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I’ve learned through experience that Third Party batteries, even from reliable brand names like Duracell, don’t perform as reliably as the genuine camera original equipment manufacturer-branded batteries (OEM). Not just in terms of never seeming to hold a charge as long as OEM, despite often claiming to hold more charge, but particularly in terms of very noticeably losing performance after a few charge/recharge cycles. If it wasn’t for that second problem then batteries which are often a third of the price of OEM (or less), but which need recharging far more frequently, would be an acceptable trade-off. But what I find happens is that even with the top-name Third Party suppliers such as Duracell, Hähnel, Uniross, and many others is that they last much less than a third as long before their performance becomes totally unacceptable. So once you’ve wasted money on a few of the non-OEM batteries you could have used that money to buy genuine-OEM which last MUCH longer. Also there’s all that guff to consider about non-coded, part-coded and fully-decoded batteries: in short anything other than the last ones won’t usually work in the OEM battery charger, nor will the battery charge meter work in the camera. So I always buy the genuine-OEM items. But the price still stinks. The camera manufacturer knows they have a monopoly on supply and so charge as much as they can get away with. Usually that would result in me rating this battery as just 3 stars, but I bought wisely by purchasing lightly-used secondhand OEM batteries with a guarantee. Still overpriced, but it meant I got two for £90 instead of about £140-£150. If brand-new OEM rechargeables were priced at, say, 150% of the typical price of Third Party/off-brand models then they’d be very good value and would merit 5 stars.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Excellent quality battery. Keeps a good charge.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned