Yo Photographer: Forget your camera bag – get QuiKlips and WEAR your flash!
I had excitedly leaked QuiKlips on twitter months ago, but we’re finally ready to make it public and ship worldwide!
What’s QuiKlips? I’m glad you asked 
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It’s an oversized cell-phone belt-clip which we’ve been using to “wear” our flashes instead of carrying them. One-handed and ubiquitous flash access has allowed us to create images that others can’t and we’re now sharing this vital little piece of the gear puzzle with you all.
Can’t I just use any cell phone belt clip?
You could try. We did But this is the only one that has lasted over 5 years of real-world DQ use and abuse without a single failure. It’s the combination of the oversized tab, quality adhesive and hi-impact plastic that makes it work so well.
Where do you find this stuff?
Back-story: Over 5 years ago, I was trying to find the best way to carry our flashes. Anyone who’s seen us shoot or deconstructed our work will quickly realize we seldom put our flashes on-cam and choose to shoot flash off-camera. Not having our flashes on top of our cams, but still wanting instant access to it was a problem I needed to solve …. without turning to the “bat-belt” or bum-bag that wouldn’t survive the Chic of DQ 
Super-fast flash access without the fashion faux pas.
I bought pretty much every cell phone clip I could find from the local shops and online. I stuck them on our battery packs and flashes, and very carefully tested them out. Everything failed! Then, I found this tab at Staples, under the brand Belkin. Finally! Success! I had found a belt clip strong enough to securely attach our expensive flashes, yet easily, with one hand, allow access to the flash. They weren’t at every Staples, so I bought them whenever I found them and stashed them for safe-keeping.
Fast-forward to last year when we switched to Nikon. I had run out of belt clips and tabs (gave them away and used them for other things) and was desperate to find the same ones. I had kept the Belkin packaging and searched the web with the SKU without luck.
Then, amazingly, I found a source which sold every part piece-meal. You had to find each individual piece, and cut the adhesive yourself too, making it very inconvenient.
So I did what anyone would do: I bought 1000 of the parts, customized them for use on flashes, and put them together in convenient packages.
Honestly, I’m not going to retire from selling these little things, but wanted to have a good stash for myself and share this little gem out of our flash nirvana kit with y’all
Phew! Long story: happy ending. All is good. Now go get your QuiKlips here!
Because shooting with style shouldn’t make you look ugly.
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