It’s hard to get the lighting right on social media using natural lighting or your lighting at home or in the office and sometimes you just need a little something extra.
I knew I needed better lighting that was simple to use and easily transportable, so I read through the reviews on Amazon and decided on a very inexpensive ring light by UBeeSize.
This ring light is 8 inches and can be attached to a tripod that can be tall (it says up to 5 feet) or shrink down to tabletop size. There is also an attachment to hold your cell phone below it, as you can see from the picture.
The light has a USB cord to plug into either an external battery pack or a laptop or computer for power; I used an external battery pack for this one.
The light comes with a cool little soft velvet pouch to transport the light in so it’s easily transportable and the best part is, on Amazon it was marked down from $39.99 to $23 and came to me same day!
It has a 4.5 star rating. Some of the reviews said that it came broken, mine didn’t. Some said that the light didn’t turn on after several uses, mine continues to turn on and off just fine.
The light also comes with a remote that you can use to start and stop your video remotely via bluetooth, or take selfie photos.
The light has three settings, white, blue, and warm, and you can adjust the brightness on all three. I love the “warm” setting personally. You can’t see my pores like you can in the white setting. 😂
The directions were pretty self-explanatory in setting up the tripod and the light and I will have an unboxing and setup video soon on this post.
Some reviewers thought the top of the tripod was a little flimsy and I can see that, but it seems to hold an iPhone 8 just fine and it claims to be able to hold most phones.
I’ll update this post if anything goes wrong, but for now, it’s a really cool little tool that can give your social media a little kick and it’s not expensive, honestly so if it doesn’t work, you’re not out a bunch of cash!
Here’s a little demo of the lighting settings:
Here’s the link to it if you want to get it! (Disclaimer: I am an Amazon affiliate but the opinions of the products I use are my own.)