Godox FL15Bi vs Godox ML40Bi

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.

The Godox ML40Bi is the light to buy if a stream or a vlog needs one light. It is a compact COB with a built-in battery for a bag and a USB-C port for a desk, so the same light does both jobs. Colour temperature runs 2800 to 6500 K, which covers a face in any room, and the Godox app sets brightness and colour from a phone.

A metre from a face with the diffuser dome on, it reads as a proper key on a webcam and lifts a phone camera out of grain. Bare, it is hard light; budget for a small softbox or use the dome.

It is a new listing with a handful of ratings; the ML series before it has years of them. The mount is Godox's small ML ring, not Bowens, so a softbox needs the adapter. Owners rate it 5.0 across its first 6 reviews.