Description

Chinese manufacture Godox have released the new Propac PB960 Lithium Power Pack for speedlites, exactly what many photographers have been waiting for.

The PB960 is fast, small, lightweight, huge 1800 full power pops, dual cords supplied, and 2 flashes won’t slow it down. Interchangeable clip-on battery pack so you can charge up a couple and swap them as needed.

Great Points

• Huge 1800 Full Power Flashes
• 1 second recycle
• Dual Flash Ports
• 2nd flash does not affect recycle speed
• 3 hour recharge
• No messing with many AA batteries
• Interchangeable Battery Packs
• Small and Lightweight
• LED battery level Indicator
• Canon, Nikon, Sony, Metz type plugs available

The previous Nimh version Godox Propac PB820 has already become surprisingly popular, considering good 8 cell AA packs are available for less than half the price. But the convenience of not having to individually charging so many AA cells, and even faster recycle time, has seen many looking to options like the Propac.

Lithium is what many have been waiting for though, as that takes that performance to a completely different level. The new Lithium PB960 is still a similar size and weight to the previous PB820 (just 510 grams), but the difference is a massive 1800 Full power pops, compared to around 400 from the Nimh pack.

With any battery pack its good to know what batteries are actually inside them, and if there are going to be regular replacements available. Particularly for Nimh packs that can stop holding charge if not used and recharged regularly enough. The popular Quantum Turbo packs for example use custom made battery packs, so that you have to go back to them for expensive replacements (made of otherwise inexpensive Nimh cells).

The PB960 already has its own interchangeable Lithium battery packs available though, which is ideal, not only for replacements, but if you need to have a few charged up ready to simply swap over, clipping the pack on and off as needed

Specs –

• Battery pack  –  Lithium battery (11.1V/4500mAH)
• Battery charging time  –  Approx. 3 hours
• Flash charging time  –  Approx. 1 second (full power)
• Flash time  –  Approx. 1800 times (full power)
• Overall dimension  –  159 x 133.5 x 49.2mm
• Weight  –  510g

Compatibility Flashes –

Cx -Flash Cable
Canon 600EX, 430EZ, 540EZ, 550EX, Canon 580EX, 580EX II
and other flash model with same type of input power port

Nx – Flash Cable
Nikon SB910, SB28 EURO, SB28DX, SB80DX, SB800, SB900
and other flash model with same type of input power port

Sx- Flash Cable
Sony HVL-F58AM and other flash model with same type of input power port

Mx – Flash Cable
Metz 58AF-1/58AF-2(Canon/Nikon/Olympus & Panasonic/Pentax/Sony)
and other flash model with the same type of input power port