Godox FL15Bi vs Godox LC500R
Two of our picks from Best Godox Video Lights for Streaming and Vlogging: ML40Bi, ML40R, FL15Bi, LC500R and the EazyFlow Softboxes, compared side by side on the specs and trade-offs that actually matter.
Short answer
Between the Godox LC500R and the Godox FL15Bi, we recommend the Godox LC500R ($154 when we checked it on 2026-09-14) as the better godox video light for most people. A background or a hand-held reveal on camera. The Godox FL15Bi ($99 when we checked it on 2026-09-14) still makes sense if lighting a face on a night walk, held or clipped to a strap.
Godox FL15Bi Bi-Color LED Video Flash Light, Photography Flashlight
$99.00observed
Lowest we have recorded: $99.00 on (4 weekly checks)
Godox LC500R Mini Handheld RGB Tube Light, 2500K-8500K RGB Stick Light with Barndoor&Soft Diffuseur, 20W 360°Full Color CRI 96+ 15 FX Effects LED Lighting Wand with APP Control
$154.00observed
Lowest we have recorded: $154.00 on (4 weekly checks)
Our take on each
Godox FL15Bi
Best for: Lighting a face on a night walk, held or clipped to a strap.
The Godox FL15Bi is shaped like a torch and used like one: a bi-colour beam you hold or clip to a bag strap to light a face at night. It is the only light here with no USB-C desk mode, so it belongs in a bag rather than on a desk.
The beam is narrow, which is what you want at arm's length outdoors and not what you want on a desk. It is a new listing. Owners rate it 4.3 across its first 5 reviews.
Godox LC500R
Best for: A background or a hand-held reveal on camera.
The Godox LC500R is an RGB tube light with a handle, which makes it two things: a background light that lives behind a desk and paints the wall, and a light you hold up on camera for a reveal or a portrait. The barn doors and the diffuser in the box shape the spread.
It runs from its battery or from USB-C, so it works on a desk and in a bag. It is not a key light: a tube spreads light too evenly to shape a face.
Owners rate it 4.6 across about 150 reviews, the most in this group.
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