Global media pro batteries for scarlet

[Joel Mielle]

Global Media Pro Batteries are great, service was fast hassle free, my Scarlet loves them, shot almost two feature films without a single hiccup. I would have no hesitations recommending them. Two last me nearly all day, would need 20 redvolts for same result. Just get the Scarlet compatible ones that give you percentages and not voltage on the LCD monitor. I use the Li190S. http://www.globalmediapro.com/dp/A25...or-Red-Camera/

[Brice Ansel]

Global Media Pro Batteries are great, service was fast hassle free, my Scarlet loves them, shot almost two feature films without a single hiccup. I would have no hesitations recommending them. Two last me nearly all day, would need 20 redvolts for same result. Just get the Scarlet compatible ones that give you percentages and not voltage on the LCD monitor. I use the Li190S. http://www.globalmediapro.com/dp/A25...or-Red-Camera/

I used those battery and they are great, but be aware you will not be able to travel with those into a plane, even in your cabin luggage.
Battery > to LI160S are completely forbiden.
And if you get caught with them the custom will charge you a big fine.
Regards

[Jon Shaw]

Are you sure about that, I know guys that travel with Red Bricks on a regular basis normally around 4 or them and have had no issues? Is this a US / European thing?

[Paul Ellington]

Are you sure about that, I know guys that travel with Red Bricks on a regular basis normally around 4 or them and have had no issues? Is this a US / European thing?

ZERO ISSUES EVER ... You can bring two on board in carry on.

[Brice Ansel]

Are you sure about that, I know guys that travel with Red Bricks on a regular basis normally around 4 or them and have had no issues? Is this a US / European thing?

It is suppose to be a world wide thing.
I'v read that lion battery superior to 160 were strictly forbiden now.
I wish you was right. I would love to bring my 190 battery with me for my next trip to Australia, but since the plane crash in Emirate it sounds like the rules did change in a more drastic way.
In my opinion people who traveled with those battery without been in trouble have just been lucky because some custom workers don't know about those new changes.
Just my two cents.
Regars
Brice

[Michael Gyori]

Standards for what batteries you can bring on planes is clear as mud. I recently brought our Scarlet from Vancouver, Canada to Prague, Czech Republic and had no issues bringing 2 160wh GMP batteries in my carry on. I called the Canadian Air Transport Agency beforehand in Vancouver and they weren't clear on the matter themselves... they just pointed to the online info regarding batteries on linked from www.YVR.com (http://www.catsa.gc.ca/Page.aspx?id=...=1&mode=list):

"Each spare battery must not exceed: - for lithium metal or lithium alloy batteries, a lithium content of 2 g (i.e.digital/film camera); or - for lithium ion batteries, an aggregate equivalent lithium content of 8 g (cell phone/gaming device/camcorder/laptop). Lithium ion batteries with an aggregate equivalent lithium content of more than 8 g but not more than 25 g (professional A/V equipment) may be carried in carry-on baggage if they are individually protected so as to prevent short circuits and are limited to two spare batteries per person."

There is some weird distinction between batteries for consumer electronics and batteries for personal use. Personal use batteries can be checked. ???

So how much lithium does a GMP 160wh lithium-ion battery have? No clue. There is no info on the battery itself, and no information on the GlobalMediaPro website.

In all honesty, your luck at bringing larger batteries through customs (at least in Canada) depends on how much the border guy thinks he knows about your batteries (this is usually the case in all obscure non-mainstream customs matters). If he's convinced that a 160wh GMP battery has more than 25g of lithium, you're screwed. Personally, I would just assure all border people that the batteries have less than 25g of lithium. What evidence can they find to the contrary? I couldn't.

I just taped the contacts of the batteries (to ensure no chance of shortcircuit... which I believe is how these batteries can explode). The security people didn't care at all about the 2 large batteries I was bringing in my carry-on, even when I had to take everything out of the bag to show the Scarlet brain itself.

[Stephen Williams]

It's nothing to do with customs, get caught breaking the rules & it's a fine upto $250,000 & a long time in prison. 190 wh batteries have too much lithium. If the batteries cause a fire on the plane you won't be comming home.....

Standards for what batteries you can bring on planes is clear as mud. I recently brought our Scarlet from Vancouver, Canada to Prague, Czech Republic and had no issues bringing 2 160wh GMP batteries in my carry on. I called the Canadian Air Transport Agency beforehand in Vancouver and they weren't clear on the matter themselves... they just pointed to the online info regarding batteries on linked from www.YVR.com (http://www.catsa.gc.ca/Page.aspx?id=...=1&mode=list):

"Each spare battery must not exceed: - for lithium metal or lithium alloy batteries, a lithium content of 2 g (i.e.digital/film camera); or - for lithium ion batteries, an aggregate equivalent lithium content of 8 g (cell phone/gaming device/camcorder/laptop). Lithium ion batteries with an aggregate equivalent lithium content of more than 8 g but not more than 25 g (professional A/V equipment) may be carried in carry-on baggage if they are individually protected so as to prevent short circuits and are limited to two spare batteries per person."

There is some weird distinction between batteries for consumer electronics and batteries for personal use. Personal use batteries can be checked. ???

So how much lithium does a GMP 160wh lithium-ion battery have? No clue. There is no info on the battery itself, and no information on the GlobalMediaPro website.

In all honesty, your luck at bringing larger batteries through customs (at least in Canada) depends on how much the border guy thinks he knows about your batteries (this is usually the case in all obscure non-mainstream customs matters). If he's convinced that a 160wh GMP battery has more than 25g of lithium, you're screwed. Personally, I would just assure all border people that the batteries have less than 25g of lithium. What evidence can they find to the contrary? I couldn't.

I just taped the contacts of the batteries (to ensure no chance of shortcircuit... which I believe is how these batteries can explode). The security people didn't care at all about the 2 large batteries I was bringing in my carry-on, even when I had to take everything out of the bag to show the Scarlet brain itself.

[Mike Tiffee]

8g = 100Wh
25g = 300Wh

[Cedric Larvoire]

Lithium ion batteries with an aggregate equivalent lithium content of more than 8 g but not more than 25 g (professional A/V equipment) may be carried in carry-on baggage if they are individually protected so as to prevent short circuits and are limited to two spare batteries per person.

8g = 100Wh
25g = 300Wh

So, if this is true, then we can have one 160Wh mounted on the camera, and two spares in the carry-on luggage, right?

[stu aull]

So, if this is true, then we can have one 160Wh mounted on the camera, and two spares in the carry-on luggage, right?

correct - at least in USA...

Stu Aull
SX 199
3x 160wt LiIon bricks

Alaska