Camera Batteries: OEM vs Aftermarket... which is best?

[@intrinsicmediaau]

I have had very much the same experience as yourself Doug. I currently have 12 of the Sony 970 batteries which I have now started to replace with the Neweer TP-F970 batteries. The Neweer batteries have been holding up well now for around a year with zero issues. The USB C in/out power is amazing and really helps with charging. I can run my tally's from the battery as it powers the camera which cuts down on weight as well. Love the Neweer's, love the Sony originals and I have 1 of the smallrig batteries which seems to be identical to the Neweer. The fact that someone can charge a phone from the Neweer is really handy as well as it acts as a PD charger if needed.

[@BAdams138]

Thanks for the video and insight!

[@FlamingShotgun]

Hähnel LP-E6 for Canon DSLRs have been great. Roughly 50% of the price of an original Canon one, but about 95% as good, and some of them have outlasted some OEM Canon batteries. With these NP-F Batteries, SWIT has been my go-to since forever. These have been in almost daily use at our school for years, and still hold up well. Only problem I have with these is the flimsy connector, some devices that use NP-F standard have extremely tight connections, and I've had to replace several batteries with faulty connections (but working cells). For use in cameras, I've never encountered any problems with SWIT. Always delivered, and the price is very reasonable. I've had some experience with Chinese manufacturers, mostly bad, but one brand I've been happy with, is Batmax. Haven't bought them in a year or so, but I have some Batmax batteries from 2016 that are working just splendid. Smallrig ones are also very good, with loads of additional features. SWIT also makes batteries for the newer Sony system, the BP-U batteries. And they are also excellent with D-Tap outputs. hold the charge very well.

[@djp_video]

Canon cameras and chargers are pretty picky about which batteries they'll work with.

[@FlamingShotgun]

That's very true, that's why I exclusively use these LP-E6 batteries from Hähnel, they've worked on all our cameras from 7D onwards to the current mirrorless series without any issue. I don't have experience with other Canon products, namely their video cameras, only used OEM batteries there.

[@madskillsdesignzproduction4497]

would you suggest using a v mount battery with dummy battery setup ?

[@TheRealHarrypm]

Kind of sad to not see the PowerExtra/BluMax battery's (980L only) that have both voltage readout and bar percentage with a touch sensor rather then a depression button, these due to having USB PD power in for passthrough (5v out) and UPS style charging have been my go-to for a few years rather then OEM NP-F battery's as its all just the same Li-Ion cells these days.

[@FuneralLiveStream]

What label machine you used to label the batteries?

[@djp_video]

Epson LW-PX900: amzn.to/4gJT5Gc Also, the LW-PX700 would also work. amzn.to/3VZZWmS I have a video about my label printers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIfZnphqipqjb8k

[@nolancraigwell8195]

Thanks

[@TimoSund]

That batterytester seems interesting. If I some day posses bunch of batteries might need one.

[@sidestreetvideoproduction7278]

Great informative video. Thanks. I found the same thing. The OEM batteries were far better. I would like to know how the Watson batteries work. B&H sells that brand. I usually buy the OEM batteries. I was on a photo shoot with another photographer that had aftermarket batteries. At the end of the evening my Canon OEM battery was at about half charge. In the same time he used 2 and a half aftermarket batteries. I feel this makes OEM batteries cheaper in the long run and more economical.

[@vaerdiskaber]

I’ve had some Hähnel HL-XL982 PRO batteries being rejected by my Z150’s as not being original

[@majormauser]

OEM, are the best, especially with SONY. IndiPro and IDX are others that care. Anton Bauer. But there are a million manufacturers now that I think just make them to make money.

[@tomsid2930]

I've had some bad experience with the wasabi power LP-E6 batteries. All of the canon cameras I use with it are unable to communicate with the camera. Which makes charging them impossible with the XC-15s at my Uni since we use the cameras as the chargers themselves. I don't trust wasabi.