GEARDUCATED | SPOGEARDUCATED | SPONSONSORED CORED CONTENTNTENTWhile Lume Cube’s full-metal shell would dissipate heat
a bit better than Lume Cube Air’s rubberized one, both
lights can become quite hot if you are running them at full
brightness continuously for an extended period of time. I
shot Image 1 using a Lume Cube and a Lume Cube Air to
light up the scene, including myself. The Lume Cube was
at full brightness and became quite hot after 20 minutes,
despite sitting inside the fridge.
When powered by the internal battery, the lights
can last between one and two hours, depending on
the brightness level. You can choose 10 adjustable
brightness levels on the Lume Cube but only four
on the Lume Cube Air, so the Lume Cube would be
the better choice if you need very fine control of your
lighting.
Both lights are bright — very bright for such small
lights— with the Lume Cube a bit brighter than the
Lume Cube Air at full brightness. If you take a lot of
photos with your smartphone and wonder why you
would need to use a light such as the Lume Cube
when the smartphone already has an LED light, I can
tell you that the Lume Cube and Lume Cube Air
are both much, much brighter than any LED light
on a smartphone. Compare the brightness of the
Lume Cube and Lume Cube Air (Images 2 and 3) with
that of a smartphone LED (Image 4).
At the bottom of both lights, there is a standard tripod
screw hole. This allows you to easily attach the light to
a tripod, light stand, or one of the various mounting
accessories available. You can also use a small hot shoe
to tripod-mount a bracket and have the Lume Cube
sitting on top of the hot shoe (shown in Image 5). This
gives you a small and lightweight lighting set-up that is
especially good for videographers who shoot a lot of
run and gun–style videos.
IMAGE 2 — BRIGHTNESS TEST WITH LUME CUBE
IMAGE 3 — BRIGHTNESS TEST WITH LUME CUBE AIR
IMAGE 4 — BRIGHTNESS TEST WITH SMARTPHONE LED