Best Bet Camera Rentals

COMPANY IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE
(as of sometime before 1÷16÷16)
Sorry to see them go.
Just spoke to Robert, one of the owners, and he said that they are no more.
Their website seems to have been hijacked by an East Indian porn site.

Robert at Best Bet Camera is the best! So helpful, knowledgeable, and their prices are very fair. We were just doing a 1 camera shoot for a music vid, and he explained we’d need an external sound recorder as even the top vid cams don’t have the best sound.
So I got educated doing this project as well! Also when things fell thru due to time– constraints and holiday traffic, he even referred me to another top-​notch biz! Great customer service!!!

Great company with a wide selection of the newest equipment, personalized service and reasonable prices. I recommend everyone that is looking for space to these guys!

I have worked with Best Bet Camera several times. The guys at Best Bet started out as a great, low price, vendor for some of my Web Video shoots I do for businesses and they have become friends. I appreciate their flexibility, they always go out of their way to help me as much as they can, and they always tell a good joke.
I wanted to be clear on the type of business this is though. This is a boutique camera rental house. These guys are more for the indie film maker, web video productions, and small to medium scale productions. I’m sure they could handle a portion of a large shoots needs though. Give them a call… they have haven’t steered me wrong in 3 years.

Great prices and a great range of gear. Will definitely be going back for future needs.

Love these guys!
I recently had a camera emergency on a commercial shoot and they swooped in to save the day! Within 30 minutes of my initial call I had the lenses I needed on set.
Friendly. Reliable. Efficient. Affordable. A producer’s camera house dream!

Mayans, Aztecas, Incas… oh my!
I have worked with and recommended this company for years: thorough, professional and laid back. They had all our project needed as well as the networking connections for things that I needed (for no additional cost!). I compared them to other similar rentals, and they blow them away not only in price but service.

There’s plenty of options for renting gear in LA but Best Bet stand out in my opinion. They shoot, act, direct and produce so they understand the needs of a shoot from a variety of different points of view. Not to point out offenders but some rental houses will make you feel guilty for not knowing everything about the gear you’ve rented. Robert and Reko go out of there way to ensure you are comfortable with the equipment you’re taking out and truly want to see your project flourish.
I’ve seen a review complaining about their website which is a great guide for what they have. But they excell at face to face sales and that personal touch goes a long way when your dealing with a small rental house. You don’t want to be treated as a last minute rental; you want to be treated as the artist you are and these guys make that connection.
Great Job Guys!
See you on the next project. :)

These guys are great! They helped me get an awesome package for a great price!

Their website is horrible and needs lots of help. Theres no way to do a formal reservation on the website or over the telephone. And they need to update their website to let you know whats in stock immediately. Which is not hard, they could hire me to do that if they want a better website and interfacing.
I spent way too much time on the website trying to figure out how to make a reservation. I sent an email letting them know what I wanted and when I wanted it. Then they replied to let me know they only had one of the items available then asked me AGAIN if I still wanted it. OF COURSE THATS THE WHOLE PURPOSE IN ME TELLING YOU I WANT TO RESERVE IT! He never made the reservation and rented it out to someone else.
For people who run businesses and dont have time to fiddle with pointless emails back and forth, dont go to them they are a waste of time. They SHOULD have called to confirm the reservation and gave me a number to contact them at if I wanted to cancel. No one DOUBLE confirms a reservation.
Not wasting my time with them. They need help.

This is the best equipment rental experience I have had. The guys were really helpful and gave me zero headaches. I rented an EX3 along with a lite panel, and the rates were fair. It took about 10 minutes to pick up the gear, and 5 minutes to drop it off. Would recommend and will use again in the future!

It’s always nice to see an independent option when renting gear. I needed to rent a camera, an older one, and they were the only place in town that had it for rent in a reasonable price range. However, one of the guys mentioned that they had an overstock of this particular camera, and offered to sell it to me at a very reasonable price. A few months later and I’ve used it a ton with no problems.

Great find! Flexible, knowledgable, helpful, easy to work with, gear in good condition and prepped, solid support. Nice to find a rental company that understands premium quality customer service.

These guys are truly great! I’ve used them a handful of times and won’t hesitate to go back. Their equipment is in excellent condition and they are always available, friendly and accommodating.

Robert and the guys at Best Bet Camera are awesome. You save SO much money compared to renting production equipment from places like Samy’s, etc. I have used them for video camera rentals for several years now. They have a wide variety of video production equipment that is always fully charged, in great condition, and most importantly at a GREAT PRICE! Once I had to rent equipment that I had never used before and they spent 30 minutes with me going over exactly how to use it so I was ready for my shoot. Great company!

Very helpful gentlemen with clean gear.

I could not be happier with these guys! I went with them based on a friend’s recommendation (he’s a repeat customer of theirs), and being a writer and producer who was shooting her 1^st short film, I needed all the help I could get. They really know their stuff and suggested the Sony EX3 and the Arri light kit for my shoot. My shoot went perfectly and when I told them the only time I could return the equipment was at 7:30am, they said, «No Problem». I don’t know any company that will wake up that early for a customer’s convenience. They really seem to care about their customer’s and we even talked about the project I was working on and may be working together on something in the near future! I definitely would recommend renting from these guys to anybody!