What I have noticed is that more so with my black flash g series is a lot of back and forth transition which cause the click a lot more. Early on I had a large number of deer picking them up.
The 6V 12ah battery will blow the 12V with 6V (or 9V) regulators away (I'm at 2 mths+ with only a 6V external, no internals, and the G camera is still reporting 99%)...now I'm sure every regulator has a different efficiency, but I have yet to find anything close to a straight 6V battery (tried 3 different styles of regulators). All of my external regulator tests with a 12V 12ah battery have made it around 45 days prior to the camera switching to internal D's. Unfortunately with only a 6V external, you loose some warning of low voltage on the daily reports since the camera will no longer switch to internals due to it actually "seeing/reporting" the 6V "external," as an "internal" battery on the report. Now with a 9V regulated external, you at least see it switch to internal D's and know you need to swap it soon. I guess with a straight 6V battery you could use the % count down on the daily status images or the "BL" data within the picture metadata as your notification, but I have yet to find that data very trustworthy and it isn't reported on the daily report. With a straight 6V battery you also loose your internals (or if you keep them, they just end up dead at the same time as the external) and really like having the internal D battery "buffer" prior to the camera locking up for "DEAD BATTERY" if I don't get too it in time. I wish I knew if we could feed straight 12V into the external port on the G-series? (I know its not recommended, but neither is 9V since the plug says 6V and that works just fine)! However, that would be the best of all worlds...the EXT/INT on the reports would work, the internal batteries would still be the buffer, the external batteries would have twice the capacity (12v-12ah vs 6v-12ah), and the inefficient regulator wouldn't be wasting the additional run-time! I'm totally guessing, but I'm pretty sure the G-cameras already have an internal regulator built in to neck the 9V external to 6V internal...I just wonder if it can handle the 13-14V of a freshly charged 12V external straight in and not fry???
I think if you can get past the consequences on the daily report, you'll be very happy with the 6V straight vs. the 9V regulated...its just too bad they don't support 12V from the factory...that would have solved everybody's major gripe, saved a bunch of $ on AA and D batteries not to mention waste in the land fill, and made this whole system pretty much the top of the heap in regards to cell/wireless cams! Instead, I guess we get to buy 12 D batteries every 3-6 months and pay for another $40+ accessory to get the new Dual Powerbank if we want factory approved extended power!
I don’t want to discourage anyone from using another power source , especially if you are knowledgeable regarding this type of thing. I will just say that we have had multiple people contact us after they fried their own cameras experimenting with other sources of power and this type of thing is not warrantied. We are constantly working on other battery options but they need to be economical, easy to use , portable and accessible to all customers.
Just the cell signal is what I was referring it to. you would need two of them. Also cuddeback should have high gain antennas available for sale soon if they are needed., our new dual cell will include the new high gain antennas.
Good point John...some people should just buy D batteries and be done with it!.
i really am not suppose to give recommendations or make statements regarding non factory adaptations , i can tell you you want it to be metered to match what the input says on each respective unit.
i believe the dual power bank will come with a mount, it will not come with a cable. You will also be able to nest/mount it to an existing camera like the cuddepower battery booster does. The current cuddepower battery pack will work fine on your home. The dual just would allow you to add 6 more D cells and or add solar. Dual power bank is not going to launch until later this summer. An exact ETA is yet to be determined.
yes they are jumping the gun , dealers were allowed to preorder and were given limited amount of info but no definite timeline as to arrival. There is a genius mount on the dual power bank exactly like each camera has. So you can mount them to each other or you can mount separately, if you want to use a safe with your cameras you will need to mount the dual power bank independently , we wont be making a safe for the power bank since a safe will cost close to the same $ as the dual power bank will. If a thief or bear would steal the power bank , the camera would still have the batteries inside it to operate. If someone wants a safe for the dual, im sure someone will end up making an aftermarket safe system.
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