LP-E19 Battery with LC-E4N Charger

Lots of old threads on this and yet I cannot find anyone that actually tried it. Canaon seems to have conflicting information. Wasabi (aftermarket LP-E19) says works fine.

Has any actually tried to charge and then use an LP-E19 Battery with LC-E4N Charger? Did it charge full? If not, what percentage? And did the camera show proper battery status and remaining charge?

I have a 1D X and need a new battery. LP-E4N's are getting rare. Would trather have the latest if I can charge it with my charger. Would not pay $300 for a new charger.

Thanks....

rebop wrote in post #19005644
Lots of old threads on this and yet I cannot find anyone that actually tried it. Canaon seems to have conflicting information. Wasabi (aftermarket LP-E19) says works fine.

Has any actually tried to charge and then use an LP-E19 Battery with LC-E4N Charger? Did it charge full? If not, what percentage? And did the camera show proper battery status and remaining charge?

I have a 1D X and need a new battery. LP-E4N's are getting rare. Would trather have the latest if I can charge it with my charger. Would not pay $300 for a new charger.

Thanks....

Canon has definitely failed to communicates the facts you need.

You absolutely cannot charge an LP-E19 in any Canon charger other than the LC-E19.

Reason 1: Tabs on bottom of LP-E19 prevent it from sliding into the older chargers. You can 'workaround' this issue by lifting the latch end of the battery as you slide it in.
Reason 2: If you use above workaround, the battery contacts mate with the charger but the result is like a Christmas lights display. Which is, I assume, Canon's message saying "Go Back. You are going the wrong way"

Canon's misleading, incomplete, contradictory info:
https://www.usa.canon.​com …1D-X-Mark-II-Battery-Pack

New LP-E19 battery pack
Must be charged with new LC-E19 charger
That is a correct and clear statement.

Conclusion
the new battery pack requires the new charger to fully charge it
This is a misleading statement. Adding the word 'fully' implies other chargers will charge it, but not fully charge it.
The other chargers will not charge it, at all, period.

And, the new battery (and charger) will be useable with equipment you have already invested in.
That is incorrect. The new battery, the LP-E19 is completely unuseable in older chargers. The chargers are equipment and according to Canon, if you own it, you invested in it.
The correct statement would be the LP-E19 battery is useable in the Canon bodies you have already invested in, but not the Canon chargers you invested in.

Thanks. Read similar. Also reads different. A shame. Will not buy a new charger just to use the latest battery.

Appreciate the replies.

Get a 3rd party charger from eBay that charges the battery in the upright position. I have one and it charges my 1div and 1dxii batteries to 100 percent with no problems. The one I have even has a digital display, charges 2 batteries at the same time and has slow and fast charging modes. Just search "lp-e19 " and it's one of the 1st few results that pop up.