3rd Party Batteries from eBay

[beanbag]

I'm wondering if these are "safe", and won't melt the insides of my camera.

I want to buy a spare battery for my EOS 300D and at £4.99 the non Canon batteries seem a bargain (ok....postage on top but still cheap).

What do you all reckon? Any experiences?

Ta! :)

[gopher]

I'm using one now in my D50 - again £4.99 uk seller - no postage.

I've taken around 2-300 pics so far and the charge is still showing strong and everything seems fine - Have got a fully charged Nikon in my bag as well tho' just in case.

Even if it does not last as long as a Nikon at 1/4 the price I'm not overly concerned and it will do as an "end of day" backup.

Cheers

Paul

[chim girl]

I got one from 7dayshop, no problems at all, still going strong a year later.

[beanbag]

hmmm....might just go for it......

[simpo two]

OK here too! (D70)

I ownder if anyone ever pays £49.95 for the Nikon?

[406]

I have an ebay special for the D70 and 2 for the D100. Use nothing else really. Never had a problem and they last as long as the Nikon ones did - when I used them.

HTH

Dave

406

[Bee_Jay]

Use EBay 511s in my 20D all the time, they usually last longer than the Canon ones - !!!

[joust]

7dayshop one is fine.

Just one thing, they aren't a "perfect" match, and so get "stuck" in the battery grip extender. I've put my two pukka Canon ones in mine, and use the others to just put into the camera.

J

[Bee_Jay]

My Ebay ones don't get stuck at all - look for a seller called "wraggm"

[petros]

Just been into Jessups in Wolverhampton and bought a battery charger for my kodak with 4 batteries included for £9.99

[milo]

From my experience, 3rd party ones, don't give an accurate low power reading as the manufactured ones.

My "branded" says full power, until the very end, when I might get one or two shots of half power, then dead.