The best flash triggers for your camera: wireless control for off-camera flashguns

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If you've shot with speedlights, you've probably considered the best flash triggers. Being able to liberate the light from the hotshoe for off-camera effects is great, and being able to control multiple lights from one unit is even better. Once, flash triggers were physically tethered to their lights with a cord, but in this wireless age, such things are no longer necessary.

We've compiled the best flash triggers you can buy right now, based on our testing and reviewing. While flash triggers can work via radio frequency (RF) or infrared (IR), here we've stuck with RF, as they provide greater range and don't require line of sight. Different triggers are compatible with different systems – we've listed the compatibility of each unit we've featured, and have made sure to include options at a range of prices.

Ben Andrews
Ben Andrews

Ben is the Imaging Labs manager, responsible for all the testing on Digital Camera World and across the entire photography portfolio at Future. With years of experience trialling and testing photographic kit, he's a human encyclopedia of benchmarks when it comes to recommending the best buys – here he picks out the best wireless flash triggers for your money.

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Ben Andrews

Ben is the Imaging Labs manager, responsible for all the testing on Digital Camera World and across the entire photography portfolio at Future. Whether he's in the lab testing the sharpness of new lenses, the resolution of the latest image sensors, the zoom range of monster bridge cameras or even the latest camera phones, Ben is our go-to guy for technical insight. He's also the team's man-at-arms when it comes to camera bags, filters, memory cards, and all manner of camera accessories – his lab is a bit like the Batcave of photography! With years of experience trialling and testing kit, he's a human encyclopedia of benchmarks when it comes to recommending the best buys.