Guide How To: Extend Drift Battery Life...

[AndyManCam]

Exactly what it says in the title. I have managed to record without stopping until my 32GB memory card is full on many occasions.

All for just £15.

 

[Marbro_za]

Such a lovely video... so calm, so collected.

I have a similar setup on my drift, bought it second hand with a dead battery. New one costs R400 , the power pack is R200... also double the battery life.
I stuck it to the back of my helmet, hooked up a short usb cable and power it like that.

when i get to the office or wanna dump the data, i charge the pack aswell. havent run it dead yet

 

[AndyManCam]

It's a great feature. Opens up the whole possibility of having bike mounted cameras wired straight to the bike for endless recording!

Which Drift do you have? The batteries in the HD1080 and the HD170 are just re-branded Fuji units. So there are hundreds of aftermarket alternatives to the Drift officials. I have 3, that all cost less than a third of what a Drift battery costs. Its an NP-60 (but NOT the Casio NP-60!)

 

[Marbro_za]

drift hd 1080p
same as yours i think

Our postal service are up to shit, so if i order from ebay etc, im looking at 3-4months before i get it..if i get it

 

[AndyManCam]

Oh, well that sucks!! Looks like there's a market there. Maybe just order a job lot from China and then sell them locally yourself!? Make a few pennies while you're at it!