Westcott has redesigned its Rapid Box Switch Fold-Flat softbox lineup, promising photographers a more portable way to create high-quality light.

The goal of the redesign was to make the softboxes take up as little room as possible and allow them to be more easily stacked with other gear. To that end, the softboxes in this line open to full size in one second and collapse down just as quickly into what the company describes as an “ultra-flat profile,” to “help creators fit more lighting gear in fewer bags.”

The redesigned Rapid Box Switch line comes in nine shapes and sizes, and the new line includes a Bowens Switch Insert, inner and outer diffusion panels, a 55-degree grid, and a carry case all in a single package. It’s unusual for grids — which narrow the light spill — to come included at no extra charge, so Westcott is really packing in the value here.…