Third party batteries?

[steve@MAN]

As a couple of people have said try 7dayshop.com. I always use them for batteries, film etc... They are good value for money, the batteries that I use are £1.99 each from them, if I went to my local photography shop then they are £12.99 for exactly the same battery.

Cheers, Steve

[philh]

Got a couple of generic makes off ebay for my 350d. Cost me about £6. If anything they last longer than Canons own offerings. Cant go wrong for that sort of pocket money.

[MaxPower]

Really sound promising to read the positive comments myself.
I already have one of those I posted for Bruno, and I might just get one more for myself again.

[B7772ADL]

I've used 3rd party batteries for a couple of years on both my 20d and older 300d. They've been better than Canon's own offering at a fraction of the price. I was sceptical at first about using them, but once they proved themselves i went and bought more.

[turbotraker]

I've found the generic batteries to be less tolerant to very cold(-20C or bellow) temperatures.

No offence Olli....at -20C nevermind the camera, I would be frozen solid!!!

[Olli Vainio]

I've found the generic batteries to be less tolerant to very cold(-20C or bellow) temperatures. Not a real problem though, I regularly get 2000+ shots out of two batteries on the 30D. Even with long exposures in cold temperatures.

[Will M]

p They do last a hell of a long time, and dont wanna risk any of my equipment.

Remember , you are only paying for the name !

Take a pair of shoes for $15 , whack a Nike label on it and they're worth $200 all of a sudden. Same with Generic Batts.

My Generic Batts are 1450AMH compared to Canon's Genuine 1100AMH had no problems at all.

[exmanx]

I have 2 Nikon and one "Whoknows" for my D70 and I rotate them. So far none of them has let me down, with no difference in performance. Go cheap, you know it makes sense

Andy

[YYZPICS]

All these postive replies and great links, thanks guys, just ordering a couple now. I can finaly load up the battery grip

[Jez]

I bought a cheapo 'generic' spare for my D70 from eBay. The first one stopped holding a charge after a couple of weeks, but was replaced without any problems. The replacement works fine. The performance is no different to the Nikon original.

[turbotraker]

Have been using 3rd party battery from 7dayshop.com for over 6 months in my battery grip for 350D, cost me £9.99, never had any problems with it at all.

[MaxPower]

980 mAh

Check this one http://cgi.ebay.com/NB-2L-NB-2LH-980...QQcmdZViewItem

That's a good find Andres.

^^That's about 260 mAh more than the Canon NB-2LH - 720 mAh

I have seen a bigger capacity on a NB-2LH - 2500 mAh on the web for $ 35,- each. (Completely new batts for Canon)

http://www.dba.dk/asp/soegning/detail.asp?annonceid=47801966

[meneses24]

Check this one http://cgi.ebay.com/NB-2L-NB-2LH-980...QQcmdZViewItem

[Sam at MAN]

You can get em off ebay pretty cheap...Just email the seller asking, most of them are from China

[Simpleboy]

Yeha, i have a Canon and a 3rd party, if it needs servicing, just swap the Canon in, done.