Replacement batteries

I need new BP511A's for my 5D. Prices are all over the board on the
aftermarket stuff, and so are the claimed milliamp hours. Anyone here
know of a dependable source of reliable batteries?

Thanks.

JJ

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:34:53 -0700, wrote:

I need new BP511A's for my 5D. Prices are all over the board on the
aftermarket stuff, and so are the claimed milliamp hours. Anyone here
know of a dependable source of reliable batteries?

I've only bought two after market batteries, one from www.sterlingtek.com
and another from www.bestbatt.com. Both batteries cost about 1/3 the price
of an OEM battery, and worked as well or better than the original.
--
Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com

wrote:
I need new BP511A's for my 5D. Prices are all over the board on the
aftermarket stuff, and so are the claimed milliamp hours. Anyone here
know of a dependable source of reliable batteries?

I've always gotten my BP511 batteries from Sterlingtek and have had good
experiences with them. Not as cheap as some of the eBay sources, but not
expensive either. $11.99 each.

"http://sterlingtek.com/"

I think that the 2000 mAH claim may be a little optimistic, but it's
certainly as good as the OEM Canon batteries.

2010.06.21 23:34, rašė:

I need new BP511A's for my 5D. Prices are all over the board on the
aftermarket stuff, and so are the claimed milliamp hours. Anyone here
know of a dependable source of reliable batteries?

I've purchased a handful (three) from MyDigitalDiscount.com and have no
complaints. I don't know the claimed or actual performance, though.

--
- Cassandra J. Nichols

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:50:58 -0700, "Cassandra J. Nichols"
wrote:

I've purchased a handful (three) from MyDigitalDiscount.com and have no
complaints. I don't know the claimed or actual performance, though.

Thanks everyone. I checked out all the recommended sites. Things
seemed pretty comparable, so I ordered from Sterlingtek on the basis
of the price for a two-pack -- $23.98.

Also, this info from SterlingTek: "There is no difference between the
ST55 SterlingTek brand and the the ST52 (two-pack) from Powwer. I
would recommend the ST52 combo because you get 2 batteries for $23.98
instead of one for $18.48. Bulk prices start with 26 pieces and the
price per battery decreases with the more batteries that you buy."

JJ

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:34:53 -0700, wrote:

I need new BP511A's for my 5D. Prices are all over the board on the
aftermarket stuff, and so are the claimed milliamp hours. Anyone here
know of a dependable source of reliable batteries?

I've had good luck with batteries and chargers purchased from Thomas
Distibuting over the years.

http:www.thomas-distributing.com

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:01:19 -0400, me wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:34:53 -0700, wrote:

I need new BP511A's for my 5D. Prices are all over the board on the
aftermarket stuff, and so are the claimed milliamp hours. Anyone here
know of a dependable source of reliable batteries?

I've had good luck with batteries and chargers purchased from Thomas
Distibuting over the years.


Whereas the *only* NiMH batteries I've bought and had ever failed to
provide a useful charge after only about 10 charge-cycles were obtained
from that place, their own brand. This is an example where people start to
parrot the name of a place online, giving it "virtual popularity", without
ever purchasing any real good from them, never realizing that they sell
crap.

Many others who have probably had the same experience as I have had with
Thomas Dist. are probably too embarrassed to speak about it in public.

After all, how could *all* those people be wrong about Thomas Dist. being
such a wonderful battery resource?

They *are* wrong. Every last one of them.

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:22:46 -0500, Kev Hubbard
wrote:


Whereas the *only* NiMH batteries I've bought and had ever failed to
provide a useful charge after only about 10 charge-cycles were obtained
from that place, their own brand. This is an example where people start to
parrot the name of a place online, giving it "virtual popularity", without
ever purchasing any real good from them, never realizing that they sell
crap.

I've bought several dozen NiMH batteries and two Maha chargers that
cycled through my CP-990, and 5700 with the battery grip. I've bought
aftermarket spares for my D70 and D200/300 as well as eneloops which
now power my 990 at work and my SB-800 flash. I speak from this real
life experience dating back to 2004. If your experience is different,
so be it, but to imply me to be untruthful is uncalled for and shows
your true self.

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:25:19 -0400, me wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:22:46 -0500, Kev Hubbard
wrote:


Whereas the *only* NiMH batteries I've bought and had ever failed to
provide a useful charge after only about 10 charge-cycles were obtained
from that place, their own brand. This is an example where people start to
parrot the name of a place online, giving it "virtual popularity", without
ever purchasing any real good from them, never realizing that they sell
crap.

I've bought several dozen NiMH batteries and two Maha chargers that
cycled through my CP-990, and 5700 with the battery grip. I've bought
aftermarket spares for my D70 and D200/300 as well as eneloops which
now power my 990 at work and my SB-800 flash. I speak from this real
life experience dating back to 2004. If your experience is different,
so be it, but to imply me to be untruthful is uncalled for and shows
your true self.

Actually dating back to 2000. And we still use them as a vendor at
work.

"me" wrote in message
...
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I speak from this real
life experience dating back to 2004. If your experience is different,
so be it, but to imply me to be untruthful is uncalled for and shows
your true self.

Unlike you, the troll doesn't have any experience. It's about par for the
course.

Cheers,
David