Customer Reviews

GTMax BP-808 Replacement Decoded Battery for Canon FS10 FS11 FS100 FS21 FS22 FS200 FS31 FS300 VIXIA HF10 HF11 HF100 HF20 HF200 HF S10 S100 S20 S21 S200 HG20 HG21 M30 M31 M300 Camcorders

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Ok First off, the remaining life will not display in your camera. You have to just guess how much battery power you have left and hopefully you guessed right cause you have no way of knowing until your camera powers off suddenly.

Second, you CAN NOT charge this through your camera, it will damage your camera and this battery. You have to use the included charger and the included charger only to charge it. This would be ok except you can ONLY charge this battery with it, you cannot charge your original battery from your camera with this. So basically you have to have 2 chargers, one for each battery.

Thirdly, there's an LED that is red when it's charging, and turns green when finished, but strangely you have to charge it for an additional 2-3 hours after the light turns green. So what is the point of the LED then?

so you have no way of knowing if it's fully charged or not, no way of knowing how much life you have left, and you need a separate charger just to use it. It'll do as an 'in case of emergency' battery but don't put the fate of your entire shoot on it. The only reason this gets 3 stars is because it is a battery that'll do in a pinch, simple as that.

I bought this as a backup to the battery installed in my Canon FS200. It does what it is supposed to, and it also does what it isn't supposed to (display the battery data on the smart screen). If you are looking for a backup battery in case your Canon supplied battery runs out of juice where you can't recharge it), this is a good investment at a very low price. If you are looking for a true replacement for your factory installed battery (that will display battery life on your camcorder screen), this isn't the one for you.

This item took a long time too get here, too the point where I almost cancelled the creidit card charge but it fiunnally came and its easy too use and compact too carry however the battery that cam with it will not register with the camera so I never know when the battery is about too die.

The battery shipped was two pin device with a 4 pin need. Old battery wouldn't charge and new battery wasn't recognized by the camcorder. This was not a great option.

I have used this a few times and its work very well. Great replacement and charger

As others have mentioned, there are numerous problems with this product. The battery doesn't display its charge level on the camera, it can't be charged through the camera by AC adapter, and you can't use the charger to charge your old battery. And while instructions aren't really necessary with this product, it would have been better to include none at all then these very poorly translated ones.

On the positive side, it is very cheap and the included battery does in fact power your camera.

In short, don't buy it if you want to use it to charge your old battery or if you're worried about the environmental/human rights issues surrounding disreputable Chinese manufacturers.

It comes with the most confusing "using manual"--which apparently was written in Chinese and poorly translated. It's impossible to know what the green light and the red light mean, because the explanation is utterly confusing.

The battery is a replacement and has been charged and works, but I have not used it yet,