Batteries

Which batteries are you using nowadays? Canon no longer supplies batteries for the t3i that i still use. I had a wasabi that is swelling. Not thrilled

How old is the Wasabi? If not too old, maybe contact them about a replacement.

I contacted them this morning. What other brands are there?

Have you tried places like Amazon, for older battery configurations that are not currently sold by the camera manufacturer?

Frodge wrote in post #19561237
I contacted them this morning. What other brands are there?

People here talk about Wasabi and Neewer a lot, but there are a lot of brands selling batteries. Probably not that many actual manufacturers though. Just search threads for batteries and you’ll find a lot of names.

Bad luck on the Wasabi swelling. I've used them for years and never had an issue.

Dear Frodge,

Regarding Canon cameras only, I've used Watson, Wasabi, DSTE, and Kastar batteries interchangeably along with Canon branded batteries in a 20D, 40D, T2i, 7D, 1DII, 1DIII, 1DIV and 1DX without failure.

For Nikons, the same 3rd party batteries along with Bonacell have worked fine for me.

Likewise, I've used many different brands in Olympus, Panasonic, and Fuji cameras.

The only battery failure I've ever experienced was with an Olympus battery, the BLH-1 and it was the original battery I received with my brand-new OM-D-E-MII. The 3rd party batteries I bought at the same time I bought the camera are still going strong though.

Batteries are a funny commodity. There are probably no more than a half dozen actual manufacturers making lithium camera batteries, just like real lead acid batteries.

The market for battery labels to stick on the batteries is probably greater than the actual camera battery market.

Regards,

Tim Murphy

Harrisburg PA