vladik Posted March 19, 2011 Share #1 Posted March 19, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Does anyone on this forum had any experience with M9 batteries purchased from Better Batt Pty. Ltd. of Melbourne Aus? On their web site is a claim that their M9 batteries 'are first to receive updated electronic chip'. The cost is very reasonable $ 30.67 (EUR 22) plus $ 10 for shipplig. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Viv Posted March 19, 2011 Share #2 Posted March 19, 2011 Putting a cheap battery in an M9 is like putting cheap tyres on a Porsche. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humood Posted March 19, 2011 Share #3 Posted March 19, 2011 Putting a cheap battery in an M9 is like putting cheap tyres on a Porsche. +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwolf Posted March 19, 2011 Share #4 Posted March 19, 2011 Well, you could make a case that there's no way the Leica battery should cost $130. Not that Leica makes them, anyway. For all we know $30 is closer to a realistic price. Vladik, if you try one, please let us know how it goes. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted March 19, 2011 Share #5 Posted March 19, 2011 Putting a cheap battery in an M9 is like putting cheap tyres on a Porsche. +2 I have 6 original batteries on my M8 and 9 and I have no problem ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stranix Posted March 19, 2011 Share #6 Posted March 19, 2011 Well, you could make a case that there's no way the Leica battery should cost $130. Not that Leica makes them, anyway. For all we know $30 is closer to a realistic price. Vladik, if you try one, please let us know how it goes. John +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Posted March 19, 2011 Share #7 Posted March 19, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) What the devil…. give it a try. Education costs money…. and for thirty bucks your going to learn something. And, it could be a bargain: in the better sense of the word. Good luck and please do let folks know what you discover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted March 19, 2011 Share #8 Posted March 19, 2011 Putting a cheap battery in an M9 is like putting cheap tyres on a Porsche. If you buy a cheaper battery the electricity isn't 'cheap electricity', its not going to flow backwards or anything like that. The main problem with 'cheap' batteries until now is the camera won't show the true state of charge unless the battery has been fully discharged before recharging. But if you know its charged you can carry on using it no matter what the camera says. If the $30 ones have the chip that calibrates the camera battery level, then thats a bargain, and people will eventually stop bragging about how many OEM batteries they have because eveybody else will think 'why on earth did you spend so much'. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlatkob Posted March 19, 2011 Share #9 Posted March 19, 2011 Apparently no one here has tried these particular batteries yet. If you try them, please do a follow up post to let us know how they work out. I didn't have good luck with the 3rd party battery that I tried for the M9. But 3rd party batteries (sterlingtek.com) for the Canon 5D & 40D worked perfectly and were much cheaper than the originals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Fool Posted March 19, 2011 Share #10 Posted March 19, 2011 I've ordered a cheapy, if it's no good i'll buy a leica one but I'm going to see for myself, I have no doubt that the originals are better, but its just the battery... cheap glass on a leica is like cheap tyres on a porsche. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Old Dog Posted March 19, 2011 Share #11 Posted March 19, 2011 I ordered my M9 with two spare batteries, the store put the batteries on back order. I found another dealer with the two batteries I wanted and bought them. That was about 2 1/2 months ago. Two days ago I got a box with two Leica M9 batteries in it. These batteries are in Leica boxes, not third party. I was going to send them back to the store. If the OP wants them he can either PayPal me what I have in them or, I can tell him what store I'm sending them back to and he can order from them. Either way it's helping me because I do not need 5 batteries, 3 is plenty. If anyone has an interest send me a PM with your email address and we'll work it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Posted March 19, 2011 Share #12 Posted March 19, 2011 Somebody makes the ‘’stock’’ Leica battery….. and it’s very possible for the same or different manufacturer to make one as good for far less money. Having said that, I have not had great luck with the ''cheap'' replacement batteries I have had to buy in camera shops in an ‘’emergency’’…. but, one can’t just assume that if it isn’t from Leica it’s automatically no-good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladik Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share #13 Posted March 19, 2011 Does anyone on this forum had any experience with M9 batteries purchased from Better Batt Pty. Ltd. of Melbourne Aus? On their web site is a claim that their M9 batteries 'are first to receive updated electronic chip'. The cost is very reasonable $ 30.67 (EUR 22) plus $ 10 for shipplig. Thank you for you thaughts re. the 3rd party batteries. I have two Leica ones, and that is all that I need for now. I had to wait for the second one for several month about 10 month ago. Lets put this way, Leica does not make batteries. To put a temperature and currant monitorring chip into battery cercuit shoud not be that dificuilt for electronic engineer and the chips are cheap. Having said that I would be more confident using original Leica battery and that is what my decision will be made on when it comes to buy the next battery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Posted March 20, 2011 Share #14 Posted March 20, 2011 It’s only 30 bucks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted March 20, 2011 Share #15 Posted March 20, 2011 I would stick to Leica brand batteries. If a person can afford a $7000 camera, then risking cheapo batteries which are so easily counterfeited makes no sense at all. But do your thing. Are you really going to tell us if you get screwed? . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Posted March 20, 2011 Share #16 Posted March 20, 2011 Come to think of it, would you give me a link to this battery? I wouldn’t mind trying it out myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griswold Posted March 20, 2011 Share #17 Posted March 20, 2011 This thread will only be useful if people give the names of the non-Leica batteries they are using successfully or trying out. Reports of "duds" would be good too. Otherwise we are tilling the same ground over and over.... kind of like the 3rd Party Battery thread from just a few weeks ago. There may be companies that make great batteries, let's name names so we know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlatkob Posted March 20, 2011 Share #18 Posted March 20, 2011 Pearstone is the name of the battery I tried. It held a charge very well, but did not report accurately. The camera would give battery low warnings when it is in fact full. Then, after warning of the impending shut down, and shutting down, it will suddenly report that the battery is full. The annoyance is not worth the cost savings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shard Posted March 20, 2011 Share #19 Posted March 20, 2011 While the chances are slim that a cheap third party battery will not harm your M9 why take the risk? Do a search online for third party phone batteries that explode and cause fires... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted March 20, 2011 Share #20 Posted March 20, 2011 Putting a cheap battery in an M9 is like putting cheap tyres on a Porsche. That may be true, but not necessarily bad, in either case. My neighbour has two Porche's. Where we live he has no chance to drive the cars to their capacity. Recently he got a puncture and IIRC his one replacement cost the equivalent of a full set of tyres for my Saab Aero 1989! His driving 'experience' can be no better or worse than mine, but a lot more expensive! Regarding the batts, I have 4 genuine Leica Batts. One is dodgy. I would be tempted to try the cheapy mentioned above, especially as it is supplied from 'near' me. However, I don't believe I really need another just yet. Now if my sole battery supply was non genuine, I might be concerned, but not necessarily, but for backup, fine. How many of us have a second M9 as backup as opposed to 'some other camera' that we trust? Where is the difference? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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