That should see a water resistant casing and an option for smaller increments of both the kelvins and dimming settings in the menu. To get this light closer to perfection I would expect to pay around a hundred dollars. With all that said it is possibly the best build quality credit card sized led panel I have seen yet for 69 dollars. The usb C fast charge isnt particularly fast at a couple of hours for a full charge BUT you can plug in a battery bank on the fly and the light supports bypass so it will illuminate while taking power. It kicks out a huge amount of lumens and has warm light from 3200 kelvin or cool light up to 5600 kelvins. I love that this compact pocket friendly light. The Panel Mini from Lume Cube is close to being a very perfect light, if they introduced coloured gels it would be incredible for making backgrounds interesting. That is about it… I can’t really fault anything about the actual product. It seems there are many warnings for user error that will not see you get a replacement unit should the light fail. However a quick look at the instruction manual and it becomes clear that pretty much most circumstances of it failing to work won’t be covered under warranty. Now the light comes with a one year warranty from proof of purchase date. But what should you look out for and is it really worth it? BAD BITS The good news here isn’t the extra minute but the fact the light didn’t dim or fault in any way before switching off. Obviously we had to test that and we found that on full brightness after around 20 charge cycles of use we got 1 hour 15 minutes before exhausting the battery. However Lumecube say it will last for 1 hour 14 minutes on a full charge. Although its more “ISH” than “exactly” its pretty accurate. Finally I think the greatest feature is the battery remaining feedback shown on the rear display screen. The device is 85 grams and barely bigger that a bank card which makes it convenient to carry with you. The increments are drops of 5 percent at a time. The 60 LEDs can be adjusted from a very bright 100 percent right through to 1 percent. There is no flickering making it great for video. The lights most desirable feature is that it can perfectly produce 3200 kelvin through to 5600 kelvins, the adjustments are made in 100 kelvin increments. Charging the lights internal battery takes just under two hours from empty. ![]() So I loved the original rugged waterproof cube light, so the excitement to get to play with this light was high. So with the first looks out of the way lets checkout the good bits of the Lume Cube panel Mini. ![]() In the box you also get an instruction manual, a cold shoe mount and usb C to usb A charge cable. As for mounting options There are two ¼ inch thread points for cold shoe attachments so you can mount both portrait and landscape. There is also a usb c port for 5v fast charge. There is also a small display screen, a mode button and a control wheel for switching between brightness or kelvins. That is a good sized battery for any bit of filming you have planned. Flip to the reverse of the panel you see there is a built in battery that is stated as 3.7v – 1200mAh. ![]() Once removed you see a matt frosted finished lens with the bicolour led’s tucked behind. You become immediately aware of the quality of the materials in hand, the diffuser does add a third more thickness to the size of the light. Found wearing its snug silicone white diffuser. First up straight out of the box you get the light itself.
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