Fake batteries on Fleebay?

texfoto said:
Double and triple A batteries have no place in this conversation.

Ebay is just not a place to buy batteries. Here, maybe. Ebay, no.
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What tosh !! I have had both genuine batteries and generic ones from Ebay, both have worked equaally well, so my view is why spend £40-£50 on a battery when you could get 2 or 3 for that !
 
And what makes you think that no Canon or Nikon genuine batteries ever exploded when being charged, or where incorrectly made and damaged a camera.

I had a genuine Sony camcorder battery that set an £800 video camera on fire. They wouldn't even repair the camera when I sent it away saying it was a 3rd party Sony battery. Errrr it was bought from SOny's online shop Doohh.

And how the hell does a battery thats the same voltage damage a camera, if it was 14v instead of 7.2v fair enough but these batteries are designed to work in the camera they are made for if made in China like most Nikon and Canon battires or in Katmanduh where they probably don't make them at all.
 
ChrisH said:
And what makes you think that no Canon or Nikon genuine batteries ever exploded when being charged, or where incorrectly made and damaged a camera.

I had a genuine Sony camcorder battery that set an £800 video camera on fire. They wouldn't even repair the camera when I sent it away saying it was a 3rd party Sony battery. Errrr it was bought from SOny's online shop Doohh.

And how the hell does a battery thats the same voltage damage a camera, if it was 14v instead of 7.2v fair enough but these batteries are designed to work in the camera they are made for if made in China like most Nikon and Canon battires or in Katmanduh where they probably don't make them at all.
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It's not quite as simple as just the voltage, there are other factors like resistance and amperage to consider, and theres the fact that just because it says 7.2 volt it might not actually be that voltage to start with.
Although I do argree that most of the third party batteries will work fine.
 
I've been using 3rd party batteries bought off Ebay since about 2005,, I've never had any problems..

One good brand to look out for are Momax..
 
there are other factors like resistance and amperage to consider
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Pray tell how would a battery thats 1800mah instead of 1400mah kill a camera, and what has resistance got to do with it.

It's only the voltage that matters in this case. If the Mah is higher then it makes no differenc, if the camera draws 240Mah then thats all it draws. The fact the battery could supply 10 Amps per hour wouldn't make any difference. The only thing that may be effected is charge time, and maybe just maybe the battery might blow up in the charger if it was charged too fast.

Resistance ( internal resistance ) would only cause the battery to self drain, then I suppose it would matter that you where having a flat battery in a week or two if left alone.

I think people are confusing the stories of mobile phone batteries exploding with camera batteries. There where some phone batteries know to explode in the last few years when charged but I seem to recollect they where genuine ones as well.

Do a search on the web for recalled laptop batteries, there have been loads over the last few years by all of the big names.

Most batteries are made in third world these days so I think it's a bit of much to do about nothing :D
 
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phottix third party batteries are ok, i,ve had no problems. :thumbs:
 
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