With the 2190mah JVC battery at $100USD in Hong Kong, have you guys tried off brand batteries such as this one offered on ebay? Should I go for it?

Battery 3000mAh for JVC GY-HM100 GY-HM100U - eBay (item 270423731506 end time Oct-07-09 14:32:11 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/Battery-3000mAh-for-JVC-GY-HM100-GY-HM100U_W0QQitemZ270423731506QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBatteries_Chargers?hash=item3ef682ad32&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116)

Thanks for your suggestions.

Sam

I have 4 original and 2 of these: PriceGrabber.com (http://www.pricegrabber.com/user_sales_getprod.php/lot_id=9237529/masterid=33258702). I saw no difference in performance. When you run phantom power you get about 90 minutes out of all of them.

Thanks Robert for the feedback. I just found a 2400 mah battery replacement in Hong Kong for $38USD, hopefully it will be decent. I may eventually try the 3000mah on ebay, but don't feel like overseas shipping if the 2400mah works okay.

Thanks again.

I bought two of these and have had no problems at all. They show up looking the same in the battery pie chart in the menu. I am getting the same one and a half hours with them that I'm getting with the original.
I bought them with a coupon code (sncoff20) that lowered the price to $72.00 with shipping.

JVC BN-VF823 Compatible Li-Ion Battery for GZ-HD7 / GZ-MG575 (http://accstation.com/bjvcbn823li2.html)

With the 2190mah JVC battery at $100USD in Hong Kong, have you guys tried off brand batteries such as this one offered on ebay? Should I go for it?

Battery 3000mAh for JVC GY-HM100 GY-HM100U - eBay (item 270423731506 end time Oct-07-09 14:32:11 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/Battery-3000mAh-for-JVC-GY-HM100-GY-HM100U_W0QQitemZ270423731506QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBatteries_Chargers?hash=item3ef682ad32&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116)

Thanks for your suggestions.

Sam

Bought the battery form the ebay posting that you mentioned. Received it and charged overnight. The nexr morning used the battery and it discharged in 30 minutes.
Not worth the effort of cost.

Bought the battery form the ebay posting that you mentioned. Received it and charged overnight. The nexr morning used the battery and it discharged in 30 minutes.
Not worth the effort of cost.
Tracy, try discharging / recharging the battery a couple of times, if that doesn't improve the performance, its probably duff cells.

The batteries from my ebay link are definitely duff. I have charged and discharged the batteries, and the camera states 40 minutes max.

So I bought two more 2400mah off brand ones in Hong Kong, they are stated at 120 minutes. I should have just ordered more working 2400mah cells in Hong Kong... 3000mah my buttox.

I have 4 original and 2 of these: PriceGrabber.com (http://www.pricegrabber.com/user_sales_getprod.php/lot_id=9237529/masterid=33258702). I saw no difference in performance. When you run phantom power you get about 90 minutes out of all of them.
These batteries work as original 100%- I get exactly the same times as from JVC.