cold weather sapping batteries?

[Clay Hayes]

I've always had a time with keeping my battery life up on my cameras in cold weather.  I'd usually have to keep the camera inside my jacket untill time to shoot.

I found the solution the other day.  Toasti Toes!  They are little foot warmers, made by Heatmax, with adhesive backs.  You can just stick them to your battery and they work great.  I went from an average of 10 min battery life up to 60.  I also keep a cover over the camera to help keep the warmth in.

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[josef2424]

Cool idea!

[CCWhitetail]

Be carefull with adding a heatsource to your camera.
It can create moisture and get inside the camera,
especially if you keep it covered.  When you cover
the camera, it retains the moisture as well as the
heat.  I had the same problem with my 1 hour batteries,
so I bought the long life batteries.
They are a little bigger, but I can use the
same battery on consecutive hunts without
having to recharge them.

[Clay Hayes]

yea, didn't think about the moisture thing.  We don't have much trouble with that in SE Idaho.

[jcar315]

Great idea. My daughter is a Type 1 diabetic and needs to test her blood glucose levels quite a bit and when we are skiing I keep her tester on me. The first time out it got too cold and it would not work. I too used the chemical hand warmers but I keep the BG tester in it's on pack in my coat breast pocket with the hand warmer in the pocket next to it. Keeps it warm enough but not too warm. Worked great the rest of ski season. Maybe just having it next to the camera in a confined space would work....

[Clay Hayes]

I used regular hand warmers untill I found the tosti toes.  When I've got a camera on a tripod moving through the brush, it's hard to keep the hand wamers on the camera.  That's where the sticky pads come in.