato.
Thanks for this, yes like these shorter videos too. I think the key light mini could find a good use case particularly using the cold shoe on top of a camera. - Is there are release date for the extra accessories showcased towards the end of the video?
I can say I think I would EASILY grab the Key Light mini for my stream, as one key light air isn't enough, but two might be too much for my current setup. But an air and a mini? Might be perfect.
I would actually disagree with one thing. Those who are looking for the key light air but needing to save money where they can this option is currently $50 cheaper and if you start with this and grow forward you can later have a secondary light that syncs well with the rest
I got a cheap brand that works just as great however lighting settings and color temp and bi color have to be done manually with filters and such.. Still I bought 2 of them for $45 Same size and everything!!!
@@stonalisa3729 if I had a lot of money to spend best believe I’d make my entire stream setup as far as lighting and some peripherals ElGato, but I’m an average salary American so I got amor do with what I got!!
Not for me. It’s too close in price to the Boling P1 that I use almost daily. P1 is really bright and does RGB as well and has a great built in 360 arm for easy adjustment.
Can you use it while its USB powered? Used to have a battery powered one that ended up running out of power mid meetings. Having a portable one is super useful for being able to get good lighting for photos, so that’s a plus side to this.
Harris :) Let me ask you tricky question - i need some other lightning. My primary is Ring Light from Elgato, but what would you suggest as key light? Litra glow from Logi or this one from Elgato? I have Lumix G95 so i would love to have most sharp picture that can i have :) Thank you for the answer
This looks really great to use as a backlight.. So like you can put it on the floor behind you pointing up. Or maybe even on a piece of furniture pointing up.. It will light up your green screen or whatever is behind you.. I don't notice anywhere to connect it to a stand or something? This could replace the original Key Light or Key Light Air as I have two OG Key Lights and they are SO BRIGHT that I literally have to turn it down to like 20-40% brightness to effectively not blow my face out. Pewdiepie mentioned the Key Light on his setup tour video and said that Pokimane had said to put it facing the back wall, which I guess if it's white it will diffuse the light and make it a bit better but if you can just turn the brightness down that works just as well IMO. However, having the light face away from you vs. shining bright ass light in your face ... I've noticed having lights in your face is not the best thing for gaming and it really is not great for eyes either so .. that might be cool. So it does have it a 1/4 inch screw hole. I think that's cool. I think this is probably good if the light can actually reach you because it's a lot smaller than the other ones so I am thinking the lights beam might be pretty narrow and a traditional two-light setup where you have them angled towards your face I'm not sure if it would reach you but I think that's really nice. Easy to unscrew and then charge it when you need to. Honestly the big one is way too big for most setups IMO and WAY too bright. I haven't used the Key Light Air but it coming with a stand and not a table mount setup is a deal breaker because with desk real estate as a commodity having to have a stand is not gonna work unless you have a huge desk. They should really have order options for both sizes to choose whether you want a desk-mount or a stand setup. They can both be different prices but this would be better as if it was like this I would have bought Key Light Airs instead of Key Lights...
quite a lot to pay for just to have software control. u can get a few ulanzi RGB lights for the price or better get aputure MC for the same price and control with the aputure app on your phone.
No offense man, but you should have the name of the product written down somewhere. Firstly, if elgato sent this to you for free, you should be doing them the courtesy of linking to that product in your description. Considering it's the entire subject of the video, it should come 1st out of all of your links rather than your affiliate links and your side businesses. The name of this light is not in the title or the description, which I mean I can understand it not being in the title because clickbait is an ecosystem, leaving all information about the product out of the video other than the actual mp4 you uploaded is pretty shitty from the perspective of somebody who was interested in buying one of these. I don't want to have to scrub back to the beginning of the video to find the part where you said its name, have to search it myself, etc. You are a tech channel, this should be first and foremost imo. Love the reviews, love the videos, keep it up, Harris!
Other than the stream deck integration, I don't see too much beneficial to these vs. a cheaper Neewer model. If the price of this was dropped to maybe $79, that would seem worth it. The price being the same as the key light air seems rather non-intuitive.
If you could remove your streaming light to set up for shooting a TH-cam video.. would you?
Probably not
Only if I couldn't afford a new light all together. Having a pre-set streaming area is very nice especially when you are new and are bumbling through so many unexpected technical problems.
No, I'd still prefer a large studio light and another on-the-go light.
The elgato software control is an awesome plus for these, but I really like the Pixel G1S lights for on-the-go at nearly half the price and they have full RGB spectrum (not quite as diffused out-the-box as this though).
100% yes. I'm tired of unplugging everything under my desk, move it somewhere else while also changing heights of my ring lights and redo the settings 😅
I make origami tutorials and do origami streams with varying sizes of paper. So this use case actually fits perfect for me to move my cameras and lights around to different parts of my studio
This might just be when I pull the trigger on a key light. Never cared for the larger size ones because I didn’t need too much light! But the smaller form factor seems right up my alley
Smaller form factor = harsher shadows. Unless you can get it a good distance away.
@@NoobieTaco turn it around towards a wall so the light reflects!
@@Mhriscungai As long as you have white walls that is a great tip.
I was looking at the Ulanzi cube lights, small enough that you can put them anywhere you need an accent light, waterproof and rechargeable via USB C, for like $30 on Amazon.
5:00 One possible use at the desk (and what i am personally ordering this for) is for green screen setups. Sometimes for reasons, I need to use the green screen. However, it can difficult to get even lighting on the green screen when it is too close to my back. A light like that can be secured to the back of your chair and used to illuminate the green screen in the areas your primary lights may not be able to reach.
Excellent use case
exactly what i'd use these for (light greenscreen better) just be carful with how close it is to your greenscreen because you'll create a hotspot making it not key properly
Yes makes perfect sense what you said ideal for lighting up the green screen
Key Light Air has actually 1400 lumens, almost twice as much as Key Light Mini (800 lumens). That's a significant difference.
That's the size of the Neewer "off brand" key lights I use now, $35 for the pair and I've had them for 4 years, they work perfectly. Depending on the price, I may grab a couple of these for the Stream Deck control...
The neewer are actually brighter but don't have the temp control. It would be nice to have a portable rechargeable light but I think I'd go aputure rather than this. This doesn't look very heavy duty.
Im trying to reduce the clutter on my desk, if these new keylight minis are as bright as you say they are, i may add a couple and remove my big keylight. This year is a good year for simplicity what with beacn products as well, I'm liking the direction this is all going in.
Can't help but notice the new background. I love it!
Your reviews are always appreciated, especially on more affordable products.
I would love to see more short gear videos as that probably means you cover more tech gear overall :D
Wow, this light would be great for indie film projects. That small size and portability is amazing.
Yes to more short gear videos- bite size
Quick PSA: if you're interested in Elgato clamps and mounts, please check out Smallrig accessories. They are far more versatile and you'll be futureproofing for a filming rig in case you decide to go that route. Not that there's anything wrong with Elgato, but Smallrig is pretty much the golden standard when it comes to these.
Super binge-able media - I LOVED the short review format
Whoa, This Key light (air) mini is very well thought out. It adds all of the features I felt were lacking from the Key light and Key light air.
I would have loved to have atleast hardware control on the regular ones too, atleast to adjust brightness. Had they released this earlier I may have bought this over the Air if i'm honest
Love the idea of more 5-8 minutes long videos for new/useful tech.
Love all the content long or short. My favorite streaming channel
The smaller one will be great for when i travel since it's small enough and battery powered so I don't have to mess with as many cords when i try to setup at hotels
I mean elgato makes excellent products, but there are lights out there that do exactly the same and MORE for Less cash. Apurture MC has full color range, with multiple different scene settings, an app to control the light, magnets on the back to mount it to (virtually) anywhere, it's smaller, comes with a light diffuser, can link up with multiple other Apurture MC lights and is able to wirelessly charge in a case if you have multiple lights. This is light is nice, but it's just a smaller, portable Elgato Keylight. *shrugs* Love the channel.
People pretty much pay more just to be able to connect them to their stream decks. To the extent that even people without stream decks get them since their favorite content creators all use them.
Yes love the short gear videos. Thank you!
This seems perfect for my home setup. I have an Elgato Keylight as my Key and was debating on the Air as my fill but the footprint is too large for a fill light. This is the perfect solution with streamdeck control.
Hey, nice video, really like the "short" format
What's got my attention is that they even have. A cold shoe attachment for it which is pretty nice and probably worth me checking out at the very least.
Gear videos are my favorite, I'd love if you do them more often
love the idea of a short form *new* product showcase series
I would love to see more 5 min videos about gear. P.S love you harris
Anything this small, convenient, powerful, and battery powered is something I need for my camera kit. I'll probably be buying two of these in the near future.
Just get some Aputure MC RGBWWs
Yooo this is sick! Now to find a way to tape it to the top of my phone so I can start filming shorts!
Dude the stream room is looking fire
Thanks for the video, very informative. Would maybe have liked a bit more on the actual useage. Trying to determine my next upgrade
"90" Degree.
I'm planning on streaming from an arcade cabinet when my basement is finished. This could be a really simple lighting solution for me!
Short vids hit different. Watched this while eating my breakfast of pan cakes and felt right amount of time. Bc I finished my pancakes and the vid was about to end🤝🥞
Ty, HH.
I like short videos, but I also thoroughly enjoy your full length ones. BUT I am a fan of your so.. heheh :)
Short form videos are great! I'll sit through a review of a gadget or whatever the topic is just for the entertainment or to see what the latest gadegety thingamabob is even if I'm not necessarily interested in buying the product because the video is not gonna suck up a lot of my time.
going to be interesting to see if there will ever be lighting designed for those that wear glasses
To avoid glare? Yes that would be awesome but wouldn’t repositioning the light fix that?
Yes, shorts videos are awesome!
Would like to see a comparison with the Apature MC Light. It's the same price and it has RGB.
I see a great use case for this, lighting my greenscreen better. I have proper lighting but i also use colored lights that bounce off the greenscreen and (very minimally) there are times it has an issue with the chromakeying, i bought some $40 usb amazon lights to light the greenscreen more and it solved my issue, only prob is they aren't wireless/cant be controlled from an app or pc. Having these in the elgato ecosystem i already have built would be an awesome addition (i know my use case is unique and not the norm) Just wish these were released before I got the amazon ones xD
Wow this came fast after Logitech launched it's battery powered light
The QVC of streaming ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
its crazy how much of lighting can make a difference
4-6 min tec vids and such are lit
That would be a pretty handy light to have, especially when I move my camera around and want to setup new shots for videos.
Print some 45 degree floor mounting brackets, point at green screen to improve even lighting of your green screen.
The only way this makes sense to me as a "keylight" is on top of a camera for vlogging. For a studio setup as secondary light to weaken some shadows maybe.
They are out of their MINDS charging that much for this. I bought TWO neewer photography lights, with stands, and they have a dimmer for less than the price for one of these. I use them for my green screen.
Also bought 2 neewer "video conference" lights that are about the same price as this and they came with articulating stands, and they dim, they cost 48 bucks for TWO of them.
Elgato is charging way too much for their lights and people are falling for it. This is coming from someone who bought and uses the wave3 and stream deck.
It’s because people will just buy Elgato because it’s Elgato at this point. $100 is ridiculous and I’m sure we will see a similar product for less money
A great new key light from Elgato! I was just wondering which one to buy for my stream 😊
I am actually kind of pumped about this light too
Hmmm... this would fit well in my small streaming area I might have to get it now thank you for showing it off ^^
It would be great for my stand setup I'm working on. I already own the flex arm so just slapping that on instead of getting the key light like I wanted would be nice.
Price could be a bit cheaper so I'll likely pick it up on sale BUT it's a better option than my neewer. Maybe I got the shitty neewer light but it runs out of battery quick, even tho I always use it on low setting, and the battery barely holds a charge. It's so pointless. Not sure where everyone is getting the idea that getting a neewer light is worth it, but y'all do you. I'm sticking with Elgato.
Slightly too expensive imho.
Not a big jump up to the key light air price wise here in Norway
Exactly what I need for my artwork at night 😍, I wish it would be easy to get it in my area
This is just like the Neewer offering only with an option for battery operation.
Thanks for this, yes like these shorter videos too. I think the key light mini could find a good use case particularly using the cold shoe on top of a camera. - Is there are release date for the extra accessories showcased towards the end of the video?
The studio is made of Grey Acacia wood minecraft blocks.
The largest light is so freakng bright that my eyes get sore while streaming with two at the lowest settings
Was about to say “yes” but then didn’t need to lol
Forget the light, just gimme that cable ::searches furiously on amazon::
Dosnt matter were going to do them anyway 🤣
But nah mate I dig them. Keep em rolling!
Future harris what the lotto numbers doe
It might be good for lighting your handcam or as a fill light
I can say I think I would EASILY grab the Key Light mini for my stream, as one key light air isn't enough, but two might be too much for my current setup. But an air and a mini? Might be perfect.
I would actually disagree with one thing. Those who are looking for the key light air but needing to save money where they can this option is currently $50 cheaper and if you start with this and grow forward you can later have a secondary light that syncs well with the rest
Would love some more short gear video's love that you are just going to do them
Aputure made something similar already with the MC which has been fantastic and does all the same things.
Yo alpha love the live streams keep making them
Having a portable light like that is pretty sick!
Can we talk about your crazy long looking IPhone you got there in the first 20 seconds of the Vid?! 😂
I think that light might work great in my spray room! :D
They released this the day after I ordered a key light air … like hours after I order the key light air for size convenience… sadge
I have a single keylight air, that is perfect for me. This guy...imma get for my photography stuff. This would be great!
Ideal for the green screen lighting.
Nice work 👍
I got a cheap brand that works just as great however lighting settings and color temp and bi color have to be done manually with filters and such..
Still I bought 2 of them for $45
Same size and everything!!!
Nice steal. Even though it’s manual that money is better spent on something else for the stream
@@stonalisa3729 yes!
@@stonalisa3729 if I had a lot of money to spend best believe I’d make my entire stream setup as far as lighting and some peripherals ElGato, but I’m an average salary American so I got amor do with what I got!!
This looks like it would be for someone who is on the road alot and wants to stream while in a hotel...without bringing your home lights.
i cant wait for these
I dig the portability of it
Not for me. It’s too close in price to the Boling P1 that I use almost daily. P1 is really bright and does RGB as well and has a great built in 360 arm for easy adjustment.
I just want more videos from you.
Any idea on when the new Elgato mounts you showed in your video will be available?
Can't find any info on them except for this video...
Can you use it while its USB powered? Used to have a battery powered one that ended up running out of power mid meetings. Having a portable one is super useful for being able to get good lighting for photos, so that’s a plus side to this.
Did anyone else notice the alarm in the background towards the end ?? On another note I might have to pick this up ..
Short gear vids are great!
Wish this came out before the Logitech light oh well
Short and simple. Just the way I likt it.
Where's the demonstration of the light? The comparision to other Elgato key lights? How long would the battery last on a stream?
Re length of videos, you know the best length giggity. I mean it’s not like viewers have short attention……oooooo pretty light….where was I?
This could function as a hair light, assuming it can be operated from the stream deck as well.
It can
Harris :) Let me ask you tricky question - i need some other lightning. My primary is Ring Light from Elgato, but what would you suggest as key light? Litra glow from Logi or this one from Elgato? I have Lumix G95 so i would love to have most sharp picture that can i have :) Thank you for the answer
This looks really great to use as a backlight.. So like you can put it on the floor behind you pointing up. Or maybe even on a piece of furniture pointing up.. It will light up your green screen or whatever is behind you.. I don't notice anywhere to connect it to a stand or something? This could replace the original Key Light or Key Light Air as I have two OG Key Lights and they are SO BRIGHT that I literally have to turn it down to like 20-40% brightness to effectively not blow my face out. Pewdiepie mentioned the Key Light on his setup tour video and said that Pokimane had said to put it facing the back wall, which I guess if it's white it will diffuse the light and make it a bit better but if you can just turn the brightness down that works just as well IMO. However, having the light face away from you vs. shining bright ass light in your face ... I've noticed having lights in your face is not the best thing for gaming and it really is not great for eyes either so .. that might be cool.
So it does have it a 1/4 inch screw hole. I think that's cool. I think this is probably good if the light can actually reach you because it's a lot smaller than the other ones so I am thinking the lights beam might be pretty narrow and a traditional two-light setup where you have them angled towards your face I'm not sure if it would reach you but I think that's really nice. Easy to unscrew and then charge it when you need to. Honestly the big one is way too big for most setups IMO and WAY too bright. I haven't used the Key Light Air but it coming with a stand and not a table mount setup is a deal breaker because with desk real estate as a commodity having to have a stand is not gonna work unless you have a huge desk.
They should really have order options for both sizes to choose whether you want a desk-mount or a stand setup. They can both be different prices but this would be better as if it was like this I would have bought Key Light Airs instead of Key Lights...
Thoughts on using this in a photograph go bag?
Sad Harris "I don't think i own a single magnet...." :(
Was hoping for a test video but guessing it will just be the same as the air maybe?
Bring on the shorter form vids! Great idea to make keeping up to date on everything way easier
quite a lot to pay for just to have software control. u can get a few ulanzi RGB lights for the price or better get aputure MC for the same price and control with the aputure app on your phone.
Just to clarify, do you mean 90 deg cable? These are basically the same as an aperture MC, which output about 1400 lumens for the same price.
That long i-phone on the left though...ultra wide lenses what can i say....
No offense man, but you should have the name of the product written down somewhere. Firstly, if elgato sent this to you for free, you should be doing them the courtesy of linking to that product in your description. Considering it's the entire subject of the video, it should come 1st out of all of your links rather than your affiliate links and your side businesses.
The name of this light is not in the title or the description, which I mean I can understand it not being in the title because clickbait is an ecosystem, leaving all information about the product out of the video other than the actual mp4 you uploaded is pretty shitty from the perspective of somebody who was interested in buying one of these. I don't want to have to scrub back to the beginning of the video to find the part where you said its name, have to search it myself, etc. You are a tech channel, this should be first and foremost imo.
Love the reviews, love the videos, keep it up, Harris!
Other than the stream deck integration, I don't see too much beneficial to these vs. a cheaper Neewer model. If the price of this was dropped to maybe $79, that would seem worth it. The price being the same as the key light air seems rather non-intuitive.