Which Studio Lighting Kit?

[selsim]

Hi
I have been adviced from a course I did that the Interfit EX150 is a good starter studio lighting kit. I went to a photography shop today and have been advised that the Pro Line Appollo 180 or 300 is better.
I am wanting a portable kit to use to do portraits mainly of children in customers homes etc.
Does anyone know if either of these are any good and which is the better one?

Thanks and sorry if I have posted this in the wrong forum.

[Cathus]

I started off with a 180W kit from Hong Kong, similar to the Interfit kit in terms of contents but was cheaper. (2 180W lights, leads, stands, umbrellas & softboxes)

Great little kit for the money, when I outgrew it I got a much more expensive kit and use the eBay kit just to light my backgrounds now.

I don't think you'g go wrong with any of those kits, and if you get more into it you can always upgrade and use that kit as an addition to the replacement.

[john doc]

Hi Selsim, I was in a bit of a situation much like you recently and scoured lots of site's looking for a good but reasonably inexpensive studio lighting kit, so after much deliberation i finaly decided on the interfit ex 150 mk II kit, I cant say enough about this little kit its superb it comes in its own carry case bag, with 3 studio lighs with softbox + shoot through brolly + reflector brolly, barn doors, snoot, and coloured gels, 3 lighting stands and all electrical leads + a studio flash trigger the only thing that you would need to buy is a set of background supports that you can get on e'bay for arround £60, it even has its own marl grey background which is huge, Ive used this kit for many social events, wedding receptions, birthdays 21st etc it even comes with its own dvd to help you set everything up so that you can get in lots of practice befor you use it, if your looking to start out working with your own studio then this is a great one to start out with, hope that this helps you out john.

[thefonz78]

If you want portability look into a strobist setup.