Godox SL-60W Review and Tips (how to fix some issues)
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- The Godox SL-60W is a simple and affordable video light, but it certainly has a few issues that need to be addressed - is it worth your time and money? In this video I share some of the work-arounds and tips on how I've addressed these issues and what you can do to make this light work for you.
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You and your channel have grown so big in just a few weeks! Congratulations Heather! 🥰 Keep the great content coming!
Thank you so much!!
I've been meaning to buy two of these as my first real lights for my videos. Thank you so much for this!
You are so welcome!
One of the best Godox SL-60W reviews I have seen on YT. Good Job. Your content keeps on improving. 👏👏👌
Wow, thanks! Much appreciated
What a fantastic video! Informative, straight to the point and you're really charismatic. Subscribed immediately. Thank you!
Very kind of you, thank you! :D
@@FellowFilmmaker Exactly same feeling to me, also subscribed immediately! Keep this nice work! Cheers
This is perhaps one of the most honest, to-the-point, and very helpful video that I have seen in a long time, or ever seen for that matter. Thank you for the tips. They will prove very useful to a lot of us.
Glad it was helpful! :) I try to make all my videos like this
@@FellowFilmmaker Good, continue doing so. By the way, is there any existing problem with "fan noise?"
The noise is the same, I don't think they've improved it. It's noisy to me, but if you're not mic'd near it then you could be fine. I don't think the output on the Godox is great if you need lower power outputs, it's too bright for that.
This is hands down the best review of the light on TH-cam - you knocked it out of the park! Beautifully done, articulate and great info! Thanks for sharing - subscribed :)
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for subscribing :D
@@FellowFilmmaker I totally agree with that. A lot better than tons of over the top videos from youtubers who think they are great and more that are promoting that instead of a product. Or they must already be the product in the review 😄. Great to see the videos here. Keep up the good work and stay yourself, at least that is enough for me.🤗👍🏻
Super kind of you, thank you! I plan on being myself for a very very long time, haha, like the rest of my life. I value authenticity. :D Glad you do too.
Thank you soo much for what you are doing. I just happen to chance on your channel, watched one video and that led to another. I have literally watched every single video on your channel. I love your content, your personality and your presentation. As a beginner film maker, I have your channel to rely on for information and understanding. Thanks once again. You have yourself a new subscriber.
That's great to hear, thank you! I'm glad it can all be a help to you! :)
What a fantastic review, thank you. I just bought four of these to light a corner of a salon for haircut photos, and so far they’ve been fantastic. We were using strobes before but it was intimidating and confusing for some of the stylists to get to know them, but using these continuous lights we’re able to set the salon camera to aperture priority and let stylists just point and shoot- or they can easily shoot haircut photos and videos with their phone if they don’t want to figure out the DSLR.
That's awesome! Love to hear it's working well for those who aren't familiar :D
Really excellent video Heather 👌 great to see how your videos have progressed over the last couple of months with slick b roll and gfx - keep going you’ll be a much bigger channel in no time!
Thanks so much!
Best review on this light that I've seen. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
I really liked this video. Very few people are speaking to the lights themselves. This is where I am. Your attention to detail about what videos should be next to view is vital information. Good stuff #subscribed🤙🏽🎬🎥
Glad you find the videos helpful! Thanks for subscribing :D
Sister of wise whisper, of reliable and helpful word! Thx so much! 💛🙏🏼
Haha, that is some poetic sounding words, but thank you!
Great video, i have two SL60w of the older version and i agree totaly with your conclusions.
Good to know! :) Thanks for watching
Stumbled on to your channel. I have both the sl 60 and 150, and for what i do, they are an inexpesive light to work with. Thanks for the vid job well done, definitely subscribing! Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed! :D
Outstanding work. Clear, concise and informative. Keep it up. Thanks.
Much appreciated!
Such a helpful, honest, real world review. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Yeah! I really love your style! On top of all the information, the outro made me smile!
Haha, happy to hear that! :D Thanks for watching and commenting
Very professional review, great tips and a top-notch camera presence
Much appreciated, thank you! :D
Thanks for talking about old and new fans! I've watched a dozen or so videos about the SL60W and no one has proven that there is a difference.
Glad to help!
Your channel is a blessing!✌️
So happy to hear that! :D
Great review...Thanks! I just purchased the Godox FV200 and SL60W...looking forward to using them on my next shoot.
Hope it goes well! :D
You’re a great help. Will be getting this today! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Very well laid out. I have these lights and i am still working around them
They do work, just can't overdo them really :)
This really is such a great video, is has all the info that I wanted and goes over the real life info that people looking for this light want to know. Also production value is much better than most.
So happy to hear that! :D Thank you!
Fellow Filmmaker also the upgraded handle hack is so smart, having the ratcheting option helps solve some of the issues with the handle.
Agreed! For me it was doubly great since it helped mark the two I have so I can tell one from the other, and that I can move the handle where I want is nice too. :D
You mean production value of the OP is better than most or you mean using this light gives more production value for film makers ? Your last line is ambiguous !
This is so good! Thank you. So full of knowledge and value. Keep it up!
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
Very detailed and enjoyable review! I own a SL60W and I agree about the handle. I had my light+octabox suddenly dropped down when I thought I had secured it 😅
Thanks for sharing!
just attached one of those double taped velcro from Lowes and have the other end on the sealing to help support your soft-box. I feel we can be less complaisant and just fine solutions to any of our issues, remember we are buying a NON expensive light, its bound to have minor set backs.
I really like the way you made this video, especially your vibe 😊
Thank you so much!!
Wow your growing fast, good job 👍👍 im your 998 subscriber around 2 or 3 week ago, now your 1.7k. keep rockin, love your video 🎥👍
Thanks for being here, and for being the 998th! :D
You're bringing some fresh air to the youtube filmmaker community! Thanks for starting this channel. Keep on making videos. I've been doing this for a while now and really learned a lot from different channels like Gerald but yours is really different (which is better than better) and you have a lot of energy. Maybe we should talk at some point to share some of the experiences how an efficient youtube video workflow looks like. I've worked on mine (doing this as a side hustle) for about two years and would like to share it but not on my channel because that's about 3D printing. But maybe this audience would be interested if we talk about it?
Happy to hear I'm able to make a difference on youtube! :) I'll have to poll the audience to see if that would be something they are into, if so I'll reach out! :D
Gerald is just a sales man I used to watch the guy when he started and now its just SALE SALE SALE. I feel this channel actually dose help people out by finding way NOT To go and buy the latest and greatest piece of equipment such is the case with Gerald "undone"
wow!!! best video ever...specially the tip regarding the color accuracy!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I hope my guess was right about your video. I bought one Godox SL60 after watching your channel. I am planning to start a TH-cam channel.
I hope your channel goes well!
Very soon yours will be a top review channel !! 👌👌
Let's see! :D
I'm glad that Godox started out with some really affordable lights for people just starting out, and I'm also glad they decided to move upmarket with their VL series. I'm pretty tempted by those lights at a significantly reduced price point from the Aputures.
Same! The new VL lights are great! I have the VL300 and love it :)
@@FellowFilmmaker have u made any video on VL ?
Good point on the brightness issue. I have been wrestling with the brightness as well. Even at 10%,it is extremely bright and almost unusable. Even with a very large light doom at 44 inches diameter, it is still too bright.
Yeah, the ML60 going down to 0% is a great alternative to the SL60 :D
Thanks for another great review👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice review, keep up the good work ♥️
Thank you! Will do!
Brilliant explainer. Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Great presentation! I just ordered mine. Thanks.
Hope you enjoy it!
@@FellowFilmmaker It will definitely be better than my home made one.
thank you for this! super helpful. Buying one now :)
Glad I could help! I'm sure you'll love it :D
Thanks to share just nice information
Happy to get the Channel for light source
Thanks Again
Glad to help
Great review! Helpful. Subscribed.
Awesome, thank you!
Very resource-rich description. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
@@FellowFilmmaker Thanks for making :)
I am convinced, i need this light 😍. Thank you so much for the detailed review🤗. I hope this would be 100 times better than my ring light anyway 😂😂
I'm sure it will be better! :D Hope you enjoy it
You're heavilly underrated, hope you grow fast! Keep it up
Appreciate it!
Keep up the great work!
Thank you! I will :D
Excellent presentation - thank you!
You're very welcome!
Great review. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
love the Rembrandt lighting!!
Thanks :D
I am looking to buy a SL-60 light with a soft box. I see “Godox SB-UE 80cm / 31.5in Portable Octagon Honeycomb Grid Umbrella” Is it good?
when at the beginning of the video you said, "it's not a sponsored video". I just clicked like.
Super kind of you :)
Well done! I have the same problems with lighting stands and clamps. I think it's time manufacturers work out new ways to mount lights. They always seem awkward. I gave up on guessing color temperatures, especially when using more than one light, plus window light, so I try to make a habit of snapping a quick shot of a grey card, then using that image as a custom white balance.
Definitely good idea to use the gray card :p I just don't own one, haha!
@@FellowFilmmaker I did this video a few years ago from my other channel using a $6 card. It's actually one of the reasons I started posting tech tips on my personal channel. th-cam.com/video/d5VkTWSIO_c/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for making this video I was literally about to buy 2 of these lights. Now I think I'll go to the vl300
You're most welcome! Glad I could help
I've been using this light for a while for just youtube streaming and talking head videos. Its great but the fan noise clicking is very audible since my room is completely silent. I find that if you tilt the light downwards some of the noise will go away but its not a great solution.
Good to know about that, thanks for sharing
Does this light has charging system? I mean work outdoor?
lovely demo :)
Glad you liked it!
very informative, thank you for posting
Glad it was helpful!
I've been reluctant to buy a plug in light since I do event work where I may not always be able to plug into power and I may need to quickly move a light. For the amazing price, I may go ahead and get an SL-60W and then put the VL 150 on my wish list for when a well paying job requires a nice two or three light setup. My cheapo battery powered flat panels don't cut it for times I want to do an interview and I want to use soft light.
That's a good plan! :) I hope you find what works best for you!
Awesome! Great video here. :D
Thank you very much!
Why you don’t have more followers beats me. Really professional made! I can see you put a lot of work in both your filming and editing!
I’m currently looking to upgrade my lighting to be able to film when I want and not being limited to the daylight.
Question, do you notice the fan noice when using a for example a lavmic ?
Hoping more come soon - slowly but surely. I don't notice fan noise with a lav mic on the newer model light.
Hey, good-looking! This video is perfect, informative!
I'm glad the information was helpful
When you said "One is a newer model, one is an older model" I had to do a double take, because the company Neewer also has an SL-60 light! An excellent all round video, super helpful. Mine just arrived today and I can't wait to power this baby up.
I hope you enjoy it alot! :D
@@FellowFilmmaker Thank you! Currently waiting for it to warm up, when it reached home it was SUPER cold due to the frosty weather outside... praying to God I don't experience condensation issues lol.
Oooh, I know what you mean. That happens to me too, all the cold weather and gear. Hope it works alright for you!
@@FellowFilmmaker Yeah it's quite annoying. Even just sitting in my room overnight, I noticed the morning the light was still freezing cold after use last night. Will need to find a suitable case for it. In other news, the light looked really nice coming through my 28inch Neewer parabolic softbox with a honeycomb on top!
Great! So happy to hear it looked good. :D Just hope you're able to keep things warm!
Very informative review, thanks a lot..already subscribed..from Egypt
Awesome, thank you!
I have just purchased one of these for 100 dollars (!!!) to start phasing out my clunky/dangerous tungsten lights! I will eventually purchase another, and top it off with the sl160 which should take care of all shoots. One issue I ran into with my tungsten lights are the extreme power requirements (1300 watts Max output) which required special stinger cords for extension. Because the cost of one these lights are equivalent to one cable, I figured it wasn’t worth investing in a tungsten workflow. I’m super excited to be able to move lights around without needing to worry about a bulb exploding 😆 also won’t need to preface with a disclaimer about this when asking a location to shoot inside.
I'm glad you don't have to worry about bulbs exploding too! :D
I try to put color gel after watch this video, is work! Thanks
Wonderful!
Worth watching!
Happy to hear that!
@@FellowFilmmaker 😊
Solid content!!
Thank you very much!
You are so good ! Thank you so much for content :*
You're so welcome!
Hey, thanks for the handle fix idea. After ordering the handles I went a step further and picked up two 3/8 x 1 1/2 inch washers at Lowes (.56 cents total) and put one on each side to help the teeth grip better. My light seems to be perfect now. Give it a try, might make a good update video.
Hey that's a great idea! I'll have to try it out sometime! :D
@@FellowFilmmaker Keep up the great work! Love what you're doing.
Thank you! I will
Fantastic video =) thanks
Thanks for the visit
Amazing video thank you soooo much
Most welcome 😊
Brilliant informative video. Thanks so much! Any advice regarding the Godox FL100. I’m heading more into that direction due to its size.
Glad you enjoyed the video! I don't have experience with that light in particular, so I can't really speak to it, sorry
Hey thanks for your advice! I got this light a few weeks back and it's been great but the fan
noise isn't ideal.
It can be a little rough, but with some good mic placement it can still be a light worth using. I hope you are able to make some great things with it!
Great review
:D thanks!
Thanks for your review, it looks like the noise is not a big issue. Well at least for the newer version. ;)
Correct, it's not been a problem.
My respect! Top video thank you for that
My pleasure!
Very Informative thank you very much
You are welcome, glad I could help!
Great channel! Subbed 🙂
Thanks for the sub! Much appreciated!
Very well done. I see 1M in the horizon
Thanks! That'd be cool
Thank you. Really well put together. I just wonder if it flickers when shooting in slow mo? Thanks again for all the info!
I haven't noticed any flickering with ti
Greeeat video!
Thanks! :D
I picked up the Phot-R VEO150-00. Costs more but CRI is better, quieter fan and has option for a V-Mount battery.
Good to know!
Thanks! Super helpful. Any recommendations for a good light stand?
Happy to hear that! You can find the light stands I use over on my kit if you like: kit.co/fellowfilmmaker
Hi could you please help me out with one thing. Can we use this light without softbox?
Yes you can, it comes with a reflector so you can use it as a hard light rather than a soft light.
Of course, whatever suits you. Indirect against a wall or ceiling, as a hard light, ... I often use umbrellas. And Godox have build in umrellaholder, apurtures don't.
Great video...
Interesting plug in all your light reviews... how you always use Aputture lights as preferred alternative.... even though the price point i so different from the obvious competitions from Sokani , nanlite and neewer
True. Its because it's the question I get asked most, how does it compare to aputure. Never get asked how it compares to nanlite or many others.
Thank you for the great video!
Did your newer light come with that orange handle knot? Also i've noticed that now SL-60w specs says (on amazon at least) that it's CRI >95. Is that upgrade for newer version as well?
Appreciate your work!
It did not, I bought the handles separate to replace the ones it came with. I'm not sure about the upgrade, it's possible it's better. Not too sure, sorry
Your body language is so much like a gym instructor lol, New subscriber here... Thanks for all the info!!🙂
That's really interesting :D And thanks for subscribing!
Hey again, I think you should get some comission from Godox. As I spoke to you on your other video, I got my SL-60W delivered today, actually the fan isn't that noisy. The light is quite bright for my small studio.. I'll use it in my next video.. Not sure about the colour CRI. I hope it won't disappoint. So far, I'm happy. Thanks to you for changing my mind.
Keep it up sister xx
That'd be pretty cool wouldnt it! If folks use the links I provide in the description I at least make a commission off those (the amazon ones). :) I hope the light works out wonderfully for you!
@@FellowFilmmaker Hi again, unfortunately I can't use the amazon in USA as it'll cost me a lot more on shipping and VAT (tax). I'm looking for a soft box to use with it, hope it won't cut too much light.. Thanks again
I do have links to various other international amazon's, where are you from?
Thanks.
You're welcome
Thanks
Welcome! :D
Thanks for the review. Very informative. Does the color temperature shift much depending on the power level of the light?
Not that I know of
Thanks!
Heather, great videos. Really appreciate the information. Question: I shoot mostly interior RE video tours, do you recommend getting the Tungsten version of this light? Or going with the Daylight version and adjusting in camera white balance or in post? LMK and thanks in advance.
Depends on if the locations you are typically shooting in have lights you can control as well or not. If most of the time they are tungsten then you could look at the tungsten version. However I think having daylight is best if you're in a multitude of situations since you can change daylight to tungsten with gels.
Thank you for the informative video. What would be the most ideal lantern softbox size for sl60w? After watching this I'm thinking of buying 2+ of these for two-person interview/how-to videos (indoor) and I'm afraid that buying anything over 30" would just be too big for these at 60w.
I've used an 85cm and it's been fine, but you could get away with a 65 as well, might be easier to manage.
👍 Thanks!
Welcome!
very helpful content very well said and feel so genuined. but i don't like the overall dark atmosphere and the background music
Thank you! :) Sorry you don't like the music
the very specific question I have with light dome is: how the differences in shape and size change the light ? Not only the diameters but the length like how much longer some dome are compared to others, what is it doing ?
A longer shaped dome will allow for more flattering diffusion on a subject. A shorter one will be more harsh. That is my understanding of it anyway. :D Hope it helps
I got mine yesterday and loving it, I only have to use it on 10% only so can't hear the fan.
Nice! What do you use it for?
@@FellowFilmmaker I am starting a new TH-cam channel, finalised the name, Tech With Adil, now working on the logo :)
Great video! Would you know of something in the same price range that has adjustable temperature?
Not in the exact same price range, no
At least that I would recommend. I'm sure there are cheap panel lights or GVM lights that might meet you near the same price, but the quality usually suffers.
Great video! I have a question, ¿how can identify the newer model to the older model?
Good question! I covered that in this video. Answer: I haven't found a good way other than purchasing from Amazon or B&H since they get new stock often
7:15 The point needed to be discussed, daylight LED tubelights/bulbs are 6500k which produces whiter light. What do you consider better daylight as a filmaker?
Upon comparing 6500k vs 5500k (godox) this light seems to be warmer! OR is this the ideal daylight range? any help!
This light does not run true 5600K, even though it says it does. I find it does run warmer, which I tend to adjust for. However, since I don't use this light as my keylight I'm often adjusting for my keylight which is more accurately 5600K. I like the look that true 5600k gives when it is accurate. :D Hope that helps a bit
@@FellowFilmmaker great to know, was bit confusion, when seen on other reviewers it seems to be as white as daylight LED bulbs in color tone but may be it is due to softboxes!! just a guess.
There certainly is a multitude of possibilities! :p
@@FellowFilmmaker I analyzed running 6500k on one side and godox 5600k on other side makes godox output even more warmer/yellowish and Led bulbs output appears to be with more green undertone. But using only godox alone seems to be neutral white. I think it was due to clash between the two lights.
Only add on is - not to use both lights at the same time.
Thanks for your support so far :)
Glad you found a solution of sorts! :D
Yeah, I didn't have the bad handle issue until just last week and man, it's a real, real big issue. Like, so weak it can't handle a basic softbox. Trying to find excellent solutions. Probably just upgrade lights again next job.
Yeah, sorry to hear it's so bad for you.
I bought Godox SL60W Video Light a year ago. Yesterday when i try to switched it on, it flashed one time and the light couldn't turn on. In the LCD panel EF starts blinking in the temperature display area. What seems to be the problem? Please help...
I'm not really sure what that might be... I've never had that happen myself. Have you tried a different outlet?