24/02/2025
Tech post ahead 🔋🎥
I decided to do some posts about the products I’ve been using or implementing in my gearlist and have found them useful somehow to me. Hopefully they may be useful to you as well, please feel free to comment or DM and ask about anything topic related.
While I was on a trip in Spain one of my old VLOCK decided to Die and stop charging, so I purchased on Amazon my first .global V-LOCK, just ‘cause it was the only one arriving within 1 day while there.
Since then i’ve almost switched over to just having those in my Peli and here’s some reasons why:
1. ORANGE 🧡 - I know, it’s not technical but since we all have ADHD and I’m stuck w orange rigs, they fit perfectly
2. ACCESSORIES ⚙️- this is not directly related to the battery, but having a brand where I can buy batteries and all the cabling I need in 1 order is really appreciated (and orange!). I especially love the DTAP to 2PIN cable with the DTAP head. That can ROTATE 180degrees, thanks god that’s so helpful when switching between rigs
3. 99WH and PORTS 🔋- even if most of them now are 99wh power [ok for carry on bags] both the zgcine v-locks I’ve got have plenty of ports I find very useful [ask .alphieri on how they’ve saved him while on a trip in Rome ahha], both for powering camera, accessories or just serving as a Powerbank unit while on the go
4. LASTING and CHARGING TIME 🔌- on the one side I’ve found they reliable, no overheating or other problems, lasting pretty good time compared to other 99wh VLOCKs and with a short charging time via USB-C paired w a 100w AC power
5. TEMPERATURE 🥶 - we’ve been hired to perform some live shows on the alps during these season and even when we had a working day at and air temp of -18°C, the batteries lasted for long [ 100% to 0% w camera + video transmitter and 7” monitor lasted for almost 4hrs ], check face to see how cold it was
Thanks for the amazing pics 📸