My thoughts on off brand DSLR batteries

Joves wrote: While yes Scott what you say may be true. When the third party manufacturer does some of the work in the production, they are held to a higher standard when doing so for the OEM. When they do so under for another entity, or branch of their own company they may let it slide on the QC side of the equation. And many times they are dumping units that work, but were not up to snuff to try and recoup their money. Just look at the filter side of it. Hoya, B+W, and others manufacture for names such as Pro Master, and others, and it is their rejects many times that go to the cheap side of the market. So it goes with the batteries.

Now as for me using third party batteries, like others, I have been there, done that, and will not go there again. When I had my CP995 I tried one, and found that it never lasted as long charge wise as the OEM. It never died, but I only used it when my other battery was drained, and until I could recharge it. For my Dslrs I never even bothered after that.

The filter anaology doesn't hold water. All , or at least most, filter manufacturers, make several grades of filters with the more expensive ones being made to higher standards. Just like camera makers do. You have entry level, prosumer & pro models..... Filters are no different. The batteries aren't rejects or seconds of the OEM models. There may be some differences so as to comply with copyrights, but many Chinese companies ignore copyrights anyway... Oh, and the profit margins of the OEM companies, especially in the accessory side, is rather large.... I worked for a Japanese auto mfgr & the markup was that way for their products.

Joves wrote: While yes Scott what you say may be true. When the third party manufacturer does some of the work in the production, they are held to a higher standard when doing so for the OEM. When they do so under for another entity, or branch of their own company they may let it slide on the QC side of the equation. And many times they are dumping units that work, but were not up to snuff to try and recoup their money. Just look at the filter side of it. Hoya, B+W, and others manufacture for names such as Pro Master, and others, and it is their rejects many times that go to the cheap side of the market. So it goes with the batteries.

Now as for me using third party batteries, like others, I have been there, done that, and will not go there again. When I had my CP995 I tried one, and found that it never lasted as long charge wise as the OEM. It never died, but I only used it when my other battery was drained, and until I could recharge it. For my Dslrs I never even bothered after that.

Screamin Scott wrote: The filter anaology doesn't hold water. All , or at least most, filter manufacturers, make several grades of filters with the more expensive ones being made to higher standards. Just like camera makers do. You have entry level, prosumer & pro models..... Filters are no different. The batteries aren't rejects or seconds of the OEM models. There may be some differences so as to comply with copyrights, but many Chinese companies ignore copyrights anyway... Oh, and the profit margins of the OEM companies, especially in the accessory side, is rather large.... I worked for a Japanese auto mfgr & the markup was that way for their products.

Sure it does. Hoya will, and even the camera manufacturers jobbers will sell off parts, and such to other lower end parties that are not at the same standards, as is required for their products. This has been true for decades. Hoya and others have been dumping their trash to no names forever. Optically they keep their standards to a certain level throughout their line. Even the sensor makers do the same thing, which is what goes into those $10 disposable P&S cameras you can get at places like Big Lots, Dollar Store, and so on. The sensors work fine but may have some dead/stuck pixels in them. Which does not matter in a dirt cheap camera. They do not always throw away the bad parts of the wafers, they make money off them if possible first.