YONGNUO YN600EX-RT II and Godox Power Pack

[flatline2013]

I am currently running two YONGNUO YN600EX-RT II 's and land up using them both at the same time at times to backlight or fill in as required depending on the situation. I have been using eneloops and other rechargeable batteries but it doesn't really hold charge during a long shoot and i keep having to swap them out. Given my rechargeables are pretty old now [2-3 years] and have done their time to serve my speedlites. I am planning to swap them out with a a Godox Power pack. Will keep the speedlites, since they work great, however I would need some serious thought to power them up. I shoot with speedlites quiet a lot and it makes sense getting them. However I am not sure if the Godox cable would work with a Yonguo YN 600. The website shows compatibility with Canon, Nikon, Sony and Metz.

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Any insight or recommendation would be very helpful

Thanks in advance.

 

[Chaplain Mark]

This forum might be more helpful for you:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/1025

 

[kli]

I am currently running two YONGNUO YN600EX-RT II 's and land up using them both at the same time at times to backlight or fill in as required depending on the situation. I have been using eneloops and other rechargeable batteries but it doesn't really hold charge during a long shoot and i keep having to swap them out. Given my rechargeables are pretty old now [2-3 years] and have done their time to serve my speedlites. I am planning to swap them out with a a Godox Power pack. Will keep the speedlites, since they work great, however I would need some serious thought to power them up. I shoot with speedlites quite a lot and it makes sense getting them. However I am not sure if the Godox cable would work with a Yongnuo YN 600. The website shows compatibility with Canon, Nikon, Sony and Metz.

http://www.godox.com/EN/Products_Doal_Output_Power_Source_for_Flash.html

Any insight or recommendation would be very helpful

Flash Havoc's initial review of the BP960, used Yongnuo flashes, so I'd guess they'd be compatible.

However.

Yongnuo has also announced the YN-686EX-RT. Which is, essentially, a YN-600EX-RT that runs off a li-ion battery pack. The capacity of the pack is speced at 600+ full power bursts. 4xAA battery flashes tend to give about 200-250 full power bursts. So, one pack is similar to almost three sets of 4xAA.

Li-ion flashes, however, are new to Yongnuo's lineup, so there may be battery issues this early in the release cycle. Godox had teething issues with their Li-ion battery packs early on. But that was on the first release of their V850 and V860; now their V850II and V860II have been out long enough not to have issues.

If it's just capacity you want the pack for, then any of these Li-ion speedlights might work a bit better for you, since they eliminate having to cable the external pack to the speedlights.

 

[mdmarqphoto]

I am currently running two YONGNUO YN600EX-RT II 's and land up using them both at the same time at times to backlight or fill in as required depending on the situation. I have been using eneloops and other rechargeable batteries but it doesn't really hold charge during a long shoot and i keep having to swap them out. Given my rechargeables are pretty old now [2-3 years] and have done their time to serve my speedlites. I am planning to swap them out with a a Godox Power pack. Will keep the speedlites, since they work great, however I would need some serious thought to power them up. I shoot with speedlites quiet a lot and it makes sense getting them. However I am not sure if the Godox cable would work with a Yonguo YN 600. The website shows compatibility with Canon, Nikon, Sony and Metz.

http://www.godox.com/EN/Products_Doal_Output_Power_Source_for_Flash.html

Any insight or recommendation would be very helpful

Thanks in advance.

 

[flatline2013]

thank you for your response.