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Godox SL60IIBi Bi-Color LED Kit vs Godox SL60IID Softbox Lighting Kit (3-Light)

Which is the better buy? Side-by-side on rating, price, strengths, and watch-outs — with the published ratings we averaged to get there.

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The short answer

Godox SL60IIBi Bi-Color LED Kit and Godox SL60IID Softbox Lighting Kit (3-Light) score essentially the same (4.3 vs 4.3). Pick the one whose trade-offs match your priorities — the strengths and watch-outs below are where they actually differ.

Godox SL60IIBi Bi-Color LED Kit
Ranked #4 in Best Softbox Lighting Kits
Godox SL60IIBi Bi-Color LED Kit
2 sourcesall derived$428as of Oct 11

The Godox SL60IIBi is the best continuous-light pick for video creators. Sold in Bowens-mount kits with softboxes, it is a true 'what you see is what you get' studio light.

Strengths
  • — Excellent CRI 96+ / TLCI 97+ color accuracy for faithful skin tones
  • — Bright 25,100 lux at 1m, strong output for a 75W COB light
  • — Wide 2800K-6500K bi-color range with 0-100% dimming
Watch-outs
  • — Single COB light, not battery-powered in the base kit
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Godox SL60IID Softbox Lighting Kit (3-Light)
Ranked #3 in Best Softbox Lighting Kits
Godox SL60IID Softbox Lighting Kit (3-Light)
3 sourcesall derived$572as of Oct 17

This is a three-head continuous lighting kit built around Godox's SL60IID, a daylight-balanced (5,600K) COB LED light with a Bowens-type front mount, sold with softboxes, stands and reflectors. The reviews cover the SL60IID head itself: Fstoppers found it accurate (rated CRI 96, with no significant colour cast in its tests), bright enough to key a talking-head video through a softbox, and well served by its phone app, while Zim Tech Guy and Creative Moments Hub both praised the build but flagged the fixed-speed fan and the lack of battery power. It suits video creators and photographers setting up a small mains-powered studio who want three matched daylight lights. Anyone who needs adjustable colour temperature, battery operation or enough output for a large set should look elsewhere.

Strengths
  • — Accurate CRI 96 light with no significant colour cast across the dimming range in Fstoppers' tests
  • — Puts out 18,600 lux at 1 m with the supplied reflector, enough for a talking-head key light
  • — Bluetooth app adjusts brightness and effects and can control a group of lights at once
Watch-outs
  • — Mains power only: there is no battery option, which ties it to studio or powered locations
  • — The cooling fan runs at a fixed speed and can be picked up by an on-camera microphone
  • — No umbrella mount, and the mounting handle lacks a push-pull tightening mechanism
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Derived means the reviewer published no score, so one was inferred from their written verdict. Everything else is a number the publisher printed. How we rank.

How they stack up

Godox SL60IIBi Bi-Color LED Kit

The SL60IIBi is a single-point COB continuous light, brighter and far more color-accurate than the bulb-based Neewer 700W or Neewer backdrop kits, and unlike the Godox SK400II flash it shows the lighting effect live, which matters for video.

Godox SL60IID Softbox Lighting Kit (3-Light)

Unlike the Godox SL60IIBi Bi-Color LED Kit, the SL60IID heads are fixed at 5,600K daylight, so colour temperature cannot be adjusted. It supplies three continuous lights where the Neewer 700W Softbox Lighting Kit has two, and it is a continuous-light kit rather than a flash set like the Elinchrom D-Lite RX 4/4 Softbox To Go Set or the Godox SK400II 2-Light Studio Flash Kit.

Specs side-by-side

SpecGodox SL60IIBi Bi-Color LED KitGodox SL60IID Softbox Lighting Kit (3-Light)
Light TypeContinuous COB LED—
Power75WMains only
Color Temperature2800K-6500K (bi-color)—
MountBowensBowens
Included AccessoriesLight, softbox, stand (kit)—
ControlApp / 2.4G / on-unit, 11 FXBluetooth app
Light Count—3
Colour Temperature—5,600K (daylight)
CRI—96
Output—18,600 lux at 1 m (with reflector)
Head Weight—1.43 kg
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