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Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

TomMac — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 04:37:30 GMT

I've been running the rechargable 16340 cells and now have enough data to post... and would like to start a new thread on usable life in this format

So plse cut/paste and fill in as much as possible

Battery ;
Listed rating;Purchased;
Run time 3 bars
Run time 2 bars
Dead/ replaced
Notes

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

TomMac — Sat, 16 May 2015 14:17:10 GMT

Battery ; Ultrafire ( gray )
Listed rating; 2300 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; Ebay
Run time 3 bars; 37 days
Run time 2 bars; 8 days
Dead/ replaced 46th day , 0% email received
Notes; using cam in spec amount / cam sw 1.2.2412 / adusted or real world rating about 700mahr / I'd replace these in future at day 35 + for safety factor in case of additional usage in time frame

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

TomMac — Sat, 16 May 2015 14:30:25 GMT

Battery ; GTL ( gray )
Listed rating; 2300 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; Ebay
Run time 3 bars; 25 days
Run time 2 bars; 16 days
Dead/ replaced; 57th day
Notes; Other info hard to tell because old SW had false readings on camera / there were at least 2 SW changes in data / camera ran 10+days after gauge was depleted

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

jguerdat — Sat, 16 May 2015 15:03:03 GMT

Battery ; GTL ( gray )
Listed rating; 2300 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; Ebay
Run time 3 bars; not recorded
Run time 2 bars; not recorded
Dead/ replaced; 22 days at low battery warning
Notes; 344 minutes recorded - heavy usage camera

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

jguerdat — Sat, 16 May 2015 15:07:20 GMT

Battery ; Ultrafire ( gray )
Listed rating; 2300 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; Ebay
Run time 3 bars; 10 days
Run time 2 bars; 4 days
Dead/ replaced; 14 days at low battery notice
Notes; 355 minutes recorded - heavy usage camera

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

jguerdat — Sat, 16 May 2015 15:11:18 GMT

Battery ; Ultrafire ( gray )
Listed rating; 2300 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; Ebay
Run time 3 bars; 25 days
Run time 2 bars; 15 days
Dead/ replaced; 41 days to dead, no 0% email
Notes; 241 minutes recording - light usage camera

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

jguerdat — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:57:59 GMT

jguerdat wrote:
Battery ; TangFire
Listed rating; 1000 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; test
Run time 3 bars; 8 days
Run time 2 bars; 13 days
Dead/ replaced; 2 days, 22 minutes recording to dead, no 0% email
Notes; 780 minutes recording - heavy usage camera

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

jguerdat — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 22:45:07 GMT

Battery ; GTL ( purple )
Listed rating; 2300 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; Ebay
Run time 3 bars; 11 days
Run time 2 bars; 6 days
Dead/ replaced; 1 day
Notes; 211 minutes recorded - normal usage camera

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

jguerdat — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 11:55:30 GMT

Battery ; Ultrafire ( gray )
Listed rating; 2300 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; Ebay
Run time 3 bars; 9 days
Run time 2 bars; 4 days
Dead/ replaced; <1 day from 14% email till dead (about 6 hours)
Notes; 342 minutes recording - heavy usage camera, most days ~15 minutes, 2 days 60-75

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

TomMac — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:20:26 GMT

Battery ; Tangsfire Li-Ion
Listed rating; 1000mahr @ 3.7v
Run time 3 bars; 26 days
Run time 2 bars; 25 days
Dead/ replaced; Day 51 batteries @ 15% , one cell very low
Notes; Surpassed the other tested batteries by 6 days ( avg 45 ) Best cells used to date but was expected as they are the highest true mahr cells run. Cameras run at highest quality at about 3.5 mins per day

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

RobertRosal — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:48:46 GMT

Battery ; EagleTac
Listed rating; 750 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; LightJunction
Run time 3 bars; 26 days
Run time 2 bars; 21 days
Run time 1 bar; 3 days
Dead/ replaced; 50th day
Notes; Best Video Quality with average daily use of 7.2 minutes

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

RobertRosal — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:15:53 GMT

Battery ; TangsFire
Listed rating; 1000 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; Ebay
Run time 3 bars; 22 days
Run time 2 bars; 20 days
Run time 1 bar; 1 day
Dead/ replaced; 43rd day
Notes; Best Video Quality with average daily use of 3 minutes, on 42nd day received email batteries @ 14%

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

RobertRosal — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 05:13:35 GMT

Battery ; EagleTac
Listed rating; 750 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; LightJunction
Run time 3 bars; 26 days
Run time 2 bars; 28 days
Run time 1 bar; 7 days
Dead/ replaced; 61st day
Notes; Best Video Quality with average daily use of 5.06 minutes

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

jguerdat — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:02:57 GMT

Battery ; TangsFire
Listed rating; 1000 mahr / 3.7v
Purchased; Amazon
Run time 3 bars; N/A
Run time 2 bars; N/A
Run time 1 bar; 1 day
Replaced before dead; 101st day
Notes; Best Video Quality, 266 minutes recorded, wide variation of usage per day, with heavy usage last 3 days (90 minutes)

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

Tats — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:28:42 GMT

Battery ; EagleTac (Battery says "EAGTAC")
Listed rating; 750mAh IC PROTECTED/ 3.7v
Purchased; LightJunction
Run time 3 bars; N/A
Run time 2 bars; N/A
Run time 1 bar; 3 days
Dead/Replaced: 26 Days
Notes; Protected Batteries (IC protected for a) over-charge, b) over-discharge, c) short circuit, d) current overflow of 3A+)
. Best Video Quality exterior camera under an overhang. 465 minutes total, which averages about 17 minutes per day.

EAGLETACS: I got the low battery (15%) warning on 10/4/2015 (testing started 9/11) after about 552 videos (24,840 seconds or 414 minutes). On 10/6/2015, I got the notice to replace the EagleTacs. The total video count from 9/11/2015 to 10/6/2015 was 620 videos (27,900 seconds or 465 minutes).

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

Tats — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:34:56 GMT

1. Battery: Nitecore
2. Listed rating; 650mAh IC PROTECTED/ 3.7v
3. Purchased; LightJunction
4. Run time 3 bars; N/A
5. Run time 2 bars; N/A
6. Run time 1 bar; 1 day
7. Dead/Replaced: 28 Days
8. Notes; Protected Batteries (Integrated battery overcharge / discharge protection circuits)
  . Best Video Quality exterior camera under an overhang. 534.75 minutes total, which averages about 19 minutes per day.
NITECORES: I got the low battery (15%) warning on 10/7/2015 (testing started 9/11) after about 668 videos (30,060 seconds or 501 minutes). On 10/8/2015, I got the notice to replace the Nitecores. The total video count for the Nitecores from 9/11/2015 to 10/8/2015 was 713 videos (32,085 seconds or 534.75 minutes)

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

Tats — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:16:35 GMT

TEST RESULTS ON HIGH USAGE CAMERA

Battery ; Nitecore
Listed rating; 650mAh IC PROTECTED/ 3.7v
Purchased; LightJunction
Run time 3 bars; N/A
Run time 2 bars; N/A
Run time 1 bar; 1 days
Dead/Replaced: 4 Days
Notes; Protected Batteries (IC protected for a) over-charge, b) over-discharge, c) short circuit, d) current overflow of 3A+)
. Best Video Quality exterior camera. 932 minutes total, which averages about 233 minutes per day.

NITECORES: I got the low battery (13%) warning on 10/15/2015 (testing started 10/12) after about 1,236 videos (49,440 seconds or 824 minutes). The spreadsheet below shows the total video counts for each day:

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

CCNE37 — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 05:45:27 GMT

Very useful thread.

Can any of you guys please provide an update on how these batteries (especially the protected ones) are going after several months of use. Similar usage times to those above - better, worse ?

Has anyone tried the Olight 650mAh (the greenish-blue batteries) ?

Thanks

Colin

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

TomMac — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:19:19 GMT

Can any of you guys please provide an update on how these batteries (especially the protected ones) are going after several months of use. Similar usage times to those above - better, worse ?

First, heavy use vs long term usage is very different... they don't really compare re the mins of record time. Long term use in spec the OEM do better, short-heavy usage the rechargeables shine.

After several months of use . ALL the brands of rechargeables I have used stabilized ... not much off from the first couple full charges.

Low mahr ( about 450-500 cells from china ) cells lasted avg for me about 35-40 days on avg. The known better cells with pcb's run about 55-60 days ( such as the nitecores and eagletechs ( olight is also up ther tho i haven't tested myself )

you must decide what type of usage you nedd/want.

Re: Rechargable battery usage vs time by type ( post spec info only plse )

CCNE37 — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 04:17:33 GMT

TomMac

Thanks for the update. I definitely want rechargeables, not primary, even though I don't think my daily use will be very heavy. I have two cameras that have averaged about 4 minutes/day, and the other two about 8-10 minutes/day. It has only been 3 weeks so far and I have been experimenting a fair bit.

Ideally I would like to go with either NiteCore or Olight because they seem to be the easier protected batteries to get in Australia, with Nitecore being more costly. I assume from the comments here that the Nitecores fit OK, even though they are supposed to be 34.9mm long, which is a fair bit longer than the OEM primaries ?

Thanks

Colin