Wasabi Power Battery (2-Pack) and Charger for Sony NP-FV30, NP-FV40, NP-FV50 ...

Great extra back-up battery for my SONY HDR CX160. Since the unit itself is small with small battery pack, run time is short, but not like the old tape version with motor that really ate up battery life. New technology using non-moving parts SD memory card video recorders are amazing! No more mess with tapes and video heads that needs cleaning, etc. The 2-battery pack and a wall charger and extra vehicle with your price is amazing. Could only get one battery pack if it's a regular NP FV50 factory stock from Sony. This is a great deal! Works well and very well made compared to factory unit. I Recommend it!

I really like the Wasabi battery options. I have purchased them for my Sony CX220, my Nikon P7700 and my Fuji X-E1 and so far they've worked well, charged fine and held a good life. I like that the charger has the flip out outlet feature instead of a long cable and that you get a car adapter and a European converter. The CX220 didn't come with a charger (only built in USB) and the X-E1 requires you to carry the 3 ft. cable, there's no flip out option. I highly recommend these for cost-effective additional/backup battery life and charging. I see no significant differences between them and OEM products.

I bought this package to have spare batteries for my Sony PJ340, and so that I can charge batteries outside my camera, thus being able to shoot video at the same time batteries are being charged. (Note: I have discovered the batteries charge faster using this charger than when charging them in the camera.) I have had the batteries long enough and shot enough video to make it necessary to charge the Sony battery that came with the camera and these 2 Wasabi batteries each a couple of times. After the most recent charge, with each battery "full" according to the charger, I checked to see how much battery time I had with each of the 3. According to my camera, with the original Sony battery I had 3 hours while with the Wasabi batteries 2 hours and 40 minutes. I recognize there may be a plus or minus minutes in the field, but I accept what the camera tells me: you get more shooting minutes with the Sony battery. But that isn't the end of the story. One genuine Sony battery sells on Amazon for about $30. So 2, the number of spares I purchased, would have cost about $60 plus the cost of a charger. With the Wasabi batteries, I got the 2 batteries and the charger for less than the cost of one original Sony battery. So from a cost benefit standpoint, I am getting from the 2 Wasabi batteries 5 hours and 20 minutes (2:40 + 2:40) of shooting time plus a charger for the same price from Amazon as one original Sony battery and 3 hours of shooting time. I suppose in time I may find that a difference in longevity, for example, but I am very comfortable with my decision to buy the Wasabi package. ********************************************************************************************************************************************** INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUTTING THE BATTERIES IN A CHARGER If you read the reviews, you will see that more than a few talk about the difficulty of putting the battery in the charger. With good reason. I know it took me awhile to figure it out, almost giving up on the charger and resigning myself to having to charge the battery in the camera. When you get the package, look at the bottom of one of the batteries. On either side of the bottom, you will see 3 of what look like pieces of track on the bottom: one at the front, one at the back, and a narrower one in the middle. At the front you will also see what you will recognize as the part of the battery that has to make contact with charger. Now look at the bed of the charger. At the rear you will see a little tab that is connected to the charger only at the front end. And you will see two small raised things, one on either side. If you look at them you will see that there is a small space between the top and the bed of the charger. Look toward the front of the bed and you will see on either side of the two metal connectors 2 more of those raised things, one on either side, with a slit between top of the black thing and the bed of the charger. Those track pieces on the bottom of the batter have to slide into those slits. If you don't have the battery lined up just right, you will not make the necessary connection. Now take the battery and set it down on the bed of the charger so that the front of the battery is at the front of the charger, resting against the metal pins and those 2 black things, one on either side, the front. Now maneuvering the battery so the the front tracks are able to slide through the slit on the black things, while at the same time pressing down on the battery so as to push down on that tab near the back of the charger bed, push the battery straight forward so that the tracks slide through the slits and the contacts on the battery connect to the contacts on the charger. Just be sure the battery is lined up and going forward straight, not on an angle. If the latter, the contacts won't make the proper connection. Don't be put off by the above description, you will get it with some practice. But I have never had a charger as difficult to load, and I am sure that all chargers for this battery are the same because they all have to deal with the little track pieces on the bottom of the battery. One more thing. It take a little pressure to get the battery connected, even when everything is lined up. and it take effort to push the battery back and off the charger when the charging is done.

This is a review of the Wasabi Power Battery 2 Pack and Charger. Summary - I have a Sony CX - 360V and the battery finally died. Instead of spending $40-80 for a new one I went back to my Wasabi brand. Everyone has their own opinion about after market batteries but I have used this brand for several of my cameras and they remain solid and seem to last just about as long as the OEM versions. With this kit I got two batteries and a charger that allows me to charge using a 110V AC outlet or my dc outlet in my car if on the go. In terms of fit, the batteries fit my charger it came with well and fit my camera exactly as the oem version did which I expected. I personally love this brand and plan to continue going with wasabi when I have oem camcorder or camera batteries that die. Note - My oem battery was 6.8V and 980mAh. Thiss one is 8.4V and 1200mAh. I have not had any issues and when I looked around, a lot of the NP FV50 batteries available were all ranging from 7.2 to 8.4V. As with all my reviews, I will update this review if I have any issues at all with this swap of batteries from OEM to Wasabi.

The batteries seem to stay charged as long as the original camera battery. The charger works on 110/220 volts making it ideal for international travel. However the batteries are difficult to insert into the charger. When the battery is placed exactly in the right position the battery slips into the charger easily but I continue to have difficulty finding just the right position.

The batteries are a perfect fit for my Sony video camera. The charger does its job, also. In terms of how long the battery lasts (if it's the same as the original Sony battery) only time will tell.

À bit long deliverytime otherwise very pleased

Perfect item Reveived at time as it was expected

Good product, battery holds the charge well.

Une lumière confirme l'état de charge me ne s'éteint pas lorsque c'est fini. Alors difficile de savoir si la batterie est totalement chargée.

really good item, will order more when i need them. really good item, will order more when i need them. really good item, will order more when i need them.