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GROUP BUY: Hive 200-C

Bobby Farokhzad said:
I am thinking of purchasing this light, would love to get any feedback from those who got their units and have put the light through its paces.
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Picked up a couple before the GB and have 3X 100-Cs as well.

The 200-Cs are pretty nice. Decent output. Their strength is their size and weight. These are nice and compact. Color quality is decent. Light quality is as well. You can get a reasonably hard shadow with the bare bulb, not as crisp as an actual bulb, but it's one of the best for this style of light.

I somewhat loathe Profoto's QR ring thing, but I'm deadly familiar with it over the years and I attach most things via that ring from softboxes to fresnels. For anything heavier than a small to mid-sized softbox you'll need to really crank on the kip handle to lock it, but that's to be expected.

Controls are nicely thought out. Push in on the button for finer or courser adjustments.

Overall pretty nice. If I did it all again I'd actually make my kit all 200-Cs just for that beefier output.
 
Phil Holland said:
Picked up a couple before the GB and have 3X 100-Cs as well.

The 200-Cs are pretty nice. Decent output. Their strength is their size and weight. These are nice and compact. Color quality is decent. Light quality is as well. You can get a reasonably hard shadow with the bare bulb, not as crisp as an actual bulb, but it's one of the best for this style of light.

I somewhat loathe Profoto's QR ring thing, but I'm deadly familiar with it over the years and I attach most things via that ring from softboxes to fresnels. For anything heavier than a small to mid-sized softbox you'll need to really crank on the kip handle to lock it, but that's to be expected.

Controls are nicely thought out. Push in on the button for finer or courser adjustments.

Overall pretty nice. If I did it all again I'd actually make my kit all 200-Cs just for that beefier output.
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Thank you for the input Phil, much appreciated.
 
Has anyone found a way to do tint control on this? The only thing I could figure out was to dial up a green hue and bring the saturation way down. I don’t think the manual mentions tint at all.
 
Is there any possibility of the group buy happening again?

Is there any possibility of the group buy happening again?

Is there any possibility of the group buy happening again?
 
From Brittany Che at Abel just now:


This is the current information that HIVE passed on to us today. "We still have not had another group of 200-Cs ready to ship. We hope to have units ready by next week. Apologies again for the delays on the 200-C units. We're happy to keep shipping accessories, but I've been holding them to ship along with each 200-C customer order."


Fingers crossed for next week. Have a good evening.
 
Jon Edward Miller said:
We assume that by the week of the 15th we will have or be in the process of shipping most if not all of the units for the RedUser fulfillment along with backorders for other dealers etc.

I apologize for the inconvenience and I will of course keep you up to date if timelines shift but fulfillment should pick up rapidly after next week.

Cheers,

Jon
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Sooooo... I'm still waiting for this order to be fulfilled by HIVE.
 
I got this back from Hive via Abel on 12/13:

“We've been told that our sub-manufacturer’s laser cutter broke multiple times over the months since the group buy. This pushed back delivery of all items including the fresnel accessory.

This month, our sub-manufacturer for the C-Series LED Lights moved locations down the street. (Our LED lights are partially manufactured in Northern CA) This has largely been a great transition, however, the lights we planned to ship this month were unable to pass QC.

We've remedied both of the above issues and fully plan to ship your order complete this month.”

We will of course keep you updated as anything happens.



Colin Nusbaum said:
Sooooo... I'm still waiting for this order to be fulfilled by HIVE.
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The latest from Hive via Abel:

“For this week no Fresnels are shipping but we should be able to fulfill a significant number of remaining Par Spot customers.”

“We fully plan to ship units this week for reduser to close out as much as we can. I don’t yet know quantities or specific POs yet however.”
 
man its crazy. order placed sept 19, still no light and its damn near february. What is this madness?
 
here it is March now and my light still hasnt shipped. 6 months later, Never ending missed shipping dates. Anybody know anything? they have my money and I have no light. Pretty bummed out with Hive to say the least.
 
I don't know Nick's involvement in policing fulfillment, but I'm going to reach out the Hive and Abel to see what the rub is. I'm moderately close with both companies.
 
Phil Holland said:
I don't know Nick's involvement in policing fulfillment, but I'm going to reach out the Hive and Abel to see what the rub is. I'm moderately close with both companies.
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Hey Phil I don't have a role in fullfillment (that's btw Hive and Abel), but I'll check as well.

Stand by.
 
right on y'all. Abel has been very pleasant to deal with, but they only have the info that hive gives them.
 
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