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Curious if they work decently well...
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Never even heard of them 
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From what I remember the V2s were spotty and sometimes less than reliable but the V4s are generally well received. I myself use the Yongnuo rf-602 system and have never had a misfire, however they are less than perfect. My only gripes about it is that the trigger runs on cr2 batteries which are expensive and not rechargeable and the receiver was designed poorly so that you cant access the on off switch while mounted on the hot shoe of most flashes.
Check out the strobist forums on flickr though because there are a million threads a month about the latest budget trigger systems and how well they hold up.
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My only gripes about it is that the trigger runs on cr2 batteries which are expensive and not rechargeable.
DB, you really should check out ebay for the cr2 batteries. I bought 2 batteries for mine for around $5 including shipping... Duracell batteries, shipped form the US too!
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That's not a bad deal at all, I will definitely look into it. I burned one out really fast when I first got it because since the transmitter has no off button the button on top was apparently being pressed inside my bag and drained it.
I have an army of AA and AAA that I can recharge though so I wish I could use them in the transmitter, but for how cheap they were I can't complain much.
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exact same thing happened to me. Now I have a little case for my transmitters/receivers
btw, I have heard nothing but good things about the Cactus 4's on strobits sites...
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Cool. I bought a strobist equipment kit with the Cactus V4s to to use with my Canon 430EX II. Should arrive tomorrow, hopefully everything works smoothly.
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go to http://www.strobist.com and do the Lighting 101
also, you can learn alot from flickr.com in the strobist group
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Yea, i started making my way through it the first time you posted it. Great resource, really got me excited about playing with off-camera flash...
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Sometimes when I'm thinking ahead I just take the battery out, but usually it's rare for me to think ahead that much. Lately though I have been doing a lot of natural light wide open, now I have to convince myself that I don't need to spend every cent I make over the next five years on super fast primes.
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Well, my strobe stuff came in today. So far so good with the Cactus V4. Realized I need to read the instruction book for my 430EX though. 
Took a few quick test pictures to see the results of using an off-camera flash set-up. Definitely impressed with the improvement. Going to be fun learning the intricacies...
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