Question Are the Chinese video lights from Amazon any good?

[encrustingacro]

I've been thinking of upgrading my lighting for my underwater photos. Currently, I have some cheap 2000 lumen video lights from Amazon. However, I am not satisfied with the brightness of these lights. The prices for strobes are very expensive, which puts me off from buying them. I have been looking these video lights from Amazon, which are substantially cheaper than name-brand video lights of the same brightness. I know that off-brand Amazon products can be of lower quality, but they do seem tempting. Do these lights actually produce 12k lumens like advertised and are these lights prone to leaking? Or should I just save up for some strobes?​

 

[passedoutwookie]

Even with the VL4000's I rarely use the brightest setting (on these "overpriced crap" lights).

Sorry, I left off a 0, VL65000!