RadioPopper NANO-R Nano Receiver (Black)

I would like to give the radio popper 5 stars purely for it's absolute reliable and consistent performance.However, I have to say they absolutely need to redesign the antenna - I and others have had so many of the rubber cover fall off and expose the spring mechanism.Why could they not just extend the hard plastic from the body to be the back to cover the antenna and forget about the flexible plastic style that so frequently ends and falls off.

This has been my go to receiver for use with my Alien Bee B800 .....whether in a studio setting or out in the woods. Its no frills but has a nice range, and is my choice for anyone starting out with shooting with off camera flash

So far it gives pretty accurate response. Only drawback is in the battery. 123 batter gets expensive. Well built and light.

Very reliable

works very well, but not very versatile. Not design for use with speedlights

I just purchased a second RadioPopper Nano receiver unit. I've used my original set for 3 years now, fairly often (about 200+ shots a month with this.) I highly recommend it. I haven't changed the battery yet, by the way. (There was an earlier comment on this unit not using AA or AAA batteries. I'm glad it doesn't. Those wouldn't last long and would also make this unit much larger. And as far as "not widely available", it is a standard 123 battery available at virtually any drug store or supermarket.)There's a standard 1/4" female thread on the underside which will attach to any standard tripod screw. I used it most often with a soft box on a lighting stand and the only issue is that the length of the unit might impinge on the soft box height adjustment knobs. It fits fine, but if you really want to shove the flash unit way into the box for some reason, it won't go in very far. However, I use it with soft boxes and beauty dishes no problem.These units have worked reliably over long range (including outdoors in inclimate weather) and works on all kinds of flash units (including a 35 year old Canon 199A electronic flash!) There are 4 frequencies, so you could have multiple combinations of flashes on the same frequency or different frequencies - more combinations than even a NatGeo photographer would have flashes for!I make it a habit to take the battery out of both the receiver and transmitters units and reverse them for storage to prevent accidental discharge.There's probably cheap Chinese-made junk on the market but ...really? You want to buy an RF system for $30 and think it's going to work reliably? Besides, we're talking a few bucks here, not thousands of dollars. Also, beware of using Chinese flashes with (any) RF device, as many of them do not have the capability to sync from these RF triggers or, claim to have the capability "identical to XXX brand" but actually don't."For those who have IR (infrared) units like the older Canon 580 EXII, this brings new life to these units and much more capability and allows you to buy older, cheaper units, or different models or models without even RF and use them now with RF capabilities.This is a good product, well-priced and reliable, that opens up new possibilities for your flash photography... and made in the U.S.A.

first it works as advertised. It pairs with the reliever with no messing around, fires right out of the box.But as mentioned before the battery is a drawback. It's not as readily available as AAA's or AA's and they're pricy. Some of them as much as $8.00 each. The other drawback is it uses a 1/4-20 thread on the underside so you can't hot shoe a speed light to it AND mount it on a cold shoe umbrella or soft box adapter.You must either; get a 1/4-20 umbrella adapter for your stand OR use some sync cables to pop them off which also brings me to the point that they come with sync cables but they're 3.5mm to 3.5mm when a good majority of speed lights use PC conditions. I had to buy PC to 3.5mm just to use these in my current speedlights.Which brings me to my next point. Why, if they give you the option to use a sync cable, do they not include a hoop and lanyard attachment like pocket wizards? It's not ideal and unreliable to hang the popper by the sync cable alone. I had to again buy some 1/4-20 rapid strap adapters to make my own lanyard system.They function great! But because of a few small oversights, I spent more money trying to make them work when they really should have made it a complete package. I'd pay an extra $10 each if they included a lanyard and 1/4-20 to male hot shoe adapter.