Batteries giving you percentage on display

[Veve Borim]

Hi guys!

We are looking for 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] party batteries for a RED One and Epic

Our Red batteries read percentage remaining in the viewfinder.

We want to buy a quantity of 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] party batteries.

Does anyone know if any 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] party batteries communicate with the Reds and read PERCENTAGE remaining in the viewfinder?
I’ve tried IDX and they communicate, but only display voltage, removing the IDX and adding RED battery and they display percentage

Anyone has any 3rd party batteries displaying percentage on their camera?

Thanks

 

[Robert L. Mickles]

From what I understand only the Bricks show percentage, or at least that's how it was for a while. From experience, with the latest firmware, the RED batteries show percentage but the others I have don't.

 

[Julio Quintana]

Switronix has a Red 90wH battery that communicates with the Epic, but I had three of them die on me so I'm exclusively using Red bricks now.

 

[Navin Ramaswaran]

Globalmediapro "R" batteries show the percentage. These batts are specifically for RED cams.

 

[Adrian Weinbrecht]

We use Pags on our Epic and Scarlet and they work fine for showing percentage, we use the 'Paglink' model which are around 96wh each they can also be linked (up to 4) effectively creating a single larger battery. When linked they show the average percentage of the linked batteries, eg if one battery is at 80 percent of charge and you link it with another at 60 percent of charge the readout in the camera will be 70%. It's very clever.

You can also charge them linked with a super small travel charger.......(I think up to 4 on the travel charger)

Lastly, to use them on Reds you need to push a button on the front twice so they are then set to show percentage on the Reds, if you don't press the button twice they show voltage on the display. Once set for Red cameras you don't need to do this again.

 

[Matthew J]

I've got a bunch of batteries from batteries4broadcase and like them. Mine are all older, so they only show voltage, but I believe these now actually show a % (http://batteries4broadcast.com/coll...amera-150wh-v-mount-battery?variant=915015575)

 

[Michael Lindsay]

Our PAG link batteries show percentages on our cameras... I feel they are the best 3rd party batteries out there.

Ps sorry just saw Adrian's responce... To add to his thorough post if you put a PAG battery on a sony camera you do need to put it back in Redmode for percentages to show afterwards.

 

[Navin Ramaswaran]

Those PAG Link batts seem awesome!

 

[Maik Müller]

Those PAG Link batts seem awesome!

Indeed and being able to charge four of them via one travel-charger is a killer-feature.