thesupe87
9th of May 2008 (Fri), 22:46
Has anyone had success with the China BP-511 knockoff batteries? Have you found an ebay seller that sells good ones that aren't going to show up dead, or die after the first use?
Here's the deal. I bought a pair of cheapo ebay batteries for my 20D only $14 shipped for two from an ebay seller called "eforcity". I've ordered cheap accessories from them in the past for cell phones and such, and never had any problems. Got both of the batteries in the mail; they charged up fine. I shot at least 600 shots, all without flash over a period of a month. I also reviewed them a lot on the LCD. They finally died. I go to charge the first one, after taking it out of my battery grip. It says it's fully charged after 5 minutes. CRAP this thing must be bad. The 2nd battery took a charge just fine, after a few hours like it should.
I notice the bad one will still give me about 100 shots, but then when you try and charge it repeatedly, after a few minutes the light on the charger is solid again. I don't know, maybe I'll just keep it as an emergency spare in my bag - to get a few extra shots with at last resort.
I decided to buy another one off an ebay seller call "accstation" and it arrived "Dead on Arrival" - you're supposed to charge them initially, but it wouldn't even take a charge. CRAP. I'm out another $8. Now what should I try...more? Or should I get some Sterlingteks?
Here's the deal. I bought a pair of cheapo ebay batteries for my 20D only $14 shipped for two from an ebay seller called "eforcity". I've ordered cheap accessories from them in the past for cell phones and such, and never had any problems. Got both of the batteries in the mail; they charged up fine. I shot at least 600 shots, all without flash over a period of a month. I also reviewed them a lot on the LCD. They finally died. I go to charge the first one, after taking it out of my battery grip. It says it's fully charged after 5 minutes. CRAP this thing must be bad. The 2nd battery took a charge just fine, after a few hours like it should.
I notice the bad one will still give me about 100 shots, but then when you try and charge it repeatedly, after a few minutes the light on the charger is solid again. I don't know, maybe I'll just keep it as an emergency spare in my bag - to get a few extra shots with at last resort.
I decided to buy another one off an ebay seller call "accstation" and it arrived "Dead on Arrival" - you're supposed to charge them initially, but it wouldn't even take a charge. CRAP. I'm out another $8. Now what should I try...more? Or should I get some Sterlingteks?