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Generic Batteries - Again
May 5, 2024 10:46:48 #
I can buy one Canon battery for $150 (G60 camcorder), or I can spend $60 for two Wasabi batteries and a charger. Tough choice - not really. I've been using generic batteries for decades with no problems.
May 5, 2024 10:51:20 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I can buy one Canon battery for $150 (G60 camcorder), or I can spend $60 for two Wasabi batteries and a charger. Tough choice - not really. I've been using generic batteries for decades with no problems.
Ditto.
May 5, 2024 11:23:30 #
May 5, 2024 11:33:09 #
I wound up buying just two batteries because I already have a double charger.
May 5, 2024 15:09:09 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I can buy one Canon battery for $150 (G60 camcorder), or I can spend $60 for two Wasabi batteries and a charger. Tough choice - not really. I've been using generic batteries for decades with no problems.
Yes, I have a bunch of Wasabi batteries for several cameras and camcorders and a couple of other brands when they were on sale. I read an article years ago that listed the brand names the company that makes Wasabi products builds cores or complete batteries for. (some house brands of big Camera Dealers). That same article hinted strongly that the same factory makes brand name batteries and cores on contract. If it is good enough for the brand name it is good enough for me. And a cheaper price doesn't hurt in the least.
May 5, 2024 15:11:29 #
robertjerl wrote:
Yes, I have a bunch of Wasabi batteries for severa... (show quote)
Good enough is good enough for me.
May 5, 2024 15:37:38 #
robertjerl wrote:
Yes, I have a bunch of Wasabi batteries for severa... (show quote)
The only difference may be the quality/reliability requirements set forth by the camera manufacturer.
It's possible that that the camera manufacturer may require a higher/tighter standard.
Similar to ICs. Some companies require the supplied ICs to be burned-in, thus weeding out infantile failures, and those burned-in ICs do cost more. Non burned-in ICs may be subject to a higher failure rate.
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May 5, 2024 16:23:40 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I can buy one Canon battery for $150 (G60 camcorder), or I can spend $60 for two Wasabi batteries and a charger. Tough choice - not really. I've been using generic batteries for decades with no problems.
Even if they don't last as long on a charge, two of them will likely outlast one Canon by a wide margin. At $60, that's a steal. I have used Wasabi batteries and chargers for five years with no real issues.
May 5, 2024 16:25:44 #
burkphoto wrote:
Even if they don't last as long on a charge, two of them will likely outlast one Canon by a wide margin. At $60, that's a steal. I have used Wasabi batteries and chargers for five years with no real issues.
That's exactly why I use <good> third party batteries.
May 5, 2024 18:21:15 #
jerryc41 wrote:
……I can spend $60 for two Wasabi batteries and a charger……
I am very leery of generic batteries. I am afraid if they leak, then I will have acid paste all of the contacts. What great fun it is to clean that mess.
However, I have been lucky with Watson brand. I remove the batteries often to charge them.
May 5, 2024 18:30:15 #
Scruples wrote:
I am very leery of generic batteries. I am afraid if they leak, then I will have acid paste all of the contacts. What great fun it is to clean that mess.
However, I have been lucky with Watson brand. I remove the batteries often to charge them.
However, I have been lucky with Watson brand. I remove the batteries often to charge them.
I've used Watson and Lenmar for over 10 years.
I check them about once a month (maybe 2 months occasionally). If they are 4/4 or 3/4 bars I leave them. at 2/4 I pop them in the charger.
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May 6, 2024 06:33:38 #
Longshadow wrote:
…..I've used Watson and Lenmar for over 10 years…..
I use the Canon batteries I have had for quite a while. I have never used Lenmar. I would like to see battery cases that could be opened and replaceable batteries be inserted. But I am quite happy with my Watson batteries.
May 6, 2024 06:35:22 #
May 6, 2024 07:27:53 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I have 1 Lemmar and 1 Watson both don't hold charge well.
Not all are perfect.
But at twice the number of batteries for half the price, they work well for me.
But everyone has their own requirements and expectations.
May 6, 2024 09:46:38 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I can buy one Canon battery for $150 (G60 camcorder), or I can spend $60 for two Wasabi batteries and a charger. Tough choice - not really. I've been using generic batteries for decades with no problems.
I tried to see if generics lasted as long as OEM Nikon batteries -- not possible. First, it would require shooting the exact scene or target with all batteries fully charged and recording the results. In the field, there are so many variables it just isn't possible. For the trip later this month, I'm just going to take 10 batteries and keep six of them on me at all times.
It's funny how we bemoan having to change a battery after only 200 - 250 shots but we never thought anything about having to field strip a camera to put in a new roll of film after only 12 to 36 shots -- and that was much more involved than switching out a battery.
So far, I like Neewer, Watson, Kastar, and Wasabi batteries. I would rate all of these to give 80% to 100% of the shots I get from OEM batteries. Am I going to get all flustered because I only got 220 shots from a battery when others might give me 250? ------ No, I'm just going to remember film days when I had to stop every little bit to switch out a roll of film!
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