Starstrider
Member
Greetings,
It's been a while since I've posted anything here. I've been busy getting ready for my twin boys who are due to be born in about a month, so it has been rather hectic around my household. Still been tinkering though.
When I first got my SD14, I read about the less than stellar performance from the BP-21 battery. Then I read on a forum that the supplied charger would not charge the battery to 100%. (Sorry it's been a while I can't remember the site, maybe dpreview?) Since then I purchased some generic version which came with their own chargers and they all seemed to work well enough so I never worried too much about it. The battery grip always gives plenty of power.
I had, at the time sought an answer with a charger called the Twin V Pro by Hahnel. Well after nearly a year my local supplier here finally got them in and I got it just yesterday. I immediately started draining batteries and checking comparing the Sigma Charger, the Generic Charger, and the V Pro.
All the batteries are the same approximate age.
Results: First off the V Pro is fast, it charged two batteries in half the time it took the others to charge just one. And curiously the batteries charged with the Sigma charger did indeed read at only 80% when checked with the V Pro. The generic charger would charge to 100% as read on the V Pro, but took much longer to charge. As this was only a preliminary test I will try to measure times more accurately next time. A curious note, two of the generic batteries would only charge to 60% and 40% respectively.
Here is the link to a description of the charger.
http://www.hahnel.ie/index.cfm?page=chargers&id=6&pId=6
It's been a while since I've posted anything here. I've been busy getting ready for my twin boys who are due to be born in about a month, so it has been rather hectic around my household. Still been tinkering though.
When I first got my SD14, I read about the less than stellar performance from the BP-21 battery. Then I read on a forum that the supplied charger would not charge the battery to 100%. (Sorry it's been a while I can't remember the site, maybe dpreview?) Since then I purchased some generic version which came with their own chargers and they all seemed to work well enough so I never worried too much about it. The battery grip always gives plenty of power.
I had, at the time sought an answer with a charger called the Twin V Pro by Hahnel. Well after nearly a year my local supplier here finally got them in and I got it just yesterday. I immediately started draining batteries and checking comparing the Sigma Charger, the Generic Charger, and the V Pro.
All the batteries are the same approximate age.
Results: First off the V Pro is fast, it charged two batteries in half the time it took the others to charge just one. And curiously the batteries charged with the Sigma charger did indeed read at only 80% when checked with the V Pro. The generic charger would charge to 100% as read on the V Pro, but took much longer to charge. As this was only a preliminary test I will try to measure times more accurately next time. A curious note, two of the generic batteries would only charge to 60% and 40% respectively.
Here is the link to a description of the charger.
http://www.hahnel.ie/index.cfm?page=chargers&id=6&pId=6