What is good replacement generic Battery for Canon NB-2LH (for the Canon SLR XTi)?
Question by PhotoBug: What is good replacement generic Battery for Canon NB-2LH (for the Canon SLR XTi)?
I would like some reliable sites that sell batteries that perform as they claim with a lower cost than the Canon prices. Thanks
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Answer by dotsnail
A camera of that caliber is worth getting the right replacement battery for. Sure, replacement batteries seem to be unusually overpriced. But if you get an aftermarket replacement battery and that battery melts down, Canon will not honor the warranty and you probably will be unable to find contact information for your battery replacement company. Sure there are exceptions, but photo magazines have published numerous stories of cameras getting ruined by questionable replacements.
The technology behind your camera battery (Li-Ion) is great, but if you remember Dell’s huge laptop battery recall, the Li-Ion manufacturing process is critical and small impurities can cause internal shorts which cause fires and melt-down.
Suppose your battery replacement company buys second-choice Li-Ion elements. The problem is that you don’t know.
I do not work for Canon or any company associated with batteries. But I have been burned by leaking and defective batteries.
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You are asking for trouble buying generic batteries. You spent what for your XTi?, yet you want to try to save $ 20 on the battery needed to power it? The one you have should still be working just fine. The Canon (and Nikon) Li-ion batteries can last up to five years if you fully charge them each time they need charging. While partial charges do not damage the battery, there is a finite number of times these batteries can be charged … something like 400 times comes to mind.
Canon batteries have built-in circuitry that communicates with the charger to prevent over charging (which can damage the battery and in some cases cause fires) and provides information to the camera, such as the percentage of the batteries charge that is left, etc.
Spend the little extra and protect your investment .. think of it as insurance.
The “cheap” batteries that you see on Amazon are often genuine Canon batteries. The kicker is that most of these cheap ones have reached the end of their shelf-life. They still can work, but you are taking a significant chance of getting a “clunker”. Most of the vendors will take the battery back, and will send a replacement, but you may have to pay the cost of shipping.
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