Gary Fong Puffer Pop Up Flash Diffuser

It does exactly what it is supposed to for an inexpensive price, but the black part that slips into the hot shoe broke on mine a few days after I began using it. I love the idea of not toting my big flash, but this piece needs to be more sturdy. I'm hoping to be able to glue it and continue to use it...

It does what it's designed to do - diffuse the harsh light of the pop-up flashes.

However, the black plastic is of low quality and will break if you try to force it.
I found that the foot will not slide easily into Nikon hot-shoes. What I did was sand down the nub, and the side wall a bit with a small drum attachment on my Dremmel. NOW it fits. It should slide in pretty easily, DO NOT force it.

As another revier siad, it's also hard to fir the nubs of the black part into the white part. Here I simply used a TINY bit of grease. (You do NOT want to use to much, or you will get it all over your camera/lens). Here to, do NOT force it.

After all this, it will work great!

This was a worthwhile addition to my Canon XSi. Made a notable difference in lighting. It's no substitute for a real flash with a real diffuser, but it's also VERY convenient and small.

Build: Pretty good. Plastic but feels solid.

Usefulness: Makes the built in pop-up flash actually useful! That's a big deal.

Price: Ouch! $25 for two pieces of injection molded plastic! Oh well, it's this or a 3 cent piece of copy paper which is both inconvenient and stupid looking.

P.S. - Adding the 3 cent paper in front of this diffuser actually makes it even better.

Happy? YES!

I still need a real flash though.

A flash diffuser really warms your pictures, the lighting is softer and the shadows disappear. A great product in theory, but I have to agree with the reviews here. I have bought two of these for myself, both from Amazon and they have both broken. I bought one as a gift for my mother, hers just broke too. The design is flawed where the two arms meet, not enough plastic.

Great idea, executed in a weak fashion. Should give it two stars but really like the way it works prior to breaking...

I read all the reviews before buying this and I knew it was expecting it to be a little flimsy. Well, with that in mind I very carefully and gently went to put it on my Canon 40D and what do you know, it snaps in two pieces on the first try!

Luckily, the white diffuser piece still kind of holds the unit in place so you can still make it work even thought the base is split in two. I wish I could have given this a better rating but the fact that I didn't even get a chance to use it before it broke just really keeps me from being able to do that.

I've contacted the seller to see if they will offer any replacement but my hopes are pretty low. We'll see...

Buyer beware.