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Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a quick review of Neewer's most recent generation of V-mount battery - PS099F. Can this 99Wh battery meet your needs? | Purchase the Neewer PS099F @ Amazon https://amzn.to/4aNI3iO | Amazon Canada https://amzn.to/4kC7DL4
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Table of Contents:
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0:00 - Intro and Concept
0:35 - Upgrade over PS099E
1:10 - Build and Features
3:35 - Ports
4:42 - Size and Weight
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0:10
Hi, I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today
0:12
to give you a look at the newest Vmount
0:15
battery from the company Newer. I've
0:17
used a number of Vmount batteries in
0:20
this particular size. is this comes in
0:22
at the 99Wh hour uh size and it's quite
0:25
popular because it keeps things
0:27
relatively compact while still giving a
0:29
very usable amount of both output but
0:32
then duration of power from that
0:34
battery. Newer's lineup is called the
0:36
PSO99 and so we've seen different
0:39
iterations as they're moving through.
0:41
Most recently I had an E. Now this is
0:44
the F series battery. to the PS99F. And
0:48
the biggest difference uh moved from the
0:50
E series to the F- series is that rather
0:52
than having a 65watt
0:55
uh input output via USBC, we have now
0:58
moved up to a full 100 watts. And so
1:00
that not only expands what you can power
1:03
from the actual battery itself, but also
1:06
means that you can charge the battery
1:07
more quickly. Just makes it more
1:09
versatile generally for that. This is a
1:12
6800 mAh battery or 99 watt hours at
1:16
14.54
1:18
volts. To give you a little idea of what
1:20
you can do with that, how much power
1:22
output that is, you can charge a Canon
1:25
EOS R5 cinema camera C4 and you can
1:29
recharge it nearly eight times. You can
1:31
also use it to charge, you know,
1:33
portable lights. Like for example, it's
1:35
a great match for this HB8C from Newer
1:38
that I actually regularly use because
1:40
it's such a great form factor, very
1:42
small, very portable, and bright enough
1:45
to be able to be useful not only
1:47
indoors, but in some situations outdoors
1:49
as well. Be able to power it from this
1:51
and to get, you know, over an hour's
1:53
worth of continuous power from that.
1:55
Plus, the built-in battery that's in
1:57
this, you know, obviously adds up to
1:59
something that is very useful. The
2:01
primary place that I actually use the
2:03
Vmount batteries for myself is either to
2:05
power a portable light like this, but I
2:06
also use it for the lights that I have
2:09
on set right now. I have some very
2:11
bright LED panels that I use for
2:13
lighting set for my YouTube reviews. And
2:16
you know, I could be running power
2:18
cables, but because my set is in my
2:20
house, it has to be taken down and set
2:22
up. I like using Vmount batteries
2:24
because it gives me that portability.
2:26
And I've used other batteries in the
2:27
past that or other lights in the past
2:29
that had to, you know, run off of
2:31
different kinds of batteries and I just
2:33
find that they found that they didn't
2:34
last long enough. So, they'd be dropping
2:36
during set or during recording sometimes
2:39
and I have to be popping up to replace
2:40
them. These Vmount batteries give you
2:42
nice long output, even with very bright
2:45
panels like I'm using right now. And and
2:48
so I find that to be very, very useful
2:50
for that. A lot of people use Vmount
2:52
batteries for a variety of other things.
2:53
They're most popular amongst those of
2:54
you that do serious video work because
2:56
they can do everything from powering
2:58
your camera to your monitor to other
3:00
accessories that you might be using at
3:02
the same time. And the really kind of
3:04
amazing thing about a battery like this,
3:07
and I will say this about Vmount
3:08
batteries, it used to be that they were
3:10
kind of a one-trick pony. I mean, they
3:11
basically went into that unique Vmount
3:14
and so you could slide in and mount on
3:15
whatever it was, be it a a light or some
3:18
kind of accessory that you were using.
3:21
And you know that Vmount is a very
3:22
secure mount. It locks into place. You
3:24
didn't have to worry about it falling
3:25
off. But basically, you're just using
3:27
the typical connection points into
3:29
whatever you were powering by it.
3:31
They've kind of evolved to being almost
3:33
little portable power stations at this
3:35
point. And that's never been more true
3:37
than what I'm seeing on these in that
3:39
you have on the USB front, you have
3:41
USBC, you have USBA outputs, you have
3:45
two different DC uh outputs. You have an
3:48
8volt and a 12vt output there. Plus, you
3:51
have DTAP on the other side. And so, you
3:55
have just a huge amount of options for
3:58
what you could be running. And the thing
3:59
is you can power multiple things
4:01
simultaneously from it. And so, you're
4:03
say on your video rig, you're powering a
4:05
number of things from that right there.
4:07
So, that is obviously extremely useful.
4:10
Newer is also equipped to the PSO 999F
4:12
with a intelligent battery management
4:15
software that will, you know, keep it
4:16
from overheating. It will help it to
4:18
deliver that power reliably for your
4:20
sensitive electronics. Obviously, that's
4:22
very, very important. And they're
4:24
touting the fact that it is compact. And
4:26
so, as you can see here, looking across
4:28
some of the other basically all in the
4:30
99Wh hour uh size, you know, component
4:33
there, that it is a little bit smaller
4:35
than what I've seen before. The shapes
4:37
of these really vary widely, however, so
4:39
it's a little bit hard sometimes to nail
4:41
down overall size. But to give you a
4:43
sense of the dimensions here, we're
4:44
right under 112 millime by 73.7 mm by
4:49
about 56 mm or 4.4 in by 2.9 in x 2.2
4:55
in. It weighs in at 590 g or 1.3 lb. It
5:01
has an outer shell of a material that
5:03
they call fireproof. And they do say
5:05
that it is airline friendly. The MSRP is
5:10
um about about $130 US, though it's
5:13
often available for less. It's available
5:15
right now for closer to $110 US. And so
5:18
that makes sets it up to be a very solid
5:20
value. Some batteries in this class will
5:22
cost upwards of $200, though prices
5:25
generally have been trending down over
5:26
the years that I have been using and
5:28
covering Vmount batteries. And so
5:30
obviously we're getting into a place
5:32
where this is going to be really, really
5:33
useful. and you can bring it along, you
5:35
know, on your trip, not just power your,
5:38
you know, power your camera, but, you
5:40
know, you power your phone, various
5:42
other things. And so, again, kind of
5:43
like having a a power bank with you as
5:46
well. I did note that for this
5:48
particular battery that at this point,
5:49
it has nearly 725 user reviews on
5:52
Amazon, and it has an average rating of
5:54
4.6 out of five stars. You know, unless
5:57
a battery actually fails, in all
5:59
honesty, it's kind of hard for me to
6:01
evaluate.
6:03
you know, it's it's quality. And
6:04
frankly, I at this point, I've not had
6:06
any Vmount battery fail on me. They've,
6:08
at least in my experience, have been
6:10
quite reliable for me. And so, as far as
6:12
just kind of testing what it can do, it
6:13
can do all the things that I would
6:15
expect it to do. And I would say the
6:17
biggest reason to consider this in
6:19
comparison to some other battery is that
6:20
if you're not getting that 100 watt in
6:23
andout capacity, a lot of people really
6:25
like newer and they're a very popular
6:27
brand for the simple reason that they
6:29
tend to deliver very good quality for a
6:31
very low price. And so if that sounds
6:34
like something that appeals to you and
6:35
you have something that needs powering
6:38
by Vmount, well, I see no reason to not
6:40
recommend the PSO 999F. It has a nice
6:44
solid form factor. I do like the nice,
6:46
very obvious power button on the front
6:48
where you can power up that little LCD
6:50
screen and you can get your readout on
6:52
what's being output, you know, the state
6:54
of charge for the battery. I always go
6:56
by and click that before I start
6:58
recording on set because I want to make
6:59
sure I've got sufficient power to um
7:02
make sure that I'm going to get through
7:03
my whole recording without something
7:05
conking out during the middle of it. And
7:06
so far so good. If you want more
7:09
information, you can check out the link
7:11
in the description down below. As
7:12
always, thanks for watching. Have a
7:14
great day and let the light in.