Flashgun/LED advice

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Actually for rechargeable batts, the £4.99 ones from Ikea are the best

Sadly no Ikea near me,otherwise I would have got a few.

[Bobster]

Sadly no Ikea near me,otherwise I would have got a few.

they home deliver..

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

they home deliver..

I did look,but by the time postage is added I can get the Fujitsu ones for around the same price,or some Duracells a bit cheaper(same capacity and made in Japan too).

[Bobster]

I did look,but by the time postage is added I can get the Fujitsu ones for around the same price,or some Duracells a bit cheaper(same capacity and made in Japan too).

With flashes, it's not just about the capacity. Its the cycle time of the battery with the flash...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

With flashes, it's not just about the capacity. Its the cycle time of the battery with the flash...

The 2450mAH Japanese batteries tend to be all Eneloops of some sort after reading about it. I checked beforehand though:

https://lygte-info.dk/review/batteri...comparator.php

Look at the drop down box. The discharge patern are more or less the same for the LADDA and the Fujitsu batteries. The Duracells in theory should be similar,but apparently online retailers can sometimes mix things up so I don't want to take a risk,although this is the pack I am talking about:

https://www.7dayshop.com/products/du...ecr6dur-2450s8

There is only one factory in Japan making them,and its owned Fujitsu(well FDK). The Fujitsu packaging:

https://www.7dayshop.com/products/fu...ecr6fuj-2550x2

On the pack it says made by FDK,and the 2450mAH(min)/2550mAH(nominal) capacity corresponds to the slightly older 3rd/4th generation Eneloop Pro packaging which indicates 2450mAH to 2550mAH(dependent on the market).

The Fujitsu was a tad cheaper than the Ikea packs once postage was added(they have gone up a bit now),and I also wanted a newer charger too,and 7dayshop had a better range of those TBH.

If I was near an Ikea I most definitely would have got the LADDA,but IKEA postage is too high(£5 just for two packs of batteries).

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Got the Godox the week before last,but 7dayshop took 8 days to deliver the charger and batteries. Did also consider using Ikea and their delivery estimates were worse. I ended up also getting another charger from Amazon.

Do you want me to give an overview of the chargers too??

[Bagnaj97]

Do you want me to give an overview of the chargers too??

Chargers, flash, batteries, the works. We want all the infos!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Here are some pictures:







The first charger is the 7dayshop Multismart 3000 which is a rebadged PSPower MT4000:

https://www.7dayshop.com/products/7d...000-wh2-ds-225
http://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%2...4000%20UK.html

The second is the Zanflare C4:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Universal-Z.../dp/B079GGC95N
https://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%...20C4%20UK.html

The Fujitsu battery is pictured next to some I had lying around which have not been used for years. The Energizer is similar capacity and made in Japan,so is most likely an Eneloop and the Panasonic 2100mAh batteries are also made in Japan and are probably Eneloops too. I suspect last time I bought batteries I might have read about Eneloop rebadges but forgotten about it until now!!

Edit!!

I have updated the other thread with UK specific info about the batteries and chargers:

https://forums.hexus.net/consumer-el...-eneloops.html

Also looking at the old batteries further,not so sure about the 2100mAh ones,but the 2500mAh seem to be Eneloops.

[Caimbeul2000]

I've used Yong-Nuo on Fashion Editorials for magazines without issue before getting battery powered strobes. Have about 8 Yong Nuo speedlights in my backup kit. Very good and a fraction of the price of a canon or Nikon speedlight.

[Caimbeul2000]

I swear by Energizer high capacity and Enerloop. I use the 1hr single lane chargers