Andrew
This ring flash is a great value for someone that wants to play with flash photography and macro photography. Its not by any means a professional piece of equipment. Its very cheaply made, will probably get broken if you dont treat it like glass, and i have serious doubts as to how long it will continue to function. However, these are often on sale for $20 and at that price its practically a consumable item and not that big of a deal if it breaks or something goes wrong with it. Like most camera equipment, it doesnt really matter how good some pro says it is, or how expensive it is, what matters how you use it and if you like the results you get. Ive mostly used this for macro shots and have not really experimented with portraits yet, but im sure with some playing around with it, it will make decent shots with a nice ring sparkle in the eyes.