Panasonic Lithium Ion 4-Hr & 30-Min 1360mAh Battery for PV-GS19, GS31, GS35, GS65, GS150 & GS250 Camcorders

Product Description

Rechargeable lithium ion battery for use in Panasonic PV-GS50, PV-GS70, and VDR-M30 Palmcorders®

Customer Reviews:

Does not fit the PV-GS150.......2006-08-12

This battery is model number CGA-du-14a.

I called Panasonic and asked if this battery would fit the GS-150 and they said it would not. The batteries they said would fit were the CGA-du21a (6.5 hour life, advertised) and the CGA-du-12a (3 hour 10 min life advertised)

Be careful what you buy. Amazon does a terrible job of matching pictures and titles of products to the actual product.

Panasonic Lithium Ion 4-Hr & 30-Min 1360mAh Battery .......2006-03-16

I quickly got what I ordered

How to spot a fake battery..........2005-03-29

The story is I bought a "genuine" panasonic battery off of an ebay seller for US$20, and I discovered that it is in fact a fake. It was bought NEW, still in the box, it has a panasonic logo, but it is definitely not the Li-ion polymer battery I expected....

It was bought from the "newzmobile" store on ebay (he sells hundreds of such video camera batteries as well as sony ones) - but he did refund my money with some help from ebay, squaretrade & the paypal buyer protection programme. But obviously I could not recommend buying these from any ebay seller, as you just don't know whether it's real or not.

How to tell the difference between a fake/counterfeit "panasonic" bettery and a REAL panasonic battery: For a start, the fake battery has a black label, where as the OEM panasonic battery has a grey label. The other main difference is the fake battery weighs too much. The original 680mAh battery weighs 36grams, so you'd expect that a truly genuine 1360mAh panasonic battery would weigh just shy of double that. I think they actually are supposed to weigh about 66grams. THE FAKE ONE I GOT WEIGHED IN AT 96 GRAMS!

There are many other minor differences, which are best pointed out in a photo - I have hosted an image of the difference between the fake & real batteries here:

http://members.optushome.com.au/dyevooshka/FAKE2.JPG

The fake battery is probably just some half-baked nickel-cadmium piece of junk. Because NiCd cells don't have the capacity of a lithium batteries, I'm willing to bet that it won't last as long as a genuine panasonic battery... It might also cause damage to your camera. I've certainly learned my lesson.

1) If it seems to good to be true, it probably is.
2)You get what you pay for.

I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU EITHER BUY THESE FROM A REPUTABLE SELLER SUCH AS AMAZON OR GO AND BUY ONE IN THE FLESH SO YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT IN PERSON!!

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Panasonic Lithium Ion 1 Hr 15 Min Battery for PV-DV53, DV73 Camcorders

Average customer rating:

Good Battery, Probably Not Enough Life

Panasonic Lithium Ion 1 Hr 15 Min Battery for PV-DV53, DV73 Camcorders

Manufacturer: Panasonic
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Works with all Panasonic digital camcorders
Up to1 hour 15 minutes of operating time
Rechargeable lithium-ion battery

ASIN: B00005KFT1

Product Description

Rechargeable lithium ion battery for use in select Panasonic Mini DV Palmcorders® * rated at 800mAh

Customer Reviews:

Good Battery, Probably Not Enough Life.......2001-08-07

This battery is rated to last one hour 15 minutes of usage. However, if you use the digital camcorder's LCD screen at all, you can cut that time in half.

Therefore, unless you only record thirty minutes at a time, this battery probably doesn't have enough juice for you. I would recommend the CGRD16A/1B, which is about $100 bucks. That battery has about three hours rated usage, or 1.5 if you use the LCD screen. That is enough time for all but the heaviest user.

If .75 hours is enough for you, then this is a good battery that retains a charge well.

Average customer rating:

I'm sure it's good, but this is not for the GS150 & 250.

Panasonic Lithium Ion 2-Hr & 15-Min 680mAh Battery for PV-GS19, GS31, GS35, GS65, GS150 & GS250 Camcorders

Manufacturer: Panasonic
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Li-Ion, 7.2 volts, 700mAh, Compatible with PV-GS50/GS55/GS70/GS120/GS200 and VDR-M30/M50/M70

ASIN: B00012EYLI

Product Description

When life calls for power, depend on Panasonic. With more than 70 years of experience developing cutting edge products - and creating the right batteries for them - you can be sure that Panasonic batteries are the perfect complement for your Digital Video Camcorder.This DVC Lithium Ion Battery Pack is designed for Panasonic PV-GS50, PV-GS50S, PV-GS50S/K, PV-GS70, VDR-M30.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.

Customer Reviews:

I'm sure it's good, but this is not for the GS150 & 250........2005-04-30

First, this is NOT the correct battery for Panasonic GS150 and 250 camcorders. Order a CGA-DU06A, 12A or 21A for those camcorders.

It is unfortunate that Amazon does not give you the part number on this page, otherwise one could find this information out before they order! This #CGA-DU07 battery is designed for the GS50 and GS70 cameras.

Lastly, this is a rather dinky battery. Save your money and buy the next size unit. Available recording time will be very short with this battery.

On the positive side, this battery came from Office Depot and shipping time was phenominal: next day delivery on a standard ground shipment.

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