stupid plastic insert for X-100 battery charger, lost mine

[Bob Michaels]

I seem to have lost that stupid little plastic insert necessary to hold the battery in the charger. Any good ideas what works for a substitute? Anyone ask Fuji to simply send them another one?

 

[Paul T.]

I used matchsticks when mine was lost, and glued the bloody thing in once it turned up.

Greenstuff is a good, cheaper equivalent for a plastic putty - loads of suppliers on eBay.

 

[Bob Michaels]

Fred: thanks. A great solution! I won't buy that particular product because of the price but certainly can adapt something I already have in the garage using that concept.

 

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[daveleo]

Good topic !
I bought an X100 used and did not see that plastic gizmo and went crazy trying to understand what I was doing wrong. Studied the manual, looked around the internet . . . blood pressure rising.
I was typing a nasty letter to the guy I bought it from and it just didn't feel right to send it so I did not and I went back into the box, and yikes! what's this little thing here ? ?

What a stupid design !

 

[Steveh]

I lost the bit from my charger in about the first week, but found that if you slot the outer case from an SD card in behind the battery it holds it in place perfectly.

 

[GaryLH]

First time it happened to me, I was lucky enough to find it... Taped the rotten thing to the charger after that. Gluing the toothpick is a nice idea.

Gary

 

[burancap]

I just took delivery of a new X100 yesterday.

Having read about this in my studies, I can not for the life of me get this "clip" to budge. I assume Fuji made a running change (bonding it) recently?

 

[Rob-F]

Good topic !
What a stupid design !

+1, I second that! First thing I did was to tape mine into place. Great camera, dumb charger design.

Edit: Probably, the charger was originally meant for another, larger battery for another camera model. But that wouldn't be the X10, though. The X10 battery doesn't fit this charger. Maybe meant another brand altogether, and pressed into service for the X100?

 

[Darthfeeble]

I Glued mine in right from the git go, thanks to someone's thread here on that subject

 

[Tony Whitney]

Just a dab of epoxy and it'll never move again - mine never has. As a matter of interest, the charger for the Ricoh GXR is identical - but the plastic insert is cemented firmly in place from the start.

 

[rodinal]

Glued mine on day one (used hot glue, just in case...)

 

[benlees]

Literally the first thing I did after taking out the box was put a whack of tape on that injustice of design.

 

[Snowbuzz]

I used a bit of a pencil eraser.

 

[btgc]

What a stupid design !

This is same company which didn't test aperture of X100 before launching it. Personally I believe engineers who "designed" such charger have to be trasferred to plant as a workers on supplementary tasks, they shouldn't be allowed to work as engineers.

P.S. recently I ran into Fujifilm A700 which eats batteries, alkalines or NiMH's, like a spoiled kid does candies (common issue with this model). SuperCCD and other bright ideas are pulled back to earth by simplest forms of bad engineering and lack of testing....and now come on and call Sigma a SIGnificantMAlfunction again 😀

P.P.S. I realize Fuji isn't alone in this race, but still shows what modern industries are like when things come down to simplicity and reliability vs product launch terms.

 

[splitimageview]

Yes they launched the product without any testing at all...

Lol

There are always products in the field that fail, from every manufacturer in the world. Always will be.

 

[btgc]

It takes hard time to manufacture charger with a small bit which is required to keep battery in place to have it charging. This doesn't require any testing to know that people will be misplacing it from day one. Instead of hot shoe plastic cover, $0.02 charger insert is crucial for operating $1000+ camera and it doesn't require a degree in engineering to know this.

 

[Stockman]

Sometimes I wonder about Fujis design department!!!!!

 

[bonatto]

Just got this from Fuji UK (fujitec@fuji.co.uk)

Dear Mr Bonatto,


Thank you for your email.

Please reply to this email with your full UK address and we will send you the replacement charger adapter.


Hope this information helps.

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[Bob Michaels]

I seem to have lost that stupid little plastic insert necessary to hold the battery in the charger. ...........

Incredibly, I have found it in the most illogical place. It is now securely glued in place. Thanks for all the suggestions.