The 13 feet stands from them, for the money, are ideal for large soft box with one alien bee.
The soft boxes from them are to cold for my taste but tinting the white lining with a tea water solution or using bastard amber gels on the light will help warm them up.
If you like the beauty dish lighting then I would also recommend purchansing one of those while you are at it. It's reasonably priced.
The grids are easy to use so I also would encourage you to pick up a couple of different degrees. 20 degree for hair light, small rim or accent light for sure.
The speed ring is what attaches your soft box to the unit. I didn't realize but there are speed ring adapters for other name brand soft boxes such as photoflex to fit the alien bees but not the discontinued strip domes.
Quality Control.....you should always have a light meter!
