1dx and third party batteries

Hi guys

Did anyone ever managed to find normal working 3rd party battery for 1dx? I need to get 2 spare batteries for our new 1dx bodies, and another one for one of old 1dmk4 bodies, where one of batteries finally saw end of life.
I saw some comments about DSTE LP-E4 batteries that they have no problems communicating with camera, so I went and order them, but when I got them, I get "cannot communicate with battery" on all 1dx bodies I tried.
It's no big deal if I just threw those 30eur for these two batteries away, but I would still rather get decent priced third party battery, then paying 160eur (times 3) for original ones. So anyone with personal experience about normally WORKING third party LP-E4(n) batteries?

PS: Please refrain from "if you buy camera for 6000eur then 160eur for battery is no problem", because that's not what I asked

primoz wrote in post #15861226
Hi guys

PS: Please refrain from "if you buy camera for 6000eur then 160eur for battery is no problem", because that's not what I asked

I'm thinking it.

My 60D is a far cry from a 1Dx, but I've had good luck with SterlingTech batteries. I had issues with Opteka batteries in my T1i. Lots of people recommend SterlingTech.

Try eBay?

Lowner wrote in post #15861235
I'm thinking it.

+1

I'm stunned at the eur 160 price for genuine LP-E6 batteries. Apparently, the import duties to where you live are astronomical!

I think I'd go for 1 genuine LP-E6 and a pair of compatibles. Perhaps fake LP-E6s from China would work OK. My biggest concern would be overall battery life compared to the 'real thing'. Having a pair of real ones to compare them to would make sense to me. You might find out that replacing the compatibles multiple times costs more than the genuine articles in the long run.

It's about LP-E4 (1dmk4) and LP-E4n (1dx), not LP-E6. I assume LP-E6 for 5d or whatever camera they are for, have lower price, but unfortunately batteries for 1d bodies were always somewhere around 150eur range (even old NP-E3 for 1d and 1dmk2). Even in USA they were not much cheaper, and when you add shipping it comes way over 150-160eur.

Did you ever find a suitable 3rd party battery for 1DX?
I was about to pull the trigger on some DSTE based on a previous thread on here, but it sounds like their not a good call call...

I have a HP printer designed to accept compatibles, but to play up when you use them. Some compats have been reset, others not, as the compats that are recognised as original work without glitches, the ones that aren't play up. It seems like Canon has built tech into the camera to recognise 'Compats' (in brackets as some obviously aren't compat) and the companies who license the tech from Canon have batteries that work, but the ones who don't, don't.

Lowner wrote in post #15861235
I'm thinking it.

also why are all those so called pros so cheap