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How do you keep batteries warm?

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Date/Time: 05/03/2024 11:36AM

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How do you keep batteries warm?

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NotLight	01/15/2017 12:11AM Pocketses
butthead	01/10/2017 08:03AM quote DanCooke: "Putting large warm batteries in a cold camera can cause the camera to frost up when it is very cold out ad the camera was cold." Interesting line of thought Dan. Have to admit though that has never happened with the cameras I use, a variety of Olympus DSLR's. I could see it with a smaller P&S camera where the battery mass is higher compared to a larger camera. My reason for keeping cameras cold, comes from condensation in optical gear. Including scoped rifles and binoculars. They are quite useless when first exposed due to fogging, the thing I do not want is the fogging to accumulate to a damp buildup inside the camera lens and/or body. Whatever method used cold will affect battery charge, best to carry spares. butthead
DanCooke	01/10/2017 05:59AM Putting large warm batteries in a cold camera can cause the camera to frost up when it is very cold out ad the camera was cold.
MNLindsey80	01/09/2017 11:23PM I recently heard of a trick - to bring a small cooler along, and heat up some water.... put in a Nalgene.... cap on tight... and then put all of the stuff you want to keep "warm" in the cooler with the nalgene. If you're worried about water- just put your stuff in zip lock bags.
butthead	01/08/2017 03:59PM quote SteveElms73: "One thing to keep in mind is that if you keep your camera in a warm place as well, it may take some time for it to de-fog once it hits the cold. I prefer to keep my camera outside my hot tent when I'm winter camping so that it stays at ambient temps. I pull the batteries and keep those in an internal pocket and at the bottom of my sleeping bag at night." Yes, for sure! Another thing for anyone using AAA, AA batteries, switch to lithium, much better cold performance. butthead
SteveElms73	01/08/2017 03:26PM One thing to keep in mind is that if you keep your camera in a warm place as well, it may take some time for it to de-fog once it hits the cold. I prefer to keep my camera outside my hot tent when I'm winter camping so that it stays at ambient temps. I pull the batteries and keep those in an internal pocket and at the bottom of my sleeping bag at night.
PaddlinMadeline	01/07/2017 05:21PM Thanks for the great advice.
schweady	01/07/2017 12:28PM On one particularly cold snowshoe trek (-10F or so), camera batteries in a pocket still were not warm enough. Had to be next to my skin. So they went inside my mitts.
OldFingers57	01/07/2017 08:14AM They go in a zippered shirt pocket. Also camera goes on a key chain neck strap to keep it close to my body.
DanCooke	01/06/2017 10:51PM Zip lock in shirt pocket
Mocha	01/06/2017 09:10PM well,you could remove the batteries from your devices and sleep with them in a sock next to your body; during the day definitley keep the devices someplace warm until you need to use them. i think it's supposed to be a little warmer up north this weekend so maybe you won't have too many problems. take some hand and foot warmers along, don't put the batteries right against the package just inside whatever you're keeping warm.
PaddlinMadeline	01/06/2017 08:36PM Heading up to the BW next weekend to go camping. I'm not sure how to keep my camera, GoPro and phone warm enough so the batteries are good for 2 nights. We do have a tent with a stove but we won't be burning while we are sleeping and away fishing or snowshoeing. How do you keep your batteries going?