One shadowless look, and the diameter is what changes it · review
NEEWER 18 inch, 45 cm, 55 W at a fixed 5600K review
The largest and dearest ring here — 18 inches, 45 cm, 55 W of daylight from 240 LEDs — with a camera shoe adapter, colour filters and a 155 cm stand, at 107 €.
The bottom line Forty-five centimetres at 55 W, a camera shoe, a filter set and a 155 cm stand for 107 €: the only ring here that is a light for photographing other people rather than yourself at a desk. It does not adjust its colour, publishes no accuracy figure, and the stand comes with a warning about how to open it.
On the listing
Five bullets, and the first two are housekeeping. A note that the stand is packed in a separate carton inside the shipping box, under the ring light at the very bottom, with a reference to the eighth photograph for how to unfold it — legs pointing up, so it opens upside down; a kit list naming the 45 cm 55 W ring, a 155 cm light stand, a soft tube, a colour filter set, a ball head, a hot shoe adapter, a universal power adapter with plug, a smartphone holder and a carry bag; a dimmable 18 inch, 45 cm, 55 W, 5600K panel of 240 LEDs with a wide 0 to 100 per cent range, no UV or IR radiation and low heat; a stand note saying the aluminium-alloy column is most stable with the central leg joint 10 to 20 cm from the ground and warning that raising the legs too far can topple it; and a closing bullet on the cold shoe ball head adapter for most reflex cameras and the phone holder, naming current iPhone, Samsung, Huawei and Google models.
Forty-five centimetres and fifty-five watts
This is the only ring on the shelf that is a light rather than a fill. Three times the diameter of the desk ring and roughly five times the power of the USB units, which together mean it can sit at portrait distance and still be the source that shapes a face. The hub above says diameter decides both softness and working distance; at 45 cm both are finally on the photographer’s side.
One fixed temperature, and filters instead
Five thousand six hundred kelvin, and no adjustment. The filter set in the kit is how the colour changes, which is the film-lighting way of doing it and costs output every time a gel goes on. Every smaller ring here adjusts electronically and loses nothing doing it.
A shoe for a camera
The only page on this shelf that provides for one. A cold shoe ball head puts a reflex body inside the ring, which is where the circular catchlight in a portrait comes from. Everything else here assumes a phone.
Read the two assembly notes
The stand ships in its own carton under the light, and it opens upside down with the legs pointing up. Then keep the central leg joint 10 to 20 cm off the ground, because raised too high it will fall over with 45 cm of ring on top. A listing that publishes its own failure mode is doing the buyer a favour.
Availability
Between 107 € and 121 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was last checked.
The American Amazon store carry it too, priced in local currency. Those amounts are deliberately absent from the range above, which reads euro stores only.
Nothing came back from the British Amazon store at all, so the button for that country runs a search instead of opening an entry that is not there.
Everything in this section is the figure Keepa carried on the day of the last update to this page. Availability and prices shift without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 13 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
What it does well, and what it gives up
Strengths
45 cm of source at 55 W from 240 LEDs, the only genuine portrait-sized ring here
A cold shoe ball head adapter for a camera as well as a phone holder, which nothing else on this shelf offers
A 155 cm stand, a colour filter set, a soft tube and a carry bag, all in the kit
Compromises
A fixed 5600K with no adjustment — colour is changed by fitting gels, which costs light
No colour accuracy index, like every ring here
Mains only, and the stand needs its legs kept low to stay stable
Specifications
Diameter
18 inches, given as 45 cm in the title and the third bullet. Half again the width of the 11.5 inch rings here and three times the small desk ring — by the hub above’s reasoning this is the only ring on the shelf that is genuinely a portrait light rather than a soft on-camera source
Colour temperature range
None — a fixed 5600K, in the third bullet. It is the only ring here that does not adjust, and the compensation is in the box: the second bullet lists a colour filter set, which is the older way of changing the light and costs output each time a gel goes on
Colour accuracy
Not published. The third bullet claims no UV or IR radiation, low heat output and a special LED SMD design, which are safety and construction statements rather than an index. Six rings on this shelf, no figures: the hub above says the silence is itself worth reading
Mounting method
Stand-mounted, and it is the only ring here that also mounts a camera: the fourth bullet names a cold shoe ball head adapter for most reflex bodies alongside the phone holder. The soft tube in the kit list positions whichever is fitted
Stand supplied
Yes — a 155 cm aluminium-alloy light stand, and the third bullet adds an unusual piece of honesty: it is most stable when the central joint of the legs sits 10 to 20 cm from the ground, and raising the legs too far can make it fall over. That is a real instruction rather than a specification
Power
A universal mains adapter with plug, in the kit list. Mains only — no cell and no USB option is named, which is consistent with 55 W: this is an order of magnitude more power than the USB rings below it
Holder provision
Both a smartphone holder — the fourth bullet naming current iPhone, Samsung, Huawei and Pixel models — and a cold shoe ball head adapter for most reflex cameras, with a soft tube to position them. It is the only page on this shelf that provides for a camera at all
Amazon reference
B01LXDNNBW (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0191073002517
What people ask before they commit
Is a fixed 5600K a drawback?
It depends on the room. Daylight-balanced light mixes cleanly with a window and badly with a tungsten lamp, and this ring cannot be warmed electronically — the filter set in the kit is the remedy, and every gel absorbs some of the output. The bi-colour rings on this shelf adjust without losing light, at lower power and smaller sizes.
Why does the stand come with a stability instruction?
Because a 45 cm, 55 W ring at 155 cm is top-heavy. The third bullet says the stand is most stable when the central joint of the legs is 10 to 20 cm from the ground, and warns that raising the legs too high can bring the whole thing down. It is unusual for a listing to publish its own failure mode, and it is worth following.
What does the hot shoe adapter change?
It makes the ring usable with a camera rather than only a phone. The fourth bullet names a cold shoe ball head adapter for most reflex bodies, so the camera sits inside the ring where the phone would otherwise be — which is the arrangement that produces the circular catchlight in a portrait. No other ring on this shelf provides for it.
10 inch ring · 120 LEDs · three lighting modes, white, natural and warm, with no kelvin figures · 10 brightness levels per mode · no colour accuracy index · stand from 46.5 to 156 cm, 182 cm overall with the light · 360 degree phone holder, clamp 5.5 to 11 cm · internal gear structure holding the head angle · box includes a hex key, a Bluetooth remote and the manual · no power source published
A 10 inch ring whose stand reaches 182 cm overall — the tallest on this shelf — with a geared head that holds its angle, for 32 €, and no power source stated anywhere.
Best for: Standing or seated full-length video where the light has to reach head height, and the head must stay at the angle it was set to.
11.5 inch ring, 29.2 cm outer diameter, 30.48 cm including the part below the ring · three daylight modes named as white, warm white and warm yellow, with no kelvin figures · 7 RGB colours and 37 dynamic modes, 40 in total · 13 brightness levels per mode, 1 to 100 per cent · no colour accuracy index · folding stand with a weighted base plus a mini desktop tripod · phone clip 2.2 to 3.4 inches on a flexible gooseneck · USB powered · remote release, paired through AB Shutter3
An 11.5 inch ring that publishes its diameter twice over in centimetres, with 40 colours, 37 dynamic modes and over 150 settings for 30 € — and not one figure in kelvin.
Best for: Streaming and short video where colour effects are part of the look, on a desk or a stand, with a phone as the camera.
6 inch ring · three lighting modes, cold, natural and warm, with no kelvin figures · 10 brightness levels · no colour accuracy index · weighted metal base with foam padding · telescopic tube from 17.7 to 24 inches · 360 degree swivel head · phone holder for 2.36 to 3.54 inch devices · universal clip up to 15 mm for laptops and monitors · storage bag · no power source published
The smallest and cheapest ring here at 15 €, with a weighted desk base and a clip that grips a monitor up to 15 mm — three colour modes named in words, and no kelvin figure anywhere.
Best for: A desk or a laptop for calls and close work, where the clip and the weighted base matter more than the size of the source.
