The Action Cam uses a Lithium-ion battery NP-BX1. This will cost in the original more than the entire Patona-product bundle.
In the Bundle two spare batteries and a charger are included.
The Sony Action Cam brings no charger, ie the batteries must be charged in the camera at this time can not be used on the camera. Advantage through the battery bundle: the Cam can be used with a spare battery, while another battery is charged in the charger.
First impression: charger and batteries are very well made, no sharp edges and pleasantly light.
What is somewhat misleading in the beginning: the charger has in addition to the 230-port nor a USB-A connector, a micro USB Beech and a round power supply connector. At first you might think that you can connect to the USB-A connector is a standard USB cable and in addition eg recharge his cell phone. But the sockets USB A and microUSB provide no electricity, but these relate. They are meant that the charger is connected without the 230V cable to a USB port and therefore is charging. Something unusual, because in the vicinity of a USB port you will normally have a 230V outlet and can use the 230V supply. If there is no 230V power is near, you will hardly charge batteries by referring to the current from a USB port on a notebook.
At the round connecting a 12V power supply or a car adapter can be connected. Very handy - the car cigarette lighter adapter to fix them!
* Capacity *
It is interesting, of course, the runtime compared to original battery. After a few weeks use has been found that the replacement batteries are very close to the performance of Sony genuine batteries. Here are some examples:
Video 1080p 30fps SteadyShot a:
Sony Battery: 2 hours 23 minutes
Patona Battery 1: 2 hours 20 minutes
Patona Battery 2: 2 hours 10 minutes
Photo-lapse recording every 60 seconds:
Sony Battery: 195 Photos
Patona Battery 1: 184 Photos
Patona Battery 2: 174 Photos
All tests with fully charged batteries and at room temperature. In freezing temperatures, the battery performance is always fallen to about half of what was expected. I have no appreciable difference between the original battery and replacement batteries noted in freezing temperatures. The remaining battery indicator will also work.
The battery is therefore 100% compatible, the performance minimally smaller than the original battery. For the price-performance ratio of the Patona-product bundle is very good. Very recommended!
