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Canon camcorder reliability

Aug 12, 2006 12:06AM PDT

I'm thinking about buying a Canon Elura 100 and I'm just wondering about their reliability.
This might be a hard question to answer because they haven't been on the market for too long but,I'm guessing that the earlier models of the Elura line would be a good indicator of their reliability.
I'm asking because I'm wondering if buying the extended warranty is worth it.
I'm thinking about buying from Future Shop,(Canadian version of Best Buy)and the extra warranty is almost $300 CDN.
Also, I was told that with the Elura 100, to recharge the battery, the entire camcorder has to be plugged in to do the recharging.Can't recharge the battery alone like you can for a digital camera. Is that the case?
Thanks

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Aug 12, 2006 2:41AM PDT

A battery charger like you find at the usual stores if you don't want to charge in the camera. When reaching for the lower prices you gotta toss out parts.

As to reliability, some of that has to do with the end user. Many will bake the device in a car, leave tapes in the device, drop and other not go good things. No one can tell you how long such a thing lasts since it won't matter to you my camcorder is years old if yours quits in a year.

Bob

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Canon
Aug 12, 2006 8:56AM PDT

The Elura has gotten very good reviews from both users and review websites. I have not read of any major complaints other than motor noise being a little loud.

You can find an external battery charger for it online.
Try bhphotovideo.com

If the warranty is $300 CDN, how much is the camera??

Couldn't you buy a brand new Elura for under $400??

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Canon camcorder reliability
Aug 12, 2006 11:32PM PDT

The few stores that do sell the Elura 100 in the city I live, are asking $580.00.
That's before taxes and the tax rate here is 14%.
Future Shop has a bundle package for $630.00 before taxes.
The extras in the bundle are, an extra battery, carrying case and one tape.
I'm going for a visit to Colorado Springs next month so, I'm considering buying the camcorder there. Even with the exchange rate, I can get one,not including bundle package, at Best Buy for approx.$460.00 CDN.
That's why I was curious about the reliability of this product. I don't know if I could return it to Future Shop here if something went wrong with it.
Based on what someone at Future Shop told me about not being able to recharge the battery on it's on, I don't think I could believe what they say about being able to or not able to, return it to their store if something goes wrong with it, if it was bought in the States.

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Elura
Aug 13, 2006 12:44AM PDT

Like I said, try bhphotovideo.com
You can purchase the camera there.
They sell extended warranties.
You'll save quite a bit of money.