Sony A7RV & UWT settings

I've just booked a last minute trip to Amed, Bali in a week so I thought I'd better start getting my gear ready - but I had some issues with my strobes last year in the Philippines, and I haven't got around to figuring it out properly yet........so I wondered if one of the more experienced folks would be able to point me in the right direction 😁

All of my issues last year were user error/incompetence - due to me having no clue about manual strobes and getting everything together last minute (there's a pattern emerging)!

I've just got a Macro setup at the moment so I'll be taking:

• Sony A7RV + 90mm + (Subsee+10/Inon UCL-165)

• 2 x Backscatter MF-2

• UWT 11075 Trigger

I've previously been in touch with Pavel, who said that setting the dial to 7 (Retra Pro Max) works for the MF-2 too, so that's straight forward - the thing I'm not 100% sure on is the camera settings.

Should the settings be something like this:

• MF-2 in Manual mode, camera in Fill-flash with WL OFF for non-HSS speeds

• MF-2 in HSS mode, camera in Fill-flash with WL ON for HSS speeds

Or, seeing as there is no TTL at play, should I just leave WL ON in the camera all the time, and just flick between Manual and HSS on the MF-2 when changing shutter speeds?

Do I need to be aware of anything specific to the MF-2's around the learning function and any potential pre-flashes from the trigger? I was thinking WL ON might mean no pre-flash, so it might be easier to keep WL ON all the time, so the MF-2 would just learn no pre-flash everytime anyway?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated - thanks!

Attached some of the luckier (and quite edited) shots from last year to try and make it more interesting than a wall of text 😁