Batteries Reviews

I bought this player for class, and it worked fine for the first two months. Then it just started acting up on me. At first I thought it was the batteries, but then I changed them and the thing still doesn't work. It can rewind and ff fine, but forget playing or recording...it only works for two seconds!

Can't review it till I get it! Ordered on the 18th. supposed to ship in 24hrs??? won't be here till the 1st????? Maybe next time I will shop in person.........

I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with this recorder. It comes with an external mic, but I think the internal one works great. Not only can you select "high" and "low" for recording levels, but you can fine-tune the recording level with the volume control, so you won't get that annoying buzz when there's not enough sound or too much sound for the microphone. Plus, you can plug in a set of headphones while it's recording, and listen to exactly what's being picked up by the mic.
The only (slight) bummer is that this recorder does NOT have auto-reverse. Luckily, not much noise is created by ejecting and flipping the tape, so you won't disturb anyone during a lecture if you have to do so.
You can record at 1/2 speed (to conserve tape), play at normal or 125% speed (to skip through to the part you really need to hear), and cue forward or reverse. It has a built-in tape counter (great for matching up your notes to the tape), Auto Voice Record (which I'll probably never use, because it clips the first second or so of noise), and a Record/Battery LED that dims when it's time to replace the batteries. Runs on 2 AA batteries (included), which are far easier to find (and cheaper to buy) than AAA batteries. Also comes with 2 60-min tapes.

When I puchased my Makita 9.6V Drill/Driver, it came with 2 of these 9.6V batteries; after 2 years, they stopped taking a charge and I've looked around to replace them. I found the price for these replacement battery packs to be ridiculous... I found a new 14.4V drill/driver (different brand) with 2 battery packs and charger for only twenty dollars more than the cost of 1 of these Makita replacement batteries. So I would throw out your old Makita and shop for a new model with 2 batteries... it just makes no sense to pay these prices for replacement batteries. Also, since these Ni-Cad batteries have probably been sitting in a warehouse for years without a charge, you can bet they will have a shortened life.

It's best to have 2 batteries, one for use and one for the charger. This way one is ready to go whenever your devise battery has run out of power. Only problem with this idea is the cost is almost the same as a complete drill kit that includes 2 batteries. Makes you think about the price of batteries. I see many kits for $ and the replacement batteries for them run $ each. They must be giving away the drill and rechargers knowing the battery sales will make up. Happy drilling.

This is Makita's low end (1.3 amp hour) battery, a.k.a. #9100, typically sold with their low cost drill kits. It provides limited use without recharging. Don't be tempted to buy a higher amp hour battery (Makita makes several) unless your charger will handle it. The charger will list the batteries it will service. The rub is that the low cost kit chargers won't charge anything but the low amp hour batteries.

Come on Motorola, you can do better..this model would make good for the kids in the yard to play with. Range is 1/2 mile if your lucky.. Need to change the range distance to that and get that 5 mile range of the package and spec sheet. Very discouraged with this model..

The radios are supposed to have a range of five miles, I have found the the farthest I have got on them is more like 1/4 of a mile, as soon as you go over a hill or behind a building you lose contact. Not very good at all. And they didn't come with batteries.

Actually can get up to ten miles line of sight transmission. In the woods, you get about two to three miles (depending on how thick). But of course they don't go over or through mountains like any idiot should know.

Order this only to discover that the image and description didn't match what was being sold on this page! I received a completely different charger that had the capacity to charge only one 9-volt battery at a time, rather than the two I had wanted. I'm sure this is a decent charger But not for my use right now. Very Disappointed in Target!!!

A word to the wise: be careful of choosing from among many similar products without a definitive photograph to help you make sure you know what you're getting. I relied on the "product manual" in PDF format linked on the page, only to discover that the image therein (and likely the rest of the information it contained) didn't match what was being sold on this page! I received a completely different charger that had the capacity to charge only one 9-volt battery at a time, rather than the two I had seen in the manual. While I'm sure this is a decent charger (at half the cost compared to even the warehouse clubs), it isn't what I need. Bottom line: be careful when ordering without photographs!

i only wanted one item i cannot follow your page to cancel one item

The package arrives in a box with some documentation and couple of hardware add-ons:

CD with SD/MMC driver software
Extended Battery
Instruction documentation

You must first install the drivers before attaching the extended battery/MMC. To attach the PC Card adapter to the Jornada, you first have to remove the CF lid. You also remove the standard battery and insert the extended battery. This is slightly bigger than the standard one. Once it is attached, you'll notice that the reset hole is no longer accessible. You have to remove the adapter first before you can reset the machine. This is a minus. To fit the unit into the cradle you will also have to remove the plastic insert on the back of the cradle. The insert has the HP logo on it and just slides up. Once you remove that the battery + Jornada fits smuggly as designed. The only accessory I had trouble with is a Type I to Type II Compact Flash adapter,which does not fit when the battery pack is attached to the Jornada. The bottom of the adapter hits the top of the battery preventing the adapter from being completely inserted into the Compact Flash slot. The MMC slot is situated at the left side of the adapter.

When attaching the battery to my HP Jornada the battery lock becomes difficult to move when I want to unlock and remove the battery. The extended battery also does not fit the Jornada as nicely as the regular battery that comes with the Jornada. The pack is much larger and heavier than the regular Jornada battery, so there must be a bigger battery in it. The rechargable Li-Polymer battery works up to about 20 hours(HP estimates high at 28) on a single charge (estimate with backlight off, actual battery life will vary based on usage) - battery life is approximately double that of the standard battery

The only other problem I found is that when you install programs you want that folder name to always be the same, but with this extended battery the folder name can change when you reset the device and you don't have a CF card inserted. (Of course, this would be a non-issue if Microsoft had named the folders by the type of card, eg. CF Storage, and SD Storage that will always be the same. If there is a Compact Flash card in the Jornada when you reset the Jornada it will always be identified as Storage Card, and the MMC slot will be Storage Card2. If you remove the Compact Flash card, the MMC card will remain Storage Card2, however, if you remove the MMC card (so that there are no storage cards in the device), and then re-inserted the MMC card, it will then be labeled Storage Card.

This is a good product if you plan to use your Jornada for an extended period of time or are away from a recharging source and need an extra battery and/or use of an MMC card.

This battery doesnt have much stamina at all. It's fine for driving small screws but if you intend to do anything heavier such as drilling with a spade bit or driving a quantity of long screws you will need a battery with a larger capacity. I suggest you opt for a battery with at least 2.0ah.

I won't complain about having a backup battery with this price.

I measured the output voltages for each settings with a digital multimeter and get the follwing readings:

3V -> 4.82
4.5V -> 6.7
6V -> 8.57
7.5V -> 10.55
9V -> 12.56
12V -> 16.83

This is an outrageously overpriced product! You can find thesebatteries in bulk (10).... for about 35 cents each! Just search for"CR2016" These batteries work but they are extremely overpriced. END

I bought this battery at the same time I bought my Canon Powershot S30. I've owned it for almost two years now and have used both the Canon battery that came with the camera and this Digipower battery almost exactly the same amount of times.

About a year ago, I noticed the camera would blink the "low battery" icon much earlier when I was using the Digipower battery. It still worked but didn't last as long. Now it barely lasts ten minutes of "On" time. They say Li-Ion batteries do not build up memory or whatever, but the fact remains my Digipower lasts ten minutes while the Canon battery still lasts almost two hours.

I gave it two stars because of the price; you get what you pay for. This Digipower battery is not a "replacement" but a "cheap alternative" that dies after a couple of years of use.