I put up with the problem of battery charge being useless for quite a while. After a while, due to age and the number of charges, some of my external (and internal) batteries started swelling. Never a good sign with rechargeable batteries. So I started looking online for some replacements. I was stunned. If you could find batteries for the Hero 1&2, the cost was ridiculous. It was even worse for the external batteries for the 3. I would not be deterred. Then I stumbled across a game changer. The Brunton All Day Battery. It claimed to run your GoPro for about 10 hours. Yet the cost was the same as an external battery for a GoPro 3 which only added an extra hour (total 2.5 hours) if you're lucky. Yes, fine tuning the settings could get me close to 4 hours runtime with existing batteries. This is nowhere near 10 hours though. I had to have one.
I bought mine from AbSafe (Australia) http://shop.absafe.com.au/products/Brunton-all-day-battery
As of the date of this write up, it is being listed as AUD$69.95 plus shipping.
Now, the first thing that is not obvious. I have a GoPro 3, not a GoPro 3+. The camera sizing is identical. The housing is not. So I purchased a cheap GoPro 3+ copy housing. It will not fit the the 3 housing but the 3 camera will fit into the required 3+ housing.
As I said, this is possibly the greatest GoPro accessory ever. I now have a problem though. My GoPro3 has developed a fault, it can no longer record audio. So I am looking at the GoPro4. This accessory is obviously not compatible as GoPro in their wisdom changed the internal battery yet again. From everything I am reading, it appears as though Brunton will release a 4 version but it may require a cable from the outlet to the GoPro charging input. I am not thrilled with this idea as water ingress becomes an issue. The GoPro 4 Session looks great but 1 hour of battery life? I no longer have to put up with it now I have the Brunton All Day Battery. If you have a GoPro 3/3+, you need this accessory.
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