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Well I bought an SB600 and SB800 when I bought my camera originally then bought a load of cheap 2750mAh batteries off Ebay. I had to carry 3 sets of batteries every time that I used my flash and after 20-30 shots it would slow right down and I would end up having to take the SB800 off the camera and use the onboard flash or change batteries.....
Well not any more
After reading quite a bit on here and elsewhere I decided to go out and buy some decent batteries and went to 7dayshop where I bought 3 sets of 4 x eneloop batteries plus 3 sets of 4 eneloop batteries with chargers. They seem to have the best price of all the places I found (that actually have stock).
4 x eneloop AA batteries £6.99 inc
4 x eneloop AA batteries with a charger £8.49 (£1.50 per charger!!)
oh and I bought a couple of battery testers too (much better than using a multimeter or relying on the charger as it tests the voltage whilst applying a load).
I also decided to buy a Technoline BC-900 (iCharger) battery charger, this is one serious battery charger costing £39.95 but rather sophisticated.
Well what have I found out..........
Eneloops
Eneloop batteries are REALLY good. Straight out of the packet they were fully charged and after sticking them into the flash guns they fired straight away and re-charged instantly. If they hold their charge as has been reported ie 85% after a year then they are ideal for photography as I can leave them in the flash and rely on the fact that it will actually work when I come to use it.
Eneloops only have 2000mAh capacity! Well the rubbish people sell on Ebay do not even have that despite what it actually says on them! 2000mAh is good for 300+ flashes allegedly so I am happy with that.
Technoline BC-900
Technoline BC-900, well the instructions are written in Japlish but it is not too difficult to work out how to use it.
It has several modes including
Charge (useful this one!) allowing batteries to be charged at various rates
Test which discharges the batteries and then recharges them giving you the ACTUAL CAPACITY!!
Discharge/Refresh which discharges and then recharges the battery over and over until it recovers it's full capacity.
Cheap batteries
No don't go there......
Ebay is a hot bed of rubbish batteries, I have found out that of the 32 batteries I started with 8 are totally dead and all the others have an actual capacity of between 243mAh and 720mAh despite saying 2750mAh on them.......
Well at least I no longer have to worry about rubbish batteries
Oh and Argos have Eneloop batteries at £3.99 for 4 but they are out of stock at every branch
Well not any more
After reading quite a bit on here and elsewhere I decided to go out and buy some decent batteries and went to 7dayshop where I bought 3 sets of 4 x eneloop batteries plus 3 sets of 4 eneloop batteries with chargers. They seem to have the best price of all the places I found (that actually have stock).
4 x eneloop AA batteries £6.99 inc
4 x eneloop AA batteries with a charger £8.49 (£1.50 per charger!!)
oh and I bought a couple of battery testers too (much better than using a multimeter or relying on the charger as it tests the voltage whilst applying a load).
I also decided to buy a Technoline BC-900 (iCharger) battery charger, this is one serious battery charger costing £39.95 but rather sophisticated.
Well what have I found out..........
Eneloops
Eneloop batteries are REALLY good. Straight out of the packet they were fully charged and after sticking them into the flash guns they fired straight away and re-charged instantly. If they hold their charge as has been reported ie 85% after a year then they are ideal for photography as I can leave them in the flash and rely on the fact that it will actually work when I come to use it.
Eneloops only have 2000mAh capacity! Well the rubbish people sell on Ebay do not even have that despite what it actually says on them! 2000mAh is good for 300+ flashes allegedly so I am happy with that.
Technoline BC-900
Technoline BC-900, well the instructions are written in Japlish but it is not too difficult to work out how to use it.
It has several modes including
Charge (useful this one!) allowing batteries to be charged at various rates
Test which discharges the batteries and then recharges them giving you the ACTUAL CAPACITY!!
Discharge/Refresh which discharges and then recharges the battery over and over until it recovers it's full capacity.
Cheap batteries
No don't go there......
Ebay is a hot bed of rubbish batteries, I have found out that of the 32 batteries I started with 8 are totally dead and all the others have an actual capacity of between 243mAh and 720mAh despite saying 2750mAh on them.......
Well at least I no longer have to worry about rubbish batteries
Oh and Argos have Eneloop batteries at £3.99 for 4 but they are out of stock at every branch