Better than Eneloops?

klr.b wrote in post #11360163
Thanks for posting. Next time you post about breaking your equipment, we'll all come in and laugh at you. Oh, and we won't offer any advice on fixing it, either. Sound fair?

+1, will be interesting to see status in one year's time at this rate.

JC4 wrote in post #11352882
ITheir claim is 1.6v

I winced right there.. Sorry about your flash.. Thats alot going through your speedlight.. remember, thats 1.6 per cell. So the engineer on Amazon said it was actually 1.85x4=7.4.. Speedlight is expecting 6v. That's 1 additional cell!!

and this is why I stick to NiMH...

klr.b wrote in post #11360163
John (JC4), there's been a few warnings against using these in flashes in the lighting forum. Thanks for trying to review these, but I wish you searched first. Some people have had success in using these in external battery packs, but don't put them in the body of your expensive flashes. Glad to see that you're still covered under warranty.

It was "just" batteries, so I didn't give it a lot of thought. The 1.6 claimed volts brought it back to about Alkaline levels, and I guessed there'd be a drop in available current, so I also assumed they wouldn't perform as well as NiMh, in a speedlite. That's why, for $10, I didn't bother with any research. And, why I was blown away by the performance increase. Never thought they'd perform like that, but when they did, my mistake was not immediately thinking how demanding it was on the speedlite.

NYC2SOCAL wrote in post #11361491
I winced right there.. Sorry about your flash.. Thats alot going through your speedlight.. remember, thats 1.6 per cell. So the engineer on Amazon said it was actually 1.85x4=7.4.. Speedlight is expecting 6v. That's 1 additional cell!!

Measure an Alkaline sometime, its about 1.6v unloaded, so I assumed(mistake), the Zn's were just getting back to Alkaline voltage. It was a simple $200+ mistake.

If someone wants to laugh at me for sharing my mistake, in hopes that I save someone else some cash, so be it. It doesn't make me look bad.

JC4 wrote in post #11362874
If someone wants to laugh at me for sharing my mistake, in hopes that I save someone else some cash, so be it. It doesn't make me look bad.

It's one of those simple mistakes that any one of us could have made, including those who laugh now but may cry later. I admire your guts in posting this. It'd serve as a money-saving warning to others.

JC4 wrote in post #11362874
If someone wants to laugh at me for sharing my mistake, in hopes that I save someone else some cash, so be it. It doesn't make me look bad.

I think the majority of the folks, me included, feel your pain, and had no intention of "laughing" at you. Thank you for the warning

NYC2SOCAL wrote in post #11364155
I think the majority of the folks, me included, feel your pain, and had no intention of "laughing" at you. Thank you for the warning

I was only referring to post 14. I saw no one else's posts as laughing, at least not out loud.

Its all good. No pain, just sharing a mistake. Not my most expensive one.

Eneloops work, well, leave well enough alone.

Well, I got lucky, and/or Canon felt generous. I just received notice my flash is on its way back home, from CPS service. They never called me for an estimate, so it was a no charge repair. Thought for sure they'd label this user error.(yes I mentioned the Zn batteries).

Really ben? In a gear forum, with mostly men? As a species, we're not that bright, and may never learn this lesson. But, I won't take batteries so lightly next time something new comes along.


edit: Returned, in working order. Repair note: "...was found that the circuit board was broken so that the power supply did not operate properly. The circuit board was replaced and product functions were confirmed."

JC4 wrote in post #11381601
Well, I got lucky, and/or Canon felt generous. I just received notice my flash is on its way back home, from CPS service. They never called me for an estimate, so it was a no charge repair. Thought for sure they'd label this user error.(yes I mentioned the Zn batteries).

That's great to hear. My flash was once dropped on a concrete floor, yet Canon fixed it for me free of charge AND sent it back to me via 2-day FedEx. Glad all turned out well for you.