Cellink NEO Battery Pack | A Smart Power Supply for your Dash Cam | Adds up to 24 Hours to Your Blackbox Camera

Technical Specifics of my set-up:1) Blacksys CH200 (firmware version CH_200_3.1.9FW)2) Cellink-B Dashcam Battery (ver 2.0) hardwired via an Add-a-Fuse connector to one of my cars 7v accessory fuse box circuitsI Like:1) I chose the Cellink-B from BlackBoxMyCar to support the Parking Mode feature of the Blacksys-200 2-Channel dashcam I also bought from BlackBoxMyCar. The Cellink-B dashcam battery capacity is currently x2 that of other dashcam batteries.2) The YouTube videos created by BlackBoxMyCar presented very helpful information about the risks of supplying power to a dashcam Parking Mode via a hardwired connection to the car battery via the car fuse box (e.g., shortened car battery life, a no-start situation due to insufficient car battery cranking power during cold winter mornings, etc.). This information helped me decide I needed an external dashcam battery to power Parking Mode.3) The Cellink-B recharges from either a cigarette socket or can be hardwired to an accessory (not powered unless the car engine is running) socket within the car fuse box. I chose the hardwire option.4) The Cellink-B package supplied by BlackBoxMyCar came with an Add-a-fuse connector, making the hardwiring much easier than having to splice wires.5) The recharge time is short.I Don’t Like:1) The battery did not come with a mounting bracket. The package does come with two sets of hook and loop (a.k.a. “Velcro”) fasteners with adhesive on the back. These are to be affixed to the bottom surface of the battery and the opposing loops affixed to some smooth surface inside the car (or car trunk). That would work well for securing the battery to a flat plastic or metal surface but not so great for securing the battery to the finished interior or carpeted floor of a car or truck. Improvement suggestion: Include a clip-on mounting bracket that can be secured to the interior of a vehicle with screws and washers. Alternatively, modify the battery case to include grommets and include zip ties with the battery so that the battery can be affixed to the underside of a passenger seat track.2) The Blacksys CH200 User manual lacks a wiring diagram for the option to install a dashcam powered by the Cellink-B. Having never hardwired a device into my car, I sought the Blackboxmycar.com do-it-yourself videos on YouTube. What I found was helpful to a limited degree. Improvement suggestion: Quoting the old saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. The User Manual should include a wiring diagram for 1) cigarette lighter to dashcam, 2) hardwire dashcam to car fuse box, 3) hardwire Cellink-B battery to car fuse box and Cellink-B battery wiring connection to female side cigar connector, female side cigar connector to dashcam male cigar connector and dashcam male cigar connector to dashcam power-in port.3) I don’t understand what these jingle and tone sounds are that the Cellink-B makes at different times. The User Manual isn’t much help as how can one print in words what a sound is like? Even when I do figure out what a given tone might mean, I soon forget their meaning and have to start the learning curve over again. Improvement suggestion: I’d like to see fewer jingles and more audio voice notifications that briefly state the relevant notification information. As a short term alternative, BlackBoxMyCar could produce another of their quality YouTube videos that narrate each of the conditions in which the various tones and jingles occur.

2nd UpdateAfter about a year of use the cigarette car adaptor was getting so hot that the front metal parts went off and remained in the cigarette lighter socket after removing it. I had to assemble it again and let cool off in order to use it again.I called the company which claimed there was a short. It wasn’t. They also suggested to buy a new cable.Later my cigarette lighter got bad.It was a big job to replace it, I was lucky to find a video on you tube so I did it.Well after a year and a half the unit stopped working. Recently going to my car which is parked in an interior garage I found my windshield cracked, If the unit was working most likely I would knew who did it.The company is very unhelpful.It can be the fault of a lot of things but the only way to get out of it is to buy a new unit according the company.Update:After using it for about 1 month and 20 days, I noticed that using the vantrue pro in parking mode with the gps will give me about 32 hours, again this is based on the Bluetooth application which I don’t know if is reliable 100%, because I never let it drained to 0%. Definitely this is a great alternative to hardwire mode because you can’t drain and recharge the cars battery, it’s not designed to do that, but the Cellink Neo is designed for it.On the other hand egen offers in England a bigger battery, the cellink 9, the one I review is the cellink 6, the 9 is a bigger battery but not offered yet in the USA. I don’t know if is worth it to wait for it.It’s a great unit and supplies the dash cam with power all the time. I am using it for a month and really surprises me the fast charging. I am using the dash cam the most in parking mode (vantrue n2 pro) and the unit is giving me with a 100% charge about 38 hours total. Sometimes I will see 42 hours (especially at the first 10 days), yesterday 5/2/2019 was the first day after about a month to see 38 hours for usage after a full charge. I am using the cigarette lighter for charging which will take about 75 to 80 minutes to charge. I charge it about 2 times per week by driving and just running the car in park and the rest of the days I use an inverter which has a cigarette lighter output. The Bluetooth utility is nice and helpful but sometimes will show a little faster or slower rate of charging. Also two times while I left the cigarette lighter plug connected to the car after starting the car I received a message “warning low voltage” and the plug got very hot. So what I do if I pack the car I disconnect the plug from the car and connect it again after the car is on. It comes with hardwiring cable, female cigarette lighter plug and cigarette lighter plug to be connected to the power input of the unit. For cigarette lighter connection you have to set the button switch to 5 volt while when hardwiring to 9 volts. 9 volt charging takes about the half of the time it takes when plugged to cigarette lighter for charging. The only problem is I still don’t know where to mount it in the car, the passenger seat has no room under it. The unit is well made from black aluminum and looks sturdy.

I enjoy this battery pack. It's working great for cell phones. I haven't pushed it hard yet. But it is great for family trips, camping or visiting theme parks when you have no time to plug into a wall. You might not need a great deal of battery power, as it is a bit heavy and carrying it around all day in a backpack can suck. Look into what kind of battery mAh you really need.

Cellink Battery B Battery Pack (2nd Generation) | A Smart Power Supply for your Dash Cam | Adds up to 24 Hours to Your Blackbox CameraThe Cellink B Battery I purchased from BLACKBOXMYCAR is unquestionably the BEST ACCESSORY FOR A DASH CAM money can buy! It is very simple to connect to your dash cam via the provided 12 V cigarette adapter, and BLACKBOXMYCAR provides excellent installation videos and customer service. The only reason I gave this 4 stars is because I chose to hard-wire the external battery to my dash cam and the kit does not provide detailed instructions on how to do that. However, if you do like I did, contact BLACKBOXMYCAR, they will gladly talk you through it. I connected this to my BlackSys CH-100B 2-channel dash cam, and it worked excellently. On a full charge, it was able to provide nearly 24 hours of motion detection video recording in parking mode. Thank you BLACKBOXMYCAR!