I Was Totally Wrong - Should YOU Leave Godox Batteries IN??

In one of my more popular videos, I covered five best practices for keeping your Godox batteries working great. And after many years and dozens of batteries at play, I still have yet to have a Single Godox Li-Ion battery fail me. BUT I needed to put something to the test. Do these flashes draw current from the batteries when off, and if so, how much? Let's find out! And also, absolutely do Not try any of this at home.
Important note: Godox does still recommend removing the batteries from flash units when unused. This advice doesn’t appear in All their manuals, though, for some reason.
One thing I failed to mention (because it's technically beyond the scope of this video) is that it's still 100% best practice to take AA batteries out of anything when it's not being used. After a while, all AA batteries will begin to leak, and the acid inside will cause damage to your electronics, regardless of whether or not there is phantom current draw going on. This is much less of an issue with modern rechargeable batteries, though.
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