Rarely have I been so completely satisfied as I am with this battery.

I bought it for a Panasonic PV GS 320 camcorder.

Actually I bought 4 of these batteries since I am preparing for a very important trip where I will need to shoot several hours every day.

For the price of one OEM battery (actually less) I got 4 batteries.

After charging them and using them for a while I realized that these are so good that I actually bought too many.

They charge for about 5 hours and then I went through an entire day of shooting (on and off) filling one 60 minutes cassette end-to-end and at the end of the day only one bar was gone from the charge display of the camcorder.

Amazing value for your money.

Highly recommended.

I have a Panasonic PV-GS35 Mini-DV cam and this battery pack more than doubles the life of the standard pack that comes with the camera.

Hi all,

Got this product for our new Panasonic GS320V, after reading reviews of several products, chose this one based upon the price and mili amp rating.

As someone else has noted, this is a thick battery and it tends to stick out of the camera.

The big draw back is that even after a full charge (the charger light goes off once the battery is charged) it holds up less than the original panasonic battery does - which is more than half the size of this.

Most of our recordings were done at Disney/Universal/SeaWorld shows. These shows typically last between 15 - 25 minutes. Also, a good indicator was the miniDV tape - which I recorded at SP mode - 60 minutes.

Almost all the time, I ended up using the viewfinder and not the LCD screen to save the battery life. I was not using any external light and the zoom was set to wide angle - most of the time. I did minimal close up shots. The reason I am explaining this is to show that I did very minimal stuff to prolong the use of the battery.

Anyway, now, this battery did NOT even last for 90 minutes at most!

The original OEM battery that came with the camera lasted between 150 minutes to about 180 minutes!

I would have expected that considering the size of this battery, this would at least last twice as long as the original one. But it only lasted about half or 3/4ths of the original one.

As someone has said, you get what you pay for!

For anyone who is into long shooting, I would strongly suggest buying original ones OR if you buying aftermarket ones, buy more than 2 or 3. Dont forget to buy additional chargers too!

If I used this in the morning and shot all day, I remember charging this that night. With the OEM one, I did NOT charge it again until a day and a half had passed of using it.

I did ask Amazon for a refund on this. I am yet to mail it back.

This is a long review... but if it helps even a single person to make the right choice, its well worth it. Thanks for reading this.

Later.

Quick and painless. I had it for 6 months and it works and last 2-3 times longer than the one that came with the Panasonic video camera. All that at a fraction of the OEM price. Buy it!

I thing is very good choice for the price. I recommend to everyone. Much longer life then standard battery for PV-GS500 and can use more then 4h. I have two of them.
I'm very happy with it.