Ikelite dome defuser on DS125?

[AggressorBLUE]

Anyone have any feedback on using the Ikelite dome defuser on the DS125? Trying to stretch some more life out of ye olde strobes, but am a bit hesitant to plunk down the better part of $200 for a pair of defusers without hearing some user feedback.

 

[David Haas]

Don't bother......The soft white reflector for the circular warm temperature flash tube of all Ikelite DS125 (long discontinued but thousands out there still) plus DS160 / 161 models are plenty wide without any diffuser.

David Haas

 

[davehicks]

Diffusers cut strobe power and make it more difficult to control/create shadows that give your images texture and depth. Outside of some very specific use cases, I recommend avoiding the use of diffusers.