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Thankful for watching, my awesome friend!

@@DroiMedia Very Welcome and wishing you a Great Summer. Cheers :)

Thanks! Appreciate the watch and you taking the time to comment, really means a lot 🙏🏻 😊

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I get stopped by TSA a lot due to the amount of batteries I travel with, and given what else needs to fit into my carryon I don't travel with this specific case so unfortunately no concrete answer there, but, I'm sure you could make it TSA friendly if you haven't already.

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Let me know how it turns out!

Might need an entire bungee cord my dude! :D

Transport as in an airplane? Or transport as in day-to-day? For day-to-day I just have a small canvas zippered bag (from like Home Depot I think) that I throw all my batteries in - AAA, AA, cam specific ones, V mounts, etc. - and then carry that along with everything. Easy and cheap solution.

@@DroiMedia gotcha. I am building a charging case that has 3d printed battery holders in it. I was curious if other people would find that useful for day-to-day or plane.

Awesome idea! Thanks for stopping by to add this comment, would love to see one of these translucent macro tubes in action, have any videos or pics?

@@DroiMedia Unfortunately not, I recently changed camera system, and havent bought any adaptors for my vintage lenses yet!

How did it work out for you?!?! :)

@@DroiMedia Neatly. Thanks again 😊

Thanks! Let me know how you like the clamps :)

Probably the most common question I get asked about these.... I don't have a great solution at the moment. I have toyed with the idea of using a hollow tube that would fit AA batteries in lieu of the dowel rod that would power the entire light, just haven't found the right stuff for that. Otherwise a small USB battery pack that you attach with velcro to one end would be the easiest solution (and then you just need to get a USB to 3.5mm power cord). Again, haven't tried that. I typically just plug them into a larger battery pack I carry around that I charge camera batteries and stuff from - at the very least it allows me to put the light in spots that would be a bit more restricted if I needed a long extension cord and wall outlet access.

No clue, glad I could get the brain juices flowing my friend! Thanks for the comment, as a registered thespian I can appreciate a dramatic response :D

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Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching :)

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Awesome! Would love to see (and share) some pics of these in action if you're comfortable with that.

My unending appreciation for your love of doggos 🙏🏻

Let's pretend I don't know what a shark fin is.... tell me more

In person they typically show up as individual LED spots, but on camera they tend to look like the frosted tube you see in the videos. Yes, I exposed for them to look like that and then adjusted my other lights, but I do that for most shots so I hope that it doesn't seem like I'm misleading anyone here. I also notice that when I crank them to full power (via the dimmer in my follow-up video) the individual LEDs are a LOT harder to see. Let me know if you've found a workaround for this issue!

@@DroiMedia thanks for clarifying. Yea that makes sense, since they're really bright so the dots won't show up in the video unless you underexpose. I'm using the light stick as a decorative light (it's really long and leans against the wall) and so having a smooth glow is what I'm going for. I'm gonna try it with a higher density LED strip and see if that works

Thanks for asking - and I only ever had them get hot when I DIDN'T wire them from both ends. As is they get warm since it is an enclosed space, but I have never really had any 'hot' issues. I do think if I could go back I would drill a couple air holes at each end to allow for some air circulation.

sweet! That's what I'm here for :)

I wanted to look fancy, always have a quarter with me on shoots though ☺️

Fair opinion, just wanted to give people the basics and let them run with it. Otherwise I would have been doing an RGB battery powered expandable one right off the bat. That being said you're correct that an RGB or other LED options aren't that much more expensive, I have a couple that have effects built in which are really nice, CRI is not great but 🤷‍♂️ I appreciate the watch and you taking the time to leave a comment!

@@DroiMedia no problem, im looking around to make some tubes that have really powerfull brightness. to be able to use them for outdoor filming. Sometimes color gives a good mood

@@AlexandreCalvario I think the hard part with DIY tubes, at least when I did these a couple years ago, was that none of the LED strips on the market were affordable and bright enough to really make an impact outdoors. Could be a totally different story right now, and I'm really interested in hearing what you end up creating (if you're going that route). Keep me posted!

Thanks! On a scale of 1-10 how cool is the host? 🤓

@@DroiMedia Very cool, you kind of remind me a little of a younger Stephen Tobolowsky

Haha, never gotten that one (Usually get Ed Helms, Jason Sudeikis, the brother from the Mummy, and a few others...). Looked this guy up and you're not wrong, funny enough he went to college in the town I'm from.

@@DroiMedia Whaat, that's awesome. Ah yes, Ed Helms, I see a resemblance too :)

I love shots in the dark! And yeah, HMU via email hi@droimedia.com

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@@user-um6ct5nj1x got the email, on a freelance shoot all week, will get back to you next week! Thanks!

@@DroiMedia no, thank you.

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