Lowel Rifa-lite kits offer 300 to 750 watt power but in a self-contained soft-box.

Lowel Rifa Kits eX (eXchange System) 66.

The two Lowel Rifa-lites that we have are both 750 watts. I was not aware they came in four sizes until I began to do research for this present page. Now Lowel Rifa-lites come in four models:

Lowel Rifa-lite.

Rifa eX 44 (up to 300 watts)
Rifa eX 55 (up to 500 watts),
Rifa eX 66 (up to 750 watts),
and Rifa eX88 (up to 1000 watts).

Compare prices, but what counts is the quality of the product

Nowadays you can buy cheap Chinese-made photography studio products. If they are like most other Chinese products, they fall apart quickly.
The 750 watt Lowel Rifa-lites that I have are probably over ten years old. We are still using them to photograph Maya artifacts in Guatemala. We take them frequently to on-site photo shoots. No Lowel Rifa-lite has ever broken. The design and workmanship is excellent.
So far we do not have any cheap photo studio products made in China. I prefer photography equipment products that hold up to being taken around to museums and other locations.
You can see Lowel lighting at PhotoPlus East trade show in New York, or of course at leading camera stores nationwide, or on their Lowel.com web site.
We also use Lowel Tota-lights (for over 30 years), Lowel DP, and Lowel Omni-lights. So far we don’t have experience with fluorescent lighting from Lowel: they make Scandles, FLuo-tec, and Caselite.

Nicholas Hellmuth using the Lowel Rifa-lite. This is in Guatemala City.

First posted May 15, 2008.