Batteries?

[Arctic Pride]

Not camera specific but how does everyone do on batteries for their cameras. The Hero3 with WiFi turned on is an absolute battery sucker!

I have aftermarket ones from Wasabi power which aren't too bad and another few from Clearmax which are utter garbage even though their MAH (capacity) is similar.

Even in nice weather the clearmax will drain within an hour or so switching between recording and just having the wifi on.

a % indicator in the app would be awesome as opposed to those useless 3 bars

 

[MonsieurMarty]

I've got 3h to 3h30 with the original battery of the Drift HD Ghost Camera.

 

[Marbro_za]

same roughly
about 3-4 hours depending on the camera's mood

Why do you run the wifi?

 

[Arctic Pride]

Last week I had the camera in a place I couldn't reach so I was using the WiFi to turn it on/off...You'll see what I mean once I get around to editing

I'll also use the wifi to check camera angle as well as audio testing (the gopro app allows you to use the phone for preview and review of clips as well)