Jupio batteries

[jamesmartin]

Wanted a few extra batteries, I was going to go for the genuine canon ones but was in my local camera store a few days before my trip so thought I'd get some instead of online. He didn't have any canon ones but a third party one called jupio. They have a slightly less capacity but they were cheaper (guy said they were good quality ones). Each lasted around 30 shots until completely flat. I knew I should of stuck with canon!

[ameerat42]

I remember the line out of "Are You Being Served", something like:
"It'll get longer/grow/wear with age." It used to leave the clients confused.

What's their milliamperage compared to the Canon ones? See what happens after a few charge cycles

[jamesmartin]

"Don't worry sir, it'll ride up with wear" haha.

Jupio is 1700mah & canon 1865. Yeah I'll see if they improve after a few charges. I'm not too concerned just thought I'd let others know that may be better to steer clear

[farmmax]

I've always run 3rd party batteries in any camera I've owned, and all of them have been equal to, and usually better than the genuine ones. The last ones I bought for the 50D way, way, out performed it's original canon one.

Perhaps I've been very lucky.

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Wanted a few extra batteries, I was going to go for the genuine canon ones but was in my local camera store a few days before my trip so thought I'd get some instead of online. He didn't have any canon ones but a third party one called jupio. They have a slightly less capacity but they were cheaper (guy said they were good quality ones). Each lasted around 30 shots until completely flat. I knew I should of stuck with canon!

I'd be letting that "GUY" know where the value of his advice sits right now.....30 shots, could have been disastrous. What was the outlay you now have to add to the price of a new set?

[jamesmartin]

I've always run 3rd party batteries in any camera I've owned, and all of them have been equal to, and usually better than the genuine ones. The last ones I bought for the 50D way, way, out performed it's original canon one.

Perhaps I've been very lucky.

Yeah some people seem to have no issues with them & get a good run out of them. Maybe I'm just very unlucky lol

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I'd be letting that "GUY" know where the value of his advice sits right now.....30 shots, could have been disastrous. What was the outlay you now have to add to the price of a new set?

Yeah it was pretty frustrating. Luckily I was able to get to a PowerPoint the next day!
I let him know & said I'd give them another full charge & test them out in the backyard one arvo

[Tannin]

There are four kinds of appliance battery. (I.e., batteries for cameras, laptop computers, and so on.)

• Manufacturer branded (in this case by Canon). These are not made by the appliance manufacturer, but bought in from a specialist battery maker under contract. A quality company (e.g., Canon, Lenovo, or pretty much any equipment maker this side of very cruddy Chinese ones) buys in good quality batteries and brands them with its own name. The bad news: they charge like wounded bulls for what, in the end, is simply a commodity battery.
• No-name nasties. Avoid these at all costs They are way, way cheaper than the manufacturer batteries, but are quite likely to fail, damage your equipment, or (in the worst case) catch fire. Expect to pay anything from 20% to 80% of the manufacturer price.
• Branded third-party batteries. These are rare, but do exist. For example, I recently bought a Duracell replacement battery for my Thinkpad. Every bit as good as the Lenovo-branded one, two-thirds of the price. I don't recall seeing any of this kind for camera batteries, but there may be some. Expect to pay around 70% of the manufacturer-brand price.
• No-name quality. These are not uncommon but really hard to identify. The batteries Canon sell you come out of a factory and they are, branding and packaging aside, perfectly ordinary mass-produced batteries. You can buy the same batteries, or very similar, made to the same standards, often in the same factory, but without the Canon (or etc.) name. They are the best value of all - but it's really hard to know which these ones are and which the no-name nasty ones are. You can often pick these up for about 50% of the manufacturer-branded price.

[jamesmartin]

There are four kinds of appliance battery. (I.e., batteries for cameras, laptop computers, and so on.)

• Manufacturer branded (in this case by Canon). These are not made by the appliance manufacturer, but bought in from a specialist battery maker under contract. A quality company (e.g., Canon, Lenovo, or pretty much any equipment maker this side of very cruddy Chinese ones) buys in good quality batteries and brands them with its own name. The bad news: they charge like wounded bulls for what, in the end, is simply a commodity battery.
• No-name nasties. Avoid these at all costs They are way, way cheaper than the manufacturer batteries, but are quite likely to fail, damage your equipment, or (in the worst case) catch fire. Expect to pay anything from 20% to 80% of the manufacturer price.
• Branded third-party batteries. These are rare, but do exist. For example, I recently bought a Duracell replacement battery for my Thinkpad. Every bit as good as the Lenovo-branded one, two-thirds of the price. I don't recall seeing any of this kind for camera batteries, but there may be some. Expect to pay around 70% of the manufacturer-brand price.
• No-name quality. These are not uncommon but really hard to identify. The batteries Canon sell you come out of a factory and they are, branding and packaging aside, perfectly ordinary mass-produced batteries. You can buy the same batteries, or very similar, made to the same standards, often in the same factory, but without the Canon (or etc.) name. They are the best value of all - but it's really hard to know which these ones are and which the no-name nasty ones are. You can often pick these up for about 50% of the manufacturer-branded price.

Thanks for the info Tony. I'll prob just go with canon to be safe, once bitten