Is it worth buying the canon oem batteries?

I have 3 Canon LP-E6n batteries from a 7D, 5DII, and 5DIV with the oldest being the one from the 7D purchased some time in 2009 and 4 Sterlingtek Batters with the oldest bought shortly there after. I have yet to have a battery fail but it's got to be getting close for the older ones. I have not noticed a difference between the OEM Canon batteries and the Sterlinktek ones but have never really paid a whole lot of attention to it. (probably because they are pretty much the same.)

drsilver wrote in post #19336779
Out of curiosity, how long is the typical lifespan of an LP-E6N battery? I've never run one from new to bad.

The only Canon batteries I've owned came with used bodies and were pretty sad when I got them. I assume they were old. My oldest 3rd-party batteries - RAV Power - are 2 years old and still going strong. I've got 4 of those.

I can't answer your question. I can say I bought my 7D2 new and I am still using the original battery which has been charged about 30 times. The most common cause for needing a recharge is lack of camera use. With a capacitor that charges off the main battery instead of a real button battery I am left with a typical shelf life is 5 or 6 months.

My T3i, bought in 2012, is still using the original battery as well. It has also been charged about 30 times. In this case unused shelf life for the battery is close to a year. (Real button battery AFAIK )

Rod

I always get the genuine article, but that's just me.

A well known on-line camera store has sent Watson batteries whenever I buy a Canon camera (they always sent the genuine Canon battery, too) and I've had problems with some of those Watsons.

Genuine batteries and name brand memory cards are the only things I'll buy. Just not going to scrimp on those. Don't care about the cost.

Oh, and the same with battery grips.

Steve

I have not purchased a Canon battery in the last 10+yrs. I do have the ones that came with each camera, but I see zero real-world differences in using aftermarket batteries vs Canon OEM. I have aftermarket batteries from Wasabi, SterlingTek, and I think Neewer, and none of them have failed. I don't notice a difference in usage times, but then again, I have about 7 batteries in total so I just don't really need to pay much attention. If you are planning to buy more than one spare battery, I'd just go with a reputable aftermarket manufacturer.

The one thing I would add is try to buy direct from the importer to insure fresh stock and a properly chipped battery. The importer for Sterling or STK seems to have disappeared but the direct importer for Wasabi is at https://www.wasabipowe​r.com/.

I have 3 LP-E6N Wasabi batteries for a 6D (bought it new) and 3 LP-E17 Wasabi batteries for a RP (bought it new) and I find the Wasabi's tend to hold a charge better than the OEM's.

Sometimes, when I run down a Wasabi battery in either camera, I'll pop both "fully charged" batteries taken from my bag into the Wasabi battery charger .... the Wasabi gives me a green light and the OEM glows red and needs a charge to bring it to fully charged. Then I try both of these batteries in the Canon OEM charger and the Wasabi does not need a charge while the OEM needs a charge to bring it to fully charged.

I've seen this behavior time & time again, no idea why but either charger shows the Wasabi's hold their charge better when sitting idle in the bag.

The Wasabi's work fine in the RP but they do not report to the camera so the camera shows them as fully charged up to the moment the camera shuts down from an exhausted battery.

The Wasabi's in the 6D report to the camera the same as the OEM's so you can visually see they are being drained through use.

Just my observed $.02

Interesting development on the battery front

Back in 2017 I bought a 7D which was about 18 months old, little used. It came with three batteries – original Canon plus 2 no-brand.

The no-brands didn't hold their charge for long, so on the advice of a pro colleague – who owns "dozens" of LP-E6 packs for still and video kit – bought a couple of red Baxxtar 2040mAh packs from Amazon.

They immediately registered in the camera, and lasted much longer than the original.

In the last few days I've traded up to a 70D – again, a second-user model with very little use [only 5,600 clicks]. Higher res images, vari-angle touch screen, easier to use.

BUT the battery reg system does not seem to like my Baxxtars. I put one of them in for a first test shoot, worked fine.

Then today I remembered about registering the battery. The number showed up and registered as a new pack. So I thought "while I've got the camera on my desk, I might as well register the second Baxxtar and the Canon that came with the 70D.

That's when the fun started. Insert the Canon, go to register, and the number showing is the number from the Baxxtar. Another number is showing greyed out, which I'm guessing is the Canon number. But it won't light up to register.

Try the second Baxtarx. Same thing - first number only shows up, another is greyed out.

After more fiddling, I can delete the "rogue" number and then register the apparently correct one. But then when I swap over, that number persists so the problem perpetuates.

Obviously I can ID the Canon, and fortunately I've labelled the red ones, otherwise I couldn't keep track.

Any suggestions? Is this – as previous posters have suggested – some sort of Canon "chemistry" update??

Ken W in Caen.

kenincaen wrote in post #19345596
Interesting development on the battery front

Back in 2017 I bought a 7D which was about 18 months old, little used. It came with three batteries – original Canon plus 2 no-brand.

The no-brands didn't hold their charge for long, so on the advice of a pro colleague – who owns "dozens" of LP-E6 packs for still and video kit – bought a couple of red Baxxtar 2040mAh packs from Amazon.

They immediately registered in the camera, and lasted much longer than the original.

In the last few days I've traded up to a 70D – again, a second-user model with very little use [only 5,600 clicks]. Higher res images, vari-angle touch screen, easier to use.

BUT the battery reg system does not seem to like my Baxxtars. I put one of them in for a first test shoot, worked fine.

Then today I remembered about registering the battery. The number showed up and registered as a new pack. So I thought "while I've got the camera on my desk, I might as well register the second Baxxtar and the Canon that came with the 70D.

That's when the fun started. Insert the Canon, go to register, and the number showing is the number from the Baxxtar. Another number is showing greyed out, which I'm guessing is the Canon number. But it won't light up to register.

Try the second Baxtarx. Same thing - first number only shows up, another is greyed out.

After more fiddling, I can delete the "rogue" number and then register the apparently correct one. But then when I swap over, that number persists so the problem perpetuates.

Obviously I can ID the Canon, and fortunately I've labelled the red ones, otherwise I couldn't keep track.

Any suggestions? Is this – as previous posters have suggested – some sort of Canon "chemistry" update??

Ken W in Caen.

According to the Canon instructions, a battery that is shown greyed out, is not yet registered.

As to the rest of what you describe, I had a similar circumstance with an 80D, believed to be because I was swapping batteries with a family member who had a 70D. What I finally had to do was sit down with the manual and carefully go through the steps to delete all the battery information and then start over. I vaguely remember that I also had to do the Canon battery last although I'm not sure of that. It could very well of been me screwing up as I followed the steps in the manual. As you are likely aware, the steps aren't difficult, but need to be done in a very specific sequence and sometimes you go back to previous pages.

The applicable pages in the manual can be found at https://www.manualslib​.com …-70d.html?page=397#manu​al. Use the arrows of the "Next page" or "Previous Page" to view the associated content. Deleting the battery info is on page 399.

Original Canon batteries for $80 a piece sounds like a nice price. Here in Sweden we pay just above 120 euro a piece for the new LP-E6NH batteries. Unless you are filthy rich (which i am not) you have to buy the third party batteries and try to be satisfied with their performance.

/ Magnus

I bought a Canon battery for my R6, but more than likely won't need to use it. Then the 7D and 5D II Canon batteries are working as well as ever, so I have never purchased additional batteries for these two cameras (both purchased on their respective year of manufacture).

I never even knew there was a battery registration.

Do most people register their batteries?

i-G12 wrote in post #19346048
I never even knew there was a battery registration.

Do most people register their batteries?

I register all of mine and also etch on the battery the purchase date.

I don’t register mine, I found no compelling reason to do so personally, and I run a number of factory and aftermarket batteries through my gear.

I don't register mine either. I have enough batteries that I don't really pay attention to which battery is in the camera.

i-G12 wrote in post #19346048
I never even knew there was a battery registration.

Do most people register their batteries?

Earlier models of Canon cameras have no registration process. Later ones, like the Canon 90D have a procedure documented in the user manual