We have been using 8 150W V mount (Broadcast / blue) bebobs for about 3 years now and can highly recommend them. We mostly use them with our travelling studio for LED light panels and an Atomos Sumo display. I’m definitely interested in the micro versions especially for flying and pairing with smaller devices like our MixPres. As has already been said USB-C instead of USB-A would have been very nice. For example powering the smaller MixPres without Hirose adapters.
Will you make a course on the F6 like you did for the F4 and F8? I’ve never used a zoom device. Will either of the other courses help me out with the F6?
Hey Curtis for most purposes do you use AB mount batteries or V mount? For example for your aputure 120d did you get a A mount or V mount? I recently purchased a 120d ii and it came in A mount but I was wondering if I should exchange it for a V mount?
I prefer AB Mount - better physical mechanisms hold the battery in place and the release seems more robust as well. But because V-Mount is so ubiquitous, I do have plenty of v-mount batteries as well.
Got the micro98 a few days ago, initially only because my bigger PATONA V-Mounts will not be able to get on my flight with me. But I have fallen in love with the form factor so much - it makes my FX6 setup look slick af and is much more handy - that I will probably also go for the micro 200 and use my PATONAS with my aputure lamps from now on.
Ah yes, the form factor is such a step forward from my Anton Bauers, though I'd probably trust the Anton Bauers for heavy current situations (e.g., Arri Alexa, lights, etc.) as they can stay a little cooler with their larger size.
Hi, Bebob also sells larger, heavier batteries with the same capacity. What do they say is the trade off for the smaller dimensions and lower weight of these micro versions?
Good question, at least some of the larger v-mount and ab mount batteries from bebob have a larger peak load rated at 20A so they'd be better suited for high current jobs.
Great video, as always, Curtis! At what point in your career did you say to yourself, "Enough of this [insert expletive of choice here], I'm stepping up to proper batteries..." Any other gear you jumped up a level or two in similar circumstances? Hmm... this might be a cool video. I'd watch! Lol
Good question - When the cash flow was positive enough to purchase them and my patience was at a breaking point trying to power my GH4 and ATOMOS Shogun for more than 60 minutes at a time. I'm a believer in investing only when the cash flow supports it.
Hi Curtis. I noticed you chimed on one of Caleb Pike's videos One of Caleb's watchers suggested you two collaborate. That is an awesome idea! How about a music video? I'd like to see the Zoom F6 in action with a few Deity mics like their wireless lavaliere, S2 and D3 Pro. Perhaps you could do a 2 camera shoot with both Blackmagics and then take us through a basic edit in Da Vinci Resolve. It'd be awesome to see those excellent flat panel LED's Caleb showed off on his rolling TH-cam studio video put to great use too. I'd also love to see the Rotolight three light kit perhaps with one of their larger lights as a key. You could take a few stills using the Rotolights as flash guns along the way. Perhaps set up the A6400 auto-documenting the whole thing. Sound like a plan?
I found Bebob batteries last year when I needed to purchase a few new batteries. I have to say, aside from the quality, the biggest feature that drew me to them was the twist dtap. I’ve found them to be solid batteries and while it might seem like a gimmick, that little flashlight has saved my bacon a time or two.
The new setup looks and sounds really slick! That said, I’ve not seen a single one of your videos that sounds bad, but you’d kinda hope that, given the majority of your content. 😂😉
One other question. Have you tried using that USB-A port to charge a smartphone that takes USB-C or Lightning? Result? I’m surprised that it’s USB-A rather than USB-C in the first place. Unclear from Bebob’s web site, but from your video it does appear to be USB-A.
David Love if this product is USB-A, as it appears to be, it will be obsolete within a year. Very surprising given the price point on what is a fairly new product. It makes no sense to buy a product this expensive that doesn’t have a USB-C port unless you’re using what is quickly becoming legacy gear and don’t want to use an adapter.
The cable which came with my iPhone XS Max is USB-A to lightning and it works fine for that. I don’t have any USB-C to lightning cables presently to test. But fair question.
Thank you, Curtis, for another informative video. But you're not talking me into buying another thing... until I buy the MixPre II (6 or 10, not sure yet). Also your "fault". ;D
if you don't mind... could you elaborate on how you have that battery mounted under the camera and what looks like a tripod or monopod.. I like it.. would like to replicate it
Hi Bryan, yes, that's a Tilta 1/2 cage for the Pocket Cinema Cameras along with the add-on cine battery base plate: tilta.com/shop/bmpcc4k-gold-mount-battery-baseplate-tilta-gray/
Love the Zoom F6 which is so powerful and reasonable size. Any other suggestion on a preamp which is also like these. I'm using Saramonic Smartrig plus. I want a preamp with larger magnification of sound with low noise .Coz I use it to record the playing sound of badminton match, but it doesn't allow me to place a wireless mic or recorder in the court. So it's long distance, maybe 15-20 meters away.
I’m at a lose. I have a rig around a v mount Shape D-Box power disruption plate. But I getting a TON of noise in my audio make it completely unusable. Here’s my set up: A Black Magic Video Assist 12g powered using the d tap. A Sony A7iii through a dummy battery to the 8v connector. And, a Sound devices Mix Pre 3 through the usb connection. I’m thinking this is a ground loop issue... but I have no idea. I’m super disappointed with the noise and not being able to use the d Box as advertised. Any advice?
Hi MyReview1, As a test, do you still get the noise if you detach the MixPre from the rest of the rig? I've heard several people complain that they're getting interference between their Sony A7 and Panasonic GH cameras and the MixPre. The solution is often to place a quick release plate and receiver between the camera and MixPre. That may or may not help in your case but worth a try. Best wishes!
@@curtisjudd I do have a quick release plate between the two. However as soon as I plug in the Mix Pre 3 into the power distribution plate I get TONS of noise. It's all very disappointing.
@@NelsonsReview1 Yes, understood. So basically you're forced to use a different power source for the MixPre for it to work? It sounds like maybe the shape d-box isn't filtering the individual power outputs.
@@curtisjudd Yes it's very disappointing. The battery also has a usb port on it, and I get the same noise from both ports (one on the battery and one on the power distribution plate). And this was not a cheap power solution! Uhhh.
Curtis, another brilliant video. Have you used the latest GoPro 8? I used a friend's GP8 and it froze on me just like GoPro 5, 6 & 7 and I was so upset after losing footage I made a video advising people not to buy GoPro 8 😂😂😂. Let me know if you have experienced the freezing issues, please.
Hi RJinspire! I have a GoPro 6 but haven’t run into any freezing issues. But to be fair, I don’t use it a lot. That is super frustrating to lose footage like that. 😕
@@curtisjudd, I was hiking the Caucasus mountains for 5 days and I lost almost 90 minutes of footage. Fortunately the sound recorder kept recording the sound and thanks to you for suggesting a secondary sound recording device and in my travelling I always have a voice recorder for backup. Thanks once again for a brilliant job on advising the world of content creators on what's best to use for their money 👍👏👏👏
I want to say something on an issue that is getting buried in another discussion. I am not going to pay US$250-$400 for a battery that has a USB-A rather than USB-C port unless someone can provide a good reason why USB-A, which is rapidly becoming obsolete, makes more sense for this product than USB-C. I can’t think of a reason. In fact, I think that this product will have USB-C within a year, and that anyone who buys it now will be stuck with a white elephant.
On paper, a 120w draw would deplete a 98wh battery in about 98/120*60=49 minutes, but the harder you deplete a battery, the less total power you get out of it, so it's likely somewhat less (and I suspect the 120d pulls a bit more than 120w from the power source in order to output 120w at the head.) At full power, I would expect about 40ish minutes for the 98wh unit, but it would be useful to get some real-world testing to confirm.
For the 300D II, Aputure recommends batteries spec'd to deliver 15A continuous current so you'd need to move up to the bigger bebob batteries. These are spec'd at 10A. I'll test the 120D II next I get the time.
Hi Samuel, I have seen them at NAB, but haven't used SWIT or Core SWX. The feature sets look similar aside from the re-celling and replacement parts which I believe only bebob offers.
Great to hear that they have a cell replacement program. These batteries aren't complex at the level of quantum computing, nor are they some obscure black magic (pun sort of intended?) The cells inside every v-mount/gold mount will eventually fizzle from use/storage, so it's very wasteful (environmentally and financially) to throw out the case and inner circuitry, rather than being able to replace the cells.
could you make a video in the future about frequencies licenses? about how they work, when you need one, what wireless gear to buy, choosing block, different countries laws, and all that? I've tried to find more info online but every website I found explains it very poorly.
Hi Bugz, I'm not familiar with the laws in countries outside of my own so I usually suggest people contact one or more of their local pro audio dealers in their own country. These businesses are up on the local laws and usually happy to share the details to potential customers.
Bugz We do exactly this with a couple of MixPre 3s and the larger/original bebop V150. We have a couple of applications where we place a MixPre 3, a wired +48v Shure boundry mic and a bebop battery, to which we can’t return or monitor for 8-10 hours. We use the Hawkwoods Hirose adapters to get power from the battery to the MixPres. As a side note the addition of 32bit float has been great for us in this application.
An additional thought. You can avoid the use of the Hirose adapter on the MixPre by using the bebop’s built in USB port, and a USB a to C cable. It’s a while ago that I tested it, but it works. The only caveat being that it will operate in low power mode restricting you to 2 phantom powered channels, no HDMI and I think no Bluetooth. It’s a shame the new micro batteries don’t have USB-C because this would have been perfect for the smaller MixPres.
I’m sure that Curtis Judd means well, and I like his channel, but this is a perfect example of why it’s wrong for people to review products that they have been given for free. First, it is wrong to bury this information, which in this case is at the very end of the Pros vs Cons card, which I suspect most people skim. It is not in the description and it is not in the audio. Indeed, it isn’t easy to square, as a matter of plain English, what Judd says at 07:05 with the fact that Bebob gave him these batteries for free. Equally importantly, there is no discussion at all about basic issues, like what the performance cost is of using these micro batteries rather than Bebob’s standard batteries, or the fact that the USB port is USB-A, which is rapidly becoming obsolete and won’t fully power newer devices, such as a MixPre, rather than USB-C. When expensive stuff is free, one doesn’t tend to ask basic, let alone hard, questions, as this video demonstrates.
Rory, Thanks for sharing your perspective. My review is not perfect - it is merely my perspective based on the experience I've had with the limited number of cine batteries I've used. But if I were buying cine batteries today, I'd definitely prefer these bebob micro batteries vs. the Anton Bauer, IDX, or cheaper V-mounts which I do have and purchased with my own money. My reviews, just like ALL reviews, are completely subjective and should be taken as a single data point, not a definitive answer to the question as to whether YOU should invest in the product in the review. I Have no desire to mislead, but yes, there are serious limitations to ANY review, including mine. As to the question of reviews of free gear. This is a serious problem I have thought about long and hard. I agree, there are limitations and risks. But then again, if we lived in a world where nobody but someone who has used almost all cine batteries was considered worthy to review a new cinema battery, there'd be a serious paucity of reviews available. So for now, I have decided that my limited experience is better than no review at all.
Also a challenge for you: are there ANY Cine batteries as of Nov 2019 which have USB C outputs let alone all the features of these batteries? Granted, you bring up a good point - one could power devices like the newest generation of consumer grade audio recorders with USB-C if these batteries had USB-C support. But a few things: Cine batteries are designed for pro grade cinema cameras, and these batteries have been out for a while. They’ve been on the market for some time. All that aside, I hope bebob sees this thread as adding a USB-C PD port would be a welcome addition however there may be design/engineering constrains given the PD specification.
@@roryonabike5863 Great! Maybe the best combination, then, would be the IDX dual plate with USB-C and a bebob battery which supports higher current than the IDX micro cine batteries.
Love the form factor, reversible d-tap, fast charge, and yeah, the flashlight would be handy! LOL! Dropping anxiety bit. 😂😂😂
No bebob batteries were harmed in the making of this video. We used a stunt double and lots of padding on the floor. 🤓
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@curtis is consistently excellent, I always leave his videos well informed.
Thank you Curtis.
Thanks Don!
The size is really appealing. Fantastic review my friend.
Thanks Tomas, and good to hear from you!
We have been using 8 150W V mount (Broadcast / blue) bebobs for about 3 years now and can highly recommend them. We mostly use them with our travelling studio for LED light panels and an Atomos Sumo display. I’m definitely interested in the micro versions especially for flying and pairing with smaller devices like our MixPres. As has already been said USB-C instead of USB-A would have been very nice. For example powering the smaller MixPres without Hirose adapters.
Thanks for sharing Greg!
NTG5 sounds great! Especially in a price range anywhere close. Happy I purchased. Normally I would have waited for your full review.
Glad to hear its working well for you, Bob!
Will you make a course on the F6 like you did for the F4 and F8? I’ve never used a zoom device. Will either of the other courses help me out with the F6?
Yes, planning a course for the F6. The others are quite a bit different so probably best to wait.
Is it better to plug the BMPCC4K into the d-tap from the Tilta baseplate versus the 12 volt output? Or maybe just the d-tap on the battery? Thanks 🙏🏽
I plug it in to the d-tap on the battery these days.
Hey Curtis for most purposes do you use AB mount batteries or V mount? For example for your aputure 120d did you get a A mount or V mount? I recently purchased a 120d ii and it came in A mount but I was wondering if I should exchange it for a V mount?
I prefer AB Mount - better physical mechanisms hold the battery in place and the release seems more robust as well. But because V-Mount is so ubiquitous, I do have plenty of v-mount batteries as well.
Got the micro98 a few days ago, initially only because my bigger PATONA V-Mounts will not be able to get on my flight with me. But I have fallen in love with the form factor so much - it makes my FX6 setup look slick af and is much more handy - that I will probably also go for the micro 200 and use my PATONAS with my aputure lamps from now on.
Ah yes, the form factor is such a step forward from my Anton Bauers, though I'd probably trust the Anton Bauers for heavy current situations (e.g., Arri Alexa, lights, etc.) as they can stay a little cooler with their larger size.
Hi, Bebob also sells larger, heavier batteries with the same capacity. What do they say is the trade off for the smaller dimensions and lower weight of these micro versions?
Good question, at least some of the larger v-mount and ab mount batteries from bebob have a larger peak load rated at 20A so they'd be better suited for high current jobs.
Awesome! Thanks Curtis!
Thanks Andrei!
Great video, as always, Curtis! At what point in your career did you say to yourself, "Enough of this [insert expletive of choice here], I'm stepping up to proper batteries..." Any other gear you jumped up a level or two in similar circumstances? Hmm... this might be a cool video. I'd watch! Lol
Good question - When the cash flow was positive enough to purchase them and my patience was at a breaking point trying to power my GH4 and ATOMOS Shogun for more than 60 minutes at a time. I'm a believer in investing only when the cash flow supports it.
Hi Curtis. I noticed you chimed on one of Caleb Pike's videos One of Caleb's watchers suggested you two collaborate. That is an awesome idea! How about a music video? I'd like to see the Zoom F6 in action with a few Deity mics like their wireless lavaliere, S2 and D3 Pro. Perhaps you could do a 2 camera shoot with both Blackmagics and then take us through a basic edit in Da Vinci Resolve. It'd be awesome to see those excellent flat panel LED's Caleb showed off on his rolling TH-cam studio video put to great use too. I'd also love to see the Rotolight three light kit perhaps with one of their larger lights as a key. You could take a few stills using the Rotolights as flash guns along the way. Perhaps set up the A6400 auto-documenting the whole thing. Sound like a plan?
Hahaha, thanks Alan! Great idea!
I found Bebob batteries last year when I needed to purchase a few new batteries. I have to say, aside from the quality, the biggest feature that drew me to them was the twist dtap. I’ve found them to be solid batteries and while it might seem like a gimmick, that little flashlight has saved my bacon a time or two.
Nice feature set, for sure.
Excellent, very interesting and informative
Thanks Sampath.
The new setup looks and sounds really slick! That said, I’ve not seen a single one of your videos that sounds bad, but you’d kinda hope that, given the majority of your content. 😂😉
Thanks Justin!
One other question. Have you tried using that USB-A port to charge a smartphone that takes USB-C or Lightning? Result? I’m surprised that it’s USB-A rather than USB-C in the first place. Unclear from Bebob’s web site, but from your video it does appear to be USB-A.
Which is why I went with the fxlion nano two 98wh, has more usb option including c.
David Love if this product is USB-A, as it appears to be, it will be obsolete within a year. Very surprising given the price point on what is a fairly new product. It makes no sense to buy a product this expensive that doesn’t have a USB-C port unless you’re using what is quickly becoming legacy gear and don’t want to use an adapter.
The cable which came with my iPhone XS Max is USB-A to lightning and it works fine for that. I don’t have any USB-C to lightning cables presently to test. But fair question.
Will these power aputure 120d mo2 lights at 100 percent? Or the 60d light?
The 150 or 200 should.
I was dismissed but I stayed anyway 😜
Haha! Glad you could stay!
Think you could estimate how long an Ursa G2 would operate on with the V98MICRO?
2 hours is my wild guess.
Thank you, Curtis, for another informative video. But you're not talking me into buying another thing... until I buy the MixPre II (6 or 10, not sure yet). Also your "fault". ;D
Haha! Only sharing for those in the market for cine batteries. 😀
if you don't mind... could you elaborate on how you have that battery mounted under the camera and what looks like a tripod or monopod.. I like it.. would like to replicate it
that's a tilta bmpcc4k accessory for cinema battery if I understand what you mean.
Hi Bryan, yes, that's a Tilta 1/2 cage for the Pocket Cinema Cameras along with the add-on cine battery base plate: tilta.com/shop/bmpcc4k-gold-mount-battery-baseplate-tilta-gray/
Love the Zoom F6 which is so powerful and reasonable size. Any other suggestion on a preamp which is also like these. I'm using Saramonic Smartrig plus.
I want a preamp with larger magnification of sound with low noise .Coz I use it to record the playing sound of badminton match, but it doesn't allow me to place a wireless mic or recorder in the court. So it's long distance, maybe 15-20 meters away.
Well, the Sound Devices MixPre II series recorders are also very good: th-cam.com/video/8lRVnMO14k8/w-d-xo.html
Nice sized batteries.
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I’m at a lose. I have a rig around a v mount Shape D-Box power disruption plate. But I getting a TON of noise in my audio make it completely unusable. Here’s my set up: A Black Magic Video Assist 12g powered using the d tap. A Sony A7iii through a dummy battery to the 8v connector. And, a Sound devices Mix Pre 3 through the usb connection. I’m thinking this is a ground loop issue... but I have no idea. I’m super disappointed with the noise and not being able to use the d Box as advertised. Any advice?
Hi MyReview1, As a test, do you still get the noise if you detach the MixPre from the rest of the rig? I've heard several people complain that they're getting interference between their Sony A7 and Panasonic GH cameras and the MixPre. The solution is often to place a quick release plate and receiver between the camera and MixPre. That may or may not help in your case but worth a try. Best wishes!
@@curtisjudd I do have a quick release plate between the two. However as soon as I plug in the Mix Pre 3 into the power distribution plate I get TONS of noise. It's all very disappointing.
@@NelsonsReview1 Yes, understood. So basically you're forced to use a different power source for the MixPre for it to work? It sounds like maybe the shape d-box isn't filtering the individual power outputs.
@@curtisjudd Yes it's very disappointing. The battery also has a usb port on it, and I get the same noise from both ports (one on the battery and one on the power distribution plate). And this was not a cheap power solution! Uhhh.
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Curtis, another brilliant video. Have you used the latest GoPro 8? I used a friend's GP8 and it froze on me just like GoPro 5, 6 & 7 and I was so upset after losing footage I made a video advising people not to buy GoPro 8 😂😂😂. Let me know if you have experienced the freezing issues, please.
Hi RJinspire! I have a GoPro 6 but haven’t run into any freezing issues. But to be fair, I don’t use it a lot. That is super frustrating to lose footage like that. 😕
@@curtisjudd, I was hiking the Caucasus mountains for 5 days and I lost almost 90 minutes of footage. Fortunately the sound recorder kept recording the sound and thanks to you for suggesting a secondary sound recording device and in my travelling I always have a voice recorder for backup. Thanks once again for a brilliant job on advising the world of content creators on what's best to use for their money 👍👏👏👏
Will two of them power the 300d mkii? And will B4B chargers charge them?
Aputure recommends batteries capable of 15A continuous power draw. You'd need to move up to the bigger bebob batteries spec'd for 20A.
Curtis Judd thanks! Still trying to find an option I can travel with for that light!
Are they using the standard 18650 cells or the new, thicker 2170 or something else?
Not sure. Could check with their support to confirm.
Now if only that battery cage were collapsible to half it's size so it wasn't offset. how does that effect the over all rig balance of the camera?
Hasn't been a problem, it is actually reasonably well balanced in terms of overall weight.
I want to say something on an issue that is getting buried in another discussion. I am not going to pay US$250-$400 for a battery that has a USB-A rather than USB-C port unless someone can provide a good reason why USB-A, which is rapidly becoming obsolete, makes more sense for this product than USB-C. I can’t think of a reason. In fact, I think that this product will have USB-C within a year, and that anyone who buys it now will be stuck with a white elephant.
Thanks for the critique. Fair point in 2019.
Can you discuss performance on 120d and 300d? How long do you get?
On paper, a 120w draw would deplete a 98wh battery in about 98/120*60=49 minutes, but the harder you deplete a battery, the less total power you get out of it, so it's likely somewhat less (and I suspect the 120d pulls a bit more than 120w from the power source in order to output 120w at the head.) At full power, I would expect about 40ish minutes for the 98wh unit, but it would be useful to get some real-world testing to confirm.
For the 300D II, Aputure recommends batteries spec'd to deliver 15A continuous current so you'd need to move up to the bigger bebob batteries. These are spec'd at 10A.
I'll test the 120D II next I get the time.
Have you had a chance to check out any other mini vmount/gold mount batteries? Like swit or core swx?
Hi Samuel, I have seen them at NAB, but haven't used SWIT or Core SWX. The feature sets look similar aside from the re-celling and replacement parts which I believe only bebob offers.
I should clarify - I own and use IDX, Juicebox, and D&O v-mount batteries in addition to the Anton Bauer's I talked about here.
@@curtisjudd Well I hope they reach out to have you review them because your reviews are incredible. Take care!
@@samuelrossi4482 Thanks! Would be nice to do a big comparison like that.
Great to hear that they have a cell replacement program. These batteries aren't complex at the level of quantum computing, nor are they some obscure black magic (pun sort of intended?) The cells inside every v-mount/gold mount will eventually fizzle from use/storage, so it's very wasteful (environmentally and financially) to throw out the case and inner circuitry, rather than being able to replace the cells.
Definitely a plus I appreciate here.
could you make a video in the future about frequencies licenses? about how they work, when you need one, what wireless gear to buy, choosing block, different countries laws, and all that? I've tried to find more info online but every website I found explains it very poorly.
Hi Bugz, I'm not familiar with the laws in countries outside of my own so I usually suggest people contact one or more of their local pro audio dealers in their own country. These businesses are up on the local laws and usually happy to share the details to potential customers.
would you be able to power up a sound recorder with such a battery instead of, lets say, a NP-1?
Yes! In fact, I usually take a couple of cine batteries along as backup on sound mixing jobs.
Bugz We do exactly this with a couple of MixPre 3s and the larger/original bebop V150. We have a couple of applications where we place a MixPre 3, a wired +48v Shure boundry mic and a bebop battery, to which we can’t return or monitor for 8-10 hours. We use the Hawkwoods Hirose adapters to get power from the battery to the MixPres. As a side note the addition of 32bit float has been great for us in this application.
An additional thought. You can avoid the use of the Hirose adapter on the MixPre by using the bebop’s built in USB port, and a USB a to C cable. It’s a while ago that I tested it, but it works. The only caveat being that it will operate in low power mode restricting you to 2 phantom powered channels, no HDMI and I think no Bluetooth. It’s a shame the new micro batteries don’t have USB-C because this would have been perfect for the smaller MixPres.
@@hex_7187 Thanks for sharing Greg - nice solution.
I’m sure that Curtis Judd means well, and I like his channel, but this is a perfect example of why it’s wrong for people to review products that they have been given for free. First, it is wrong to bury this information, which in this case is at the very end of the Pros vs Cons card, which I suspect most people skim. It is not in the description and it is not in the audio. Indeed, it isn’t easy to square, as a matter of plain English, what Judd says at 07:05 with the fact that Bebob gave him these batteries for free.
Equally importantly, there is no discussion at all about basic issues, like what the performance cost is of using these micro batteries rather than Bebob’s standard batteries, or the fact that the USB port is USB-A, which is rapidly becoming obsolete and won’t fully power newer devices, such as a MixPre, rather than USB-C. When expensive stuff is free, one doesn’t tend to ask basic, let alone hard, questions, as this video demonstrates.
Rory, Thanks for sharing your perspective. My review is not perfect - it is merely my perspective based on the experience I've had with the limited number of cine batteries I've used. But if I were buying cine batteries today, I'd definitely prefer these bebob micro batteries vs. the Anton Bauer, IDX, or cheaper V-mounts which I do have and purchased with my own money. My reviews, just like ALL reviews, are completely subjective and should be taken as a single data point, not a definitive answer to the question as to whether YOU should invest in the product in the review. I Have no desire to mislead, but yes, there are serious limitations to ANY review, including mine.
As to the question of reviews of free gear. This is a serious problem I have thought about long and hard. I agree, there are limitations and risks. But then again, if we lived in a world where nobody but someone who has used almost all cine batteries was considered worthy to review a new cinema battery, there'd be a serious paucity of reviews available. So for now, I have decided that my limited experience is better than no review at all.
Also a challenge for you: are there ANY Cine batteries as of Nov 2019 which have USB C outputs let alone all the features of these batteries? Granted, you bring up a good point - one could power devices like the newest generation of consumer grade audio recorders with USB-C if these batteries had USB-C support. But a few things: Cine batteries are designed for pro grade cinema cameras, and these batteries have been out for a while. They’ve been on the market for some time. All that aside, I hope bebob sees this thread as adding a USB-C PD port would be a welcome addition however there may be design/engineering constrains given the PD specification.
Curtis Judd Re your question whether anyone is offering USB-C, IDX does, for one: th-cam.com/video/Ezdezs4lWQY/w-d-xo.html
@@roryonabike5863 Great! Maybe the best combination, then, would be the IDX dual plate with USB-C and a bebob battery which supports higher current than the IDX micro cine batteries.
Curtis Judd Really? Why would someone pay for a port that we all, including IDX but apparently not Bebob, is becoming obsolete :)
4'9" feet? Not good for you, mate, as you're 6'7".😜
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