 You Get What You Pay For |
| Review Date: March 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Scott Allen, New York |
I'm sure Canon makes high profit margins on these batteries. It's so tempting to buy the generics that cost 1/3 the price. But what I know from the school of hard knocks is that the generic batteries are terrible. These Canon original batteries are really great. I have a G7 and have taken over 9000 photos with it. This is the second time I've had to replace the battery in 3 years. So the battery life for my type of moderately heavy usage is about a year and a half, or about 4500 photos. That's very good, considering the high demands of modern digital cameras on the batteries.
When I first replaced the battery, the Canon battery lasted literally for months before even needing to be recharged. It was amazing. Then, after a few charges, each time it needed to be recharged sooner. Finally, you can tell the battery is reaching the end of its life when it needs to be recharged in as little as 3 or 4 days of use. Then one day, in the middle of using it - poof! it no longer works, and no longer can hold any charge at all.
I've tried the generics, and they are only about $25, but they act from day one like this original battery acts after months of use. I got no more than a month's worth of use from a generic battery. Never again!
Just my experience - but with heavy use, this Canon battery is a champ, and like the old cliche, you get what you pay for. |
Good price for an original.
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| Review Date: February 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Rigo Valdes, |
| An excelent battery and it works as per specs. I am very pleased with it.Thank you to Amazon.com for an affordable price of purchace. |
HAPPY WITH PURCHASE
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| Review Date: January 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Mark Romano, CLAYTON,NC |
AT FIRST MY WIFE AND I WENT TO THE MANUFACTURERS WEBSITE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE COST OF THIS BATTERY WOULD BE $70.WE DECIDED TO LOOK ELSEWHERE.WE WENT TO AMAZON AND FOUND THE SAME BATTERY,STILL IN THE BOX FOR $30 LESS.NO BRAINSTORM NEEDED HERE.
RECEIVED IT IN AMPLE TIME FOR MY DAUGHTERS B-DAY AND FOR X-MAS.THANKS AMAZON
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Dependable and Long-Lasting
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| Review Date: November 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Fiddlin Mom, Central Coast, California |
| I have owned two Canon brand XTi camera batteries since 2006, when I purchased my Rebel XTi camera. I use the camera a LOT: I also do real estate photography in addition to my own photography. After heavy use, the batteries are only now starting to show their age. It is well worth the extra cost for the Canon brand. |
Not a long life, sudden failure curve
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| Review Date: November 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Elizabeth A. Philbrook, Pearland, TX United States |
At first this battery worked amazingly well, I would take a lot of pictures and not seem to dent it's charge. As a family camera, it did not see heavy use. Then after about 2 years it started to tank. More frequently it needed charging, then it would only last like 40 shots, then less, then it doesn't even run the camera.
You might say I should be happy with 2 years, but I have a Kodak P&S digital camera with a built in NMIH battery that I bought in 2001 and its still got the original battery about 9 years later, and it works.
I expected more by paying top dollar for Cannon. |
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