Battery Question

[Tom]

Is there anything wrong with ebay hvx200 equivelent batteries? I have been researching them all night and all the specs seem the same. Example: http://cgi.ebay.com/2x-CGR-CGA-D54-B...QQcmdZViewItem

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

I have heard great things from Specialized communications batteries. I own one and it's great. I don't notice a difference from the one that came with my hvx....

Also DVXuser sells some great working batteries and the money goes to this server!!!

So before you buy off ebay, why not have piece of mind with the quality and support this site at the same time?

[mcgeedigital]

The Spec Comm ones are the best ones out there. Period.

[crs127]

I have the ones from Spec-comm and they are pretty good!

[n8ture]

I have several of the DVXUser batteries and they've been great. Much cheaper than the Panny batteries and I've never had any issues with them.

[sthops]

Do any of these cheap batteries fit snuggly in the camera, or do they wobble?
Are they heavier or lighter than the Panasonic Batteries?
Do they come with a guard to protect the connectors?
What are the dangers to the DVX/HVX of using them?

[Hawkeye]

Hi
Are there any battery belts available for HVX with multiple batteries possible and are there any batteries that charge faster than the four or five hours it takes to charge the Panny one that comes with camera??

[dusterdoo]

re: battery belts. These usually charge slow but last a long time. I use this one...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._12V_84WH.html

It goes forever....

[adolgin]

Hmm, you can not power your HVX with the 12V pack like this - you would smoke it :-(
Hawkeye, they do not make 7V belts, only 12V and 14V. You would have to get a 12v/7.2V converter to step down the voltage. The truth is a high capacity 5400mah battery like one sold on this site is about 40wh. So 2 of them hold about the same amount of juice as the belt pack mentioned above, and they are much smaller and lighter than the belt due to Li-Ion chemistry. The belts on the other hand are usually Lead Acid or sometimes NiCAd, making them much heavier.
As far as charging the Panny battery, using the same charger it would take less time to charge a smaller capacity battery. Think of a bucket you need to fill with a hose. In order to fill it faster, you need a bigger hose (a faster more powerfull charger)
HTH

[jdogmt07]

When I purchased my HVX200 just over a year ago I bought a second Pani battery with it (D54). Both Batteries have worked great and haven't lost much capacity. The other day I was on a shoot and pulled one of them off the charger and got nothing. After my shoot I threw it back on the charger and it showed (after a few seconds that it was fully charged....still nothing. Is this the way these batteries die? Do they go from working great to dead with no warning, or is there something else wrong?