Advice on new batteries...

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Mnease

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I have a recently purchased HMC150, and was pretty bummed to find the 1/2 battery that was included with the camera. That said, I am heading out of the country in a few weeks, and need to pick up some more reliable batteries. Preferably 7.2V, 5800mAh.

I'm looking for any advice on the best batteries and where to purchase them for a reasonable price.

Right now, I'm looking at a Panasonic one from B&H for $169:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=WishList.jsp&A=details&Q=&sku=547674&is=REG

Thanks in advance for any help!
 
B&H is really reliable as long as you don't order on the Jewish Sabbath or Jewish holidays (they're owned by Hassidic Jews), then you have to wait a day or two for the order to ship. But they're pretty reasonable... I order most of my stuff from them. $169 is the going rate (give or take $5) for those batteries from most reliable resellers.
 
Another user, MacHMC150 has had success with another brand of battery (IDX I think?) and has posted in several threads about his experience with them. Maybe search for those?
 
Right now Panasonic and IDX are the two options for "VWV" style batteries. So far the response on the IDX has been positive, unfortunantly they still cost as much as the Panasonic batteries.

We've got Panasonic's VWVBG6PPK available.

Best,
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