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Received my Unleashed yesterday, really dismayed at some initial battery life tests. Results using a new, official Sony battery on a 20s timelapse interval, Unleashed plugged into HDMI and USB-C ports.

- Using the built-in intervalometer: 4 hours, 30 minutes
- Using cheapo external intervalometer: 4 hours, 55 minutes
- Using Unleashed holy grail: 2 hours 10 minutes

I mean, is this normal? That's not acceptable when the Unleashed page proudly proclaims "so little camera battery power that you won’t even notice it." Well I definitely notice when my battery life drops by more than half.

https://www.foolography.com/faqs/will-t ... he-camera/

I have the LEDs turned down to minimum. Am I doing something wrong?

Update: I noticed that the camera was attempting to charge from the Unleashed, so after disabling the USB Power Supply option on the camera, I was able to get another hour out of the Unleashed setup. This makes sense, but isn't covered in the Unleashed documentation (for other cameras it's instructed to disable USB power, but not for Sony).

So, with the Unleashed I can now get around ~3.4 hours of timelapse action, which is still a significant (~33%) battery hit over other intervalometer options.

Just search the forum messages on battery draining and find out you bought a piece of junk instead of quality hardware and software. The battery draining problem was there since the beginning of the development in 2018. Nothing was done to fix the problem. Or in other words: maybe they tried something, but it couldn't be fixed by them. In short: you got yourself a product that does not live up to the product marketing lies they tell to their customers. Are you angry now? Get in line! For many disappointed customers came before you. Want a good night sleep? Return the product within the waranty period or even within the "distance buying regulations" in the law. In all cases: get rid of it, before the frustrations grow out of control. Many have come before you....

PapaBear out

Dude give it a rest, everyone knows how you feel since you have responded to LITERALLY every post. Absolutely pathetic, sell or refund it and move on with your life jfc.

More testing and final update: With a 10k mah battery attached via USB-C, I reached 11 hours of timelapse use, just barely under a full sunset > night > sunrise cycle, but enough for a good night's sleep before swapping the battery. I do think the battery life claims are extremely overstated and should be amended but at least it's workable for my use now as a mostly unattended holy grail machine.

kruiser wrote: ↑

September 4th, 2025, 9:15 pm

Dude give it a rest, everyone knows how you feel since you have responded to LITERALLY every post. Absolutely pathetic, sell or refund it and move on with your life jfc.

Feeling the need to calling somebody 'pathetic' while not understanding the true state of the situation and concept of reality that the product being sold is a scam and nothing more. The product shows its defective state clearly and should NOT be sold at all. Especially to new customers that have no clue what they are really getting from buying this product and wasting a lot of money. It shows clearly who the weaker vessel is in this case, because your own ignorance is showing. The mirror would do you some good. I hope you understand what I am suggesting to you? Ignorance is no excuse for calling somebody 'pathetic'. Go and do your homework first about this product they are selling to their ignorant customers who don't realize they are buying a product that should never have been sold in the first place to them.

kruiser wrote: More testing and final update: With a 10k mah battery attached via USB-C, I reached 11 hours of timelapse use, just barely under a full sunset > night > sunrise cycle, but enough for a good night's sleep before swapping the battery. I do think the battery life claims are extremely overstated and should be amended but at least it's workable for my use now as a mostly unattended holy grail machine.

Good luck with your battery drainage problems. Don't forget to keep the battery in the camera and the Unleashed product attached to the camera. I hope for you that your ignorance of the real situation and state of the product will soon catch up with you so that you gain some insights before your speak loudly next time and showing your ignorance of this matter to the rest of the world. Good luck with the name-calling, that will sure bring you further in life!

PapaBear out