Customer Reviews

8 Hour Battery for Canon Camcorder

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This batteries are a real deal! For a fraction of what you pay for a Canon one, they worked for more than 12 hours with a Canon XH-A1

I use this with the Canon XH A1. It works great, and it slides easily in and out of the camera. I have heard that with some other replacement batteries, the fit is too tight and difficult to get out of the camera once it is in. But no problem with this battery and the A1. Easily 4 hours of camera use on one charge.

A great buy, the battery fits well, comes out of the camera easy no problem. It has a very long run time. We were shooting a film, the battery lasted for hours.
I am very happy, and highly recommend this battery.

I purchased this battery as a backup to the one which came with the camera. Mine is the Canon XH G1. The battery which came along with the camera is sort of ok. And I expected this battery to be sort of less than par, but I thought I could just use it as a backup, but to my surprise, this battery was very good. Even with just a quick 45mins to 1 hr charge, I was able to get more than 3.5 hrs shoot, and I am sure I could do more than 4.5 hrs. I have tried this multiple time now and I am pretty satisfied.

I needed a back up for Canon XH G1 and this did not do it for me. I will use it on my back up A1 that is plugged in most of the time.
It holds less than half the charge of te Canon BP900 series battery,

also the contacts are bent and loose. It cost half the price or maybe even less.

I may have just got a bad one.
IT DOES fit in camera with no problem removing it like some of the other knock offs

I have had it for 2 years and has worked fine but the piece connecting to the camcorder just snapped off. seems it wasn't built to hold the weight fo the rest of the battery....

I bought this battery in July. I charged and used it once. After my charger reported it was fully charged I hauled the one pound of battery in my backpacking trip in the Sierra... but it was dead. Useless.

When I returned from my trip I tried to charge the Power2000 on a charger which successfully charged another battery. The Power2000 would not charge. In desperation I bought yet another charger (Lenmar SOLOXP-C Universal Li-Ion Travel Charger with USB Power Port for Canon BP and NP Models). That charger won't charge it either and measuring it with a voltmeter shows that the Power2000 is quite dead.

I did not handle it roughly and only got one successful use out of it. I don't think it's meant to be a one-time use disposable battery :-(

In short, it's a $35 mistake. I see several positive reviews here on Amazon so it may be I got a lemon. But one lemon is enough to leave a sour taste.

In short: Beware!

I will update this review if/when I hear from VidPro (the apparent manufacturer). My return window expired on August 28th for a product that was shipped on July 14th. Not unreasonable, but it does mean if you decide to buy this battery, you better put it to heavy use to learn if yours is also a lemon!

NOTE: The shipper refunded my money through Amazon AND sent a replacement. So that is goodness. I haven't used the replacement enough to know that it will work reliably.

Battery life is not I was expecting, but if you compare it $150 (Canon battery) good for what I paid for.

Awesome battery! I will be picking up a couple more of these. If you bought the xl2 kit you can use the charger that comes with it. No problems using using it on my xl2 and gave me 8hrs. battery life on my Canon Vl-10 Li li II light.

fit perfect with my canon XHa1. I've been using it for almost 2 years now, and no complaint. I use it for wedding.