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Oct 23, 2023 14:29:18   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
I have used after market batteries for many years. (Wasabi) I finally found one with a problem. I have had it in my Nikon D7100, in my grip. It works great. But when I tried to install it in my camera, it had swelled. Not so that it was stuck, but it had swelled. So I continue to use it in my grip.

The only problem that I have encountered. I will continue to use them.

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Oct 23, 2023 15:47:56   #
SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA
 
topcat wrote:
I have used after market batteries for many years. (Wasabi) I finally found one with a problem. I have had it in my Nikon D7100, in my grip. It works great. But when I tried to install it in my camera, it had swelled. Not so that it was stuck, but it had swelled. So I continue to use it in my grip.

The only problem that I have encountered. I will continue to use them.


I use 3rd party batteries too, including Wasabi. I think you’re as likely to have an OEM battery fail as 3rd party. In fact I have had a Nikon batttery fail. The one thing I wouldn’t do with either OEM or 3rd party is continue to use it if it swelled. That sounds like asking for trouble.

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Oct 25, 2023 13:34:02   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
SuperflyTNT wrote:
I use 3rd party batteries too, including Wasabi. I think you’re as likely to have an OEM battery fail as 3rd party. In fact I have had a Nikon batttery fail. The one thing I wouldn’t do with either OEM or 3rd party is continue to use it if it swelled. That sounds like asking for trouble.


You are right. I have enough batteries that I don't need to use that one.

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Oct 26, 2023 10:24:24   #
charles tabb Loc: Richmond VA.
 
flyboy61 wrote:
Now before anyone says "DO a Google search", I have tried that with little success, and here on the Hog, it seems the last post addressing the problem was from ~ 2017.
I have a "famous name" manual for my D 7500, which states that the author could not get any 3rd party battery to work in the D 7500.(?)
I replaced my alleged "factory" battery with a 3rd party unit...one of a pair my wife gave me a couple of Christmases ago, "just to see". So far, so good...it hasn't let out any of the Magic Smoke that makes our cameras work so well.
I have more than a half-dozen batteries, obtained from different sources, and for some reason, I have kept those for my D 7100 separate from the others. I am wondering if they all might not power both of my cameras with no problems? If I load a battery, and the "battery status" window reads 100% charged, and age as new, the battery should work just fine, right?
I have 3 EN-EL 15s,(no suffix) 2 Ravpowers, An EN-EL 15b, and a no-name CX-EN-EL15. I'm not sure if any one of them are "genuine" Nikons. They look good, but the differences between "genuine" and "fake" are so small, and manufacturers are surely smart enough to correct the flaws in the years since 2017. OR?
As needed, I plan to replace the batteries, hopefully with Nikon units, but other than from Nikon, which are co$tly, how can a person be sure of getting the genuine article from a local camera store or on line?
Now before anyone says "DO a Google search&qu... (show quote)


I have used Watson Batteries for a number of years now and have never had a problem.

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