Topic: 722 battery

[ianstone]

first off these are higher capacity 6600 vs 6000.

the main reason I've stuck with the genuine because of quality - read too many posts and even had one generic have the little female ends that the pins go into come out while swapping. for me the extra $20 is well worth the piece of mind (and the extra 600 mAh)

agreed.

i had some of the cheaper ones and one wouldnt charge, the other had the pins slide out just as mentioned.
Cascade was cool and exchanged, but it was a royal PITA.

with all the thousands we spend on gear, what's another 20 bucks to be sure we have solid power that we know wont fail on us at the wrong time...

[terrapinj]

FWIW I believe Frank no longer deals with the generic ones anymore because of QC issues (correct me if I'm wrong)

[F.O.Bean]

first off these are higher capacity 6600 vs 6000.

the main reason I've stuck with the genuine because of quality - read too many posts and even had one generic have the little female ends that the pins go into come out while swapping. for me the extra $20 is well worth the piece of mind (and the extra 600 mAh)

i have been buying supposedly 6800mah ones but they last just about the same as the 6000 generic ones and also are the same physical size as the 6000mah ones, so therefor i think the 6800mah ones are really 6000mah ones

are your 6600mah ones physically bigger than the 6000mah ones

is there a nice charger that tells the mah capacity

[F.O.Bean]

first off these are higher capacity 6600 vs 6000.

the main reason I've stuck with the genuine because of quality - read too many posts and even had one generic have the little female ends that the pins go into come out while swapping. for me the extra $20 is well worth the piece of mind (and the extra 600 mAh)

agreed.

i had some of the cheaper ones and one wouldnt charge, the other had the pins slide out just as mentioned.
Cascade was cool and exchanged, but it was a royal PITA.

with all the thousands we spend on gear, what's another 20 bucks to be sure we have solid power that we know wont fail on us at the wrong time...

really?

looks like im not buying anymore cheapie ones then, SS sent me a generic 6000mah one and i bought a 6800 generic one and the stock one that came w/ my 722 is a 4600mah one, and it also seems to be generic, so if SD is sending generic ones, dont you think theyre good enough?

first off these are higher capacity 6600 vs 6000.

the main reason I've stuck with the genuine because of quality - read too many posts and even had one generic have the little female ends that the pins go into come out while swapping. for me the extra $20 is well worth the piece of mind (and the extra 600 mAh)

agreed.

i had some of the cheaper ones and one wouldnt charge, the other had the pins slide out just as mentioned.
Cascade was cool and exchanged, but it was a royal PITA.

with all the thousands we spend on gear, what's another 20 bucks to be sure we have solid power that we know wont fail on us at the wrong time...

i agree w/ you tho, after spending 2400 on the 722, whats 20 more dollars per battery?

also, what charger are ya'll using? just the 722?

i have a lenmar duo charger that teddy sent me w/ the portabrace purchase that charges two at a time, the 722 charger and  the charger SS sent me w/ the 722, i believe its a generic charger as well

have you two been unplugging/replugging the the 722 back in once its charged? it seems to charge for another 20 minutes ort so topping the bigger batteries off when using the 722 to charge them

[ianstone]

ive got the dual lenmar charger too

yes, really. dont go w/ the generic ones

as w/ anything in life you get what you pay for

(IE: Akg's vs Schoeps)  

FWIW I believe Frank no longer deals with the generic ones anymore because of QC issues (correct me if I'm wrong)

you are correct, sir

[F.O.Bean]

ive got the dual lenmar charger too

yes, really. dont go w/ the generic ones

as w/ anything in life you get what you pay for

(IE: Akg's vs Schoeps)  

FWIW I believe Frank no longer deals with the generic ones anymore because of QC issues (correct me if I'm wrong)

you are correct, sir

shit, you gotta hear my first two 480>v3>xlr out>722 tapes, please check them out, theyre not muddy like schoeps/neumanns

this one is PERFECT IMO, but you be the judge, def the best of the two

http://www.archive.org/details/moe2006-06-11.481.flac16

http://www.archive.org/details/moe2006-06-09.483.flac16

[F.O.Bean]

damn, after i just cycled the generic ones 6 times, i might sell them

[F.O.Bean]

nice! just scored a brand new genuine sony np-f970 (6600mAh) on ebay for $43 shipped

yinz got a link to those great deals on the sony 970's everyone i see on ebay is like 45 plus 16 shipping on an item that weighs about 12oz

[F.O.Bean]

nevermind, i found a few that were 25 on bids and only 18.00 shipping

why the hell do they want so much to ship

i bid 25.99 on one and w/ 18.00 shipping, thats still only 45 dollars for the quality 6600mah sony ones so......

id feel better knowing i have quality batts for this expensive recorder

i still cant blieve you spen 2400 on a recorder(722) and have to buy a 15 dollar firewire cable i mean WTF?

i bought nice belkin 12ft firewire cable so transfers dont have to be done RIGHT near my comp, shich is sweet

[ford prefect]

i still cant blieve you spen 2400 on a recorder(722) and have to buy a 15 dollar firewire cable i mean WTF?

Where's the bluetooth!   

[terrapinj]

i haven't held a generic and genuine sony side by side but I borrowed a couple generics that Ian had for Wakarusa and I think they were slightly smaller than my 6600 ones.

you just gotta keep checking ebay, i've scored 2 or 3 off of ebay now and they were all around 45-60 shipped. a lot of people will do a high shipping charge so their item appears to sell for cheaper. i don't think ebay takes a cut of shipping charges either.

[F.O.Bean]

i still cant blieve you spen 2400 on a recorder(722) and have to buy a 15 dollar firewire cable i mean WTF?

Where's the bluetooth!   

what is bluetooth? seriously

[ford prefect]

i still cant blieve you spen 2400 on a recorder(722) and have to buy a 15 dollar firewire cable i mean WTF?

Where's the bluetooth!   

what is bluetooth? seriously

Wireless short range file transfer (lots of cell phones have it now).  It's slow though, not feasible for stuff like this - I was kidding.   

[F.O.Bean]

i still cant blieve you spen 2400 on a recorder(722) and have to buy a 15 dollar firewire cable i mean WTF?

Where's the bluetooth!   

what is bluetooth? seriously

Wireless short range file transfer (lots of cell phones have it now).  It's slow though, not feasible for stuff like this - I was kidding.   

oh ok

i haven't held a generic and genuine sony side by side but I borrowed a couple generics that Ian had for Wakarusa and I think they were slightly smaller than my 6600 ones.

you just gotta keep checking ebay, i've scored 2 or 3 off of ebay now and they were all around 45-60 shipped. a lot of people will do a high shipping charge so their item appears to sell for cheaper. i don't think ebay takes a cut of shipping charges either.

i am bidding on a sony 6600mah one, i will get 3 or 4 of them

[terrapinj]

im sure you're on top of it bean - but double check on where the company is located or where they are shipping from - there seems to be a ot of sellers with these batteries based in Honk Kong or other parts of China