GENERAL BUILD SPECIFICATIONS:
OVERALL BETTER QUALITY
The BLACK BOX is 100% all hand built, soldered and sealed using RoHS Certified appliance grade fire proof wiring, 2000 lb. stressed rivets with backing plates and a super tough case made in DENMARK.
We tested the Chinese equivalents and decided they were inferior though the pricing was attractive. When you put your name on the box, you care about these things.
As with many cheap imports, the cases cracked, the rivets failed and the wire supplier failed miserably. Only ten units went out that way, they were called back, replaced and filed in the local landfill, so much for Chinese quality and NAFTA.
We use a better brand of power both in quality and reserve power. A sealed Lead Acid. 21 FULL WATTS, fireproof battery designed for Medical use. Our 5.5 AMP HOUR, not milliamps, batteries are pro-rated five years.
Batteries are covered under the warrantee for one year and pro-rated for five years if kept on the charger as the simple instructions dictate. Again, our batteries, internal wiring and connectors are fireproof.
WEIGHT - Box and battery about 2.5 LBS.
DIMENSIONS - 3 3/4" x 6" x 2" STANDARD, Custom cut on a CnC machine for a perfect fit. This assures when a component needs change the new part fits just as well. We only replaced one box when a HimVee, thats a HumVee while the genius of the household, ran over it. The covers are field replaceable.
PORTS - We use Twin DIN type Heavy Duty Chromed Ports - They are standard, and they come with the Red POLY Caps as shown for the DIN plugs when traveling on the airlines. These DIN plugs are very heavy
duty, only Taiwan or Japan, not knockoffs from China, which are far cheaper and of dubious quality. They failed too. We use the best available. We have yet to have one fail.
NOTE: The red caps are protection for the pins when not being used and even though our batteries (Sealed Lead Acid) meets all airline requirements for travel, we still furnish these caps to expedite your camera through the TSA bag search. Not applicable for cavity searches, you are on your own.
FITTINGS - Shoulder Strap Rings -
Standard Dual Zytel 3/16 "D "rings with HD 3/16" Clamps and Heavy Duty Steel 1/8 rivets with backing plates front and rear. No one else does this. They used stamp rivets which are cheaper and not as strong. We have never had any fail save one when we used a Chinese Rivet in the initial runs. We replaced those.
CLIP.COM - The industry recognized finest Heavy Duty Ultra Clip or the 764 by THE CLIP.COM Brand. Better than anything else on the market, these are designed, engineered and far superior to those cheap metal spring clips you see on the 600.00 dollars battery packs. And they just offered them, we have been using them for six years.
THE CLIP locks in place and rotates so it will not fall off your belt. Even when you sit down and get up. No spring clip to loosen and throw the pack on the floor.
CHARGER -
Heavy Duty INTERNATIONAL Dual Stage charger allows maximum five hour charge and second stage in standby mode keeps battery at 100% capacity at 100% of the time. 110-240 50-60 MGRTZ.
CABLES - You can use most "M" Quantum cables: You can make all of your cables but I caution against it. Please see the page entitled Flash Cables. There are also expanded sections on Nikon and CANON cables as these are the best sellers.
UPGRADEABLE - Available on all older Black boxes regardless of the year. We'll take it completely apart, wash it in our ultrasonic high-tech cleaning facility (dishwasher) rebuild it with the 2011 schematic. New wiring, upgrade the ports, replace any worn parts, test the battery, upgrade it, (if needed, for a slight additional cost) and that includes reseating the clips and riveted hangers, test the charger, clean and polish the case, and basically make it as good as new. Call for pricing and time frame, usually one day turnaround.