Hovervolt’s D-Tap Voltmeters are compact and lightweight voltage meters that can be useful for monitoring the remaining battery life when powering your camera rig using V-mount or Gold mount bricks. It features an easily readable display available in amber, red, blue, and green. Pricing starts at €26.
While some V-Lock/Gold mount power solutions can communicate with the camera to display voltage or remaining running time, others don’t. That’s the case of non-approved battery solutions for RED KOMODO and V-RAPTOR, for example, and the reason I always carry a D-Tap meter in my camera bag when powering my KOMODO rig using the Tilta V-mount Battery Plate Adapter.
Although most V-Lock and Gold mount batteries feature a built-in status display, more often than not, it isn’t easily accessible or readable. And that’s exactly when a D-Tap meter can come in handy. So let’s take a closer look at these new accessories from the newborn Italian company Hovervolt!
Hovervolt D-Tap voltmeters – features
These new D-Tap accessories from Hovervolt are tiny voltage meters that can be plugged into a D-Tap battery, battery plate, or splitter to provide live battery status and thus prevent the camera and the connected accessories from accidentally shutting down.
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Their design looks similar to that of the more expensive MUTINY “V-TAP” D-Tap Voltage Meter. Both devices feature a built-in digital display to showcase the battery’s voltage. However, while MUTINY’s display only comes in green, Hovervolt offers 4 color options for different use cases:
- Blue and Green displays have a higher brightness, making them suitable for outdoor use;
- the Red option is advertised as a “Standard” brightness display;
- the Amber display is the dimmest, so it is suitable for indoor and studio applications.
Finally, the voltmeter features a little hook, so it can be safely attached to your camera rig or inside your camera bag.
Price and availability
The new Hovervolt D-Tap voltmeters are now available to order from the manufacturer’s website. All display color options share the same official retail price of €26 (plus shipping), which is almost half the cost of a MUTINY V-TAP. Moreover, the company also offers a 4-piece bundle for €83.
For more information, please visit Hovervolt’s website here.
Do you use a voltmeter to monitor voltage on your V-Lock or Gold mount batteries? What do you think of these products from Hovervolt? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below!
