Batteries4Broadcast NP1's and Charger

[Michael Miramontes]

I just bought a pair of B4B's NP1's and charger. After searching around for affordable NP1's I decided to pull the trigger with B4B. I figured if anyone else was contemplating this then it may be a good idea to post some pics/experience with them. I'll be sure to update this post after using them for a while.

[Jeff Wexler]

That's a good looking setup... keep us posted on how it all works out.

[soundtrane]

<Avoid fierce strike>

Lol!!!

[Jeremy Childers]

Funny I have been looking at these and contemplating...let us know what u think after some time in the field!

[BWilson]

I've been using the same(but named as Global Media Pro) system for about two years now. I haven't had any issues with the charger or batteries. Good bang for the buck

[johnpaul215]

I bought the B4B 6Ah V-mount setup for my Nomad bag. I have not been using it for a long time, but it is working well so far.

[Michael McQueen]

I've been a b4b user for a whole now. Good customer service as well.

[Darrell Henke]

I bought one and the 4 bang charger. I sent the charger back because it will not charge my IDX batteries. I kept the np1 but it is hard to remove from my Deva, so I only buy IDX now.

Darrell

[Michael Miramontes]

Thanks for the input everyone.

My first trial went well yesterday with the batteries. I'll keep updating this as time goes on.

[johnpaul215]

I bought one and the 4 bang charger. I sent the charger back because it will not charge my IDX batteries. I kept the np1 but it is hard to remove from my Deva, so I only buy IDX now.

Darrell

There are a few threads about mixing IDX batteries and chargers with other brands. IDX work a little differently.

[efksound]

Another happy B4B NP1 user here :-) Have 4 units, and they're working great. It's true they are 1mm thicker than other brands,which make them a bit difficult to use inside the Deva/Fusion . I'm charging them with a IDX 4 bay charger .

[Mike Matthews]

I have been using NP1s from B4B for almost a year and I've been really happy with them for performance, price and customer service. With my 442, DR-680, two Lectro receivers, boom mic on phantom and a Zax hop all running off the NP1, I've only had to swap it for a fresh one on one shoot after about 13 hours.

[Jim Feeley]

Another happy B4B NP1 user here :-) Have 4 units, and they're working great. It's true they are 1mm thicker than other brands,which make them a bit difficult to use inside the Deva/Fusion . I'm charging them with a IDX 4 bay charger .

Eric, I'm still using an older IDX ION-2... Which IDX charger are you using?

[efksound]

Jim it's a ION-4 you need to bend the first pin

[Jim Feeley]

Cool. Thanks for the pictures Eric.

[Michael Miramontes]

So far the batteries and charger are performing well. I'll update this again in about 3-6 months, that is of course if the world doesn't end on 12/12/12.

[justanross]

Forget NP's. I sold mine. Check out www.globalmediapro.com. You can get longer lasting batteries for half the price of NP's.

[Jim Feeley]

Ya NP1s are a fading breed. I'll probably switch to something else within a couple of years. But I have NP1 batteries, charger, cups for the bags, nice NP1-sized holding pockets in the bags... It'll take a few bucks to make the switch. For now, I'm going to buy a couple B4B NP1s.

[justanross]

I bought two sets of these: https://www.globalme...-DCUF3-Adapter/

I sold my IDX charger and three NP's which covered the cost of the global media batteries. So! instead of having one charger and three batteries. I now have two chargers and 4 batteries. And! they have a longer running time than NP's. Win!

[johnpaul215]

@Justan Dang! I should have gone that route. I bought B4B v-mounts. I got a 2 bay charger and three 6Ah batteries for about $1,000. I probably paid a V-mount tax. Originally I wanted more capacity (the 10Ah model), but the batteries were physically too large (size specs on the site were wrong).

[efksound]

Forget NP's. I sold mine. Check out www.globalmediapro.com. You can get longer lasting batteries for half the price of NP's.

Justan you don´t have a NP1 inside your Fusion just as a backup ?

[justanross]

Justan you don´t have a NP1 inside your Fusion just as a backup ?

Nope. Never have. When the Fusion is in the bag it's a pain to change it. Plus added weight.

[johnpaul215]

pfft you aren't going to get a bag up to 40lbs by getting stingy with batteries!

[jozzafunk]

I've been using some of those BP-95 from Vect, same as the Global media pro. Made my own looms running off the battery D-tap - The life on them is awesome - 1 battery will run s442/hdp2/2xlectro200's and 1x411 for a couple of days with judicious turning off.

Couple of small issues, they're thicker and dont fit in my bag quite as well - The voltage is quite high @16.8v at full charge, which some machines, supposedly the HD-P2 don't like, but I've never seemed to have a problem.

[Matt Bacon AMPS]

I'm interested to know if anyone has tried charging the GlobalMediaPro NP1's from a Hawkwoods MR2/4 charger and if they have experienced any ill effects long term??