Pro-X battery problems

[Aaron Johnstone]

I recently tried a bunch of Pro-X batteries (GP-L90B) on our RED Scarlet Dragon (I've also tried them on our Scarlet MX) and they only lasted for 5mins. Has anyone else had similar problems with Pro-X batteries? I contacted the Pro-X support service and after a long email trail, I was informed that "The batteries are around 3 years old, the cells are aging, and their life cycle is near the end. So the discharge time has become very short". I think this is a load of BS, we have 5 year old IDX batteries that still run perfectly. Anyone have any ideas of whats going wrong?

 

[Matthew J]

I recently tried a bunch of Pro-X batteries (GP-L90B) on our RED Scarlet Dragon (I've also tried them on our Scarlet MX) and they only lasted for 5mins. Has anyone else had similar problems with Pro-X batteries? I contacted the Pro-X support service and after a long email trail, I was informed that "The batteries are around 3 years old, the cells are aging, and their life cycle is near the end. So the discharge time has become very short". I think this is a load of BS, we have 5 year old IDX batteries that still run perfectly. Anyone have any ideas of whats going wrong?

Actually, that could be totally true. It really depends on the quality of the cells. Put a 60+ watt load on them and, older, poor quality cells could give out quite quickly.