Review on Elgato Key Light: Professional Studio LED Panel, 2800 Lumens, Color Adjustable, App-Enabled, Mac/Windows/iPhone/Android Compatible, Metal Desk Mount by Bud Crabtree

I re-wrote this review after about a year of use. I've downgraded from 5 to 1 star because the network connection on these devices has become VERY unreliable and since that's the only way to turn them on and off, you can do it over the network. This is totally unacceptable. I can't even turn them on, let alone control them. You're only 10 feet from the router in sight, so this isn't a problem. Some of this may be software. (I'm running Catalina 10.15.7 on a Mac Pro.) They disappear from the Stream Deck but are still available through the app on the same computer. Often one of several will disappear from my phone only to reappear 20 minutes later. Sometimes none of the light sources are available. The software keeps reminding me that a firmware update is available, but it freezes when I try to install it. (You must restart the computer or use kill -9 from the command line to end the process). Technical support is useless. They escalated the issue to level 2 three weeks ago after trying to no avail for two weeks and despite numerous attempts I have not heard from them since. Otherwise they are good lamps. Maybe they work on PC. Here's my first review: these lights are actually not very expensive compared to real video lights and they are amazing. I have a small version of "key light air" (two of them). They are insanely bright (I never get above 30%) and are perfect for my webcam videos. I can't see why anyone would want a larger version. Computer control means you can adjust brightness and color while sitting at the screen while actually viewing the captured image. No guesses. Don't get on and off and fiddle with the controls on the lights. That's great. The built-in diffusion works well - the light isn't glaring at all and the temperature control changes from too warm to blue, which is characteristic of seasonal affective disorder. (They're great for this, by the way.) The table stand lets you adjust them to the right height. (You don't want the light to blind you, which it will if it's too low.) They're also solidly built - parts that should be metal are. Deck Switch Controller is handy for turning lights on/off, adjusting color and brightness. It took a while to figure out how to set one switch up and the other down (there's actually no documentation), but once you do that, everything works great. You can program other switches to perform actions such as controlling video software. The only downside is that the initial setup requires using the Apple Airport utility, which is annoying at best. This is a buggy program that may crash due to some mysterious reasons. It took a few reboots to get the system to a state where Airport Utility was actually working (i.e. successfully scanning the network and finding a light). Considering that Airport Utility only assigns network credentials to the lights, I would be much happier if the lights had a built-in web server for this purpose, like every other network device I own. I think relying on a very marginal piece of Apple software just to get online was the wrong move.