Stefan Baltz Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 anyone has some experience with those Swit A/B batteries?? http://www.mbfshop.de/de/AB-Mount-Akkus/Swit-S-8080A-LiIon-Anton-Bauer-mount-144V-95Wh-Akku.html I considered getting some of those, they just half the price of a dionic, but I already have a A/B charger and as most manufactures states you should only load original AB batteries on the charger. any thoughts?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Fabrizio Sciarra SOC ACO Posted January 16, 2014 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Stefan, At that price, I'd suggest to look at PAG L96E, they come with any mount of your choice. Reliable batteries, light and small. The E version is the cheapest (no lcd readout, only digimeter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Benjamin Treplin Posted January 16, 2014 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I doubt that an A/B charger will work with non A/B batteries... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Martin Newstead Posted January 16, 2014 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I bought some SWITs with a view to replacing my old hytrons, no they don't charge properly on an AB charger, however the SWIT charger is not expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Frederic Chamberland Posted January 16, 2014 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I have had Swit batteries and charger in gold mount for about 3 years before coming back to genuine AB products . 2 of the 3 chargers failed at one point . One battery died by being dropped on the floor once . Battery gauge was never accurate. Not worth it if you ask me . I actually opened one of the defect charger at one time to find what seemed a cheap laptop ac converter bundled in electrical tape with the extra cord powering the charger boards.... Service was good from local dealer , if thats any help . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jorge Prieto Posted January 18, 2014 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 HI I own swit 8 batteries (2-88WH and 6 - 190wh) 88WH batteries are 2005 and even give power to my monitor Transvideo HD6" about 4 hours 190wh batteries are 2007 and are able to give power a camera Grass Valley 300, follow focus and Gigawave transmitter and control data for slightly more than 2 hours I have a charger Swit since 2005 and has never failed me and Bebob charger that charges the batteries perfectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Baltz Posted January 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Thanks for your experience. Any more opinions?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Baltz Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 just had a phone talk with a reseller and they told me that AB is changing their prices from 1st of FEB, but she could not tell me if up - or downwards :/ anyone knows more about this?? Is it smart to wait or will they probably rise their prices?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members pauldudeck Posted January 29, 2014 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I just put a post on about the new prices..... Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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