Best Camera Battery 2024 | SmallRig Smart Battery VB99 Pro Review | Smart Battery | Should You Buy?

In this video i'm gonna discuss one of the best batteries you can get your hands on for your camera and production equipment. We're talking about teh SmallRig VB99 Pro! This little thing is something worthy of discussion. Let's talk about it!

[@thefreak809]

Hey man, I'm running an A6700 and an Atomos Ninja V as the monitor. Is it safe to connect the Atomos Ninja V to the VB99 D-tap and the A6700 through a Smallrig dummy battery plugged into the 8V port of the VB99? It's getting a bit confusing and I wanna make sure I don't damage anything

[@cbcinematics]

I'm no electrical professional but i have actually done this for an event where i was filming for about 4hrs. I was powering my FX3 through the dummy battery d-tap adapter while using the Atomos ninja V plugged into the battery simultaneously and i had no issues from that one instance. I will say these are "smart batteries" so they are suppose to output the exact amount of power and efficiently to whatever is plugged into it. I recommend reaching out to their support to see what they suggest for this as they know their battery on this level much better than I do. I hope this helps man!

[@EmreYazgin]

I just bought one, worked fine for a few hours, then it started to show 0.8W draw even though nothing is hooked up, and also the power button doesn't work when i hold it. It won't turn off the screen. In fact the screen would stay on all the time. Also, the battery loses charge on its own slowly. It says 5 days something battery life left when nothing is plugged in. Anyone experienced this? Any solutions?

[@cbcinematics]

I had an issue similar with the last battery model but they helped me fix it! I haven't had this issue with this new one but still Email them at: [e-mail] Their support is great!

[@EmreYazgin]

@@cbcinematics thx !

[@EmreYazgin]

@@cbcinematicsActually ive fixed it for now. I let it drain to zero percent by plugging in whatever i can find. It shut down and when restarted its fixed.