I have been using Godox gear for several years now and I am happy with it.

When I bought my AD1200 pro the lower capacity batteries (allowed to as hand lugage on a plane) just stopped charging. I sent them to dealer to repair but they said nothing was wrong with the batteries.

I stored these batteries fully charged and after a month they were dead. I was sure there was something wrong with them because my other batteries did not have this kind of behavior.

When I got them back from the dealer who send them to the supplier they said the batteries just worked fine and they had no failure! And yes, they worked fine again but stopped charging again….

I send them back and again after a while they stopped working again so I gave up and just stored them and was unhappy with the lower capacity baterries. All other Godox batteries just worked fine.

In april 2022 I bought another AD1200 pro. In the studio I mainly use the optional AC adapter and therefor it can happen I do not use the battery for more than a month.

Suddenly the new battery also stopped working! This time it was the battery that was included in my new AD1200 Pro.

I asked in a facebook Godox group if there was a way to reset the battery. And yes! A friendly guy told me there was a little reset button at the back you have to press it for a second or so.

It seems these Godox batteries go into some safe mode if you do not use them for more than a month and you reset them. And guess what? It worked.

I felt stupid but I am very happy I can now use the batteries I thought there were dead.