How can I carry a Godox TT850-style speedlight on a strap if it has no strap lugs?
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I want to keep a Godox TT850 or similar speedlight close at hand for handheld off-camera use, sometimes with modifiers attached, but these flashes have no built-in strap lugs. I’d like a way to free up a hand temporarily without drilling the flash body or relying on fragile rubber-band or cable-tie hacks. What practical options are there for carrying or suspending this type of flash safely?
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Profoto make a case with a shoulder strap for their A1 flash. I'm sure there are similar cheap knockoffs somewhere.
Godox makes a similar type bag for their much larger AD600 Pro.
Many lens cases come with shoulder straps, Some might be the right size for your flashes.
I just use the cases that come with my Yongnuo and Canon speedlights. They have belt loops on the back of the case, and it is pretty easy to holster/unholster them when they are attached to my belt (either the one holding up my pants or a separate camera belt for holding lens and accessory cases). You could probably just run the ends of a conventional camera strap through the belt loop and connect the two 3/8" ends through a single one of the loop buckles that come on each end of the strap.
It's not exactly a strap attachment, but there may be another way to get where you're trying to go.
Spider makes a product called the Spider Monkey for attaching speedlights and other accessories directly to a belt. These look to be not much more than an old fashioned "universal" phone swivel belt clip with an adhesive tab that sticks to the back of a phone.
Stick the tab to your flash instead, put the clip on your belt, and you're done.
An earlier version of the Spider Monkey used a velcro strap to hold the tab to the flash.
Take a wide flash accessory strap with velcro connectors on each end, cut an appropriately sized vertical slit in it, and use the tab with or without the adhesive as an additional way to secure the flash.
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A practical solution is usually to avoid attaching a strap directly to the flash body. Since TT850-style flashes don’t have strap lugs, the safer options mentioned were:
- Use a pouch/case with a belt loop or shoulder strap. Many speedlights come with soft cases, and lens cases or flash pouches can work if sized appropriately. A belt-mounted holster style is simple and keeps the flash easy to grab.
- Run a camera strap through the case’s belt loop if you want shoulder carry rather than belt carry.
- Use a cold-shoe holder such as a Frio-style adapter that locks onto the flash foot. Because it secures via the foot, you can attach a strap to the adapter instead of modifying the flash itself.
Drilling the body is risky because of the plastic construction and possible safety issues, and improvised bands/ties are less trustworthy.
If you’re carrying the flash with a modifier attached, be cautious: a speedlight foot or shoe adapter is fine for light loads, but larger modifiers can put a lot of torque on the mount. In that case, a pouch/holster is usually the safer choice.
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