Battery Challenged (Page 2): I suggest that if you cannot afford a OEM battery it is time to find a new hobby. The battery is one of the most important items you can buy for your...

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Travelin' Bud wrote:

Hi all. I did do a battery search within the grou... (show quote)

I suggest that if you cannot afford a OEM battery it is time to find a new hobby. The battery is one of the most important items you can buy for your camera. And it should always be an OEM. Sorry Charlie.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I also have always used "generic" batteries and have never had any problems.

medic17

Check newegg.com 2 for $22

Shoeless_Photographer Loc: Lexington

I bought a two-pack of Wasabi batteries for my T3, and they came with a charger. I usually use the Canon charger, but the Wasabi charger has a special plug for charging in the car if I need to, so that was a plus.

Travelin' Bud wrote:

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boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

As I and many others have said, too many times, is that camera makers do not make batteries. They buy them from the battery manufacturers and put their own labels on them. It is, therefore, possible that the 3rd party battery that you just bought may in fact be exactly the same batery with a different lebel on it. I have use 3rd party batteries with no problem at all. However if OEM expensive batteries will help you sleep better at night, feel free to throw your money away.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

boberic wrote:

As I and many others have said, too many times, is that camera makers do not make batteries. They buy them from the battery manufacturers and put their own labels on them. It is, therefore, possible that the 3rd party battery that you just bought may in fact be exactly the same batery with a different lebel on it. I have use 3rd party batteries with no problem at all. However if OEM expensive batteries will help you sleep better at night, feel free to throw your money away.

OEM makes me SMILE.

RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas

I too use Wasabi batteries and I never ever had any problems with them. Buy the 2 pack with the charger it can be used on your car or truck it comes with a 12vdc adapters.

Shoeless_Photographer Loc: Lexington

Do you find they don't hold a charge as long as the OEM battery? I've been charging mine in the Canon charger, not the charger that the batteries came with. I wonder if that would make any difference.

RichardSM wrote:

I too use Wasabi batteries and I never ever had any problems with them. Buy the 2 pack with the charger it can be used on your car or truck it comes with a 12vdc adapters.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

You should be very concerned about the "extra" voltage in aftermarket batteries. The circuitry in your camera was designed to run on a specific voltage. That requires a specific battery. If the voltage was a little less, I'd not have a concern, but more is a situation from which I'd avoid at all costs.

I went through that situation some years ago when Mercury batteries were not longer manufactured. I used two 1.35 volt batteries. I found an adapter that works perfectly in converting a 386 battery to not only the size but also the voltage the camera required. I'd never put more voltage through a system than it required.
--Bob

Travelin' Bud wrote:

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jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Patrick9 wrote:

You can ignore minor differences in voltage. The voltage will vary with age, temperature, load on the battery and make of the battery. My luck with no name batteries for cameras has been very good. If you get a dud, throw it away and get another. The loss is small.

I agree.

RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas

Shoeless_Photographer wrote:

Do you find they don't hold a charge as long as the OEM battery? I've been charging mine in the Canon charger, not the charger that the batteries came with. I wonder if that would make any difference.

No I don't see any difference in the charge! I have one OEM left which I don't use much any more. because now I have six Wasabi for my two camera's 7D, 5D mkll. Actually they last longer, they rated higher mAh.

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

Hi Bud,
I use mostly OEM and now have only one aftermarket battery left. It is a Digipower. It can be charged in my Canon charger. I think I got it at Best Buy a few years ago. I did have another brand which I got through Amazon and which would never take a full charge so it went in the trash. Don't remember the brand, but I now will only buy buy OEM or Digipower.
Bud

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

I have purchased all different kinds of batteries from both Batteries.com and batteriesplus.com. They are fairly cheap on their stuff.

d_sokoll

Go to: Battdepot.com for all your battery needs.

MadMikeOne Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City

robertjerl wrote:

Let's see: OEM battery $60 each, Wasabi battery 2+charger(chargers do die, get broken, lost, forgotten) $23.99. You put the extra charger in your camera bag and it will be there if you run out of power away from home and can find a plug. Or you can charge two at the same time before you go out.

IMHO, this is excellent advice/information. For the last several years we have used the Wasabi batteries , which we purchased through an online outfit called "BlueNook", in probably 7 cameras. There have been ZERO problems with these batteries. However, I have had an OEM Sony battery fail. It was fairly new and failed on the Isle of Skye in the middle of nowhere. Fortunately, I had extra batteries with me. Problem solved. The position we take is to purchase the package of 2 batteries with the charger included. As pointed out, they do go bad or get lost.