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?

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.

Zip lock in shirt pocket

They go in a zippered shirt pocket. Also camera goes on a key chain neck strap to keep it close to my body.

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.

Thanks for the great advice.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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