Inon Z220 battery problem

Has anyone else had problems with batteries in the Inon Z220? I have two Inon Z220s and one is very fussy about what batteries will work. It sems to have problems with the battery connections if the battery is a somewaht of a tight fit into the battery compartment (the battery doesn't just drop in). I have found that 1600 mAh batteries are slightly smaller in diameter than 2200 mAh battieries and will usually work while 2000 and 2200 mAh batteries do not work reliably. In addition with the larger batteries sometimes one of the four batteries becomes difficult to remove from the battery chamber.

i am having the same problem with my 2 z220, also had it with d180. i have reverted to using non-rechargeable batteries for now until i find a set of rechargeables that will reliably fit, and that will still last a day of shooting.

/paul

Please post when you find some that fit. I will do the same and hope that other members will post as well.

Art

Some batteries are fussy and others are not. Depending on the age of the strobe you may benefit from returning the strobe for updates to the battery compartment. Prior to the updates my strobes were problematic with PowerEx batteries but now I have no problems. The problems seem to be with batteries too large in diameter and ones with a short nipple on the positive end. There are plenty of high capacity batteries that work.

I have 2 Inon z220. I bought them last year. I use uniross ni-mh 2000mAh rechargeable batterys purchased from argos here in ireland. They fit my strobes without any problems. I did a quick search online for similar type. Here is the link.

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/s...&clickfrom=name

Hope this helps.

Tank

What a pain. I sometimes had the same issue with my SB105. I've now got two Inon 220s and am using Ansmann 2000 mAh and Kodak 1450 mAh NiMh batteries. No problems.

I've seen many cases where a camera or strobe thought a perfectly good battery was dead. Depending on the origin / manufacturer of the battery there are slight differences in the length of the cell and more importantly differences in the internal resisitance of the cell. I've found that by matching the country of manufacture of the strobe or camera with the country of manufacture of the battery I get better battery performance. In other words if the strobe is made in Japan make sure the batteries are as well. HTH