GlowRing™ Review: A Unique and Clever Ring Light and Tripod from KraftGeek
The GlowRing™ Portable Ring Light with Tripod Stand from KraftGeek is a game changer. Have you ever tried to film a quick video, hop on a livestream, take a great selfie, or shoot a product photo and ended up juggling your phone, a dodgy tripod while trying to get the best lighting from multiple angles? It’s a nightmare and easily solved with the GlowRing™ Portable Ring Light with Tripod Stand, which was built to end that scramble.
Out of The Box
When it arrives, you quickly discover that the Glow Ring folds in half and is stored that way. An amazing addition would be a soft felt bag large enough to transport and protect the light, but otherwise it looks very impressive. The GlowRing™ is accompanied with a JustTap™ It tripod, featuring a ¼ inch male screw to attach it to the GlowRing™. You’ll also find a MagSafe ring you can stick onto your phone or phone case and a charging cable for the light.
The GlowRing™ combines a ring light, with the patented JustTap™ tripod, which uses a magnetic phone mount, all as a single unit. Instead of packing multiple separate accessories for an easy phone shoot, you carry one folding kit, nice, easy and tidy.
Versatility
Your phone snaps into the magnetic mount in seconds, the tripod instantly deploys with a tap on the ground, then easily extends to the height you desire, and the light (with variable settings) highlights your subject perfectly.
The ring light itself is detachable, so you can use it mounted on the JustTap™ It tripod for a handsfree setup or pull it off and hold it for a softer, closer light source, or a different angle when you are filming handheld.
Specifications
The tripod extends up to 76 inches (193cm), from tabletop height to more than full standing height.
A built in 5,000mAh battery gives the light up to 10 hours of wireless use.
The GlowRing™ has 3 colour temperatures and 10 brightness levels, so you can match daylight, warm indoor light, or anything between.
Its circular soft diffuser is ideal for softening skin tones, offering even lighting, and pulling a subject off the background.
Universal ¼ inch mount and MagSafe compatible phone holder, with an adhesive magnetic sticker included for phones without MagSafe.
Charging with USB-C the Glow Ring travels well.
The Glow Ring weighs just 336g and the JustTap™ Tripod weighs 364g, totalling 0.7 kg (1.55 lbs), so it is easy to toss in a bag.
The GlowRing™ is made of plastic, and the JustTap™ Tripod is made of a central aluminium extendable shaft, and plastic standing props.
How It Works
The GlowRing™ simply unfolds into a ring, with a diffused light ring facing forward and a magnetic mount to secure your phone in the centre. At the base is the ¼ inch female attaching mount, to screw into a tripod. There is a junction that enables the light to be set at any degree within a 180 degree ark, secured by a tightening thread.
The magnetic phone mounting post can be twisted a full 360 degrees of rotation, enabling any form of creativity you can think of.
Just above the mount, and below the light source, also facing to the front are four buttons in a square layout. The bottom button turns on the light with an extended press. The left button increases brightness, while the right button decreases brightness. The top button cycles through 3 light kelvin settings: Cool, Neutral and Warm.
On the rear of the buttons is a USB-c charging port (on the bottom of the light), and at the top of the light is a mounting point if you’d prefer to hand it on a hook, nail or screw. You’ll also discover on the back of the GlowRing™ ventilation ports to prevent the light from overheating.
The JustTap™ It tripod, with rubber feet, screws onto the bottom of the GlowRing™, can be extended to the desired height and then tapped on the ground to open the props. Because of its mounting point you can use it to secure any accessory or camera with a ¼ inch female mounting point.
You can even combine the two for a portable vlog set up, extending the camera and light from your face as you walk, to give great lighting but a natural walking effect.
Who It Is For
KraftGeek positions the GlowRing™ Portable Ring Light with JustTap™ Tripod Stand for live-streaming, shorts video recording, face to camera landscape videos, selfie and product photography, and I’m sure many other everyday content creation ideas you can come up with on your phone.
If your lighting setup currently lives across three drawers and a camera bag, this is meant to replace all of it with one item that snaps together in seconds. It will light evenly from every angle, and your phone won’t inhibit or block the light source regardless of the angel you choose.
Due to its small compact footprint, lightweight nature, and easy to set up system, the GlowRing™ Portable Ring Light Tripod Stand is a massive benefit to:
· Content creators,
· Business owners wanting to offer insights into what they offer,
· Therapists who need to track results,
· Interviewers who want to capture stories, or
· Companies looking for a cheap way to take a great headshot, just add the white wall for a background.
My GlowRing™ lives in my bag, along with the JustTap™ Tripod, and a portable mic set up. This means I can pull it out and film quick shorts / reels for the different community groups I help. I can get the word out about an event or update super quick, and it looks like a professional result. It’s so easy to shoot and then go straight to socials, and the lighting gives an excellent result.
Why the All-in-One Design Works
The real win here is not any single spec, it is the combination. A great ring light is not much use if the tripod holding it is flimsy or slow to set up. A great tripod is not much use if you still need separate lights with multiple separate lighting clamps. By folding all three into one rechargeable unit, the GlowRing™ removes the setup friction that usually keeps people from lighting their shots properly in the first place.
The Details
Each GlowRing™ ships with the ring light unit, the tripod stand with magnetic phone holder, a USB C charging cable, the soft diffuser as part of the light, and a magnetic sticker for non MagSafe phones. It is backed by a 1-year warranty and a 30-day return window, currently priced at $79.00 AUD.
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