Interfit Honey Badger Unleashed
£800/$600 The ‘unleashed’ honey badger goes wild
Slightly larger and nearly a kilogram heavier than the mains-powered Honey Badger head, the ‘Unleased’ edition runs on a rechargeable battery. Indeed, unlike the Elinchrom and Profoto battery-powered kits, you can’t run it from the mains, so you might need to add a spare battery or two to your kit.
Our test option of the kit includes two heads, batteries and mains chargers, two 60cm pop-up softboxes and a sturdy backpack. The optional Interfit HSS TTL remote trigger is also great value at £80/$110 and enables TTL and high speed sync flash modes.
Unlike the mains kit, there’s no cooling fan. This enables the Unleashed edition to be near-silent in operation, which is a bonus when using its bright
N-photo verdict
While it only has half the power rating of the other battery-powered flash heads, this kit remains a smart buy. 2500 lumens LED modelling lamp as a constant light source.
Performance
Although the 250Ws head gives less output than the 500Ws heads on test, this is the only battery-powered kit in the group that features two flash heads, rather than one, making it excellent value at the price.
Power Output
The 9-stop power range is impressive, with a decent top end for a 250Ws head, and the availability of very subtle output at lower settings.