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ecuchief · Senior Member

Best Batteries for Ecallers

Marv · Member

Need some help from you electronic gadget gurus......Recently purchased a new FoxPro caller, and looking for info from you guys that use them, as to which batteries you reccomend for them, and why. Sure appreciate your help with this one.

Buckshot1822 · Senior Member

Marv wrote:
Need some help from you electronic gadget gurus......Recently purchased a new FoxPro caller, and looking for info from you guys that use them, as to which batteries you reccomend for them, and why. Sure appreciate your help with this one.

I have the batteries tha Foxpro sells on their website, and I have no qualms with them at all......I can get all day out of one set of batteries usually....

The brand of the batteries is Tenergy, and you can find them online places for around 1 dollar each......

Big Honkers · Guru

I think the perfect battery set up is dependent on how you typically hunt.

If you run-n-gun a lot, I think a quality set of rechargeable batteries will fit the bill nicely. I'd have to punt to the knowledge of others as to which type/brand.

I'd say rechargeable batteries are also good for those that make one set up per hunt but may not use their caller a lot especially if they are in warmer climates. I have little doubt, however, that if you are the type that will stay put in a single spot for a long time, lives in a colder weather state, and uses the caller a lot that an external 12v battery is the way to go.

BH

Big Honkers · Guru

....I guess this also depends on which model of Foxpro you got. Some models take more energy than others.

Bob · Guru

Hello Marv,

Thats a good question.

Which model Fox Pro do you own?

I use both the Snow Crow Pro and the CS-24L unit with two speakers. I run the CS 24L unit with the same 12 volt battery as the Snow Crow Pro unit. I got rid of all the AA batteries it took to power the unit. I use alligator clips to hook up the neg & pos side of the 12 volt battery. I just keep it by the base of the speakers. You need a fuse inside the wiring to the battery, thats what the custom shop told me, they even made up two for me, one for the unit the other as a backup. Now I don't have to fool with all those little AA batteries and the chargers that go with them.

I would go to a battery shop where they have a good turn over in merchandise so you get a battery that hasen't been sitting on the shelf for years. I use mine for two seasons and then get a brand new one weather I need it or not, that way I have no problems. I still keep them (the two year old batteries) for spares for another season then pitch them.

Bob A.

BigBlackBirds · Senior Member

cold weather, long stands, continuous hunting days tend to push you to want more in the way of battery.

if you don't mind the added weight, such as when you drive to a location and unload, a good 9-12 volt SLA is cheap and rechargeable. or if you want a smaller package, you can use a 12volt Nimh or Nicad pack. i'm not a nicad fan for cold weather though. from setting up my foxpro with SLA, i seem to recall that the unit draws about 6 volts. check with foxpro to be sure but if you make a change in batteries you'll need to have a fuse system for appropriate resistance to keep from overdriving it with more volts than it was intended to run on. what you gain with other batteries is amps for longer run time.

if you are going to use NIMH rechargeable AA's, Eneloopes are the top of the line for most applications. i ran Eneloopes most of this winter without any issues but I probably have in excess of 2 dozen of them that I use for various night hunting lights. they will give you the best run time of AA's but they cost about $3 a pop.

BigBlackBirds · Senior Member

oooo---and by the way. if you are looking for batteries, batteryjunction.com is probably the source with most options.

BUZZ · Senior Member

I have a FX3, I use the Energizer rechargeables. I can go all day on a full charge, my buddy has the same set up. I do carry a spare battery pack with me, all loaded in the Fox pro carrier and charged. I used it one time all winter, and that was due to not fully charging the main ones the night before.

Chargers and batterys are pretty reasonable at kmart/wallyworld..etc

Marv · Member

Thanks guys for all your helpful opnions on the battery selection that I asked for help with. I knew I could get some good info from you fellas. Appreciate the time you took to post your opnions/information for me.............Thanks again.

Gadget Bob · Guru

Hi Marv,

Texas Matt and I have upgraded our FoxPro's to the those new Eneloops that John mentioned above. Thomas Distributing in Paris, Il carries them and we selected the Sanyo XX Eneloop 2500 Mah product. Their website is http://www.thomasdistributing.com/Sanyo-Eneloop_c_1020.html and they also carry the MAHA MH-C808M AA - AAA - C - D Battery Charger that Skip, Texas Matt and I all use to great effect.

These new generation batteries hold their charge much better than the previous versions. Texas Matt and I think they are the best option today for ecaller use.

Regards,

Redditch · Guru

I just bought 32 x 3000 mah AA rechargable NIMH batteries, and have 4 chargers that do 4 batteries each, but am planning on getting two of these, and binning my old chargers, as these are fully "intelligent" charging, and take 8x AA at a time too

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370587152795

There are about 3-4 of these chargers that take 8 listed on our eBay, so the states should be no different.
I also bought some extra battery cassettes, and now keep two cassettes of fully charged batteries spare with me when I go out