Price: $22.08
Manufacturer: Zeikos
The Zeikos Li-ion rechargeable battery replaces the Canon BP-809 and BP-819 battery for optimum performance. They are 100% memory free so you can recharge partially drained batteries without reducing performance. They meet or exceed all manufacturers' specifications.
Information
- Brand: Zeikos
- Model: ZE-BP819
- Dimensions: 1.57" h x .90" w x 1.18" l, .14 pounds
- 100% Memory free
Product Reviews
Mixed review, please read.
First of all it does what it says. It will power your camcorder, I have the Canon HF10. When I received this battery the first thing I did was push the button on the battery on the battery to see the charge level. It lit up 2 lights, the 100 and the 75. The display is missed labeled, when fully charged all led's will light. It appears that the label is backwards, it starts at teh 100 mark (full). Second thing I did was to insert it inot the Canon factory external charger (CG800), it failed to charge. I then used the power adapter that came with camera and charged the battery over night. The next day I connected the battery to the camcorder, as stated, the camera did not see the battery. Select YES keep using the battery. I then start to record with the camcorder. The factory battery (BP-809, 890mAh) lasts about 90 minutes. With this battery I came back at 2 hours (120 minutes) and checked the battery meter, it displayed only one light, at 100% full (the red light, remeber it is backwards, it was actually on empty.) I do not know if the battery running out of juice and shutting down with out notice is harmfull to the camera or the process of recording and saving. But seeing it at one light at 120 minutes I would not use it any longer than 2 hours. I do not beleive the battery will last much longer then 2 hours safely. Using this information I do not beleive the battery is actaully 2700 mAh, However it does last longer the the factory 890 mAh battery. And it is cheaper the the factory BP-819 Canon battery. Over all it is a good trade off. If you wish to the limits of the battry and drain every bit out of it then stick with factory batteries.
Great when they work
I bought 2 which worked great. I get about 3 hours non-stop recording. I bought 2 more for my cruise so I can charge 2 while having 2 out with me. The 2nd batch were both bad. One wouldn't power the camera at all and the other would cut off after 5 minutes presumably overheating or shorting out. I RMA'd them and ordered 2 more. Hoping the 3rd set which I am currently testing works OK.
**Update** After fully charging and discharging the replacement batteries a few times I am convinced it was just a bad batch of batteries on my 2nd order.
Adequate
I have the same problem as J.Niedermier. It is labeled backward. (No quality control and that makes me wonder about the unit as a whole). Each time the camera is powered ON and not recognizing the battery is a hassle because you'd have to keep responding "continue".
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I just ordered the CG-800 and will see if that will charge this battery.
I went on a long vacation recently and needed more battery life than canon provides (don't we all). So I picked this up for my Vixia HG20 and it works completely as advertised. It has about double the life of the standard battery while being only marginally larger, and the extra mass makes the camera easier to hold stable. Don't get scared when the camera says "can't communicate" that's okay, just press yes to continue and use the led's on the battery body. My only quarrel is that the led power indicator will bounce from one level to another depending on how hard you push the button. So just be careful not to press your luck and keep the original battery around when this one gets low.
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