Forum Posting on Digital Grin: http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=141470&highlight=honeycomb+grids

I found something better and cheaper than HONL

I like small portable lighting (a-la strobist) so I have been trying tons of different modifiers for cool effects. I ended up investing $150 in HONL stuff but now I've found something better. (Message me if you want to see my work with the HONL grids)

I got the link off another thread here (can't remember) www.honeycombgrids.com

I ended up buying the $50 kit which comes with all 3 grids and a speed strap. This same thing would cost $100 from HONL.

They sell three different speedlight grids that actually are better and cheaper than HONL. They don't offer the cool snoot or gobo like HONL so you will still have to get those elsewhere but they are all compatible.

The 12" speed strap they sell is very much comparable to honl. They also sell a 10" which is supposed to be a more exact fit. In all fairness the rubber on the honl seems to have slightly more grip. Not enough to worry IMO. The stitching and everything else is just the same.

The grids are better than honl. They weigh about half as much but they don't feel like they will fall apart. The weight will actually make them perform better because no matter how correctly I attach the HONL, it sags and you don't want a sagging grid.

Now I am confident that I could literally stand on the HONL and not break it. These honeycomb grids aren't for standing but you could throw them across the room, sit on it, whatever and they wouldn't break. They also have velcro all the way around vs the honl just two sides.

In all I'm very impressed and I wish I knew about these a few months ago.

BTW: if you are a DIYer they sell the honeycomb material in any size for your own projects. About 12 cents per square inch.