INKEE GC60 is a brand new, compact “flashlight-like” 60W highlight that is available in two variations – daylight or bi-color (2700K-6500K). It gives a retractable Bowens mount, as much as 100W USB-C charging and discharging, a common management ring, mild results, and extra.

I don’t like lugging round tons of apparatus and that’s the reason I particularly like compact lights that may present a “punch” even with a smaller footprint. Due to fixed enhancements in LED expertise, there have been a couple of attention-grabbing lamps recently – specifically, the brand new Aputure MC Professional, ZHIYUN MOLUS G60 and MOLUS X100, and the Kelvin Play LED Pocket lights.

The brand new GC60 spotlights from INKEE caught my curiosity as they promise a mixture of a small footprint and excessive output. INKEE is a Chinese language firm primarily based in Shenzhen that appears to provide all types of digital camera equipment – largely gimbals. The GC60 (the place GC stands for GOLD CROW) appears to be the primary mild from the corporate. Let’s check out the main points.

INKEE GC60 – daylight and bi-color variations

INKEE GOLD CROW, or GC60 for brief, will are available in two variations:

• GC60d5 with daylight 5600K LED emitter. This model can attain as much as 2765lux (256.9fc). The corporate additional claims that when the battery is charged to greater than 50%, the lamp could be “overclocked” by 150% to succeed in an equal of 90W (3698lux output).
• GC60x5 with bi-color 2700K-6500K LED emitter. This mild can attain a most output of 2537lux (235.7fc).

INKEE GC60 mild. Supply: INKEE

Based on the corporate, the lamps have a excessive CRI of 95+ and a excessive TLCI index of 96+. On the again, GC60 incorporates a common management ring that can be utilized to vary brightness, mild results, or coloration temperature (with GC60x5). The sunshine’s full metallic physique is weatherproof, so it may be used open air throughout rain. INKEE says, nevertheless, that the USB-C port shouldn’t be weather-sealed, so please hold this in thoughts.

All concerning the measurement

In my view, probably the most attention-grabbing options of the GC60 lamp is its compact measurement. The design truly resembles a bigger pocket torch/flashlight. The fixture is 233mm lengthy and has a diameter of 60mm (with the included compact lampshade, the size grows to 286mm and the diameter to 86mm). The load of every fixture is 1 kg.

INKEE GC60 mild – compact measurement. Supply: INKEE

Then again, an obstacle of the compact measurement could be cooling, as a smaller mild physique means the heatsink needs to be smaller. INKEE claims GC60 has NTC clever lively cooling with a low-noise adverse strain fan, a graphene radiator, and an NTC temperature sensor. Mixed, these elements ought to make sure the lamp head stays at a traditional working temperature. How loud the fan actually is stays to be examined in real-world situations.

Accent mount shock

INKEE GC60 mild – retractable Bowens mount. Supply: INKEE

Due to the minimal footprint, the sunshine incorporates a proprietary entrance accent mount. There’s a very small dish included within the bundle. What’s attention-grabbing, nevertheless, is that the sunshine has specifically designed buckles that may fold out and switch the accent mount right into a Bowens mount normal, which means it’s appropriate with many third-party mild modifiers. That is excellent news in case the equipment for the INKEE proprietary mount have restricted availability.

INKEE GC60 mild with Bowens mount softbox. Supply: INKEE

Battery and quick charging

The GC60 lights characteristic a built-in 142Wh (38400mAh) battery which, in accordance with the producer, can present round two hours of operation beneath the total energy of 60W. The fixtures could be charged through USB-C connector and INKEE claims they help quick charging at as much as 100W. With the utmost charging energy, it takes two hours to totally cost them.

On high of quick charging, INKEE claims the lamps additionally help as much as 100W discharging. They will, due to this fact, present quick charging for different units too.

Stacked INKEE GC60 lights. Supply: INKEE

The sunshine additionally appears to have some type of adjustable deal with with a number of mounting threads that will also be mounted on a typical child pin of a light-weight stand. INKEE claims a number of lights could be stacked along with magic arms (this can be a little bit of a wierd resolution in my view) to create extra output.

Worth and availability

The INKEE GC60 lamps are going to be accessible shortly in accordance with the producer. As we now have been informed, nevertheless, the distribution in some components of the world (equivalent to Europe) could be sluggish or not doable because of the machine having a built-in battery with a capability of over 100Wh which qualifies it as hazardous for air transport. At the moment, the GC60 is accessible on Aliexpress for round $300-$400 relying on the model. The transport shouldn’t be doable to all international locations as I mentioned although.

Hopefully, the provision chain will get improved over time. Moreover, INKEE will launch a smaller model of the lamp, the GC30. We’ve been informed this might be accessible globally because the battery doesn’t exceed 100Wh.

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