GDU 98Wh V-Lock Batteries

[Anthony Berenato Jr]

Any group buy?

I highly doubt it. They're honestly fairly cheap, with just a $20 overhead for the aluminum shell over the typical plastic DPM-98S - and it has RED readout for the percentage. It's a good deal as is.

[Meryem Ersoz]

They look very similar to the Intellytech Pocket-Vs, which lack the sweet GDU styling, but otherwise are nearly identical in feature set. https://www.intellytechusa.com/collections/pocket-v

If only these had been released a few months earlier, I would have jumped on them, because I like the styling and the alumininum casing - seems worth paying a little extra for both and staying in the quasi-RED ecosystem....but I just loaded up on the Pocket-Vs.

The Pocket-Vs can be purchased with a plate that allows you to mount 2x to one plate, for hot swaps/fewer battery swaps - I wonder if the aluminum case works against using it....

[Phil Holland]

I would need to test the plate to see if they fit, but generally speaking these pretty close to the same size, which sort of highlights the rather standard and newer cell size all of these are based on. The GDU stuff is Dynacore from Japan cells and that's pretty clearly stated. Mostly what you are paying for is the premium of the rather more robust housing, which I think is fair as it's a machined piece of metal.

I'm using several chargers and have another couple coming this week. I just got from about a month of travel work and I used the Bebob dual travel charger which was also designed for their smaller cells. But since I do V-Mounts in quantities of 4 usually I ordered the Dynacore Quad charger, which obviously should make sense.

[Andy_Johnson]

Not to steal the attention from the batteries, but I would hate to gloss over the LongTake :) Looking like a great setup!

[Alex Kiritz]

Just had the back panel of one of my Dynacores break off yesterday, so I’d say these are definitely worth the extra $20.

[Blair S. Paulsen]

Had a fresh Dynacore fall about 3 feet (1m) onto cement, it cracked open and small parts flew around. Not repairable, straight to recycle. Not blaming Dynacore, I'm the idiot who dropped it.

Point being, I'd happily pay an extra $20 for a stronger shell that can better handle all the handling that batteries inevitably experience. Props to GDU and I think I need to order some...

Cheers - #19

[Richard Lyons]

Does anyone know if you can charge these though the D Tap like the Dynacore batteries?

[Phil Holland]

Does anyone know if you can charge these though the D Tap like the Dynacore batteries?

Yes!

[Samir Patel]

Yes!

Interesting... Any particular charger I should look into?

[Phil Holland]

Interesting... Any particular charger I should look into?

I rarely charge via D-Tap as it's pretty much the slowest way to charge. But it does work. Any of those D-Tap cheepo chargers work. Mine don't even have a brand name.

I'm charging my GDU bricks on the 4X Dynacore charger, I also have the 2X chargers from Bebob. Certainly faster charging there. I've tested them on my bigger Anton Bauer chargers here too and that works.