Multiplier Batteries, Honeywell Batteries and those copycats, just how good are they?
We just got back from the big IWCE show in Las Vegas. This year it was nice to see that Motorola has finally decided to fight back with a vengeance against the generic third party battery market that seems to be targeting their Motorola two way radios.
We’ve always known in the industry just how poorly constructed and poorly designed these batteries truly are. It’s finally nice to have some real evidence that shows how poorly these batteries hold up. It’s about time Motorola got the word out, particularly in life threatening situations where your life can actually matter.
I don’t know how many times we’ve had radios in our shop only to inform customers that there’s nothing wrong with their radios, it’s those generic batteries. You think you’re paying less, but in reality they are paying much more.
Some of these batteries actually deliver greater amps that the radios were designed to operate in. Since their circuitry are pretty much nonexistent, they can actually harm, if not destroy your radio. Some of the circuitry in these batteries is actually held together by scotch tape. I never knew the many uses of scotch tape until we tore these batteries apart.
We took a multiplier battery out in the parking lot, threw it up in the air and when it landed it shattered into numerous pieces. It took 38 times to do the same thing with a Motorola original battery and that’s because we got so mad that it would not break, so we slammed it viciously against the concrete.
People viewing this thought we were crazy and we had to explain to them what we were doing, hopefully before they call the cops on us.
Here is overwhelming proof that you get what you pay for and in the case of Motorola originals, you get more. How tough are your batteries?
Multiplier, Honeywell, Battery Zone or Power Products, please feel free to respond.
Just for the record, MyRadioMall.com sells Motorola original batteries at generic pricing.
Like my Motorola Rep likes to say “What could be better”!
May 31st, 2006 at 3:49 am
We had tried for a while those multiplier batteries and it was not a very good experience. We’ve very happy we found you guys. Your Battery Pricing on REAL Motorola Batteries are fantastic. At first we were unsure whether or not you were selling the real thing.
My construction workers are constantly dropping the radios and the true Motorola batteries are the only ones that we found that works for us.
David Perez
October 10th, 2006 at 9:29 pm
Multiplier cannot even pass there own drop test. That is why Multiplier QA people only drop them once and not from the required height. No top, bottom, edge impact.
Just a short drop onto the label or logo side. This is done on the first battery that does not twist apart in your hand after ultrasonic welding. This can take a while. If it does not split after one drop they run the whole batch. Never again does Multiplier do the drop test. 500 1,000 or more it does not matter. As long as one passes the 1 meter drop test. As soon as one passes they will start the run and Multiplier will not waste too many batteries trying. If things do not go well they will change the height requirement.
If Multiplier were to perform their required drop test, they would not have any product!
October 24th, 2006 at 12:59 am
Actually deliver greater amps? This would be somewhat difficult as current is directly proportional to voltage given the same load resistance. I must assume that the writer is technically illiterate.
October 24th, 2006 at 1:16 am
Bill,
“I must assume that the writer is technically illiterate.” - I don’t think so Bill, if you truly understand ohm law.
I=V/R
Since we’re dealing with impedance and not a static load, the last part of the equation will change, in this case actually drop which will increase current to the radio.
Motorola 2-way Radios expect this protection to be built into the battery and can not compensate for spikes or sudden increases which will eventually damage the Radio.
A lot of these third party vendors have actually increased the voltage of their batteries so they can advertise higher current ratings. Since the average consumer may not have a full understanding of ohm law, they think the higher number, the better the battery will perform.
But we both know that’s not the case.
I hope this fully answers your question.
http://www.myradiomall.com/ars_videos/Battery_Video.wmv
RF-ARS Motorola