Harlowe is the rebranded name for Hobolite, a company that produces the most stylish and eye-catching LEDs on the market. I’ve reviewed a wide range of Hobolite LEDs for Digital Camera World such as the Hobolite Avant Max. All of the Hobolite LEDs share a stylish retro 1960s look courtesy of faux brown leather panels and silver metal surfaces. Indeed thanks to their box-shaped design (with a lens at the end) they are occasionally mistaken for retro cameras (such as an old Hasselblad) when I take them on a shoot. To acknowledge the re-brand I’ll now use the Harlowe instead of Hobolite for the rest of this review.
The Harlowe Blade breaks the mold by being the first tube light released by Harlowe. I was very keen to test the Blade (which comes in two sizes - the Blade 10 and the Blade 5) as I’m a big fan of tube lights due to their portability and the fact that they are fun to feature in a shot as well as illuminating it (anyone for a light saber duel?).
