Hey everyone, it's Rob from Hypop
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In this one we're unboxing and reviewing
the brand new Godox WL4B.
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So I've got with me a new Godox entry here
which is a waterproof light.
It's the Godox WL4B.
Now, there's two models in this WL range right now.
It's the WL4B,
which is the smaller cube that I have with me here.
There's also the WL8P.
And that's a slightly larger one.
It's rectangular.
And it also is waterproof.
Now, it's a really unique entry by Godox
because they haven't made any waterproof lights previously.
It does really look similar to the Lume Cube
if you're familiar with that one.
So, I guess it's a similar version of light to the Lume Cube.
So, just having a look here on the side,
you can see that firstly Godox have changed their packaging quite a bit.
You can see the water splash at the top there,
you know, indicating that it is a waterproof light.
It even mentions that it is a waterproof LED light.
Godox also list out the features on the side here,
all of their main features.
Firstly, you've got four steps of brightness adjustment.
It's actually only three steps.
You've got low, medium, and high.
And you've also got an SOS mode as well.
And it has really high color fidelity
with a color rendering index of 97
and a TLCI rating of 97 also.
You also have 13 color effects,
which is great in a little compact light like this.
I'm not sure on the use cases,
but you know, being small and portable,
you can use this as an additional light to a lighting kit.
I suppose or for a run and gun setup,
or you know specifically it's a waterproof light.
Perhaps underwater, if you're scuba diving or snorkeling
or, you know, doing low light or evening dives or something like that.
And the color effects range from lightning flash,
you've got TV, fault bulbs,
you've got different sort of effects there to use.
You also have magnetic absorption, which is cool.
So you can actually attach the back of the light,
which I'll demonstrate shortly,
to any piece of metal and all just magnetically attached.
Now, this can be great for attaching it to pretty much anything that's metal.
So, if you want to have a downlight for example,
you can attach it to a ceiling fixture that's metal.
You can attach it to a table or to a side,
shelf for something if it's metal.
So it's great to have that feature in there.
And lastly, you have the Godox light app control.
So, that means you can connect this wirelessly to the Godox app,
and control one or even a bunch of them or a group of them,
if needed.
So, let's take a closer look at this slide and jump into what's included.
Now, when you open up the box, Godox has been doing this recently,
by also including what's going to be included inside your package
which is great to reference check when you receive your product.
Now, you see that there's a little user guide
and you have the light itself.
So, here's the WL4B.
You can see there's a little dome on top and this is a silicone dome.
It's not sort of translucent or anything.
It's actually like a white material.
But the light being a COB light,
you can see there's one single chip there.
You know, it's basically perfect for that.
You don't need this to sort of really be see through anything like that.
So, having this type of material is great.
It's a hefty light.
It's actually about 110 grams I believe.
So, it's quite substantial.
It's made from like a metal material which is great.
And as I mentioned the back here is actually magnetic.
So, that means you can attach that on to metal fixtures.
There's a few more white boxes in here.
So, you just need to open the side here.
Now, this here is a little carry pouch.
It's made from like a sort of fake leather.
That's great because that obviously protect in store the WL4B.
It also has a little Godox tag there on the side.
You've got a charging cable.
So, this is a USB type-A to type-C cable to charge
which is great because this has a lithium battery internal.
And you can see the actual charging port is protected here
because this is a waterproof light.
Now being waterproof light, it's actually rated at IPX8
which means it's waterproof up to 30 meters,
which is perfect for scuba diving I think
and snorkeling and other just sort of water sports.
You don't have to worry about this getting damaged.
If you know in or around water.
Now, you can open up this yellow compartment there
and that reveals the charging port.
There's also a little silicone seal here that you need to pull on.
And you can see it has a little attachment there
that allows you to sort of slide that in and out.
And that reveals the USB-C port there for the charging cable.
You also have a cold shoe adapter here
and this has little locking wheels as well.
Now, the light itself has a quarter inch thread here.
So, you can mount that directly to a light stand,
a camera tripod or using this adapter here.
So, with this adapter,
you're able to mount this onto a camera hot shoe perhaps,
and use this as your light source for a run and gun setup.
So, if you're going underwater with a camera,
you can mount that directly on that cold shoe plate.
So, you can actually connect this to the Godox light app.
You can download that on the App Store on the Google Play Store.
And once you download that app,
you actually don't need to register for an account or anything,
you can actually just jump straight in and create a scene
by pressing the plus button there.
You can see it adds studio.
And you can name that whatever you please.
We've named one here, which is just called Hypop.
If you click that there and then click the Add button.
The device should be searchable.
So, we have another light in here, which is the CL10.
What you can do is turn on the light here.
And you can see automatically it detected WL4B
and you can press that.
Now, if it doesn't automatically detect, there's a button on the left.
The left button here is a little Bluetooth icon
that you can hold down on to enable Bluetooth mode for connection.
But we've already done that here and you can see it's shown up,
we'll click Confirm.
And this will now connect up to our studio setup.
Now, this is great if you're connecting multiple lights too.
So, not just for the WL4B,
but for other Godox lights that support this app.
And once you go to turn this on here,
you can actually control the light and all the effects as per the features.
So, you can see that I can turn it on or off.
And you can't actually access the features on the light itself using buttons.
So, you'll need to connect it to the Godox light app
to be able to do that.
So, you can see there,
I can control the color temperature adjusting,
which actually doesn't do anything
because this light's only rated at 5600 Kelvin.
So, you can disregard this setting.
But you can definitely control the intensity there.
And you'll notice with the intensity there, when you're pressing the buttons,
you actually only get about three brightness levels and the SOS level.
But with this indicator here you can see,
when I'm moving in that scroll wheel,
there's a few more stops of brightness there.
So, if you want to fine tune your brightness a little bit,
it's better to use it with the Godox light app.
they can jump back in and you can see on the menu there
when you press the menu button, you also reveal effects.
Now, effects are great.
Obviously, if you're wanting to have certain effects to do, perhaps lightning.
Now to enable the effects you actually need to place it on.
So, you can see that that's the continuous mode.
You can place it on the SOS mode,
which is usually the fourth option.
And you can see it's currently doing an SOS signal there.
And from there, you can jump into the app
and then select the effects that you're after.
So, for Flash for example,
you can see I've just turned it onto flash and it's kind of giving a strobing off effect.
There's three different levels of flash as well.
I better turn these down just in case.
And you can see there's one, two and three.
And you can also do fault TV, for example.
And so you can see there it kind of flickers at different intensities, as if TV is on.
You also have lightning,
which sort of provides a really quick strobe and intermittent strobing effect.
You have broken bulb,
and a few others as well that you can use through the app.
So, all through the Godox light app.
Now the great thing with this light is that it's so small and compact
that you're able to probably make shift your own gels in the front here.
So, if you want to use some of these effects to a more realistic level,
such as police car, for example,
then perhaps it's better off to use this with a color gel
so you can really get that effect that you're after.
Now lastly, it obviously has a magnetic feature.
I've just got like a metal tether table here
that we use usually in the studio just to demonstrate.
So, it's magnetic on the back only.
So, it's not magnetic on the sides.
Only on the backside there and you can see that holds on to the metal surface.
This will obviously be useful if you have any magnetic surfaces around.
So, it could be from the ceiling, on the walls.
You can use that as a top down light just like that.
Or just you know, mounting it to a variety of things.
Perhaps you're in boating, and you want to mount it there.
Any low light situation.
It's just great to have that feature.
Now lastly, just running through some specs.
So firstly, you have a 1500 milliamp internal battery.
That's great and you can charge it with the cable here.
Now, charging's via a 5V/2A amp charging source.
So, you can use a portable battery pack
or you have an AC adapter or even plugging into a laptop.
So, it's great to see that you don't have batteries,
replaceable batteries that you need to worry about.
Also, you have approximately one hour and 20 minutes of working time
at its highest intensity.
When it goes into its medium intensity, it's about two hours.
And then at its lowest intensity, you have about five and a half hours.
So, depending on how you use the light, you have quite a lot of battery life there.
The LED itself is a chip on board LED.
You can see that single light source there.
It offers about four watts of power
and it also is about 1900 Lux at a half a meter.
Overall the light itself is a sturdy build.
It's substantial in weight for its size,
and it's yeah, it's really quite a practical useful light
depending on what you'll be using it for.
So I can imagine, you know, a lot of actions sport type people using this.
You can have vloggers attach this
because it has a quarter inch thread on the side
on a vlogging setup with a tripod perhaps.
Really is small and compact.
And with that carry pouch there as well as the included diffuser,
you have so many different options for portable travel,
type of robust and waterproof light as part of your lighting kit
or your camera setup.
So, for more videos just like this,
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Leave a like on the video if it's helped you.
Feel free to leave down in the comment section below your thoughts
or if you have any questions about the Godox WL4B.
Follow us on social media @hypop
and visit our website hypop.com.au.
Thanks for watching.