ENEGON NP-FZ100 USB C Direct Charging Replacement Batteries
ENEGON NP-FZ100 USB C Direct Charging Replacement Batteries 2280mAh (2-Pack) with 2 in 1 USB-C Charging Cable for Sony A9/A9R/A9S, Alpha 9/9R/9S, A7RIII A7R3, a7III, A7R4, A7RIV, Sony Alpha 66
Enegon FZ100 Battery: High-Capacity & Universally Compatible with Canon Cameras
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With a power bank, the Enegon Battery charges anywhere, letting you shoot longer without missing a beat.
The ENEGON NP-FZ100 USB C Direct Charging Replacement Batteries proved to be a reliable choice for my Sony camera setup. Their 2280mAh capacity strikes a good balance between size and runtime, ensuring I can capture plenty of shots without worrying about battery life. The USB-C direct charging feature is incredibly convenient, especially when I’m traveling and want to minimize the number of accessories I carry. The included 2-in-1 cable adds further versatility. Overall, my experience with these batteries has been positive, and they’ve become an essential part of my photography gear, offering both quality and convenience.
I’ve been using these in my FX3. The great thing is you don’t get a warning about using third party batteries with them, and also they lasted around 3 to 4 hours each on a recent film shoot, which for the price is great! They give an accurate percentage, though it drops faster in the bottom part of it! The usb charging on the battery is a nice feature, but they work fine in the original Sony charger too, so I’ve been using that!
For the price, they’re a great produc
I never seem to have enough juice in my original Sony battery for my A7iv when I’m wanting to make a video, so these extras are a bit of a godsend.
They charge easily – even directly if you want to plug in a charging cable to them – and once charged they work in the camera and seem to last about as long as an original. I haven’t measure precisely, but frankly for the difference in price I wouldn’t care if I only got 50% of the life. Having multiple extra batteries on hand automatically makes it easier to get through a day’s shooting.
Brilliant idea to have the charging built into the battery! I can now even charge these in my car if I’m off on long trips, amazing.
The capacity is a little less than some other batteries I have for my Sony, but not drastically so, and I guess the charging circuit must take up a bit of battery space so well worth the sacrifice I think.
Build quality seems great, the fit well and look good quality wise. I’m really happy with them overall.
I really love that these batteries can be charged via USB-C, I can charge them in the car between locations or even from a power bank, they seem to last just as long as OEM and they are also fully compatible showing battery life left and no warnings, all in all, good batteries.
No longer do I have to hunt around for the Sony specific charger, I can now just use pretty much any usbc cable. The batteries seem to last well, they charge quickly and based on the spec are larger capacity oem- 1020mAh vs these at 1500mAh. To be completely honesty I wish I had decided to get these sooner.
It’s so much easier than having to carry around a specific battery charger – you almost certainly have a USB charger or power bank for your phone and now this will charge the camera’s battery too.
I’ve been using a third-party USB camera battery charger as it’s much smaller than Sony’s original charger, but now I don’t need to take that either.
Ordered to supplement my existing A7 batteries.
Having recently ordered USB C rechargeable batteries from Enegon for my Canon 5D I was so impressed I have decided to order similar for all my cameras and lighting equipment, no more lugging around multiple chargers and leads when one lead can rule them all, sans charger.
I did use to avoid 3rd party batteries after a set fried a Canon 400D many years ago, but technology has moved on and these to all intents and purposes are identical in performance to the OEM supplied ones.
I have now ordered several different types of rechargeable battery for different parts of my kit so in the main my review of each has been pretty much the same across the board, this technology is what I have been waiting for..
I can’t really think of any negatives.
PROS
-charges with built-in USB-C port at 9.7W (4.85V 2.0A)
-includes dual-head USB-C cable
-very convenient to be able to charge via USB-C, instead of requiring a dedicated charger (or even charging in camera, even though that’s faster)
-same capacity as my original Sony batteries (impressive, seeing as these ones also need to include the charging electronics and the USB-C port)
-fit my Sony A7IV just fine, and no battery warnings (my other 3rd party batteries cause the camera to give a warning)
-LED charging indicator
CONS
-I have other 3rd party batteries with greater capacity (so I need to choose each time I need to go into the field: greater capacity, or really easy charging?)
-no capacity indicating LED
NOTES
-the fastest way (that I have) to charge a NP-FZ100 battery is inside my Sony A7IV camera (which charges these batteries at 15.2W aka 8.9V at 1.7A), then comes the internal USB-C port (9.7W) and then my (admittedly low-end) charger, which only charges one of these batteries at 6.8W. But I only have one A7IV, so the internal USB-C charging is still really convenient.
MY STAR RATINGS:
1* substandard, mostly cons
2** barely acceptable, cons outweigh the pros
3*** meets the basic requirements, cons balance the pros
4**** good product, pros outweigh the cons
5***** exceptional, all (or almost all) pros
Very nice batteries, they’re well put together and look like they’ll last.
They last about the same amount of time as the original battery but it is super handy how these are charged directly by a USB C cable, so you can easily charge them while still using the camera with another battery.
The box comes with two batteries and a charge cable. You’ll need to provide your own USB charger.
So far, all good, they work perfectly, my A6000 seems to like them.
Recommended.
What a fantastic idea, this is something I wish I had years ago, everybody has a USB C cable these days not everybody lugs around a FW-50 battery charger, sure you can charge in camera but its slow and painful.
You basically get 2 FW-50 compatible batteries and a USB C dual head cable with a USB A connector on the end.
To charge you simply plug in the USB C connectors into the batteries, then plug into a power source.
There is a tiny LED on each battery red for charging and green when complete.
These batteries are also slightly more powerful than the originals so hopefully might give you a bit more longevity per use.
Comparatively speaking these two batteries are roughly half the price of a single Sony FW-50 battery.
I’ve only put a single charge through they right now, I assume they were partially charged as they only needed 1-2hrs to fully charge, the manual suggest 5hrs is the typical charge time.
Highly recommended
Batteries arrived well packed in a cardboard box bearing the Enegon branding.
In the box you get two Sony A type compatible batteries and a short USB A to 2 USB C charging cable.
Batteries are rated at 2280mAh so have a slightly larger capacity than the Sony originals.
Well finished and moulded with no rough edges or moulding flash and both batteries fitted into my Sony A9 neatly and without any obvious slop.
Batteries charged quickly using a standard 5w phone charger and in use there is no noticeable difference in power discharge from the Sony originals.
Good value for a set of two.
The ENEGON NP-FW50 USB C Direct Charging Replacement Batteries 1500mAh (2-Pack) with 2 in 1 USB-C Charging Cable for Sony NEX camera’s arrived in a slimline box so it should fit through your letter box if you’re not home to take delivery.
In the box you get two batteries.
Along with a dual usb-c charging cable.
The batteries are very sturdy and robust and feel just like the originals in terms of quality and construction.
What’s really convenient about these batteries is you can charge them anywhere at any time without the need for special chargers.
You can charge these up by a USB power bank or any USB point, just plug the cable into the USB c charging port and away you go the battery’s now charging.
When the battery’s charging the LED will be red and when it’s fully charged that led will be green.
So you always know the charge status of the battery while it’s charging.
The batteries performed excellent in my tests, not quite as good as the originals in terms of battery life, but they do come very close.
And at a fraction of the cost and more convenience of charging these batteries I’d say it was outstanding value for money.
Very happy with these batteries.
I film professionally so aways need a load of NP batteries around to power field audio units, monitors and the occasional small light. These are great because you don’t need to carry around a dedicated charger because each is individually chargeable via USB C. It’s a pity that the batteries don’t have USB C out (or LED monitoring lights) though because they would be really useful on a rig. That said, for less than 15 each you can’t really ask for more.
ENEGON are a fairly well known battery brand, certainly one you can trust as a third party battery supplier for your Sony camera. This is often an observation made by people who want a battery that is compatible which these are – there are no error messages when using these batteries in my Sony a7iv.
They’re 2,250mAh which is a good capacity. I have two 2,500mAh third party batteries which serve me well for a day of tourist stuff so I know these will satisfy my needs.
What’s really great now is I have a charge dock for my 2x batteries I already own, but now I can charge 4 batteries at once as these have a direct USB-C interface.
You get a funky cable which is 1 standard USB-A to a double ended USB-C. This is really good for the simple fact you only need one cable instead of two.
The batteries have visual cues in the form of an LED to tell you whether it’s charging or charged.