Beauty Dish vs Softbox for speedlight (with Honeycomb Grid)

[saifmaster]

How would you compare Beauty Dish vs Softbox for speedlight.
I just bought a 24" x 24" Softbox with honeycomb grid for my speedlight and wondering if I should also get a beauty dish.
I am basically gonna use if for outdoor portraits.

Thank you!

[hue-e]

I actually use a small rectangle softbox (16x20" I think), a 3' octabox and an 18" DIY beauty dish all with my speedlights... all of them are used for different applications or depending on how much hiking i might have to do for a location shoot. the further I have to lug stuff, the lighter I try to make my pack.

all of them turn out great results... I do like the look of the beauty dish the most though :) but honestly, it's the heaviest out of all of them and because i did such an awesome job building it, I really don't want it to get dinged and scratched so it stays much closer to home.

I say get what you need for your style of shooting.

[saifmaster]

Thanks Patrick!

[hue-e]

I actually use the smallest soft box the most, for outdoor location shoots because it collapses down pretty small and fits in my photo backpack with two light stands three speedlights and three lenses... and camera, heh.

[Photogdude]

if you have the funds get both and test them, then make your own decisions based on your likes and dislikes.

[Bentley]

A 16 inch BD is plenty for a speedlite. You can get a pretty decent set up from cheetahstand.com. The problem with using a beauty dish outside in the sun is that you have to use it really close to the model and that means you have to carry a heavy boom and counter weight. Whereas a you can use a foldable soft box like the 28 inch from westcott and use it wit your speedlite without any special mounts that you would need with BDs (brackets and all).

[Outlander]

Doesn't putting a grid on the softbox defeat the purpose ? I want to make my light source as large as possible. The grid breaks up the large source into many small sources and I believe makes for harsher shadows because of this.