Wein PN Peanut Slave (100' Range)

2018-06-22T08:34:07

Never worked

James D.

2012-04-15T21:00:00

Save your money for a wireless trigger, or find a better quality optical trigger. Total gargbage.

DAVID P.

2012-01-22T19:00:00

used to fire hidden flashes (lighting dark corners, hairlights, etc)

FARREL F.

2012-01-08T19:00:00

So cheap but triggers flash at quire a distance

al4video

2010-09-07T21:00:00

I've used this on a Vivitar 285hv with a Nikon Speedlight set on CLS. The Wein peanut fired perfectly along with my speedlight. Great value and function.

KC

2010-05-14T21:00:00

Wein should specify the range outdoors drastically drops depending on the ambient light. In bright sun, it is very inconsistent and must be placed within a 5-10' range from nearly direct line of sight with the master flash unit.

DAVID W.

2010-04-10T21:00:00

While I haven't shot with them yet, they've fired every time in testing. The only issue was with installation on one Vivitar 283, but I think the fit was more an issue with the flash than with the slave.

Autofotografix

2010-01-20T19:00:00

It does what it is supposed to do. I've used this to trigger a Vivitar 283 and other off-brand flashes with a D90 at 1/200 (max sync speed). Sometimes it is a bit sensitive and sometimes it takes a bit of fiddling to get it to work, so it doesn't get full marks.

Jer

2010-01-09T19:00:00

used for a week it stopped working. Do not buy

sli

2009-03-06T19:00:00

low sync speed from remote triggers can be bypassed by using your on camera flash and these little triggers to capture high speed action like Karate students flying through the air.

Pixlfixer

2008-06-25T21:00:00

Works perfectly with my Vivitar 283 and my Vivitar 285HV. I have one for each. Never had a misfire with them.

Hopeless R.

2008-06-09T21:00:00

Works perfectly with my Vivitar 283 & my Vivitar 285HV. Works through walls as well. Haven't had the chance to really test it's range yet. Exactly what a I needed for strobist work.

Hopeless R.

2008-05-31T21:00:00

I got 5 of these (all new)in a job lot. Only three worked with my big Metz 45s and 60s. One just kept triggering all the time by itself, and the other wouldn't fire at all. But then I found that the two "failures" worked consistently and perfectly with other much smaller flashes that the successful three were inconsistent with. I have now married the five slaves up with respective flashes for perfectly consistent results, each flash and slave having colour coded dots. Well you can't do better than working perfectly I suppose, but I would not mind understanding it. Could it be something to do with voltages in the flash PC leads? Note changing leads (and I have heaps) had no effect on the slave/flash partnerships. I let one of my associates have one, and as expected, he had to try them all, after which like me, he is also happy. My recommendation is that if you only want one, take your flash unit to the shop.

Grand F.

2008-05-07T21:00:00

I use these on three Vivitar 285HVs for portrait and product shots. The PC plug works great in the "Proprietary" 285's plug on the side of the Flash's base. I've found though that a small piece of two-way foam tape between the base of the peanut slave and the Vivitar base keeps the peanut slave nice and snug sos that it won't fall out. I dropped one from about waist high onto a concrete floor, while it didn't appear damaged, it did stop working. But generally they're pretty reliable.

LAWRENCE W.

2007-11-26T19:00:00

Never had any problems with it, works well.

Matt