Saw a post about buying cheaper Camcorder batteries on Ebay. But I too wanted to know more about this. I don't mind taking the gamble and losing 30 bucks or so for a cheapie from Honkers, that packs it in after a few recharges. But I am more concerned, can these batteries do damage to your camcorder ??
Thommo
As I said in my other post, the answer is a big NO. They are designed to be direct replacements. The worst that can happen is you won't get the same capacity as the genuine ones. Dont believe the crap that the manufacturer tells you.
I got ones off eBay for $2ea, and they have proven to be just as good as the genuine one that can cost as much as 30+ times that price!
Dave :)
On 2 Jun 2006 01:19:44 -0700, "David L. Jones" put finger to keyboard and composed:
Some years ago I bought a "6000mAh 6V battery pack", code VBV860, from WES, which was advertised as using "best quality, US made Gates battery cells". These are SLA types designed for powering camcorders.
The VBV860 kit was actually a 5000mAh 8V unit. Furthermore, the individual batteries were not Gates cells as stated in the catalogue, but were in fact 2.1V Cyclon batteries. These were arranged as one individual cell (code RB25) in series with a Cyclon three-pack (code RB325).
- Franc Zabkar
I thought Gates made Cyclons: sort of the model name for the batteries. They can be brought back to life after they dry out with a few mls of distilled water through the rubber bung on top.
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